A longtime Japundit reader alerted me to an important beauty treatment now available at New York’s Shizuka salon, a place I went to once in search of a Japanese-style manicure.
a high-end Japanese spa in midtown, has just introduced a new “Geisha Facial,” which promises to cleanse, brighten, and exfoliate a patron’s face—thanks to a secret […]

Being a healthy male, I’m naturally fascinated with the opposite sex, and I find the subject of Japanese females to be an especially complex and interesting one.
Over the years I’ve known many Japanese females, from students I taught English to, to girls I dated, and of course my wife, and while each of them […]

May Day in Kyoto not only involves a parade honoring International Worker’s Day, but also marks the opening of verandas in restaurants in Pontocho along the Kamogawa River.

A pair of maiko (apprentice geisha) shoes at the entrance of a Pontocho restaurant.

The restaurant where I ate had a little screen separating our area from the […]

Caught a special on TV on Tuesday about The Candies, which was a female super group in Japan in the 1970s, and it reminded me of a time when girl groups in Japan were more than just the music.

I’m currently in love with this watch by LA based designer Tokidoki. The designer, Simone Legno, is actually from Italy, but with a keen eye, and a sense of humor (not to mention a Japanese girlfriend), he’s created a world of charming characters that remind one of the playful sensibility pervading the world of anime. […]

Mainichi Wai Wai has a report from a Japanese weekly magazine about a woman who has been arrrested for attempted murder of her future father-in-law over a misperception of his views on her upcoming marriage to his son.
[The woman] admits to the allegations, saying she attacked the old man during a drunken fit because […]

Danica Patrick became the first woman to win an Indy Car race by winning the Japan 300 in Motegi. I’m not a huge motor sports fan myself, but it is certainly a historic first and worth noting. Here’s ESPN’s take on the event.
Patrick finished 5.8594 seconds ahead of pole-sitter Helio Castroneves on the 1.5-mile Twin Ring Motegi oval after […]

Which of the following photos is of real maiko, and which is of fakers?
Photo A.

Photo B.

Answer after the jump. Please do post your response. (No cheating).

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There’s a report in the Mainichi entitled Booming popularity doubles accident rate at Tokyo’s Mt. Takao, which tells that “there were 43 reported accidents on the mountain last year, almost double the average number from each year from 2004 to 2006.”
Those who go unprepared come in for a roasting from Kenichiro Maruyama, head of the […]

Check out this vlog that shows a young Japanese woman describing things that happen during her daily life.
The following are just two episodes, but you can see all of her posts (27 in total) here.
Believe it or not, it is pretty fascinating!

Via JapanSoc

I’ve been fascinated by new pop-singer Alan Dawazhuoma’s single “Ashita He No Sanka” which I’m assuming means “Song for Tomorrow.”
Alan hails from Tibet, but studied at the China National Chinese Opera and Dance Drama Company. She was scouted by Avex, the Japanese label for which Koda Kumi sings, and released her first single […]

A blogger has won Japan’s top literary award, the Akutagawa Prize. Her name is Mieko Kawakami and she started her blog to try to promote her music, but soon found herself writing about more personal matters. She wrote her first novel entirely online; her third book won the prize.
But here is the interesting part; the […]

Laurel posted a great story over at A Rinkya Blog, just in time for next week’s White Day (March 14).
If you’re not familiar with ‘White Day’, and if you don’t live in Japan, there’s no reason you should be, it comes a month after Valentine’s Day and it’s a day the guys have to reciprocate […]

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The mayor of Meiwa in Gunma Prefecture and seven other members of the town’s municipal assembly have filed a lawsuit against a female Meiwa Municipal Assembly member for defamation, because she is pressing indecent assault charges against another assembly member. The group says that the 52-year-old women implied that they also were involved in the […]

Your worst nightmare. You are waiting in the International terminal at an agreed upon time to meet a flight from Tokyo. Your wife has been gone in China for 6 months (SIX MONTHS!) visiting her family. You wait and wait and she never shows up. You are going nuts! You go on national TV to […]

in what is one of the more disturbing trends in contemporary japan, the maid cafes and other perverted male otaku hang outs have spawned a new branch of cafes for female otaku, ones based one gay comic book porn. that’s right, women who want to indulge their childhood fantasy of young effeminate men dressed […]

A little something to relax by this weekend. . .

The Hikone, Shiga town mascot ひこにゃん received 43 chocolate gifts from female fans nationwide.
On Valentine’s Day in Japan, only women are supposed to give chocolate to men. But how do the ladies know “Hikonyan” is male? And where does all that chocolate go? Does the mascot keep it?

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A quick Japundit check on […]

By now just about everyone knows how Valentine’s Day is celebrated in Japan. If you don’t you can do a search of JAPUNDIT or the net for many different ways to tell the same story.
THe following is a simple video that I shot at the local supermarket last week, where they had literally stacks and […]