Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car is a road trip in more ways than one. What started out as a cinematic…
Cherise FongFebruary 5, 2025
Eating mamemaki during Setsubun is a well-known Japanese custom, but for those from Kansai ehoumaki is preffered to welcome the…
Maria PeñascalFebruary 4, 2025
Welcome to the latest installment of Voyapon’s new (ish) series where we share some of the best under-the-radar events happening…
Paul McInnesFebruary 3, 2025
Many Japanese may recall their childhood memories of mamemaki. While chanting “Evil out! Luck in!” beans are scattered around the…
Maria PeñascalJanuary 28, 2025
Death. That mystery yet to be solved. That unanswered phenomenon that all cultures try to understand. The path to the…
Maria PeñascalJanuary 23, 2025
Throughout history, humans have always sought to explain the mysterious or illogical phenomena around them. To make sense of what…
Lucia TsujiguchiJanuary 21, 2025
Have a tattoo and want to visit Japan? Fear not! Here's a guide to visiting Japan when you have tattoos…
Gaël FaulconnierJanuary 15, 2025
A visit to a likely-heaving (Buddhist) temple to see out the old year (when the 108 worldly desires of attendees…
Richard Koyama-DanielsJanuary 9, 2025
Welcome to the latest installment of Voyapon’s new (ish) series where we share some of the best under-the-radar events happening…
Paul McInnesDecember 29, 2024
New Year is one of Japan's most important national holidays, known as oshogatsu (お正月). Comparable in significance to Christmas or Thanksgiving…
Stefania Da PontDecember 25, 2024
Akita Prefecture, located in the northern Tohoku region of Japan, is known not only for its natural beauty but also…
Paul McInnesDecember 3, 2024
Welcome to the latest installment of Voyapon’s new (ish) series where we share some of the best under-the-radar events happening…
Paul McInnesNovember 29, 2024
Kyoto, it can be said, is a complex city. Imbued in tradition and history, it’s also a fascinating and modern…
Paul McInnesNovember 21, 2024
In the social media-fueled new world of tourism, we are tempted to hurry from one Instagrammable spot to the next,…
Todd FongNovember 11, 2024
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
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
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
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
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
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
"Ah, Barcelona! Olympic Games, Sagrada Familia." An almost unanimous chant uttered by many older Japanese people (old enough to remember…
Toshiko SakuraiSeptember 9, 2024
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
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
Two women kneel to one side of the stage in front of what appears to be an ancient painting of…
Cassandra LordAugust 8, 2024
This is the second article of our new series, My Japan, where contributors from all over the country write about…
Maria PeñascalJuly 22, 2024
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
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
