Shinto shrine’s night sky firefly sweets are Japan’s newest breathtaking, mouthwatering desserts.

Firefly-viewing season provides the inspiration for breathtaking Japanese confectionaries. Japan loves to celebrate the changing of the seasons, and Japan loves sweets, so Japan really loves seasonal sweets. Sometimes, finding those crossover opportunities is easy, like releasing sakura-flavored confectionaries as the cherry blossoms come into bloom, or using premium matcha just as the first…

Beam Team’s Esteemed Dreams Once Deemed Reamed, Now Redeemed With New Regimes

Three years after making the playoffs together and contesting a beautiful, ultimately futile first-round series against the defending champs, Mike Brown and De'Aaron Fox are going to the NBA Finals. All they had to do was flee Sacramento.

As the San Antonio Spurs and New York Knicks gear up for what should be a thriller of a Finals, the world will dissect the two team's strengths and flaws,…

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Beautiful Ghibli anime uchiwa fans are like little posters you can use to keep yourself cool

Totoro and friends want to keep you cool and smiling this summer with these traditional non-folding fans. Summer presents a bit of a conundrum in Japan. On the one hand, it’s not a matter of if the weather will be hot and humid, but whether it’ll be extremely or just very hot and humid. At […]

Bitch Alert! This Woman With No Kids Enjoys Her Life — Guest Post by That Creepy Guy Staring Across the Bar at You and Your Friends While You Bask in Your Beautiful Independent Life

What’s worse than a woman? A childless woman. What’s worse than a childless woman? A childless woman enjoying her life. If you... Get the full story

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Don’t miss the Tokyo Tower City Light Fantasia ~Summer Landscape 2026~ event during your travels

This year’s immersive lights display takes inspiration from the atmosphere of a Japanese summer festival with firework and firefly designs. Every year since 2014, Japanese digital art company Naked, Inc. has held a Tokyo Tower City Light Fantasia event at the popular Tokyo landmark. This year’s version, subtitled ~Summer Landscape 2026~, will be held from May […]

Mt. Fuji hot spring inn gets even more beautiful after dark with Firefly Festival

Even when Mt. Fuji is hidden in shadows, there’s still something breathtaking to see here. When picking a hotel for traveling in Japan, “has views of Mt. Fuji” is definitely a big plus. Japan’s tallest mountain is a symbol of the country itself, and its beauty is so timeless that admiring it at length will […]

Temple with 600-year-old tree near busy Tokyo station is like a tranquil pocket dimension

Who’d have guessed there was a centuries-old snack shop too just a quick stroll away from one of downtown’s busiest rail hubs? Ikebukuro might not be as world-famous as Shibuya or Shinjuku, but it is, without a doubt, one of the busiest, most developed parts of downtown Tokyo. As you can see in the picture […]

Japan’s 5.3 million beautiful Hitachi Nemophila flowers are now in full bloom[Photos]

Two hours north of Tokyo is one of Japan’s best post-sakura springtime flower spots. Sakura season may be pretty much over and done with, but that just means it’s time for Japan’s other varieties of flowering flora to get their moments in the springtime spotlight. For example, mid-April is when the Nemophila, or baby blue-eye, […]

Japanese-style afternoon tea in this Japanese manor house outside downtown Tokyo is something special

The atmosphere is as elegant as the cuisine at this amazing restaurant. Ganko is a Japanese restaurant group with most of its locations in the Osaka area. They’ve got a whole bunch of sub-brands with different specialties, such as Ganko conveyor belt sushi or curry restaurants. Today, though, we’re talking about Ganko’s Oyashiki locations, which […]

I once chatted with a guy from Hawaii, we started talking about languages. I mentioned that while…

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I once chatted with a guy from Hawaii, we started talking about languages. I mentioned that while I’ve heard very little of it and hardly seen more of it written down, the Hawaiian language seems to have extremely similar balance of vocals and consonants as Finnish does, so it’s actually pretty likely that there are some…

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Wisteria season starts early with blooming of Japan’s Great Wisteria in its beautiful garden

Early blossoming likely means early full bloom at this breathtaking park within day-trip distance of Tokyo. Cherry blossom season doesn’t last very long, and there’s often a twinge of sadness that comes from watching the last petals swirl and scatter in the wind as they fall from the tree’s branches. But while that’s an understandable […]

Mt. Fuji decorated with a 500,000-flower pink carpet is Japan’s ultimate spring view

With mirrors, art installations, and a Peter Rabbit garden, this festival is the perfect day trip from Tokyo. There are always times when you might look at a photo of Japan and think, “Surely it can’t be that beautiful,” but this is definitely one of those times that proves just how stunning the country can […]

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