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Since the Japanese anime boom of the past few decades, Akihabara has been a refuge for the otaku — someone who would “go ...

“Tokyo is a city where visitors can experience a distinctive culture, with traditional shrines and temples coexisting alongside innovative anime and the latest pop culture in a rare charm that ...

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Three wire ropes hanging carp streamers over the Nade River in Kinokawa City, Wakayama Prefecture have been cut in ... Carp streamers are seen all over Japan in the lead-up to Children's Day on May 5.

But compared with U.S. and Chinese cities that also made it to the top 10 list, Japan ... in Tokyo with the middle classes and lower-tier millionaires controlling most of the city’s capital.” ...

Accessible via Shinjuku Staton Technology, comics, anime ... city, Tokyo is pretty safe. Crime rates are low and there isn't much of a reputation for pickpocketing (compared to Europe). Japan ...

The Apothecary Diaries anime ... Japan and shows Shinra Kusakabe, a third-generation pyrokinetic, joining the Special Fire Force Company 8. Together, the group works tirelessly to protect the city ...

This spring and summer, Japan’s ancient ... On at the Tokyo National Museum from March 25 to August 3, ‘Immersive Theater on Neo-Japonism: From Ancient Art to Anime’ is an ambitious 24 ...

With the Spring anime season already a quarter of the way over with, Japanese anime watchers have made their voices heard as to which of this season’s shows are catching their attention the most! The ...

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