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It's Saturday night, the mood is right and so it is time to hit the streets of Shibuya - right? These night time city lights were captured by sarah.and.michael while hanging around Japan in 2005 sometime. Lucky them and nice shot! ...

Quite simply, Tokyo is an amazing tourist destination... From the manicured gardens of the Imperial Palace and the frozen tuna carcasses in Tsukiji's markets, to the neon lights of Shibuya and the street fashions of Harajuku, Tokyo really does seem ...

There's no shortage of great 'Engrish' in Japan. Take for instance 'Beaver,' the hottest new women's clothing store in the always hip and trendy shopping district of Shibuya in Tokyo. Always imitated but never replicated, nothing fits as warm ...

This is the third and final installment in a three-part series on the subtle art of eating blowfish. If you're new to the feature column 'Big in Japan,' be sure to check out Part I and Part II before reading below. Still hungry for blowfish? Thought ...

The Japanese are an incredibly efficient people. They work harder, stronger and faster than their American and European counterparts, and seem almost allergic to the idea of taking sick days and holidays. With that said, perhaps this is why I wasn't ...

This week I decided that I needed a change of surroundings, so I moved to the Nakameguro (???) district in Tokyo. It's a highly-respectable neighborhood bordering on the entertainment district of Shibuya (??) and the wealthy residential district of ...

Today, Big in Japan brings you an update on one noodle lover's countrywide search for Japan's most perfect bowl of ramen. I love ramen. For some, it's the rich color and briny pop of beluga caviar. For others, it's the pink tint and soft flesh of ...

While first timers on the Tokyo night scene can't seem to get enough of Roppongi and Shibuya, at some point the binge drinking and skirt-chasing has to stop. So, if you're looking for a slightly more sophisticated night out on the town, here's a ...

Love it or hate it, the HBO series Sex and the City was a global phenomenon that redefined cultural stereotypes of single women in their 30s. From 1998 to 2003, millions of viewers the world over tuned it for the latest exploits of Carrie, Samantha, ...

Think mummies are hot? How about pirates? What if they were scantily clad women? This week, Japan's Weekly Playboy magazine reported that the otaku (geek, ???) community is starting to lose interest in eyeglasses and maids. Although these two ...

Kunimasa Hamaoka, who oversees a digital marketing company called Transcosmos, is not a fan of Second Life, the online digital world that is rapidly sweeping across the globe and changing the way we view the internet. "Japanese aren't going to take ...

Halloween is in full effect here in Tokyo. This past Saturday night, three -thousands Japanese revelers decked out in their choicest threads headed to ageHa, one of Japan's most famous party spots. Although Saturday night also brought with it an ...

Valentine's Day is right around the corner, which means that a lot of people out there are searching for Mr. and Mrs. Right... But, in this bustling modern day age of midnight deadlines and overtime-laden schedules, who has the time to put ...

Today's posting is rated R for strong sexual content. Viewer discretion is advised. There is no shortage of the weird, the wacky and the wonderful here in Japan. Indeed, you'll find strange, strange things in the Land of the Rising Sun that have no ...

I no longer have a simple answer to the question, "Where do you live?", so I usually launch into an explanation of exactly what I'm doing. I almost always get the same response. "Wow. I wish I could do that." But here's the thing: almost anyone can ...