Even weeks of record heat won’t keep Kyoto from carrying on its cherished rituals. The summer of 2025 in Japan was a sweltering one, with many regions being subjected to heat above 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit) on a regular basis. Kyoto, one of the most culturally significant cities in the country, was among […]| SoraNews24 -Japan News-
Who needs hacking? We got clacking! When I first heard my daughter was going to take abacus lessons after school, I didn’t really know what to make of it. I never touched one myself and just considered it one of those obsolete tools of yesteryear, like the sextant or washboard — especially in this day […]| SoraNews24 -Japan News-
Promises the unusual addition will make your cup “richer and more fragrant.” If you don’t want to drink your coffee black, it’s not unusual to put a little cream or sugar in your coffee, but recently Japan’s Kadoya Seiyu caused a stir with a different recommendation. Yep, that’s a bottle of Kadoya Seiyu-brand sesame oil […]| SoraNews24 -Japan News-
Our Tottori-born reporter buys some “sand eggs” cooked at insanely high temperatures to determine just how egg-citing they are. Our Japanese-language reporter Ikuna Kamezawa now lives in Tokyo, but she actually spent the first 19 years of her life in Tottori, Japan’s least populated prefecture. When she recently went home to see her parents for […]| SoraNews24 -Japan News-
Tokyo’s oldest subway line should be less crowded for sightseers starting next month. The Tokyo Metro’s Ginza Line, as you can probably guess from its name, has a stop in the city’s upscale Ginza district. It also has stations in fashionable Omotesando, right by the boutiques and flagship fashion stores of Harajuku, and also Ueno, […]| SoraNews24 -Japan News-
It really is all in the wrists. In music, there is the concept of timbre, which is the quality that makes notes have a different “tone color” or emotion to them, even if sung or played in the exact same way. It’s that essence you can hear when instruments of very different quality are handled […]| SoraNews24 -Japan News-
In the end, he ran into the very thing he was trying to get away from. There’s an adventurous, romantic appeal to dropping all the drudgery of day-to-day life and heading north to Hokkaido. Japan’s northernmost prefecture is a land of vast, open spaces and rugged natural beauty, the sort of place that might make […]| SoraNews24 -Japan News-
A journey into Okinawa’s traditions in Yanbaru. A visit to the Okinawa Island usually entails a stay near the capital city of Naha, day trips out to the sights and beaches, and evening meals around the main shopping area of Kokusai Dori. There are not many who venture out to the far reaches of the […]| SoraNews24 -Japan News-
On the Beef plays with our mind, but does it satisfy our stomach?| SoraNews24 -Japan News-
Residents don’t think special zone minpaku are very special at all. In Japanese, minpaku, or “private lodging,” refers to short-term, non-hotel rentals for travelers. It’s essentially the classification that Airbnb-style accommodations fall under, and it’s also a classification that Osaka is looking to put tighter controls on. Minpaku are a divisive subject in Japan, and […]| SoraNews24 -Japan News-
DyDo is trying to find out with help from Toyota. The enormous number of vending machines in Japan is a bit of a double-edged sword. Despite the convenient access to hot and cold drinks in just about every corner of the country, they can be eyesores, especially if you’re not accustomed to seeing a Coca-Cola […]| SoraNews24 -Japan News-
Our reporter hits the floor of TGS to see the sights and play the games.| SoraNews24 -Japan News-
Our northern Kanto reporters team up and head to Gunma for a look at this part of Japan that gets overlooked by tourists. As you can probably guess from their differing family names, our Japanese-language reporters Masanuki Sunakoma and Takamichi Furusawa are not blood-related siblings. However, as of today, they are brothers…Kita Kanto Brothers! Kita […]| SoraNews24 -Japan News-
Starbucks Japan teams up with Gelato Pique for a very unique collaboration.| SoraNews24 -Japan News-
In separate instances, man in sandals and woman who’d never been to Mt. Fuji before both require emergency assistance to get off Japan’s tallest mountain.| SoraNews24 -Japan News-
It's only natural to want to shake your pippi.| SoraNews24 -Japan News-
P.K. and Pokémon Pansage make their nuikatsu debut.| SoraNews24 -Japan News-
Now you don't have to visit Shirohige's Cream Puff Factory to get a taste of Totoro.| SoraNews24 -Japan News-
Moving Yoshinoya is an Orange Dream on the food truck scene...for those who know where they're hiding.| SoraNews24 -Japan News-
Two of the country's best coffeehouse chains go head to head in this battle of seasonal flavours.| SoraNews24 -Japan News-