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Jose Imai grew up in Ibaraki Prefecture and founded Alberto, a poker parlor and creative space, in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, in 2025.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Jan 23, 2026
Jose Imai: ¡®Poker and business are about numbers, intuition and emotions¡¯
A mixed-race business owner with roots in Japan and the Dominican Republic makes space for community and creativity on the Shonan Coast.
The volunteer lifesavers of Nishihama Surf Lifesaving Club never know what's in store at the start of their day.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Society / Longform
Aug 19, 2024
It¡¯s no simple day at the beach for Japan¡¯s volunteer lifesavers
Protecting beachgoers from drowning, heatstroke and possible tsunami, lifesavers are seeking formal recognition for what they do.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 1, 2019
¡®Jeux de plage¡¯: A romantic roundelay by the beach
Japanese film companies mostly make local films for the local market. Often the films may as well have ¡°not for export¡± written in the credits.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jul 28, 2018
Gold¡¯n Bub: Quality pub grub to match the beer
When Tokyo craves beach time, as often as not it is Shonan that¡¯s the destination of choice. This stretch of coastline facing out onto Sagami Bay in Kanagawa Prefecture offers sand, surf and no shortage of sun in midsummer.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jul 28, 2018
Monk: Diminutive ristorante punches well above its weight
It¡¯s a long hike to Tsujido Station from the Shonan shoreline. Thankfully, there are some excellent places to revive yourself among the bars and eateries that cluster on the beach side of the railway tracks. Monk is one of the newest and best.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Mar 2, 2018
The surfing life is no breeze for Olympic hopefuls in Chiba Prefecture
Sixty years since its introduction to the country, Japan will host the world¡¯s first Olympic surfing competion. But where did Japan¡¯s surf scene begin?
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Dec 31, 2017
A decade on, Shonan surfer is still making waves in the world of soba
Fate intervened when the heavens opened, guiding Ippei Hayashimoto on his path to mastery in the art of pure buckwheat noodles.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jul 1, 2016
For summer dining, escape to the sunny Shonan coast
The Shonan coast in Kanagawa Prefecture, about an hour south of Tokyo by train, has something for just about everyone. Some head to Chigasaki to ride the waves or to Enoshima to luxuriate in its spa. Others explore the hills and temples of Kamakura or just get away from it all in sleepy Hayama. Few make...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jul 30, 2014
Enoshima: Do you think Japan should legalize casino gambling?
Charles Lewis asks interviewees in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, what they think about the idea of relaxing the long-standing ban on gambling and and allowing the establishment of casinos.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jun 14, 2014
Ghostly footprints of the ¡®modern girl¡¯ along Kamakura¡¯s coastline
There¡¯s a scene in Junichiro Tanizaki¡¯s serialized novel ¡°Naomi¡± (originally titled ¡°A Fool¡¯s Love¡°) from 1924 where the besotted protagonist, Joji, watches his wife, Naomi ¡ª part Lolita, part Madame Bovary, all trouble ¡ª through the pine trees. Having just emerged from a seaside villa, she is sashaying...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 51³Ô¹ÏÍø LITE
May 18, 2014
Stone, sweat and stamps: chasing Jizos in Kamakura
Amy Chavez gets to know Jizo Bosatsu — the Buddhist deity who looks after travelers and children — a little better, by embarking on a 24-site Jizo Pilgrimage jog through Kamakura.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Apr 28, 2014
Fujisawa: What do you think of the new rules for standardizing English on public signs?
New transport ministry guidelines require that public signs use standardized English words to replace Romanized Japanese words. So what do tourists and residents in Enoshima think of the changes?
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
May 16, 2008
Bills: Bites along the Shonan coast
Regular readers of this column will know it doesn¡¯t take much to lure us to the Shonan Coast of Kanagawa Prefecture, especially when there¡¯s good eating to be done at the end of the journey. And since the spring, there¡¯s been very good reason for making that trip: the stylish new restaurant/cafe known...
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
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Japan to set up expert working group on accepting foreign nationals
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (second from left) addresses a meeting of ministers responsible for policies concerning foreign residents, held at the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
Head of Swiss euthanasia firm dies after collapsing while ascending Mount Fuji
Around 200,000 people typically scale the 3,776 meter Mount Fuji each year.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" ¡ª an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
Japan to set up expert working group on accepting foreign nationals
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (second from left) addresses a meeting of ministers responsible for policies concerning foreign residents, held at the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
Inside Toho Archive¡¯s mission to save Japan¡¯s cinematic memory
The goal of restoration is not to artificially upscale but to return the film to the condition it was in ¡°the very first day it appeared in the world,¡± says Nobushige Toshima, president and sales division manager of Toho Archive.
The sci-fi sensibilities of electronic trio Black Boboi
Black Boboi was formed in 2018 when solo artists Julia Shortreed, Utena Kobayashi and Ermhoi came together under Kobayashi¡¯s newly founded label, Bindividual.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
Wes-P has millions of followers and his viral clips made him recognizable out of Japan.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

Longform

For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan¡¯s landscape that they often go unnoticed.
Why Japan¡¯s utility poles won¡¯t be disappearing anytime soon
By Alex K.T. Martin

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