Uniquely Japan

Lavishly decorated manhole covers, pink polka-dotted backhoes, toilets with warmable seats, blow dryers (and other bells and whistles). It''s just another day in Japan, where the futuristic and zany stands side-by-side with the rooted and the venerable, and there''s a festival going on somewhere almost every day of the year.

In Uniquely Japan, Abby Denson--author of Cool Japan Guide and Cool Tokyo ...