Magazine Time Out compiled their annual list of “Coolest Neighborhoods” in the world for 2022, with Colonia Americana in Guadalajara, Mexico coming in first, followed by Cais do Sodre in…

Kumagaya, Saitama, sometimes called the hottest city in Japan, is planning to distribute 9,000 yellow umbrellas to local children. The umbrellas are intended to protect children from heatstroke, as well…

According to Teikoku Databank, nearly 60% of major restaurant chains have raised prices since the beginning of 2022. Within 100 listed restaurant companies, 56 answered that they “have raised prices”…

Operators of a mountain ropeway in Japan are testing whether passengers will pay to throw away their trash.The new paid bins will hopefully solve the problem of visitors who do…

A bargain hunter who went to an estate sale in Maine to find a stand mixer, a bookshelf or vintage clothing walked away with a 700-year-old treasure. Instead of a…

Wrestling legend-turned-politician Antonio Inoki, who famously took on Muhammad Ali in a much-ballyhooed bout, died of heart failure on Oct.1. He was 79. The clash with Ali in 1976 was…

The traditional rock garden of a temple in this ancient Japanese capital is being lit up with some 800 candles, creating a fantastic scene for visitors. The event “Bonto no…

The Akita Municipal Government has announced it will hold a lottery for the opportunity to buy one of 10 used manhole covers with a festival lantern design. The covers, which…

A crying sumo contest for babies has returned to a shrine in central Japan after a more than two-year break because of the pandemic. The annual affair at Gokoku Shrine…

An exceptionally bright meteor has been observed in Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo, and elsewhere. Fujii Daichi, a curator at the Hiratsuka City Museum in Kanagawa said cameras installed at his…