Japanese culture Izakaya — The Real Third Place of Japanese Society
By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledThere is a moment that happens in Japanese izakaya that I have witnessed hundreds of times over...
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Japanese economy The 8 Million Empty Houses — Japan’s Akiya Crisis and What It Really Means
By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledDrive far enough from any major Japanese city — half an hour past the last suburban train stati...
Japanese economy Pachinko — Japan’s ¥15 Trillion Open Secret
By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledIf you have spent any time in a Japanese city — any city, any neighborhood, anywhere along the ...
Japanese economy The Salaryman’s Real Life — What Nobody Tells You About Working in Japan
By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledEvery year, millions of people around the world encounter the word "salaryman" and form an imag...
Otaku Culture Akihabara — Electric Dreams, Otaku Gospels, and the City That Reinvented Itself
By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledIntroduction — A Place That Refuses to Be DefinedIf you ask ten people what Akihabara is, you w...