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There are rumors on the internet that many of the omikuji at Senso -ji Temple are “bad”. One of Japan’s leading temples where many people visit for New Year’s visits. Amano Kayoko wrote the article for Peachy and drew a “bad” omikuji five times in Read More …
Ikebukuro has quickly grown to the point that it’s becoming like an Akihabara. It has become the cosplay destination hosting many cosplay events, including the Halloween Cosplay Festival. It has become a destination for anime and manga fans. But Ikebukuro is known for its restaurants Read More …
Tokyo Midtown located at Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo will be holding its “MIDTOWN BLOSSOM 2022” cherry blossom event starting on March 18th through April 17th. Please download the PDF for more information The event starts from noon to 8:00 p.m. with lights out at 7:30 p.m., Read More …
Once in awhile you get to see a lot of snow in Japan. While not rare, it’s always fascinating to see, considering it doesn’t last that long. But the snow that happened in Tokyo on Wednesday was the heaviest snow fall in four years. Unfortunately, Read More …
As Halloween lands on a Sunday, there were many people who turned out for Halloween 2021 at Shibuya Scramble on Halloween Eve. Expect to see many people dress up on Sunday night as well. Here are the videos from Saturday evening:
You know it’s almost Halloween time when you see people dressing up in Shibuya. It doesn’t matter if October 31st is weeks away, there are those in Japan who will show off their costumes early. In this case, someone dressed like Rockman (Megaman) at Shibuya Read More …
Growing anger continues in Japan due to the rise of COVID infections has not yet ceased. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced that on August 14th, the number of the novel coronavirus infections was 5,094. The number decreased by 679 from 5773 on August 13th, which Read More …
Tokyo has confirmed 950 COVID-19 infections on Saturday, a 225+ increase since last week (exceeding last Saturday’s 716). With the Tokyo Olympics 13 days away, many hope that the fourth State of Emergency which begins on Monday will help decrease the spike of infections. The Read More …
Many people have posted on social media of litter of alcohol and there is no doubt that there are many people drinking/drunk around Tokyo during the State of Emergency. While the State of emergency is requesting restaurants to shorten their business hours, people gathering and Read More …
Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide declared a state of emergency for Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo prefectures in an effort to curb the surge of coronavirus infection cases before the Golden Week Holiday. This latest state of emergency is much stricter banning restaurants and bars from Read More …
NHK is reporting that the population of all 23 wards in Tokyo has fallen compared to the previous month, the first time in 25 years and 7 months. The largest decrease was in Edogawa ward (951 people), followed by Setagaya Ward (948 people) and Itabashi Read More …
Prime Minister Suga announced that the state of emergency for Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba and Saitama prefectures have been extended to March 21st. After the declaration was issued in January, it has had great effect and new infections have been reduced by more than 80%.
East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) announced that the last trains of the day will depart earlier starting on January 20th to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus in which numbers have surged in Japan. It is expected that other railway companies will follow Read More …
The second state of emergency was declared in Japan on Thursday. As of right now, the prefectures affected are: Tokyo, Chiba, Kanagawa and Saitama So, what will happen? Restaurants and Bars must stop serving alcohol at 7 om and close an hour later, except for Read More …
According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, 602 people tested positive for the novel coronavirus. This surpassed the high of 584 people from December 5th and is the first time the positive cases surpassed 600 people. 137 people were in their 30s, followed by 135 people Read More …