Ever since Universal Studios Japan announced their plans to create a Mario themed Super Nintendo World in their Osaka theme park, we’ve been hungry for information. That announcement came way back in 2016 and we’ve ...
Happy New Year! あけましておめでとうございます!今年もよろしくお願いします! As we finally enter 2021, people across Japan who are still confident enough to risk crowds are heading out to local shrines and temples to make their wishes for the New ...
A Milestone for Sega Means a New Console for us Sega may not be the gaming powerhouse it once was, but the lasting impression the Japanese company has made on the video game industry is ...
Spending Christmas in Japan Since Christmas is not native to Japan so it was always going to be a commercial event. Just like the UK, Japan gets an annual blizzard of advertising, sales, promotions, and ...
Naming Pokémon is a serious business, and I don’t just mean thinking up clever and hilarious nicknames for your team (I still consider naming my Onix ‘Boulderdash’ the height of my writing career). Instead I’m ...
It’s one of the most disconcerting questions you could be asked before a first date. As you get ready to meet someone for the first time, with no friends about for support and feeling nervous ...
Japan’s Worst Kept Secret A movement in the shadows, a silhouette in the moonlight, a knife in the back; Ninja are one of Japan’s most iconic characters, dashing from the pages of history into anime ...
Something Super on the Horizon Theme parks are big business in Japan, but the two largest are the infamous Disney World and Universal Studios Japan, known as Uniba or USJ. Universal Studios Japan in Osaka ...
My favourite part of paperwork Japanese bureaucracy is not generally a source of entertainment and fun. More like a source of soul destroying paperwork which requires you to fill in your address sixteen times and ...