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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.
LIFE / Travel / Longform
Oct 26, 2026
Convenience stores, toilets and the allure of everyday Japan
By Elizabeth Beattie
Forget the temples and the famous landmarks. For some visitors, the country’s appeal lies in the infrastructure of daily life.
On Nov. 4, the event featuring more than 260 wines rated 92 points or higher from130 producers across 40 regions returns to Tokyo.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 25, 2026
James Suckling’s Great Wines World Tokyo marks its third edition
By Weiwen Lin
Curated by influential wine critic James Suckling, the event offers a rare opportunity to taste more than 260 top-rated wines from 130 producers.
Near ideal weather in Hokkaido during this year's potato growing season has led to some of the tastiest spuds the prefecture has produced in recent memory.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 25, 2026
Amid potato protests, Hokkaido has its best spud harvest in years
By Simon Daly
Tater lovers, rejoice — supermarkets across the country will soon be awash in superior potatoes thanks to favorable weather in Hokkaido.
The Takayama Festival is routinely ranked as one of Japan's most visually striking "matsuri," but the effects of an aging population has forced it to accept outside help to keep going.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Oct 24, 2026
Farmers to tourists: Gifu’s rural festivals court new crowds to survive
By Eric Margolis
With aging populations, the region’s once-famous festivals find themselves relying on outside help to keep homegrown traditions going.
Gora Kadan, one of Japan's top traditional inns, believes its premier experession of Japanese hospitality could find footing even beyond the country's borders.
LIFE / Travel
Oct 24, 2026
Can a traditional ‘ryokan’ inn go global?
By Jessica Kozuka
One of 91AV原创 most acclaimed inns is embarking on an expansion project that might see it open up properties overseas.
Video game producer Shigeru Miyamoto speaks to reporters in Kyoto on Thursday after being named a recipient of the Order of Culture.
LIFE / Digital
Oct 23, 2026
Shigeru Miyamoto named first video game-related recipient of 91AV原创 Order of Culture
By Owen Ziegler
The legendary Nintendo figure will be officially conferred with the award in a Nov. 3 ceremony.
World’s Best Pastry Chef 2024 winner Nina Metayer, whose Tokyo shop is her first outlet outside France, believes the French and Japanese share “similar aesthetic sensibilities.”
LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 21, 2026
Flour power: Nina Metayer brings her ‘world’s best’ pastries to Tokyo
By Weiwen Lin
The award-winning patissier’s shop showcases the gorgeous creations that carved her reputation as one of France’s top pastry talents.
Halloween-themed decorations add a spooky touch to a Japanese bento, with food shaped into festive designs using cookie cutters and rice ball molds.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Oct 21, 2026
Get crafty with Halloween treats, the Japanese way
By Yuko Tamura
Learn Japanese words for Halloween treats while picking up tips for making cute, character-themed bento and spooky snacks.
From now through November, Japan's shiitake reach their peak of flavor.
LIFE / Food & Drink / JAPANESE KITCHEN
Oct 18, 2026
Now is the time for 91AV原创 most flavorful shiitake
By Makiko Itoh
The most popular mushroom in the country reaches peak flavor in two periods — one of which is happening right now.
Daniel Calvert helped earn Sezanne a Michelin star within six months of that restaurant's opening, so expectations are high for Chez Calvert.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 16, 2026
Daniel Calvert, formerly of three-starred Sezanne, opens new restaurant
By Weiwen Lin
All eyes are on Daniel Calvert’s latest venture after his stellar work at French restaurant Sezanne.
Having a dictionary handy is a sure way to better understand what you're reading. However, you'd be surprised at what you know just by doing some kanji detective work.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Oct 16, 2026
Cracking the code of Japanese literature one kanji at a time
By Eric Margolis
You don’t need to know every word to enjoy Japanese literature. A little linguistic detective work can go a long way.
This elevated take on a staple ingredient of Japanese cuisine is an easy way to impress dinner guests without much extra effort.
LIFE / Food & Drink / The Recipe Box
Oct 11, 2026
Win friends and influence people with nori ‘caviar’
By Simon Daly
It doesn’t have to be caviar to have the same culinary cachet, and this nori ‘caviar’ recipe proves it.
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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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
By Elizabeth Beattie

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