This week in Osaka, cops busted uncensored dirty movie sellers. According to The Tokyo Reporter, police seized 140,000 uncensored DVDs. Pixelated porn is the law! And in the past, machines were made to give those rules the shaft.
Have you ever been to Japan? If so, maybe you had a swell time. Maybe you had an awful time. Let's see if any of your complaints match up to this recent poll.
If you ever visit Osaka, be sure to try one of its most famous dishes, "kushikatsu" (串カツ). Typically, it's fried pork on skewers. One restaurant's menu is anything but typical.
This fall, a series of restaurant scandals have been front page news in Japan. Several pricey eateries have admitted to lying about their menus. Establishments Sega owns, it seems, did as well. Yes, Sega runs restaurants in Japan.
Traveling to Japan on a budget? Need a place to stay? Don't mind people having sex all around you? Well, have I got a hotel room for you.
Japan is filled with buildings—many of them are impressive. One Osaka building, however, stands apart. It's not because it's particularly tall or even that beautiful. It has a highway passing through it.
Ever want to open a game bar in Japan? Matt Bloch talks to Japanator about doing just that with his Osaka-based watering hole Space Station. It's apparently the only foreign-run video game bar in Japan!
Land can come at a premium in Japan, especially in big cities. For urban dwellers, sometimes the only option is to build small. Real small.
In the afternoon of March 31, a shooting broke out at game center in Osaka. According to Jiji Press (via The Tokyo Reporter), a former high-level yakuza was grazed in the left part of his chest. He was taken to a local hospital, and he is expected to recover.
Last weekend, Osaka's Den-Den Town, the city's geek district, held a street festival. Previously, Kotaku showcased some of the unusual cosplay on display during the event. There was more. Much more.
As any longtime resident can attest, Japan's subway is punctual, clean, and convenient. Its stations, however, can get elaborate and confusing.
Other Tokyo Metro stations are also like dungeons. Here's Otemachi Station. Akasaka-mitsuke. Tameike-sanno. This isn't only a Tokyo thing. Other Japan Rail stations…
Located in Osaka's Takatsuki, the factory boasts the largest plastic billboard in the world. It's even in the Guinness Book. Dubbed…
On April 30, a 38 year-old Osaka City bureaucrat was arrested for taking upskirt photos of a …
The teacher, Manabu Wakita, was a regular, but he wasn't looking for DVDs or anime goods. He supposedly had something else in mind: trying to snap photos up a woman's skirt.
For many Tokyoites, an evening after work spent in a "neko cafe" (cat cafe) sounds purrfect.
Sometimes cosplay is cool. Sometimes it's sexy. Sometimes it's just really effing strange. Like today.
