Performances of the stage play *La Storia della Arcana Famiglia Valentino* will be held from Jan. 20–27 at the Owl Spot (Toshima Performing Arts Center).
New year’s day is an extremely important day for otaku in Japan - it’s one of the best days in the year to bring home hauls of your favorite anime goods!
Beyond silly mistakes like wearing toilet slippers on tatami or forgetting to add “san” to someone’s name, what other things do foreigners unknowingly do to reduce their chances of living happily in Japan?
Full-time butlers are pretty hard to come by these days, so when we had the chance to meet one such professional in Japan, we leapt on the chance to ask him a bunch of questions to ask about his role—like how come they don’t wear coattails anymore?
Japan switched from the Chinese lunisolar calendar to the Gregorian calendar in 1873, but the country still retains quite a few Chinese traditions for celebrating the New Year, including giving children pocket money, or otoshidama.
Comic Market 89, the world’s largest event for displaying and selling new doujinshi, opened its doors on Dec. 29. The first day’s attendance was recorded at 150,000.
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