Held after sunset from August to September 2026, Enoshima Lanterns is inspired by a local folk tale about a dragon and a goddess Enoshima is one of the most popular island getaways for Tokyoites. It’s ...

Held over several days every July, the Enoshima Tenno Festival culminates in the shinkosai – a procession in which an enshrined deity is carried across the open ocean on a mikoshi float from Enoshima ...

This version of Junko is a static figure. This mean’s she’s locked into a specific pose that features her pointing outward with her right hand and to her eyes with her left. Her outfit is half black ...

Junko Tabei (1939-2016) is remembered not only as the first woman to summit Mt Everest in 1975, but also as an irreplaceable lifelong friend of Nepal. It was 1975, the International Women’s Year. And ...

Junko Takeuchi, the Japanese voice of Naruto Uzumaki, has confirmed that new episodes of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations are in the works. Speaking at a Nostalgia Con 2025 panel (via ComicBook.com), ...

Convenience stores, a very American concept for people on the go, were first introduced in Japan in the 1970s. Today, they’re an intrinsic part of life throughout the country – even more so than in ...

Many events are planned this year for the 75th anniversary of the first ascent of Annapurna, and the 70th anniversary of the first successful expeditions on Kangchenjunga and Makalu. But there is much ...

Nearly 50 years ago, a Japanese Women's Everest Expedition (JWEE) team was on its way to climb Mount Everest, and it faced an avalanche. While staying at a high altitude on May 4, 1975, the team was ...

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It was May 4 1975. The Japanese Women’s Everest Expedition team had been living at a high altitude for six weeks, and were less than a week away from their scheduled bid for the summit of Mount ...

Junko Yokota is legally blind in one eye. At first, her parents thought she was just a clumsy child who occasionally bumped into things. Yokota said it wasn’t common to test children’s eyesight in the ...