In-depth guides and local insights from our team in Japan.
In this article: Introduction A Japanese colleague returning from a weekend in Kanazawa brings a box of thirty individually wrapped sweets to...
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In this article: Introduction At around seven in the evening a member of staff appears at the prepared food counter with a...
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In this article: Introduction A Japanese poll conducted at the end of the twentieth century asked people to name the country’s best...
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In this article: Introduction A full hina display occupies a substantial part of a Japanese living room for two weeks. It can...
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In this article: Introduction Japan has a small Muslim population and, until recently, very little halal infrastructure. That has changed substantially as...
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In this article: Introduction Rice is the staple, the food is famously clean, and there is no bread on the table. Japan...
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In this article: Introduction Japan has a thousand-year Buddhist vegetarian tradition and is simultaneously one of the harder countries in the developed...
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In this article: Introduction Where a Western bouquet fills space with abundance, ikebana empties it. The Japanese art of flower arrangement is...
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In this article: Introduction If you want to understand how Japan relaxes, spend an evening in an izakaya. These casual pubs are...
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