Japanese Milk Delivery Boxes
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 25, 2017
For many western countries, doorstep milk delivery is a thing of the past, but in Japan, millions of people still rely on the milkman for fr...
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Hill of the Buddha
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 30, 2017
The Hill of the Buddha is a giant Buddha statue located atop a small hill near a cemetery in the Japanese island Hokkaido. The statue was bu...
The Art of Deliberate Imperfection
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 28, 2017
Some people are perfectionists, going great lengths and through punishing routines to achieve the perfect figure, the perfect score, the ini...
Kito Fujio’s Dramatic Photos of Japanese Playgrounds At Night
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 5, 2017
Ever since Kito Fujio quit his job as an office worker to become a freelance photographer, he has been exploring every possible nook and co...
Heikegani: The Crab With A Human Face
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 26, 2017
In a small seaside park near the Kanmonkyo Bridge, in the Japanese city of Shimonoseki, stands two bronze statues depicting two Samurai warr...
Underwater Mailboxes Around The World
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 25, 2017
Remember the last time you were diving underwater and you suddenly remembered an important letter you had to post that very instant? Yup, it...
The World’s Quietest Train Stations
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 5, 2017
Some of the world’s busiest train stations are located in Japan. Indeed, as per statistics that surfaced in 2013, out of the top 51 train st...
The Japanese Hotel Staffed By Robots
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 5, 2017
In the last few weeks, we have been hearing a lot about how robots have been replacing human workers across industries in developed countrie...
Nagoro: The Japanese Village of Dolls
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 16, 2016
The village of Nagoro on the south-western island of Shikoku, in Japan, was once home to hundreds of residents. But over the years, Nagoro’s...
Tokyo’s Iconic Shibuya Crossing
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 19, 2016
It’s hard to believe that in a mega metropolis like Tokyo, one of the biggest attraction is not a tower or a statue or a museum or a park, b...
The Japanese Museum of Rocks That Look Like Faces
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 15, 2016
Two hours northwest of Tokyo in Chichibu, there is a museum of rocks called Chinsekikan where you won’t learn a thing about geology. However...
The Tomb of Jesus Christ in Japan
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 4, 2016
In the distant corner of northern Japan, a place known for terraced paddy fields and apple orchards, is the small village of Shingo, where l...
Jison-in: Japan’s Boob Temple
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 7, 2016
Situated at the base of Mount Koya, in the small town of Kudoyama, in Wakayama prefecture, the Jison-in temple looks looks no different than...
Kofun: Japan's Keyhole-Shaped Burial Mounds
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 3, 2016
The landscape around Kansai, in southern-central Japan, especially around Osaka and Nara, is dotted by curious keyhole-shaped mounds surroun...
Japan’s Notorious Taiji Dolphin Hunt
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 14, 2016
One of the most infamous dolphin hunting season has begun on the small coastal town of Taiji, in southwestern Japan. Hundreds of dolphins ar...
Denki Buro: The Electric Baths of Japan
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 29, 2016
Many public bath houses in Japan have special pools lined with live metal electrodes for those peculiar bathers who would rather have actual...
Subway Pushers of Japan
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 24, 2016
The Japanese rail network is known throughout the world for its superiority and punctuality. In the capital city Tokyo, nearly 40 million pa...
Inside Tokyo’s Tsukiji Market: The World’s Biggest Fish Market
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 17, 2016
Sandwiched between Sumida River and the upmarket Ginza shopping district, in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, is a large wholesale market for fruit...
Survivor Trees Around The World
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 16, 2016
Every now and then, a calamity —either natural or man-made— strikes humanity and just when it appears that no living being could survive the...
Tokyo’s Bird Menace
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 13, 2016
For decades, the city of Tokyo has been waging a losing battle against winged invasion. Crows, cormorants, owls and birds of other species h...
