JAPAN

Osaka Universal Studio: Had butter beer for lunch and had Duff beer for dinner

Fun JAPAN Travel Japan 12/01/2019 by Prisca Tang (Columnist / Senior Reporter)

Unlike Disneyland, you Universal Studio will not keep you in a fantasy bubble but bring you to different worlds that your favorite movie has created. One can be riding hippogriff during the day and be […]

Continue Reading →

Does the official instant ramen ranking speak for the majority?

Best of FOOD & DRINK JAPAN Our Picks Ramen & Noodles 11/27/2019 by Prisca Tang (Columnist / Senior Reporter)

Recently Los Angeles Times released “the official instant ramen power rankings”. The list was being posted on Subtle Asian Traits and there were 240 people disagreeing with the chart of justice. On November 5th, Los […]

Continue Reading →

Japanese horror stories

Best of CULTURE Culture JAPAN 11/13/2019 by Prisca Tang (Columnist / Senior Reporter)

Japan is famous for many things: food, animate, music and culture. On Halloween day, I would also want to remind you that Japan is also famous for their horror stories and urban legends. One time […]

Continue Reading →

Top 10 2019’s “Jimi” or Mundane Halloween Costumes: The anti-cosplay cosplay phenomena in Japan

Best of Fashion FASHION & BEAUTY JAPAN 11/12/2019 by JAPAN in CANADA

Halloween in Japan is different from anywhere else. Unlike in the western countries, majority of people in Japan don’t do ‘trick or treating’ (because that’ll cause meiwaku to your neighbors and that is the last […]

Continue Reading →

Nishimonai Bon Odori: The mystical, elegant folk dance for the spirits of the departed | Travel to Japan from Canada

JAPAN Travel Japan 10/27/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

The Nishimonai Bon Odori festival (西馬音内盆踊り), held on August 16-18 in the town of Ugo, located in the southeast of Akita prefecture is one of the three major Bon festivals in Japan, designated as a […]

Continue Reading →

Fly me to the moon with Peach Aviation and Vanilla Air | Travel to Japan from Canada

JAPAN Travel Japan 10/19/2019 by Prisca Tang (Columnist / Senior Reporter)

Peach aviation and Vanilla aviation are budget carriers based in Japan. The kawaii-ness in the name already allow them to stand out from other budget airlines therefore many travelers choose to fly them. Recently, All […]

Continue Reading →

“Hasu Matsuri” in Izunuma-Uchinomura in Myagi | Travel to Japan from Canada

JAPAN Travel Japan 10/14/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

Take a romantic boat ride through thousands of pink lotuses in the interconnected freshwater lake, Lake Izunuma-Uchimura between Tome and Kurihara、a city in the Miyagi prefecture. The lake, which attract nature lovers in Japan is […]

Continue Reading →

“Infringement on freedom of expression,” Aichi government to sue ministry for withholding exhibit grants after ‘comfort women’ controversy

JAPAN NEWS NEWS & POLITICS Our Picks 10/05/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

NAGOYA – Aichi Gov. Hideaki Omura said that he intends to sue the Culture Ministry over its refusal to subsidize the Aichi Triennale 2019 arts festival in Nagoya, after it became mired in controversy over […]

Continue Reading →

Japan partakes in a massive Friday climate strike

JAPAN NEWS NEWS & POLITICS Our Picks 10/03/2019 by Prisca Tang (Columnist / Senior Reporter)

Greta Thunberg, 16-year-old Swedish climate activist started massive Friday climate strike that 150 countries joined. The purpose of the march is to call on policymakers to take overdue steps against climate change as part of […]

Continue Reading →

Fukushima Trial ends in not guilty verdict, leads to angry fallout

JAPAN NEWS NEWS & POLITICS 09/26/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

  TOKYO—The former CEO of TEPCO, along with two other executives, have been indicted by a Japanese court facing charges relating to the 2011 catastrophe at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, the second-largest nuclear disaster […]

Continue Reading →