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The fetishisation of 7-Eleven Why has a convenience store become a travel obsession

The fetishisation of 7-Eleven: Why has a convenience store become a travel obsession?

An overhyped deal.

Sam Farley
Mar 15, 2026
Deep Purple - 1975

“Hated the thought”: the album Deep Purple never wanted to release

“We had something rather wonderful…”

Tom Phelan
Mar 10, 2026
All aboard The beauty and poetry in foreign rail travel

The beauty and poetry in foreign rail travel

It is about the journey, not the destination.

Sam Farley
Feb 23, 2026
Mamoru Samuragochi- The strange tale of the deaf composer who wasn't deaf and didn't compose

Mamoru Samuragochi: The strange tale of the deaf composer who wasn’t deaf and didn’t compose

It took an Olympic figure skating routine to bring the truth out.

Andrew Clayman
Feb 21, 2026
The musical dragon What is the koto instrument from Japan

The musical dragon: What is the koto instrument from Japan?

Playing the body of the dragon.

Matthew Ingate
Jan 23, 2026
The five most dangerous tourist destinations on the planet

The five most dangerous tourist destinations on the planet

From environmental disasters to gun-running crime hotspots.

Sam Farley
Jan 17, 2026
The world’s top five strangely popular dark tourism destinations

The world’s top five strangely popular dark tourism destinations

A dark past.

Sam Farley
Dec 21, 2025
Who is the biggest-selling artist from Japan

Who is the biggest-selling artist from Japan?

No competition.

Tom Phelan
Dec 20, 2025
Japan - 1978

Revisiting Japan’s disastrous support slot: “We needed a police escort”

“One of the worst environments…”

Andrew Clayman
Dec 6, 2025
Jeremy O Harris - Playwrite - 2025 - Zach Land-Miller

Jeremy O Harris detained in Japanese prison over drug smuggling claims

Harris was arrested on November 16th.

Joe Taysom
Dec 5, 2025
What is Paris Syndrome

What is Paris Syndrome?

Why are Japanese tourists breaking down in the French capital?

Sam Farley
Nov 17, 2025
Tatsuya Nakadai - Actor - 2009

Japanese actor Tatsuya Nakadai dead at 92

No cause of death has been confirmed.

Joe Taysom
Nov 11, 2025

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