THE Japanese folktale: Momotarō

Train yourself before you go to Kyoto

The fear of Kyoto place names

18th-century Tokyo (Edo) was a dating heaven for women

How Japan came to call itself “Nippon” or “Nihon”

The author of Astro Boy, Tezuka Osamu was a mad artist

The 47th most famous prefecture of Japan: Shimane Prefecture

A day in the life of a Japanese language learner

A true island-break story from premodern Japan with an unexpected ending

A Japanese company that went all out making erasers: Iwako

Ichimatsu Moyō

The first native English teacher in Japan was a relentless Japanophile

The etymology of Otaku

The first native English teacher in Japan was a relentless Japanophile Part 2

The first married couple in Japanese mythology ended up in divorce

Japanese mythology: The slaying of the eight-headed serpent