Japan is a country more advanced and cultured than any other. Whether it's food, scenic tourist destinations, entertainment, technological prowess or even the lifestyle of locals, there is no match for Japan. (Top Discovery)

The Hōōsai ("Phoenix Festival"), celebrating the 10th anniversary of the fifth Kabuki-za building, will take place this April, with a performance by the "goruden konbi" Tamasaburō-Nizaemon already scheduled. (Kabuki In-Depth)

A young man unknowingly eats a piece of mermaid's flesh and becomes immortal. For a long time he searches for other mermaids hoping they'll grant him mortality. Finally, he finds them, but they're about to eat a girl and he can't let that happen. ( Anime Explained)

Figure skater Hanyu Yuzuru has staged his first professional ice show since the two-time Olympic champion announced retirement from competition in July. (NHK)

Japanese airports and hotels are scrambling to handle the influx of tourists streaming across reopened borders, as staffs that withered to skeletal levels during the pandemic have not rebounded to match the rise in customers. (Nikkei)

A Japanese Kabuki star who recently assumed a prestigious stage name said Friday he wants to preserve the traditional art while adopting a new approach, including by collaborating with artists from other genres around the world as he seeks to attract younger audiences. (citynews.ca)

9th Dan player Amahiko Sato's shogi match against Takuya Nagase, who is a four-time undefeated Oza (“Throne”) title holder, started with both players were wearing face masks. (Japan Today)

The Roman architect Lucius is transported through time to modern-day Japan, where he learns about Japanese bathhouses and uses this to his gain back home. (Anime Explained)

Now Japan's border is open for foreign tourists and we are gradually getting back to our normal life so I decided to go and enjoy Halloween in Shibuya in my cosplay! (with me JAPAN)

On November 1st, the first international service of kabuki streaming on demand will launch in 9 countries, offering, for now, a small selection of three classic scenes. (Kabuki In-Depth)

During the decade between 1976 and 1986, a man's life was torn upside down after coming in contact with a theater doll said to be possessed by multiple anguished spirits. (Sakura Stardust)

The genius Junji Ito has long been at the forefront of the Japanese horror manga world. (Netflix Anime)

Kawahara Miyoko, AKA "Mrs. Noisy" / 騒音おばさん is infamous in Japan. She is known for being the most annoying neighbour you could possibly live beside. (Japanalysis)

Momijigari ("Viewing the Autumn Foliage") is a dance-drama written by the playwright Kawatake Mokuami, and first performed in October 1887 at the Shintomi-za theatre in Tokyo. (Kabuki In-Depth)

Living her best single life, romance is the last thing on Anzu’s mind — until a tiny match-making wizard suddenly turns her life into a clichéd romcom. (Netflix Anime)

One of Asia's largest film festivals has kicked off in Tokyo with the first red-carpet event for actors and directors in three years. (NHK)

Small for his age, Yukinari has been abused by girls all his life. Now in high school whenever girls touch him, or even come close, he breaks out in hives. Imagine his surprise, when he is suddenly transported to the city of Seiren on a mystic world invisibly orbiting the Earth, and populated with vast numbers of women and very few men. (Anime Explained)

In this long-overdue video, we introduce the Narikomaya acting house, one of the largest and most prestigious in the kabuki world, particularly since the early XX century, due to the massive influence of the Utaemon line in the development and preservation of onnagata acting. (Kabuki In-Depth)

On Tuesday, comedian Koji Nakamoto was hit by a car while crossing a street in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. Unfortunately, he passed away from his injuries the following day due to an acute subdural hematoma. (fanfest.com)

A violent scuffle broke out at a Tokyo restaurant on Sunday. Police suspect the brawl was initiated by a gang known as Chinese Dragon. Gang members include people of Japanese ancestry related to those who were left behind in China after World War Two. (NHK)

Shuchiin Academy is home to students from Japan's most successful and wealthy families, as well the nation's most brilliant young scholars. (Anime Recaps)

This performance of the Kikubatake scene took place in December 1993, at the National Theatre in Tokyo, and it would be one of the last onstage appearances of the great onnagata and nimaime Onoe Baikō VII (1915 - 1995), 78 years old at the time of this recording. (Kabuki In-Depth)

Kikubatake ("The Chrysanthemums Garden") belongs to the third act of the 1731 jidaimono Kiichi Hōgen Sanryaku no Maki ("Kiichi Hōgen and the Book of Strategy"), first written for the bunraku stage and soon after adapted to kabuki. (Kabuki In-Depth)

Japanese anime and manga waitress !!! (Casper Kae - Clay Stories for Kids)

This is a brief follow-up to the recent controversy regarding Onoe Kikugorō VII's decision not to appear in the name-taking announcement of Ichikawa Ebizō XI. (Kabuki In-Depth)