Like this post? Help us by sharing it! So you want to travel to Japan but – uh-oh – you’ve read in the forums that tattoos are a no-go. Thanks to that ill-advised tribal you got when you were seventeen you’re going to be banned from swimming pools, hot springs and waterparks and kicked out […]
Arts & Entertainment
8 Things to look out for when in Akihabara
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 […]
Japanese Street Fashion
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Japanese Lolita fashion in Harajuku, Tokyo
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
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 […]
Could Studio Ghibli be closing its doors forever?
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Spirited Away, 2001
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few years, you’ve probably heard of Studio Ghibli. Founded in 1985 by the anime directors Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki, Ghibli has produced 20 feature-length films, several short films, some television advertisements and one television film. The […]
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 […]
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 […]