GaijinPot Blog • February 1, 2021 What the Heck is Setsubun? The seasons are changing. It’s time to clean out all the bad energy from the biting cold winter and welcome Japan’s favorite season: spring...
GaijinPot Blog • December 28, 2020 Japanese New Year Traditions: 10 Ways to Celebrate Like a Local While Japan is usually the overwork capital of the world, the New Year’s holidays here do offer chance for everyone to just relax...
GaijinPot Blog • October 13, 2020 Why Pantene Japan’s New #PrideHair Campaign Featuring Trans Models is Awesome It’s no secret that job hunting in Japan is ridiculously difficult. Everything about the process is set in stone...
Tokyo Weekender • September 10, 2019 Sayama Green Tea School: Learn the Entire Process of Tea-making in Saitama While picking tea leaves in the fields of the Sayama Green Tea School, I glanced up and saw a friendly Totoro statue standing outside a neighboring house...
Time Out Tokyo • August 9, 2019 Best lesbian bars in Shinjuku Ni-chome A ten-minute walk from Shinjuku Station, Shinjuku Ni-chome is home to over a hundred bars and clubs catering to all identities under the LGBTQ+ label...
Savvy Tokyo • May 23, 2019 Meiji Jingu Shrine: Tokyo's Most Famous Spiritual Landmark Annually visited by millions of people on New Year's Day, this Tokyo landmark is a lovely sight in all seasons...
Tokyo Weekender • March 22, 2019 Learn More About Saitama's Rugby Town Before Rugby World Cup 2019 Arrives Until recently, Kumagaya City was a hidden gem in Japan’s rural landscape, and a place I was lucky to call home for five years. Now, with the Rugby World Cup soon approaching...
Japan Today • December 3, 2018 Twitter in awe of photos of Hokkaido’s otherworldly blue pond Tokyo’s got a lot going on all year-round, with a roster of famous events, concerts, festivals and a seemingly endless array of attractions to suit any taste at any time...
Japan Today • November 30, 2018 Falling in love with Japan again on Toyama’s cycle routes After living in Japan for seven years, I don’t often get excited about traveling to new places and doing new things here...
GaijinPot Blog • November 12, 2018 Tokyo Cafe Will be Run by Disabled Patients Using Robot Avatars We all know that Japan is the master of robots...