I used to collect baseball cards in the 1990s in the USA and on a whim bought a Japanese pack in a konbini for 500 yen… What I found inside was not the cardboard nostalgia I expected. It was something far more interesting. The pack was from Bandai’s Pro Baseball Fan Stars League (プロ野球 ファンスターズリーグ), …
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Colive Fukuoka opens its fourth edition with a free conference on how digital nomads can create impact for the communities that host them, then spreads across ten towns in Kyushu.
Otaru, the historic port city on Hokkaido’s western coast, rarely sits still. Between its canal-side warehouses, hillside streets, and cultural venues, the city maintains a steady rhythm of exhibitions, performances, markets, and community events. Autumn 2026 offers a particularly rich stretch, with overlapping programmes that blend industrial heritage, contemporary art, traditional performing arts, music, and …
This article was written by AI because after visiting Patong Beach in Phuket, I became curious about the reality. Later, in talking with former and active sex workers, I thought it was probably important to share this information because there are a lot of misconceptions about who these women are and how their lives are …
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There’s a whole category of travel most people never hear about: month-long immersions into monasteries, ashrams, temples, and intentional communities, most of them cheaper than staying home.
The most famous feature of Kayan culture is the neck coils worn by many women. Girls typically begin wearing them around the age of five. Over the years, additional turns or longer coils are added. Adult women may wear sets weighing several kilograms; some also wear coils on their arms and legs.