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Making the Ordinary Extraordinary with Keisuke Unosawa
The story of Keisuke Unosawa’s design career is far from ordinary. You won’t find skills developed at a prestigious design school or an expensive intern program abroad; there are no recurring childhood...
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5 Ways this Social Apartment is Redefining Share Housing in Tokyo
“What I really wish is that I’d known about this kind of place when I first came here as a student,” says Ryan, gesturing at the ridiculously stylish open space lounge-kitchen that looks like it should...
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I had a Japanese virtual assistant for a week and here’s what happened
Assistants — something only available to CEOs, fashion photographers and Kardashians. Or so I thought until I was asked to trial a service called Virtual Assist Japan, an online platform that connects...
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Japan Now Has a Pringles Flavor Cup Ramen
In the greatest flavor collaboration since peanut butter met jam, and avocado met everything, Japan now has Pringles-flavored instant ramen and all of us at GaijinPot are stanning for this unexpected...
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Hotel Iya Onsen: On the Edge of a Lost Japan
Perched on the jaw-dropping edge of a spectacular valley, Hotel Iya Onsen is one of those bucket-list experiences that I never thought I would actually get to have. Four years ago I’d seen a picture of...
View Article“AirDrop Perverts” on Japanese Trains Is Now a Thing
Yesterday while I was browsing Instagram to distract myself from the grim reality of a packed Tokyo evening commute, an image of what was either a naked hedgehog or — far more likely — a man’s scrotum...
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World’s Biggest Starbucks Opens in Tokyo
The Starbucks Reserve Roastery Tokyo has opened its doors to four floors of sensory coffee immersion today. The first of its kind in Japan and the fifth internationally, the upscale roastery cafe and...
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A Guide to Hiking the Kumano Kodo Iseji Route in Mie, Japan
10 towns and cities, 20 passes, 170 kilometers, 1,200 years. Painting the Kumano Kodo Iseji Route by numbers offers barely a glimpse into the profound and formidable history of this ancient pilgrim...
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How To Watch A Sumo Morning Training Session
Seeing sumo in action is one of the best cultural experiences you can have in Japan and watching a sumo tournament should definitely be on your list. But there’s a way to experience this centuries’ old...
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12 Things That Surprised Me About Traveling in Hokkaido
Hokkaido is a place that’s all about going into the wild. So what better way to experience my first time there than to go as spectacularly wild as it gets with a trip to Abashiri and the Shiretoko...
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