Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Akihabara is truly the Japan’s capital of “otaku” – often translated as ‘someone who has obsessive interests in video games, manga, anime, electronics and the like’. There’s more manga and anime in this little district of Tokyo than exists anywhere else in the world. But whether you […]
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Japanese Street Fashion
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Japanese street fashion is never more evident that during Tokyo Fashion Week… There is a saying in Japan that goes: “Deru kui wa utareru”, or “The nail that sticks out gets hammered down.” In other words, conformity is key. This saying is often trotted out by those […]
AKB48: The Surprising Truth Behind the World’s Biggest Band
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And this isn't even all of them....
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! They’re one of the most successful pop acts in the world, and yet unless you’ve ever been to Japan you’ve probably never even heard of them. Just who, exactly, are AKB48? AKB is short for Akihabara, an area of Tokyo known primarily for cheap electronics, comic book […]
J-Pop & Go!
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! We have a lot of very different tours and trips here at InsideJapan, taking in all kinds of interests and destinations. One of our most experience packed and certainly one of our most lively, is the J-pop&Go! Tour which was created in conjunction with HYPERJAPAN. The trip […]
J-Pop and Going on a HYPERJAPAN Tour
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Real life anime
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! (photos by Ken Francisco) Our inaugural HYPERJAPAN J-Pop and Go! tour was a great reminder that even going back to places that I’ve visited a dozen or more times can bring unexpected experiences, new surprises and untold amounts of fun! Working with the folks at HYPERJAPAN, we created a […]
6 Websites Featuring Fun, Funky, Inspirational, Cool and Creative Japanese People
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Like most of us these days, I spend an inordinate amount of time in front of my computer even though this is by no means my favourite place to be… but it’s not all bad either! Here are 5 websites that I visited this week that reminded […]
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Like most of us these days, I spend an inordinate amount of time in front of my computer even though this is by no means my favourite place to be… but it’s not all bad either! Here are 5 websites that I visited this week that reminded […]