Japanese culture

The Business Ryokan Asahi Hotel in Fukoka, Japan, has a special guest room that will cost you only $ 1 (130 yen).

This is only possible if you agreeto let the hotel live-stream your stay on its YouTube channel.

Kagami biraki 鏡 開 き is based on Japanese tradition. It is a ritual in JCG to reflect on the past year's milestones and to renew their dedication to judo principles and values, such as knowledge, courage, perseverance, kindness, friendship, respect and social responsibility.

With the dead still unburied, with the eyes of the missing watching from their photographs, we can only feel shame for their fate and for our own responsibility.

Japan’s sewerage industry has found a way to clean up its dirty and smelly image: elaborately designed and colorful manhole covers with 12,000 local varieties nationwide -- including, of course, a Hello Kitty design.Appealing to a Japanese love of detail and “kawaii” (“cute”), bespoke manhole covers adorn the streets of 1,700 towns, cities and villages across Japan and have spawned a collection

There has never been a single, widely accepted hairstyle for geisha. It is safe to say that throughout history, geisha women have been wearing their hair up or down at various periods of time.

However, in the 17th century, geisha started putting their hair up once again. It is during this period that the traditional shimada hairstyle, based on a type of chignon, started to develop.

Felines at Japan's "cat cafes" are now officially allowed to stay up until 10 p.m. to interact with customers.

The Chinese Lantern Festival, which fell on March 5 this year, marks the end of the Chinese New Year festivities and is celebrated on the first full moon of the lunar year. Lanterns adorn the sky during the night, creating a magical atmosphere adding to the romance of the full moon.