Rustic bales of rice straw can be often be spotted stacked at the entrance to traditional Japanese buildings, restaurants and bars but did you know that is has other uses as well?

Traditional uses for rice straw in Japan include the making of rope, floor mats, and sandals called waraji.   However, today the world produces much [...]

Great photos of a crowded rush hour commute on Tokyo’s trains from Tony McNicol, one of the contributors to the Japan Photo Gallery here at The Nihon Sun.
Big brother is watching from Tokyo’s Billboards – a whole new way to capture demographic information for advertisers.
Yoko Ono recently visited Japan and Alfie Goodrich of Japanorama got [...]