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Award-winning alchemical delights at Japan’s best bar

Food & Drink

Award-winning alchemical delights at Japan’s best bar

by Melinda Joe

Fresh off being named Japan’s top spot for a tipple, Ben Fiddich and its imaginative owner have much more planned than just the next top-shelf drink.

Libushi Bashamichi: Raising the bar for casual craft beer dining

Food & Drink | TOKYO FOOD FILE

Libushi Bashamichi: Raising the bar for casual craft beer dining

by Robbie Swinnerton

Delicate ales, hearty stouts and a sophisticated menu make a visit to this Yokohama taproom a must for any craft brew connoisseur.

The enduring influence of <em>mingei</em> design

Style & Design | Longform

The enduring influence of mingei design

by Rebecca Saunders

What began as a folk art around 100 years ago has gradually worked its way into the fabric of everyday life in Japan.

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STYLE & DESIGN

A fabricated future: Awards highlight pioneers of material design

Style & Design | ON: DESIGN

A fabricated future: Awards highlight pioneers of material design

by Mio Yamada

Fantastic, futuristic materials may one day become the building blocks of a sustainable present.

  • Style & Design | ON: FASHION

    Fashion’s retail revolution: What’s old is new again

    by Samuel Thomas
  • Style & Design | Longform

    Reworking utopia: Contemporary Japanese garden design

    by Stephen Mansfield
  • Style & Design | ON: DESIGN

    A window of opportunity for Japanese glassware

    by Mio Yamada
  • Style & Design | ON: FASHION

    Tokyo fashion week not as fashion-forward as hoped

    by Samuel Thomas
  • Style & Design | ON: DESIGN

    Japanese designers serve up unusual tableware

    by Mio Yamada
  • Style & Design | ON: FASHION

    Online status: If you build a virtual world of fashion, will they come?

    by Samuel Thomas

LANGUAGE

Use certain Japanese phrases to turn that 'mansplaining' monologue back into a constructive dialogue

Language | BILINGUAL

Use certain Japanese phrases to turn that 'mansplaining' monologue back into a constructive dialogue

by Yuko Tamura

Japanese dating sites tend to encourage women to listen to and praise their male partners, but the conversation doesn’t have to go in one direction.

  • Language | BILINGUAL

    Finding the right words for when you discover a lost item in Japan

    by Yaeko Kabe
  • Language | BILINGUAL

    The ‘nuclear’ terms you should know when discussing current affairs

    by Eric Margolis
  • Language | BILINGUAL

    Yojijukugo: The four-kanji words that pack a whole lot of meaning

    by Claire Williamson
  • Language | BILINGUAL

    Linguistic strategies for winning a Japanese quiz show

    by Jennifer O'Donnell
  • Language | BILINGUAL

    Getting to know Japanese castles and picking out your favorites

    by Samantha Seghers
  • Language | BILINGUAL

    A well-crafted speech is powerful in any language

    by Tadasu Takahashi

LIFESTYLE

Marie Kondo is here to tidy up your pandemic clutter — if you want to

Lifestyle

Marie Kondo is here to tidy up your pandemic clutter — if you want to

by Ronda Kaysen

The past two years have changed the way we live in our homes. Are we ready to return to a spartan existence, or is our new stuff what sparks joy now?

  • Lifestyle

    Scientists find no benefit to time-restricted eating

    by Gina Kolata
  • Lifestyle

    Coffee, tea and nagging at Japan's anti-procrastination cafe

    by Irene Wang and Elaine Lies
  • Lifestyle

    At 119, she was a symbol of how to live with wit and vitality

    by Mike Ives, Hisako Ueno and Makiko Inoue
  • Lifestyle

    A glass half-full approach that is helping alcoholics to quit

    by Hiroki Kawasumi
  • Lifestyle

    Discreetly, the young in Japan chip away at a taboo on tattoos

    by Hikari Hida
  • Lifestyle

    This man married a fictional character. He’d like you to hear him out.

    by Ben Dooley and Hisako Ueno

FOOD & DRINK

Recipe: Japanese-style pasta with fresh asparagus

Food & Drink | JAPANESE KITCHEN

Recipe: Japanese-style pasta with fresh asparagus

by Makiko Itoh

Take advantage of these seasonal treats with this wafū (Japanese-style) recipe that puts asparagus in the spotlight.

  • Food & Drink | KANPAI CULTURE

    Make rice, not war: Chefs and brewers cook for Ukraine

    by Melinda Joe
  • Food & Drink

    Recipe: Malaysian chicken satay

    by Simon Daly
  • Food & Drink

    A wooden knife sharper than steel? Scientists say so.

    by Derrick Bryson Taylor
  • Food & Drink | TOKYO FOOD FILE

    Sota Atsumi brings Parisian flair back home to Tokyo

    by Robbie Swinnerton
  • Food & Drink

    Six bars in Japan named to Asia’s Best 50 List

    by Owen Ziegler
  • Food & Drink | Washoku Essentials

    Brush up on your bento basics

    by Elizabeth Andoh

PEOPLE

Sara Yoshihara: ‘The best reaction is when a kid with allergies stops by and gets to have a treat’

People | 20 QUESTIONS

Sara Yoshihara: ‘The best reaction is when a kid with allergies stops by and gets to have a treat’

by Louise George Kittaka

A wheat allergy diagnosis prompted Hototogisu Bakery and Farm to switch to gluten-free products, which has helped foster a community.

  • People | The Big Questions

    New technologies, pure science made in paradise

    by Timothy Schultz
  • People | The Big Questions

    From music industry leader to director of TELL

    by Timothy Schultz
  • People | 20 QUESTIONS

    Atsushi Murakami: ‘If Tono becomes synonymous with hops in Japan, I’ll be happy’

    by Lance Henderstein
  • People

    Ex-Olympian taps natural snow to revive winter sports industry

  • People | 20 QUESTIONS

    Kristopher Kwiatek: 'If you keep working hard, you'll end up somewhere pretty good'

    by Lance Henderstein
  • People | 20 QUESTIONS

    Sean Lotman and Ariko Inaoka: 'Everything has meaning: trees, stones, water, stars. God is in there.’

    by Lance Henderstein

DIGITAL

Japan's video game makers get a wage hike, but is it enough?

Digital | ON: GAMES

Japan's video game makers get a wage hike, but is it enough?

by Brian Ashcraft

Video game developers in Japan receive a bump in pay — just not a very large one.

  • Digital

    'Like family': Japan's virtual YouTubers make millions from fans

  • Digital

    Kamiwaza trio takes aim at YouTube fame

    by Patrick St. Michel
  • Digital | ON: GAMES

    Gaming companies slow to press pause on Russian business

    by Brian Ashcraft
  • Digital

    Beating Japan at its own (video) game: A smash hit from China

    by Ben Dooley and Paul Mozur
  • Digital

    Facebook researchers find its apps can make us lonelier

    by Naomi Nix and Kurt Wagner
  • Digital | ON: GAMES

    Unfazed by game rivals’ acquisitions, Nintendo seeks to forge its own path to success

    by Brian Ashcraft

TRAVEL

Riding logs and tempting fate at the Onbashira festival

Travel

Riding logs and tempting fate at the Onbashira festival

by Patrick Murphrey

After deaths in 2010 and 2016, who would volunteer for the Onbashira festival? The locals.

  • Travel

    Travel’s ‘great comeback’ has a price: chaos

    by Ceylan Yeginsu
  • Travel

    In Europe, it’s planes vs. trains. For many travelers, rail is the way to go.

    by Paige Mcclanahan
  • Travel

    Rishiri Island is a backcountry skiing paradise, as long as there’s a break in the weather

    by Oscar Boyd
  • Travel

    Thinking of going to Southeast Asia? Here is what to expect.

    by Patrick Scott
  • Travel | Longform

    With international tourists still absent, Japan’s ski resorts dig deep

    by Francesco Bassetti and Oscar Boyd
  • Travel

    Exploring the poetry of an exiled emperor on the Oki Islands

    by Kit Nagamura

ENVIRONMENT

Japan’s ‘hydrogen economy’ runs the risk of being powered by coal

Environment | Longform

Japan’s ‘hydrogen economy’ runs the risk of being powered by coal

by Francesco Bassetti

The government-led drive to boost hydrogen energy and lower emissions may end up giving coal-fired power plants a new lease on life.

  • Environment | Longform

    As the crow flies: A bird’s eye view of Japan’s urban ecology

    by Alex K.T. Martin
  • Environment | Longform

    Plastic love: Proliferation of PET bottles in Japan complicates a sustainable future

    by Kathryn Wortley
  • Environment

    Raging river: Tracing the Arakawa, Japan’s most dangerous water source

    by Alex K.T. Martin
  • Environment | Longform

    Beneath the surface: Are Japan’s iconic hot-spring resources sustainable?

    by Mara Budgen
  • Environment | Longform

    Unearthing Japan’s home-grown solutions to urban greening

    by Francesco Bassetti
  • Environment | Longform

    Can Japan embrace an alternative approach to plastic?

    by Mara Budgen

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