["Incest and affairs of Japan's scandalous penguins"]
How to understand the penguin relationship maps So what do they tell us? Hearts with a question mark (purple lines) represent complicated relationships that may be more than just friendships. But the one relationship that is the most shocking for all the staff is the love between Grandpa Kama the oldest penguin in the aquarium and Saya the granddaughter of Grandpa Kama's sister. In addition to the five types of relationships Sumida Aquarium has also added a fish symbol for the penguins who are a fan of sardines -- or "The Sardine Club" member. The two Penguin Relationship Charts also reveal how the aquariums' caretakers are unwittingly pulled into the penguins' affairs of the heart.
[Japan's snow monkeys de-stress in hot springs]
Many visitors base trips in Nagano to ski but a stop in Jigokudani Monkey Park is a great break from the slopes. A visit to the area isn't complete without a stay at a traditional Japanese inn. It's hard not to have a good time visiting the monkeys. The macaques like the snow. The monkeys are accustomed to human visitors and some even appear to pose for pictures.
['Why celebrities are obsessed with Wagyumafia, a Japanese restaurant brand famed for $185 steak sandwich']
A raucous evening -- if you can get in Wagyumafia currently has five restaurants. This broad umbrella term encompasses four official breeds: the Japanese black the Japanese brown the Japanese poll and the Japanese shorthorn. The Kobe auction A visit to the 101st Kobe beef auction -- one of only two Kobe beef auctions in Japan -- held recently in a small village in the mountains an hour north of the city of Kobe reveals much about why the meat is so prized. The cattle have been pretty much hand-raised by local farmers on smallholdings or in barns usually of no more than 100-150 cows meaning that they are used to interacting with humans. In total Hamada wants to set up around 10 Wagyumafia restaurants around the world - including in the United States.