Tokyo Insider

Meet Sento-kun, the controversial 1300th year anniversary mascot for Nara.. Designed by Satoshi Yabuuchi, this design has been controversial because…it’s ugly. Many wanted a more traditional cartoon-like mascot that was…

Meet Shinya Satoh. Roku-dan (6th level ranking) Pro Japanese Shogi Player. Shogi is also called “Japanese Chess” but you can read about that here. Just like other forms of chess,…

You hear the stories all the time about drunk people sleeping in the streets of Tokyo after a hard night pf partying. Maybe you’ve done it yourself? Well, after seeing…

Some people are talking about this picture. It’s a screen shot from the news showing former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama making an awkward gesture to someone on the side……

Ichiro is known as a world class baseball player. and he has rewritten records, amazed fans, and pursued his love of baseball in his own stoic way. Off the field,…

This picture is infamous now. Circulated around the world, it shows a young woman crying amidst the unreal devastation to her city… The image projects so much emotion amidst the…

Japan is enjoying the beautiful cherry blossom season. Flocks of people gather to parks and rivers to share food, drinks and great conversation while sitting under the beautiful roof of…

With media coverage of Fukushima disappearing from the news, we thought we’d repost some famous pictures of the town after the nuclear evacuation. Despite looking normal, only the unkept vines…

Australian officials got a unique call recently from some tourists that were stranded…in the ocean.   How did they get here? Well, they used their highly developed Japanese technical skills…

First,  there were cars with manga stickers. They were called Ita-sha. “Ita”being short for “itai” …or “painful”. “Sha” was another way of reading the Japanese character for “car” or “kuruma”（車）….