Stories in rice wine tag.

Just 1,000 yen per stop lets you drink, eat, and mingle with friendly strangers through this historic neighborhood.

Just 1,000 yen per stop lets you drink, eat, and mingle with friendly strangers through this historic neighborhood.

Just 1,000 yen per stop lets you drink, eat, and mingle with friendly strangers through this historic neighborhood.

Hanami season arrives early with this limited-edition collection of mugs, tumblers, gifts, and Stanley cups. One of the things we look forward to as we inch closer to spring in Japan is the soon-to-be ...

▼ Sakura Saku Yo White Peach Frappuccino (Tall size only, 687 takeout; 700 yen dine-in) ...

▼ Yamaguchi can be seen here discussing the design process behind Yoshikitty, the version that blends Hello Kitty with J-rock icon Yoshiki.

Restaurant known for numbingly spicy ramen and intimidatingly long lines lures us out in the Tokyo snow.

Prostitution, in the sense of receiving money in exchange for sexual intercourse, is illegal in Japan. However, in a parallel to how baishun literally means “selling spring,” it’s only the selling ...

Our reporters are always looking for new ways to spice up their lives, so when our McDonald’s-loving reporter P.K. Sanjun found himself browsing the usual menu items at the chain for the umpteenth ...

The character of Demon is known in the original Japanese version of the film as “Chibi Demon”, with “chibi” being the squat, “super deformed” style of character design in anime. Although the demon ...

Tokyo man arrested for stealing smartphone, turning it in to police to claim reward money. In October, a man walked into a police box in Tokyo and told the officer on duty that he’d found someone’s ...