Just about anyone with a passing interest in Japan knows that sakura is the Japanese word for “cherry blossom.” Sakura, though also has a second meaning: plant, not of the flower variety, but a person getting paid by a company to pretend to be a customer and sucker in other paying customers. Sakura…
Back in 1970, Takeshi Okawara, the manager of Japan’s first KFC restaurant, introduced customers to the idea of eating fried chicken at Christmas, and since then the Colonel’s fried chicken has grown to enjoy widespread popularity as the nation’s traditional festive meal. While that aspect of the chain’s history has been well documented,…
Hokkaido is Japan’s largest prefecture, and also its least densely populated. Thanks to that combination, Hokkaido is full of breathtaking views of mountain and seaside scenery, and so when our traveling reporter Seiji Nakazawa learned of a place that’s especially beautiful even by Hokkaido standards, it went right onto his itinerary. Seiji’s destination…
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