Looking for funny? Well, you are in luck, because “Nagoya Comedy” brings you funny in all senses of the word. Nagoya, Japan’s own (and only) English language stand-up comedy troupe holds regular live stand-up shows throughout central Japan featuring a cavalcade of funny; funny looking, funny thinking, and just plain “funny ha ha” local comedians who will […]
Let’s Tour: Kawagoe City; Little Edo
August 31, 2018 by Jason GatewoodLocated about 60 minutes by train northwest of central Tokyo is the city of Kawagoe in Saitama Prefecture. Because of its location in the Greater Tokyo area, it’s mainly considered just another “bedtown”; Japanese borrowed English slang for a bedroom community. But its current day suburban moniker can be easily peeled away to show Kawagoe’s […]
Tokyo Art Events in September 2018
August 30, 2018 by AdminSeptember is a hard month, it isn’t summer, and it isn’t fall. It is still hot, but cooling down. It is a good time to be outside, sort of, but everyone is tired from beer gardens over the summer and preparing for the upcoming fall colors, so not much is happening. That said, here are […]
Eating Your Way Through Tokyo in September 2018
August 30, 2018 by AdminSeptember is a hard month, it isn’t summer, and it isn’t fall. It is still hot, but cooling down. It is a good time to be outside, sort of, but everyone is tired from beer gardens over the summer and preparing for the upcoming fall colors, so not much is happening. That said, here are […]
An Art Museum for the Digital Age: Mori Building Digital Art Museum
August 30, 2018 by Jason GatewoodWhen most people think of art and Japan in the same vein, images on the order of Hokusai’s Great Wave of Kanagawa spring to mind. You could tour the traditional art scene in Nippon seemingly forever, enjoying a multitude of museums throughout the metropolis. However, only one is dedicated to interactive digital arts, and that is […]
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