The old Tsukiji Fish Market is set to become the site of a 50,000 seat stadium for sports and concerts. The development will include hotels, shops, offices, a theatre, and conference hall. Estimated completion date is some time in the early 2030s. yomiuri.co.jp/economy/202404…
New measures are going into force on Mt Fuji. There's a limit on climbers, to ease congestion, and manned gates to prevent bullet-climbing. yomiuri.co.jp/national/20240…
Always on the look out for quirky Japan merch for Christmas gifts. I see the 日本たまごかけごはん研究所 (Japan Tamago Kake Gohan Research Institute) has an official soy sauce and t-shirt. japantkg.theshop.jp
Toei Kyoto Studio Park (Eigamura) is trialling the Toyota &brella, a kind of driverless rickshaw, which can be directed by smartphone. In case you are wondering, the katakana for &brella is アンブレラ, so it's pronounced 'umbrella'. ktv.jp/news/articles/…
Worth mentioning there are also plenty of replies to the tweet agreeing with its tone, and saying Kyoto is overun with foreigners. At this point, there are probably quite a few online trolls just trying to bait each other.
To get away from Kyoto crowds, guy went to an old Korean district which he describes as scary. Tweet has got a lot of pushback from people who think he uses terms which invite discrimination.
Police carried out inspections of dozens of Kabukicho love hotels as part of a crackdown on prostitution. There's so much blurring, and keeping faces out of shot in this report, you wonder why they bothered with video at all. youtube.com/watch?v=RRdnZg…
Recognizing that telegrams haven’t been a core business for some time now, the Diet has permitted Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. to change its formal name. New name will likely be simply NTT. nikkei.com/article/DGKKZO…
Not far off exactly 10 years ago that we had a similar intensity quake in West Japan. This article from March 14th, 2014: japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/1…
There were 3,081,600 overseas vistors to Japan in March, which is the first time the total exceeded the 3 million mark. Tourist consumption from January through March also reached a record 3-month total. newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/-/112…
がんばろう能登、スギヨの加賀揚 If you discover this label in the grocery store, know that these fresh foods are produced and sourced from the Noto Peninsula where hit by heavy earthquakes on Jan 1st 2024. Every purchase supports their cause
