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  • culture/ Jun 16, 2026

    The Other National Sport

    How football built itself a home in a generation — borrowed name, hometown clubs, and a national team that lives abroad.

    A worn, scuffed leather football resting against a white net on grass.
  • daily-life/ Apr 18, 2026

    The Cargo Bullet

    JR East just put parcels on the Shinkansen. The train is easy; the question of why a passenger railway is now in the freight business is the story.

    A metal roll cage loaded with strapped boxes inside the empty sunlit aisle of a train carriage.
  • culture/ Apr 6, 2026

    Everyone Starts on the Same Day

    Fiscal year, school year, working year — in April the whole country steps over the same threshold at once.

    Two pale cherry blossom petals resting on the dark wool lapel of a folded coat.
  • daily-life/ Mar 28, 2026

    The Last Flip Phone

    When Docomo switches off 3G this March, the gara-kei dies — and a generation's thumb-typed fluency goes dark with it.

    A silver clamshell flip phone, closed, on a wooden tabletop in soft natural light.
  • culture/ Sep 12, 2025

    The Throne of Technology

    From transparent glass walls to heated seats and pre-spray technology, how Japanese toilets spoiled me for bathrooms everywhere else

    A white electronic bidet toilet sits in a small wood-panelled room with a frosted window and corner basin.