​Japan Fitness Hacks

Japan has a national obsession with eggs. The average Japanese person eats around 340 eggs per year — more than almost ...

There is a protein source sitting in the refrigerated section of every Japanese supermarket that costs under 100 yen, c...

There is a food available at every convenience store in Japan, open 24 hours, costing under 200 yen, that delivers a pr...

Every summer in Japan, school sports clubs fill giant thermoses with a dark, roasted liquid that smells faintly of grai...

Walk into any izakaya in Japan and within two minutes a small bowl of salted green pods will appear on your table. Most...

If you are eating udon or white rice as your go-to carbohydrate source in Japan, you are leaving performance on the tab...

Ask most Western gym-goers to sit cross-legged on the floor for twenty minutes and you will see something interesting: ...

At almost every train station in Japan, in every izakaya alley, and in every convenience store refrigerator section, th...

Where to Eat It in Tokyo The Ryogoku district in eastern Tokyo is sumo country. Several retired wrestlers run chanko...

In Japan, falling asleep on the train, at your desk, or in a meeting is not embarrassing. It is proof you are working h...