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3 Things You Definitely Don’t Know About Toyama Prefecture

16/09/2022samura

Toyama Prefecture is home to the Tateyama Peaks, one of the most dramatic mountain ranges in Japan, and bustling bayside towns with sandy coastlines. Its capital, Toyama City, is consistently ranked among the best places to live in the Chubu region. As well as their love of kombuToyama locals are known for their relaxed and welcoming demeanor.

As a visitor to the region, there are a multitude of attractions to discover. Let us introduce you to a Toyama as surprising as it is unexpected. A rooftop playground, a dazzling glass museum and superior snow tunnels await…

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Is Japan Right to Declare War on Floppy Disks?

13/09/2022samura

“Where does one even buy a floppy disk?” a rhetorical Taro Kono asked a room full of reporters.

Ironically, the answer is Japanese. In fact, anyone who’s shuffled along the basement aisles of an Akihabara retro store, perused the shelves in a Tokyo Hard Off, or fumbled around in a Japanese office desk will tell you as much.

But I appreciate Kono’s point. I also fall right in line with the sentiment — it’s about time the government rid itself of antiquated technology.

The digital affairs minister posed the question as part of his opening gambit to “declare war” on

Beyond the Label: Chubu’s Best Local Craft Beer

11/09/2022samura

For our latest projects, Chubu Weekender, we went around the region to find the best local brews for die-hard or casual fans of craft beer. Attractive designs and delicious: Why settle for anything less?

Toyama: Johana Beer

Located in Toyama Prefecture’s Nanto City, Johana Beer makes some of the most creative concoctions — both in terms of design and flavor — in the country. From herbal and spicy tipples like Earl Gray with notes of bergamot to the invigorating citrus flavors of Tropical Pink and Great Blue (using grapefruit and lemon respectively), Johana Beer aims to make any kind

Anrealage: Trend Between the Actual and The Unreal World

31/08/2022samura

Japanese trend designers have stepped out boldly into the worldwide limelight, displaying their acute sense of aesthetics all over the world. One of many nation’s younger trend designers who has clearly toppled the barrier between conventional and fashionable, standard and on-line, in addition to actual and imaginary is Kunihiko Morinaga. His model Anrealage (stylized as ANREALAGE), launched in 2003, immediately created a buzz within the trend world when he introduced his first assortment at Tokyo Trend Week in 2005. That very same yr, Morinaga obtained the Design Imaginative and prescient Award For Avant Garde at Gen Artwork .

Kunihiko Morinaga © Yoshimori Shinnosuke — Kunihiko Morinaga.

Sylvester Stallone Denies ‘Intentional Dissipation’ of Marital Property in Jennifer Flavin Divorce

30/08/2022samura

Actor Sylvester Stallone and wife Jennifer Flavin arrive at Goldie Hawn And Kurt Russell Host Annual Goldie's Love In For Kids at Ron Burkle's Green Acres Estate on May 6, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California — Actor Sylvester Stallone and spouse Jennifer Flavin arrive at Goldie Hawn And Kurt Russell Host Annual Goldie’s Love In For Youngsters at Ron Burkle’s Inexperienced Acres Property on Might 6, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California

Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic Sylvester Stallone and Jennifer Flavin

Sylvester Stallone has responded to Jennifer Flavin’s divorce submitting.

In Palm Seaside County, Florida, courtroom paperwork seen by PEOPLE on Monday, Stallone, 76, denied Flavin’s allegations that he “engaged within the intentional dissipation, depletion and/or waste of marital belongings which has had an opposed financial impression on the marital property .”

Stallone’s authorized crew wrote in his response

Is Japan Gearing As much as Open Its Doorways to Particular person Vacationers Once more?

28/08/2022samura

On this week’s information roundup we give attention to Japan’s entry restrictions, that are easing. On Wednesday, the prime minister introduced that triple vaccinated folks will not require a PCR check earlier than getting into the nation from subsequent month and that the federal government is contemplating elevating the each day entry cap. Additionally, in keeping with NHK, it seems like particular person vacationers will quickly be allowed again into the nation. There may be reported to be a major situation, although, which does not sound notably interesting except you need your journey deliberate by a journey company.

Behind Patrick “thepaperpat” Smith’s Healthful Movies

25/08/2022samura

In the event you’ve spent any time in any respect on Japan TikTok, you are sure to have come throughout the paperpat. Via quick skits and anecdotes, Patrick Smith affords perception into his life as an English instructor in Japan. His movies are the proper mix of humorous, insightful and human, which is how most of them have gone viral past TikTok and onto different platforms comparable to Instagram and Twitter. Lately, his 15-to-45-second movies are microdoses of wholesomeness for his 1.9 million followers to take pleasure in.

Smith, or ‘Mr. Patrick’ as he is identified to his college students,

6 Issues To Do in Tokyo This Week: August 22-28

22/08/2022samura

The month of August is slowly however certainly flying previous our eyes. However fret not, the summer time spirit just isn’t going away anytime quickly. Benefit from the season as if it is your final with these cool summer time festivals, reside performances and extra.

1. Harajuku Omotesando Tremendous Yosakoi

The pageant will characteristic a crew efficiency dance contest consisting of 6,000 performers from round Japan competing for first place. There might be a parade alongside the avenue inside Yoyogi Park that hyperlinks the park to Shibuya from 10am to 6pm on each days and a parade down Omotesando Dori