Monthly okozukai "pocket money" down among Japan's company workers

City-Cost

on Aug 20

Authorities eye taking back control of Mt. Fuji, from top to bottom

City-Cost

on Jul 3

Foreign ministry survey finds 45% of Japanese expats feeling lonely

City-Cost

on Jun 5

Gov’t selected clean-up initiatives take aim at littering tourists

City-Cost

on Jun 3

Cherry blossom lingo: full bloom

BigfamJapan

5 hours ago

Sakura season at Misdo

genkidesu

on Mar 13

Chiba Prefecture Charms - Katori Jingu's duodecennial celebration

TonetoEdo

on Mar 12

Rifu Rock Fest This Month

JTsu

on Mar 11

Samukawa Shrine 相模國一宮 寒川神社

Samukawa-machi, Kanagawa

Serene, protective, inclusive shrine

TonetoEdo

on Mar 14

Saint Marc Cafe

Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

Cozy Cups #4 - Chococro

samoona

on Mar 13

Vegan Bistro Jangara

Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

Bites of Japan #19 - Vegan Tonkotsu Ramen

samoona

on Mar 13

Restaurant Aoba レストラン あおば

Samukawa-machi, Kanagawa

Elegant presentation, delicious kaisendon

TonetoEdo

on Mar 12

Your donabe reccos, please!

Nuts, I broke my seasoned donabe! It fell off the fridge and snapped in half. I am bereft. If you follow me, you know that I eschew fancy electronic rice cookers and prepare my rice in a donabe. Have you got reccos for a donabe perfect for rice? A go-to for hot pot?

TonetoEdo

on Mar 15

What are our consumer rights in Japan?

Do you know your consumer rights in Japan? And if so, would you be willing to share anything about them? For example, what is the policy on returns? I am very familiar with my consumer rights in my home country, and they are very widely publicized back home, but information doesn't seem to be as transparent or readily available here. Or is that just me?

BigfamJapan

on Mar 15

Japan's biggest oversells?

I mentioned in a Q&A recently that I went to a place several years ago called Minetopia Besshi in Ehime, which branded itself as Japan's Machu Picchu. It was a big oversell! BigFamJapan also mentioned that there's a place in Saitama branded as Japan's Cappadocia, which also might be a bit underwhelming for some! It doesn't have to be somewhere necessarily compared to another world famous spot, but have you found many places here that oversell themselves? I'm not often disappointed when I visit places here, so when I am it's probably all the more noticeable.

genkidesu

on Feb 25

Your favorite pottery type in Japan?

I have really gotten into all things pottery since living here, and I have a soft spot for both Kutani ware (the first pottery type I discovered here, and it's so vibrantly colored!) and Arita ware. ToneToEdo mentioned Tobe-yaki in recent Q&A about things we associate with Ehime, and it's a pottery type I didn't know much about beforehand. If you're into pottery here, do you have a favorite type?

genkidesu

on Feb 23