The best way to experience their traditional community lifestyle is to stay at a kominka (an old Japanese folk house) hotel. Slow down and enjoy your time at a Kominka hotel that fits into the atmosphere of the traditional streetscape.
View More Let’s Go to Aichi Prefecture, Which Has Ghibli Park!
JapanUp! asked Japanese manufacturers for their recipe recommendations and the best cooking methods for using their products. All the recipes are easy and delicious!
View More MANGA RECIPE
GIVEAWAY entry due is Wednesday, September 20th, 2023!!!
View More GIVEAWAY | Enter to Win Japanese Classic Car Show Tickets
YOSHIKI is a composer, pianist, rock drummer, and the leader of Japanese rock bands X JAPAN and THE LAST ROCKSTARS. Consequence calls YOSHIKI “one of the most influential musicians and composers in Japanese history,” and Billboard says he is “a musical innovator.”
In this interview, we asked him how he continues to take on challenges at a time when hope is hard to see.
View More After 10 Chaotic Years, YOSHIKI’s Music and His Way of Life Became a Ray of Light for the World
Popular ramen restaurants are coming all the way from Hokkaido, Japan, for a limited time to introduce their “real taste.”
View More The “HOKKAIDO RAMEN FESTIVAL” Has Arrived in Los Angeles!
Numerous embassies dot the area of Azabu in Tokyo’s Minato City, making it home to global residents, fancy restaurants, and international stores. On the other hand, Azabu is also known for the “Azabu-Juban Shotengai,” a shopping street for the locals.
View More Explore Azabu, a Retro but Trendy Area of Tokyo!
The Arts District is a neighborhood of “Art,” “Fashion,” and many Los Angeles “Trends.”
View More JapanUp! Meets the Arts District
August 2023 (VOL.190) Nic Flynn What do you do in Japan? I work a few different jobs in Japan, including as a part-time English teacher, photographer, and media assistant, while working on my own side projects with photography and video work. What is the distinctive lifestyle difference between your country and Japan? The difference that sticks out to me the most is how the two cultures perceive their space. In America, people don’t like others getting too close to them as we see them as not only possibly a threat, but we just aren’t comfortable with that. I don’t know…
View More I LIVE IN JAPAN / Nic Flynn / English Teacher and photographer
The festival showcases free Japanese cultural events, activities and exhibits, including music and entertainment, food, and fun spanning two weekends.
View More DTLA’s Historic Nisei Week Japanese Festival CelebratesIts 81st Year
Focus on Little Tokyo’s past, present, and future, and have conducted special interviews with some of the “key people” behind this community!
View More 【Special Interview 2023】”Key People” in Little Tokyo
JULY 2023 (VOL.189) Matt Shannon What do you do in Japan? I’m a licensed public school teacher in Japan. Like many people, I came to try a year or two away from my home country and found language education being a direct fit for my studies at university. Yes, I was an ALT when I first started. However, I did take my job seriously and settled on becoming a qualified curriculum developer for schools. I took online courses, took chances to work with publishers and NPOs to get relevant experience, and specialized in some specific, standardized educational programs. Ultimately, I…
View More I LIVE IN JAPAN / Matt Shannon / Public High School Teacher