“Decluttering is about creating a place for yourself where you can return to your true self,” says Hideko Yamashita, the original queen of ‘danshari’ — the Japanese concept of tidying up to improve your life. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/12/27/lifestyle/danshari-decluttering-new-year-book/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #lifestyle #decluttering #newyear #mentalhealth
Playing Santa Does Things to a Man. What It Did to Bob Rutan Was Even Stranger
https://www.esquire.com/lifestyle/a69597294/santaland-bob-rutan/
#HackerNews #PlayingSanta #StrangerStory #BobRutan #Esquire #Lifestyle
Japan is the only country in the world to hold all three major attractions of the "Harry Potter" franchise. But given the series has no direct ties to Japan or Japanese culture, what’s behind this enduring popularity? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/12/13/lifestyle/harry-potter-japan-oshikatsu-fandom-christmas/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #lifestyle #themeparks #oshikatsu #harrypotter
What do the Osaka Expo and a three-hour film about modern kabuki performers have in common? They were named the winners of Japan’s annual sumo-style ranking of consumer interest. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/12/13/lifestyle/hit-products-2025-banzuke-expo-kokuho/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #lifestyle #kokuho #shopping #shoheiohtani #2025inreview
🤔One of the most underrated tools for long term #weightloss? A basic #food scale.
➡️Not for restriction. For awareness. For #education.
💪🏾I’ve lost over 90 pounds and kept it off. For over 20 years as a certified personal trainer, I’ve helped clients lose anywhere from 5 to 150 pounds and keep it off.
🎯When we understand what’s on our plate, we’re not guessing. We’re choosing. And that’s where real, lifelong change begins.
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Tommi 🤯 → 39C3
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Pity this poor raccoon, which, @AssociatedPress reports, went on a drunken rampage in a Virginia liquor store and was found next morning, passed out on the bathroom floor. Whomst among us, etc.
“What I love is the way life back (during the Heisei Era) seemed full of energy — almost to excess. It was messy, blingy, over the top. It carried this feeling of: ‘I’m doing things my way. Got a problem with that?’” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/12/06/lifestyle/heisei-retro-gen-z-fashion-cafe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #lifestyle #heisei #showa #cafes #japanesefashion
Tatsumasa Murasame, who grew up in Sweden before finding his calling as a gardener in Japan, shares the unique appeal and importance of greenery and nature in Tokyo, as well as the potential of its gardens. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/12/05/lifestyle/murasame-tatsumasa-swedish-gardener/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #lifestyle #gardening #tatsumasamurasame
Pity this poor raccoon, which, @AssociatedPress reports, went on a drunken rampage in a Virginia liquor store and was found next morning, passed out on the bathroom floor. Whomst among us, etc.
What does it take for pet-loving Japan to bid farewell to a deceased animal? Increasingly, everything humans would do for another person. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/11/29/lifestyle/animal-funerals-japan-cremation-pets/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #lifestyle #pets #dogs #cats #death #temples
“I carry bear spray and three bear bells,” says a Japanese geologist who makes frequent research trips to northern Japan. “When walking through bushy places, I have my bear spray out from the holster.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/11/19/lifestyle/bear-attacks-hiking-iwate-akita-nagano/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #lifestyle #bears #animals #iwate #akita #hunting
🚫Stop the crunches, start the Anti-Rotation Dead Bug! (Over 50+)
🔥Looking for a move that torches your core without stressing your spine? Meet the dead bug variation that does it all, demonstrated by my online rockstar fitness client!
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Ginza is a shrine to conspicuous consumption. But the high-end shopping district’s newest luxury hotel — offering “onsen” baths in every room — excels through a different commodity: privacy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/11/15/lifestyle/ginza-luxury-hotel-onsen-fufu-new/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #lifestyle #hotels #onsen #sento #luxurygoods #ginza #fufu
The women behind Tokyo's viral Muscle Girls bar say all their flexing has a deeper meaning in a country where beauty most often means thinness: "I wish more people would appreciate the beauty of muscle." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/11/14/lifestyle/muscle-girls-japan-feminine-beauty-standards/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #lifestyle #musclegirls #bars #exercise #health #beauty
If you’ve noticed cleaner streets in Shibuya recently, it might be thanks to the Spogomi World Cup, a competitive litter-picking event on Oct. 29 that cleaned up several thousand kilograms of trash. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/11/09/lifestyle/spogomi-trash-cleanup-world-cup-shibuya/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #lifestyle #sports #environment #shibuya #climatechange
Ao, meaning deep blue or azure, and Sui, suggesting the teal of kingfisher feathers, are Japan’s top baby names of 2025. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/11/08/lifestyle/baby-names-japan-kanji-2025-popular/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #lifestyle #parenthood #nihongo #names
The foods that make you smell more attractive
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20251031-the-foods-that-make-you-smell-more-attractive
#HackerNews #foods #smell #attractive #attractiveness #health #lifestyle #nutrition
I'm quite disappointed with the sales of my new science-based healthy #diet book, "It doesn't matter what you eat as long as it's varied and a lot of veg". That's actually the full text of the book.
It's selling even worse than my previous science-based healthy #lifestyle book, whose full text is "Don't smoke or drink, get daily exercise". Guess the title.
Meet Japan’s “macho caregivers.” A Nagoya firm is recruiting bodybuilders to work in care homes — offering gym perks, protein shakes and purpose. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/10/28/lifestyle/japan-bodybuilders-macho-caregivers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #lifestyle #disability #elderly #nursingcare #bodybuilding