Learning Culture

Animate's Ikebukuro headquarters has nine floors.

The costume play (cosplay) boom in Japan began in the latter half of the 1990s.

Tokyo is particularly abundant in illumination spots and it seems that in 2016 in Minato Ward,

The event known as "obon" is like a memorial service for ancestors and people who have passed away.

In Japan, they say that the stars "Orihime" (Vega) and "Hikoboshi" (Altair), which face each other a

Suwa Taisha Shrine in the Suwa district of Nagano Prefecture is one of the oldest shrines in Japan.

Although Ginza has numerous sushi restaurants, Ginza Kyubey is one of the most famous.

One of the most representative types of fast food restaurants in Japan is the standing soba restaurant.

A cat cafe is a place where you can spend time around cats while drinking coffee or tea.

The Japanese toilets are famous for their cleanliness, but it seems that foreign visitors are particularly surprised by their numerous functions.

In the 1990s and 2000s, "Idols you can meet" began to appear, mostly around Akihabara.

Love hotels ("rabuho") are mainly hotels used by couples to be intimate.

The first Tokyu Hands store opened in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1976.

In Japan, there are public baths that are open for anyone to use called sento.

There is an event in Ota Ward, Tokyo, called "Shicchy's Charity Fair," which occurs twice a year in June and November, each spanning three days.

In the summer of 2020, both the Olympic and Paralympic Games will be held in Tokyo.

Kappabashi Dogugai is a wholesale district located between Asakusa and Ueno that mainly sells cooking utensils.

Nakano Broadway in Tokyo's Nakano Ward is known as an "otaku building" or "subculture haven"

Known as "Japan's kitchen," Tsukiji Market is split into the inner market and the outer market.

Like soba noodles, udon noodles are a well known type of Japanese noodles. Made from flour, they are distinctively thick and white.