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Kodansha, one of Japan’s leading manga publishers, has launched a campaign to educate visitors about Japanese etiquette through beloved manga characters: spoon-tamago.com/kodansha-manga…

I believe he’s going back next week to try again

A group of young boys entered an abandoned hotel in Okazaki City as a kimodameshi (test of courage) and discovered human skeletal remains. The hotel had been abandoned for over a decade. newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/-/188…

A Japanese model posted this selfie and when you zoom in on her sunglasses it says, zoom in but you won’t see a reflection of an old man

This wrapping paper turns everything into bread

French artist Olivier Grossetête has spent the last 5 days constructing a cardboard castle in Shizuoka’s Sumpu Castle Park. It was made from 1300 boxes with the help of 200 volunteers asahi.com/sp/articles/AS…

guys…my teenage daughter drew this during art history class. I’m so proud 🥹

Incredible image from Asahi photo archives from 1968 showing the inside of a train. People used to just toss their garbage into the aisle. Etiquette and manner PSAs have certainly paid dividends.

can I just say I’m glad the world is discovering matcha now and not during the 16th century

There’s a theater adaptation of Hunter x Hunter that just opened yesterday in Tokyo and just gotta say the casting is spot on

“Here, on this spot today, someone stopped being an old man”

Some impressive bonsai on display at the Osaka Expo, many of which were shown at the 1970 Expo 55 years ago. 1st pic is the 350-year old Yoroi Kakenomatsu, which was cared for by Japan’s last shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu. sankei.com/article/202505…

80 companies participated in a tug-of-war contest in the Marunouchi district of Tokyo today. The winner was Sony Life (1st pic) sankei.com/article/202505…

Underrated Japan tourist destination

I’ve thought about this at least 16 times today

Wielding just pencils and watercolors, and an eye for the small things in life, artist Yukiko Suto traverses Japan, capturing the nostalgia and beauty of residential neighborhoods spoon-tamago.com/yukiko-suto/