All posts tagged "Feature"

  • Tokyo’s 3-day Flea Market to showcase vintage items and antiques from all over Japan.

    If you want to snag a bargain for vintage decor items, clothing, home furnishings and even kids stuff, you don’t have to go to many places. It is quite possible that you can find them all in...

    • Posted April 25, 2024
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  • Belgium comes to Yamashita Park

    Belgian Beer Weekend, Tokyo’s annual spring beer fest, boasts an impressive line up of 88 kinds and 13 types of Belgian beers for three straight days from May 16. Dubbed as the fatherland of beers, Belgium’s brewing...

    • Posted April 16, 2024
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  • Krasinski-directed film explores abandoned imaginary friends

    “What if I told you imaginary friends are real?” asks the voice of Reynolds at the start of the IF trailer. IF, (Japanese title: Blue, Kimi wa daijobu) an upcoming  live-action/animated fantasy comedy film by John Krasinski,...

    • Posted April 15, 2024
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  • TELL addresses the issue of sexual violence in Japan.

    TELL  joins forces with the Koyamada International Foundation Japan (KIF Japan) and the International Aikido Federation (IAF) for a groundbreaking collaboration as part of a “Guardian Girls Aikido” project in Tokyo. This unique event is aimed at...

    • Posted April 15, 2024
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  • Fun! Aloha! 2024 in Yokohama

    The Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse celebrates the city of Yokohama’s enduring friendship with Hawaii in a special 4-day outdoor event dedicated to all things Hawaiian. “FUN! ALOHA! 2024 in YOKOHAMA” marks the start of a Hawaii-themed event...

    • Posted February 16, 2024
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  • Epson Team Lab Borderless opens at its new Azabudai Hills location

    Epson Team Lab Borderless, the art museum in Odaiba that created a lot of excitement among 2.3 million digital art enthusiasts and spectators on its first year, has found a new home at Azabudai Hills. Certified in...

    • Posted February 6, 2024
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  • Preschoolers get in free at this Tokyo indoor soft play park

    Playing indoors without electronic devices provides many learning opportunities and social benefits for young children. Even if the weather is bad, uninterrupted play can happen at indoor play parks. An indoor playground close to Tachikawa station aptly...

    • Posted January 31, 2024
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  • Sesame Street World Exhibition

    Sesame Street was first aired in 1969 when parents were generally skeptical about the educational value preschoolers get from watching TV cartoons. Now on its 55th year, a number of research studies indicate that the show was...

    • Posted January 25, 2024
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  • Coming soon: Madam Web

    Just as James Bond has a Quartermaster, the Spiderman has a Madam Web. Madam Web is a paramedic in Manhattan whose psychic powers enables her to see into the future, past and present. It is also the...

    • Posted January 23, 2024
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  • Musical “Billy Elliott – Little Dancer” returns

    “Billy Elliott – Little Dancer” first performed in 2017 at Akasaka ACT Theater and Umeda Arts Theater Main Hall, returns to Japan stage this year. The Tokyo performance starts July 27 through to August 1, 2024 at...

    • Posted January 22, 2024
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  • Michelin-star chef opens a Spanish restaurant in Azabudai Hills

    A Spanish restaurant named acá which means ‘here’ will be opening at the newly opened Azabudai Hills complex this spring. The new restaurant with both counter and terrace seating facing the kitchen, has a casual convivial ambiance where...

    • Posted January 12, 2024
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  • Ken Hill’s Phantom of the Opera brings back to life the ultimate love story

    Ken Hill’s “Phantom of the Opera”, the first “Phantom of the Opera” staged in a musical but was often underestimated for the stage adaptation of Gaston Leroux’s novel, returns to Tokyo stage on January 17.  The musical...

    • Posted January 4, 2024
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  • Fuji Rock 2024 returns to Naeba this summer

    The Fuji Rock Festival returns to Naeba Ski Resort for the 25th time bringing some of the popular homegrown and foreign artists to Japan’s largest outdoor stage. Details of who will be performing this year and tickets...

    • Posted January 4, 2024
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  • Pan Fes 2024

    Given that Japan is one of the countries that take food education (shokuiku) seriously, an increasing number of food festivals and fairs return each year steering foodies toward delicious and appetizing meals and snacks. From March 1...

    • Posted December 27, 2023
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  • Feast on fresh fish and seafood at the 2024 ‘Sakana’ Festival

    Forget about waking up early to go to a fish market for fresh sashimi. Because 80 food stores will be gathering at Yoyogi Park to showcase an array of dishes at Tokyo’s largest annual event dedicated to...

    • Posted December 20, 2023
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  • Would you like to ride in a Louis Vuitton gondola lift?

    There are two reasons regular skiiers make Niseko resort their winter escape: the magnificent landscape and its perfect powder snow. This year, there’s a third. Louis Vuitton has opened a pop-up yurt at the event zone by...

    • Posted December 19, 2023
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  • The Winnie the Pooh musical adaptation is coming to town

    The much raved musical extravaganza is coming to Tokyo, Aichi, Chiba, Osaka, Saitama, Miyagi, Kanagawa, Fukuoka, Hiroshima and Shizuoka in April 2024. The general release date of tickets in Japan is set for February 24, 2024 (Saturday)....

    • Posted December 12, 2023
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  • These weatherproof boots for women have arrived

    The latest eyecatching pair of snow boots to hit Tokyo stores this month is astronaut-inspired – hence, the brand  “Moon Boot”. Moon Boot is an Italian footwear brand launched just about the same year as Apollo 11’s...

    • Posted December 1, 2023
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  • The Gourmet Meat Festival 2024

    The annual festival for the meat-loving population of Tokyo returns to Odaiba grounds from April 26 until May 6, 2024 to showcase all things meat from chicken and pork to lamb and briskets prepared in various regional...

    • Posted November 29, 2023
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  • Japan release of Disney and Pixar’s ‘Elio’ postponed

    Elio, the upcoming American animated science fiction adventure film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios, originally set for a spring 2024 release in Japan has been postponed to a soon-to-be-announced date. On September 9,...

    • Posted November 13, 2023
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  • ‘Shaun the Sheep with Wallace and Gromit’ Movie Festival

    If you are looking for a good family show, one that truly entertains from adults to pre-schoolers, Shaun the Sheep and Wallace and Gromit, one of the best-loved children’s tv series from the UK, work and –...

    • Posted November 7, 2023
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  • Toyota in search of 2024 Dream Car Art Contest winner

    In its active quest for ideas in delivering the cars of the future for a better mobility system, Japanese giant car maker Toyota believes it’s important to include today’s children and future end-users in the imagineering process....

    • Posted October 30, 2023
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  • Crocs releases a pair of Classic Cowboy Boots in “Croctober.”

    Crocs, one of the most divisive shoe brands, has announced the release of its limited edition Classic Cowboy Boots on October 23, 2023. In the 18 years since the chunky plastic boat shoes debuted in Japan, people...

    • Posted October 21, 2023
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  • Should you take your kids to Wonka?

    Although Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was frequently ranked as the most popular fantasy story in children’s literature, very little is known as to how the the eccentric founder and proprietor of the Wonka Chocolate Factory started....

    • Posted October 19, 2023
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  • Yomiuriland holiday illumination

    The illumination event  at Tokyo Yomiuri Land starts today featuring jewel-inspired led colors overlooking the spectacular night views of Tokyo. Special light-up attraction includes the large Ferris wheel and an exciting fountain show. Open: October 19, 2023...

    • Posted October 19, 2023
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  • PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie

    In this 2023 Canadian animated superhero comedy film, the adorable rescue pups continue to inspire children as well as parents, reminding them that even the tiny can be powerful. Writer-director Cal Brunker raises the bar further by...

    • Posted October 19, 2023
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  • Sanrio-themed buffet special at Keio Plaza Hotel Hachioji

    From cutesy dolls and toys to clothing and theme park, Hello Kitty, Sanrio’s female bobtail cat without a mouth, is arguably the most popular cartoon character in Japan. Media franchise now ranges from books and music to...

    • Posted October 13, 2023
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  • Japan Ramen Enclyclopedia

      Nearly every region in Japan has its own way of seasoning a bowl of  ramen but they all use these basic ingredients in making the noodle: wheat, flour, salt, water and alkaline water with potassium and...

    • Posted October 10, 2023
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  • Dazzling Marunouchi Christmas illumination features Disney

    As Walt Disney Company reaches  100 years in October, Marunouchi, throws a fitting Christmas tribute by putting “Disney Dreams and Wishes” into the spotlight. From November 16 until Christmas Day, the bedazzling lights and sound extravaganza will...

    • Posted September 12, 2023
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  • A new burger flavor offered at J.S. Burgers Cafe in autumn

    We’re beginning to realize J.S. Burger’s cafe, although dubbed as a place for American style gourmet burgers, is quite unique in every way. As with most seasonal menu at J.S. Burgers, fillings and toppings from September 7...

    • Posted September 5, 2023
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