Earlier this year, East Japan Railway Company. AKA JR East, added Green Cars to Tokyo’s Chuo Rapid Line. The cars themselves keep the same orange-striped silver color as the other carriages on the ...

Derelict brothel gets a new lease on life, opening the doors to its unchanged interiors and attracting a new type of visitor.

Chuo Rapid Line’s first-class cars are extra fancy this month.

Dozens of rubber fixtures have suddenly gone missing from building’s toilet lids and seats.

With a new cake and hot apple cider joining the festivities, this is shaping up to be a delicious holiday season.

With a new cake and hot apple cider joining the festivities, this is shaping up to be a delicious holiday season.

Stories in derelict buildings tag.

Century-old dorayaki specialist in Ginza is asking for a little more considerateness from its recently expanded foreigner fan base.

Sakura Veil plumpers make a stop at temple in the Kyoto foothills before making their way to convenience stores.

Jiko bukken survey examines the deal-breakers and deal-makers among apartment hunters in Japan.

Burger King’s rapid expansion in Japan has caught the eye of the Wall Street giant. You don’t have to be a financial genius to realize that you could buy a lot of hamburgers with 70 billion yen ...

This year the standard Gurakoro will be joined by a new variant with even more abbreviations packed into its name: the Koku Uma Beef Demi Gurakoro, which is extra rich ( koku) and delicious ( umai, ...