January 8, 2020 • 15m
The process starts with a single sheet of metal. By hammering it becomes a beautiful saucepan form. Toshikazu Himeno, age 58, is t...Read more
January 22, 2020 • 15m
Catching tiny fish only a couple of centimeters in size called Tanago, or Japanese bitterling, is a passion shared by some fanatic...Read more
January 29, 2020 • 15m
Lake Biwa is the largest body of fresh water in Japan. There's a town, Harie in Shiga Prefecture, on its northwestern shore, with ...Read more
February 5, 2020 • 15m
Like all famous movie spies, the ninja had a wide array of spy tools at their disposal, and the Shinobi Rokugu were 6 tools that w...Read more
February 12, 2020 • 15m
Well-versed in astronomy, biology and other fields of natural science, the ninja used their knowledge of botany to create both poi...Read more
March 4, 2020 • 15m
In winter, men and women sheltered in strange shell-like tents patiently wait on the frozen surface of a picturesque mountain lake...Read more
March 18, 2020 • 15m
The ninja had 2 modes of operation: Innin and Yonin. Innin covered assassinations, sabotage and other covert operations requiring ...Read more
March 18, 2020 • 15m
Jumping down from 15-meter heights. Running 100 kilometers in a day. These are just some of the feats that the ninja were said to ...Read more
March 25, 2020 • 15m
In the over 600-year old form of classical Japanese theater called Noh, wooden masks are worn by the performers. These masks have ...Read more
March 25, 2020 • 15m
Shimi-konnyaku is a unique, naturally freeze-dried Japanese food, that would be able to be kept for 50 years. It was developed as ...Read more
April 15, 2020 • 15m
"The Reversible Destiny Lofts Mitaka" is a colorful group of housing units located in Mitaka, a sleepy Tokyo suburb. Designed by a...Read more
July 22, 2020 • 15m
The Taro Okamoto Museum of Art closed for 2 months due to COVID-19, but following Okamoto's words that art is "essential to human ...Read more
October 21, 2020 • 15m
Tokyo's many waterways are home to the goby, a 10cm fish that's been prized by anglers since the Edo era. Today goby fever is aliv...Read more
October 28, 2020 • 15m
The Hotel Okura Tokyo is one of Japan's leading hotels. In anticipation of demand for the Olympics, the hotel was reopened last Se...Read more
November 4, 2020 • 15m
This spring, many schools were forced to close due to COVID-19. Jiyu Gakuen in Tokyo is one of them. Since its foundation in 1921,...Read more
November 11, 2020 • 15m
Tokyo International Airport is commonly known as Haneda Airport. It's a crossroads for 49 domestic and 55 international routes. In...Read more
November 25, 2020 • 15m
Just north of Tokyo there's a place where whale fossils have been found on dry land! And the shaved ice desserts in that area tast...Read more
December 2, 2020 • 15m
Hayama, a seaside resort to the west of Tokyo, is known for its high-quality vegetables and beef ... but not its seafood. But it w...Read more
December 16, 2020 • 15m
The ninja are said to have been capable of remembering extensive details about the estates and castles they infiltrated. To learn ...Read more
December 16, 2020
Ever since Jiyu Gakuen opened in 1921, students had been preparing school lunches themselves. Preparing and sharing meals together...Read more
December 23, 2020 • 15m
With 87 million passengers per year, Haneda Airport is one of the world's busiest. But with COVID-19 wiping out most of its sales,...Read more
December 23, 2020 • 15m
Although the ninja are known for working in the shadows, the early Edo period found them serving in one-hundred-man units. Join Ch...Read more
December 30, 2020 • 15m
6 months after the suspension of inbound tourism, a government domestic tourism campaign saw demand for Tokyo hotels both old and ...Read more