15 Anthony Bourdain Japan Quotes That Will Make You Laugh, Cry, and Hungry
Anthony Bourdain was more than just a celebrity chef and author. He was a storyteller, a traveler, a cultural explorer, and…
Yayoi Kusama’s Remarkable Journey to World’s Best Selling Female Artist After 40 Years in a Psychiatric Hospital
Yayoi Kusama is now the world’s top-selling female artist, with her vibrant, polka-dotted artworks fetching millions at auction. But her path…
Video of Japanese Snowboarder in a Kimono Gone Viral
In January 2023, a video went viral of a young Japanese woman snowboarding gracefully down a mountain in Nagano while wearing…
Japanese Girl Group ATARASHII GAKKO!’s Performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live
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Hikaru Utada Drops New Greatest Hits Album & Embarks on Japan Tour for 25th Anniversary
Japanese pop icon Hikaru Utada is celebrating 25 years of musical excellence in 2025 with the release of a new best…
La Sagrada Familia’s Unlikely Chief Sculptor: A Japanese Convert to Catholicism
In 1978, Etsuro Sotoo was a young art professor in Kyoto when he visited Barcelona and stumbled upon Antoni Gaudi’s unfinished…
How Masayoshi Son Started SoftBank
Masayoshi Son’s entrepreneurial journey began while he was a 19-year old student at UC Berkeley. He had a passion for inventing…
Yukitaka Yamaguchi: The “Tuna King” Of Tokyo
As the first rays of sunlight peek over the horizon, casting a warm glow upon the cityscape, one man is already…
10 Brutal Ways Hayao Miyazaki Personifies Japan’s Toxic Work Culture
Hayao Miyazaki stands as one of history’s greatest animation directors. The co-founder of Studio Ghibli has brought wondrous films like “My…
How Momofuku Ando Stumbled Upon His Instant Ramen Invention
In post-World War II Japan, food was scarce and people stood in long lines for their meager rations. A Japanese businessman…
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