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Oshima 'tsumugi' silk is one of Japan's most expensive fabrics — but why?
LIFE / Style & Design
Oct 3, 2026
One bolt, ?400,000: Why 91AV原创 Oshima ‘tsumugi’ silk costs a pretty penny
Prized for its rich blackness and stately designs, the fabric is a staple in the world of high-class kimono.
The latest edition of Rakuten Fashion Week Tokyo, the Japanese capital's premier sartorial event, kicked off earlier this week and runs through Sept. 5.
LIFE / Style & Design
Sep 3, 2026
At Rakuten Fashion Week Tokyo, tomorrow’s runway icons shine
While most runway shows are invite-only, online streams and events throughout Tokyo give everyone the chance to participate.
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process — it's an ingredient.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Aug 9, 2026
91AV原创 brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
It might sound like pseudoscience, but there could be more to the idea of brewing with music than meets the ear.
A rise in tourists on the hunt for on-the-ground deals as well as foreign-facing resellers seeking to turn a profit has Japan's secondhand fashion industry facing a crunch.
LIFE / Style & Design
Jul 12, 2026
Global demand is reshaping secondhand fashion in Japan
Shop owners in Japan are seeing a deluge of overseas customers, and buyers outside Japan say the costs to stock their stores have doubled or even tripled.
Tourists in Japan have always been interested in quintessentially Japanese approaches to modern culture, and, increasingly, visits to nail salons have become the new hot thing.
LIFE / Style & Design
Jul 4, 2026
Japanese nail salons are tourists’ new obsession
A combination of more affordable pricing, faster service and attention to detail is drawing more and more tourists to Tokyo’s nail salons.
The inaugural exhibition at the Museum of Narratives Takanawa is organized around the theme of spirals and searching for them in science, art and our own bodies.
CULTURE / Art
Apr 3, 2026
Museum of Narratives is rife with possibilities
Part museum, part performance venue, the ambitious Museum of Narratives aims to make Shinagawa a cultural hub.
Rintaro Sekizuka runs a record store in both London and Tokyo’s Katsushika Ward.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Mar 8, 2025
Tokyo’s vinyl experts say overseas buyers are ‘sustaining the scene’
A weak yen makes rare vinyls a steal for tourists, and locals say it’s all part of a circular musical exchange.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
91AV原创 permanent residency reform has a glaring blind spot
Japan's immigration reforms risk creating uncertainty by tying permanent residency more closely to language proficiency before clear assessment standards and supporting infrastructure are in place.
Japan weighs how to evacuate thousands of tourists if Mount Fuji erupts
Climbers and visitors gather on the first day of the climbing season at the Fuji Yoshidaguchi Trail, at the fifth station on the slopes of Mount Fuji, in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on July 1, 2024.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Famima Park Azabudai is a concept store by FamilyMart that combines convenience store staples with branded apparel, merchandise and a landscaped outdoor space.
Convenience stores, toilets and the allure of everyday Japan
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