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- What We Wish We Had Known Before Moving to Japan: A Tadaima Japan Roundtable Discussion
- In this roundtable discussion, we look back on our past in Japan to help you plan ahead for your future. Moving to a new country on a whim can be fun
- Escaping to the Edge of Tokyo on the Tamako Cycling Road
- Living on the west side of Tokyo is affordable and convenient, especially if you live near Shinjuku. However, I often lament the lack of cycling infra
- Three Perspectives on Learning Japanese: A Tadaima Japan Roundtable Discussion
- As three authors from three different countries, we all share one common thread. We’ve all achieved a working knowledge of Japanese, and each of us ha
- Your First Day in Japan: The Ultimate Arrival Survival Guide
- With the 2019 Rugby World Cup right around the corner and the Olympic Games in the summer of 2020, a record number of first-time visitors will be trav
- teamLab Planets: Immerse Yourself in Digital Art
- After the international success of teamLab Borderless, it didn’t take long for the teamLab group to create a follow-up exhibition, teamLab Planets. At
- JR East Japan Station Work: Your Office on the Go
- Although Japan's population continues to decline, the same cannot be said about Tokyo. Despite the government's best efforts, the nation's economy is
- The Best Places to Live, Work, and Play in Tokyo: A Tadaima Japan Roundtable Discussion
- Tokyo is massive. The megacity, which doubles as a prefecture, includes endless urban cityscapes, tropical islands hundreds of kilometers off the coas
- Shimanami Kaido: A Foolproof Guide to Enjoying Japan's Cycling Sanctuary
- Seventy kilometers, six scenic islands, six massive bridges, and two prefectures—all woven together by a single blue line. This is the Shimanami Kaido
- The Toyosu Fish Market: A Behind-the-Scenes Experience with Restaurateur Nobutaka Tsuchida
- In the fall of 2018, the world-famous Tsukiji Inner Market shut down permanently, and all of its primary activity was relocated to a brand-new facilit
- Breaking Down (Over) Kanji Part 2: The Two Most Popular Ways to Achieve Japanese Literacy
- In the first part of this series, I outlined what it takes to become literate in Japanese, and like a mid-trilogy Hollywood movie, I ended up on a dow
- Breaking Down (Over) Kanji Part 1: An Introduction to the Challenges of Reading Japanese
- For upper-intermediate Japanese learners, successfully reading blog posts, newspapers, and magazine articles can feel like winning what I call the "ka
- Things to Consider Before Moving to Japan: A Tadaima Japan Roundtable Discussion
- With foreign residents in Japan reaching record numbers, the Tadaima Japan team thought it would be a good time to reminisce about our halcyon days in
- The Natsume Soseki Memorial Museum: Celebrating the Life of Japan's Most Influential Modern Novelist
- Natsume Soseki is a name that is immediately familiar to anyone who has endeavored to study Japanese. Born in 1867 in what we now know as Shinjuku, To
- Travel through Time at the Minato City Local History Museum
- Tokyo is a city of cities, officially divided up into 23 wards. Each ward has its own unique character and history, however Minato Ward (also known as
- Clearing Up Misconceptions about Train Punctuality: A Tadaima Japan Roundtable Discussion
- Japan’s train system is legendary for its punctuality. Peruse any travel book or Japan-related website and you’ll find countless tales of how trains a