This video was shot over 100 years ago in Tokyo, 1913~1915, and is interesting even to me as a Japanese. The first thing that strikes me is the number of children, and I am deeply moved to realize that there really was a time like this in Japan. This is because these children have made […]
Cheap and tasty! MARUGAME UDON.
Do you know Marugame Seimen? It is a cheap and tasty udon restaurant. Many of you may have heard of it. It is a large udon chain with 826 stores throughout Japan and 214 stores overseas. If you have eaten there, you may know that, anyway, Marugame Seimen’s udon noodles are firm and delicious. And […]
How to eat sushi.
Have you ever eaten sushi? Many of you reading this site may be sushi lovers. If you have eaten sushi several times in Japan, you may already be confident in your sushi eating style. However, your way of eating sushi is totally wrong. Here is what you need to know about how to eat sushi. […]
Food fighter. A young businessman with a big appetite.
The stomach of a young businessman in this suit resembles, metaphorically speaking, a black hole floating in space. His speciality is gluttony. He consumes a huge amount of food, more than you can imagine from his appearance! Most gluttonous people eat in pain, but the great thing about him is that he eats like he […]
Private rooms are beautiful Japanese-style rooms. 22-hour trip from Tokyo to Sapporo by ferry.
How about traveling by ferry between Tokyo and Sapporo? Strictly speaking, the 22-hour trip consists of train from Tokyo to Mito City, Ibaraki Prefecture, ferry from Mito City to Tomakomai, Hokkaido, and then train from Tomakomai to Hakodate. By plane, it takes about 1 hour and 30 minutes from Haneda Airport to New Chitose Airport, […]
Musashi, the king of Ramen in Shinjuku.
Many of you are probably familiar with Ramen “Musashi”. It is a very famous ramen shop. It may have become so famous that it is no longer a rarity, but this ramen shop is still delicious! If you are looking for a regular ramen with a hot broth, the “Musashi Ramen” is probably the only […]
An old coffee shop in Shinjuku and a cat.
This store is not based on the concept of cats. It is just a store with cats. Can you understand the difference? It is not fashionable, nor is it particularly beautiful. But for some reason, it is a cafe that makes you feel relaxed. Even though the café is located in the middle of Shinjuku […]
Live Cam in Shiodome, Tokyo.
Shiodome is the name of a district and former town in Minato Ward, Tokyo. Today, it mainly refers to the “Shiodome Siosite”, a huge urban complex built in the Shiodome district on the east side of Shinbashi Station. The former Shiodome (Shiodome-cho) is now mostly Higashi-Shinbashi and part of Kaigan 1-chome in the current administrative […]
Those tasty snacks you can buy at the convenience store!!!
Japan is a Candy Paradise! And you can buy them at convenience stores! And they are delicious! I am very happy. Sweets are sold in every country, but among them, I think Japanese sweets are seriously delicious. There are so many genres of sweets. Even the familiar sweets such as potato chips and gummies sold […]
Daikon-no-Hana, a luxury onsen ryokan located in Miyagi Prefecture.
Daikon no Hana is a luxury ryokan nestled in a forest of about 10,000 tsubo in Miyagi Prefecture. The ryokan offers 12 buildings with 18 rooms in 5 areas. The rooms have a sense of openness with a vaulted ceiling to the roof, and the beams made of Kanayama cedar are impressive. The rooms’ private […]
Live Cam in Haneda airport, Tokyo.
Tokyo International Airport is the largest airport in Japan, located at Haneda Airport in Ota-ku, Tokyo. It is commonly known as Haneda Airport. Its IATA airport code is HND, and its ICAO airport code is RJTT. “Tokyo” in flight timetables usually refers to the airport, but in many cases it is also referred to as […]
Ferry trip to enjoy vending machines, Fukuoka – Tokyo.
Why not take a leisurely 32-hour ferry trip between Tokyo and Kitakyushu? If you have time to spare, such a trip is good for you once in a while. But this ferry has a peculiarity. There is no restaurant on this ferry! Instead, there are vending machines! Interesting, isn’t it? The Shinkansen takes about 5 […]
Shinjuku Kabukicho walking video at night with walking map & stores.
Shinjuku Kabukicho at night is fun to see many different faces. It is a neo-Tokyo with a variety of stores and restaurants. It is interesting just to walk around the streets without going into a store. Before holidays and on weekends, it is crowded even at midnight. Be careful, however, as the dark, unpopular back […]
AKIRA (ANIME 1988-2019 Remix Tribute)
Many of you may know this manga/anime. Yes, it is “AKIRA”. But I don’t think many people know the fact that I am about to tell you. The manga AKIRA was first serialized 40 years ago, in 1982, and already in the manga, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics were depicted. Moreover, in the second volume of […]
The $2,500 Figure is full of reality.
This is a character from the game NieR : Automata, an action RPG released by Square Enix for PlayStation 4 in 2017. As you can see in the video, it is very elaborate. Elaborately made figures can be found in every country, but the crazy thing about Japan is that even mass-produced products are elaborately […]
IREX 2022 – Japan’s largest robot exhibition | The latest robots and incredible gadgets!
When you hear the word “robot,” what shape do you imagine? Most people probably imagine a humanoid robot. There are various types of robots, and the most common type in operation in the world is the industrial robot. Japan ranks second in the world with 354,878 industrial robots in operation, mostly in automobile factories. In […]
Top 10 really good ramen shops in Shinjuku.
Shinjuku is a fierce battleground for ramen. While there are famous ramen stores such as Menya Musashi and Ichiran that appear in guidebooks, there are also some lesser-known but still delicious ramen stores. In this article, we would like to introduce some ramen restaurants in Shinjuku that are not so well known to tourists, but […]
A high school student who is a master of the game “Taiko drum master(Taiko-no-Tatsujin)”.
He’s a master of the arcade game “Taiko no Tatsujin!” As you can see in the video, he is fast and accurate. To the untrained eye, it makes no sense how he can hit a given spot so quickly and so accurately… He also holds a Guinness record of 1241 single strokes per minute. There […]
Courageous Japanese try their best to speak messed up English – Part1
There is a comedian in Japan named Tetsuro Degawa. He is a famous comedian in Japan who established the genre of reaction art. He is honest and natural. The words that come out of his mouth are straightforward, but not hateful, and they make people laugh. He cannot speak English well at all. He goes […]
Revival dance of the 1980s, Tomigaoka High School Dance Club.
For 51 months from December 1986 to February 1991, Japan was in the midst of a bubble economy. More than 30 years ago, a club culture was born at a club in Roppongi, with long hair, tight dresses, and for some reason, dancing with a fan in hand. The scene was so intense that it […]
Manrai, a slightly sour Tsukemen noodle soup in Shinjuku.
Many people are familiar with Mianya Musashi, but few know of this ramen restaurant called Manrai. Mianya Musashi has a delicious thick broth, but the broth here is light yet flavorful and still delicious. There are two types of ramen: regular ramen and tsukemen, and I recommend tsukemen when you come to Banrai. Mitsurai’s tsukemen […]
Cool. Moving full-scale Gundam in Yokohama.
Have you ever heard of Mobile Suit Gundam? Many of you know it. This is a full-size Gundam RX-78 at the Gundam Factory in Yokohama, Japan. You can see that the full-size Gundam is quite large in person. No matter how much technology advances, it will unfortunately be impossible for such a large piece of […]
Yakisoba noodles sold at convenience stores are hell hot.
Japan is a nation of instant foods: cup ramen, cup yakisoba, cup pasta, etc. Recently, spicy ramen and spicy yakisoba have become a boom, and the video I am going to show you is a very spicy cup of yakisoba! This “Peyoung Yakisoba / Goku-Gekikara Final” is seriously bad. I love spicy food and can […]