CultureFeaturedKantoShopping Good Old Tokyo: Secondhand Shopping in Japan’s Well-Stocked Capital I don’t particularly like new stuff. It makes me sad, for example, to think of factories churning out an ever-growing…Richard Koyama-DanielsOctober 22, 2024
ActivitiesFeaturedHokkaidoSightseeing Dosanko: Native Horses, People and Culture of Hokkaido Dosanko, once defined as the species of horse native to Hokkaido has evolved to a cheerful moniker for the people…Justin RandallOctober 18, 2024
ActivitiesKansaiPop Culture Nintendo Museum in Kyoto: What Gaming Fans Should Know In autumn 2024, the day that gaming fans had been waiting for finally arrived — the new Nintendo Museum opened…Yvonne TanakaOctober 16, 2024
FeaturedFoodKanto The Best Spots for Your Halloween Treats in Tokyo When thinking about Halloween in Japan, the first thing that comes to mind is usually the colorful and sometimes spooky…Claudia MitsuboriOctober 10, 2024
CultureFood The Voyapon Guide to Japanese Beer I spent much of my time in Britain, in the latter half of the 1990s, hoisting kegs of real ale…Richard Koyama-DanielsOctober 8, 2024
ActivitiesEventsFeatured Best Events Japan October 2024 Welcome to the first installment of Voyapon's new series where we highlight a curated list of some under-the-radar events happening…Paul McInnesOctober 4, 2024
CultureKansaiSightseeing How Kobe is Emerging from the Shadow of Osaka A phoenix is rising in the shadow of Osaka, but you'll need to look closely. It rises slowly and deliberately…Todd FongOctober 1, 2024
KantoSightseeing Traveling Through Japan’s Medieval Heartland in Kamakura Approximately an hour south of Tokyo, Kamakura feels like a world apart. This coastal city, cradled between forested hills and…Toshiko SakuraiSeptember 26, 2024
ChugokuCultureSightseeing Entertaining the Gods: Kagura Theater in Shimane I think it was the moment Orochi arrived. A phantasmagorical rendering of the eight-headed, eight-tailed serpent from Shinto myth, cavorting…David McElhinneySeptember 24, 2024
CultureMy Japan My Japan: An Insight of Our Life as an International Family Welcome to the next installment of Voyapon's My Japan series, in which we introduce you to our more or less…Yvonne TanakaSeptember 19, 2024
CultureEventsKanto Joining the Dance: A Magical Bon Odori at Tsukiji’s Hongwanji Temple Across many parts of the western world, the bitter gray tedium of winter is made just about bearable by the…Richard Koyama-DanielsSeptember 13, 2024
CultureSightseeing Von Jour Caux: The Architect of Otherworldly Dreams "Ah, Barcelona! Olympic Games, Sagrada Familia." An almost unanimous chant uttered by many older Japanese people (old enough to remember…Toshiko SakuraiSeptember 9, 2024
KantoShopping An Inky-Fingered Pilgrimage: Visiting Three of Tokyo’s Top Art Supplies and Stationery Stores As a boy in the early 1980s, I would spend many happy hours in the art supplies and stationery section…Richard Koyama-DanielsSeptember 5, 2024
KantoSightseeing Tokyo Daibutsu: The Hidden Giant Born from War and Earthquakes If you ask the average Tokyoite about Tokyo Daibutsu 東京大仏 or Tokyo’s Giant Buddha, do not be surprised by the…Toshiko SakuraiSeptember 2, 2024
KantoShopping Michail Gkinis Aoyama: A Fashion Brand Going Above and Beyond for Inbound Tourists in Tokyo I’ve known Michail Gkinis for not far off 20 years now. A maverick of design, he’s a graduate of the…Paul McInnesAugust 29, 2024
KyushuSightseeing How to Spend a Day in Fukuoka Fukuoka 福岡 is one of Japan’s beautiful southern prefectures, with a different culture and lifestyle all of its own. It’s…Cassandra LordAugust 27, 2024
CultureMy Japan My Japan: The Ordinary and Extraordinary of My Travel Writing Life When I was asked if I’d like to contribute to the Voyapon My Japan series, I faced a dilemma. The…Cassandra LordAugust 23, 2024
FoodShopping Ekiben: The Legendary Bullet Train Bento in Japan You are taking a Shinkansen 新幹線 or bullet train, as it's known overseas, in Japan and spending time inside the…Maria PeñascalAugust 20, 2024
CultureKansai The Life, Work, and Kyoto Home of Celebrated Ceramicist Kanjiro Kawai Just a short walk from the Gojo Bridge, site of the warrior-monk Benkei’s fateful 1,000th duel, there is a typically…Richard Koyama-DanielsAugust 16, 2024
ChubuShopping Atami Shopping: Another Way to Experience this Famed Onsen Town Uncover a treasure trove of local specialties and one-of-a-kind souvenirs in this charming onsen town's shopping district.Toshiko SakuraiAugust 13, 2024
CultureFoodKanto Suigian: Where Traditional Japanese Dance and Music Meet Elegant Cocktails Two women kneel to one side of the stage in front of what appears to be an ancient painting of…Cassandra LordAugust 8, 2024
ChubuSightseeing A Love Letter to Atami, Shizuoka’s Legendary Onsen Town At the zenith of Atami's heyday, it was the golden prize of your average corporate employee. A spa town so…Toshiko SakuraiAugust 1, 2024
KansaiSightseeing The Imposing and Contentious Architecture of Kyoto Tower The charms of Kyoto, curated over centuries, are in such abundance that it can seem like an enchanted city. There…Richard Koyama-DanielsJuly 29, 2024
KantoSightseeing Explore the Rural Side of Tokyo on a Day Trip to Akiruno Living in Tokyo is an amazing and thrilling experience, with numerous activities to do each week. Sometimes, however, we also…Maria PeñascalJuly 25, 2024
CultureMy Japan My Japan: A Sample of my Freelancer Life in Tokyo This is the second article of our new series, "My Japan," where contributors from all over the country write about…Maria PeñascalJuly 22, 2024
ActivitiesCulture Universal Shapes: A Public Art Odyssey in Tokyo The curvaceous and holey Henry Moores that dotted the landscape of my pre-Banksy UK youth, were to me, the face…Richard Koyama-DanielsJuly 16, 2024
CultureMy Japan My Japan: A Window into Ordinary Lives Welcome to the first installment of Voyapon’s new series, My Japan, where Voyapon contributors from all over the country write…Paul McInnesJuly 11, 2024
Pop Culture A Time and a Place: 7 Artists Who Plotted a Course Through the Japanese 20th Century Over the years, one of the least wasteful ways I have found to waste my time, has been to head…Richard Koyama-DanielsJuly 4, 2024