PingMag closes down

This is a shocker! PingMag has decided to close down. I had linked to some of their amazing posts before and it's such a shame that they are calling it quits. No reason was given. R.I.P PingMag. You'll be dearly missed. From PingMag:

From today, PingMag will be taking an extended hiatus, and will not be updated for the foreseeable future.

PingMag has been running for 3 and a half years now, and over that time literally millions of you, from every single corner of the planet, have visited, read our articles, left comments, linked to us on your blogs, sent us letters of support - some of you have even flown to Tokyo to join us!

We are eternally grateful for your fantastic support over the years.

It is only because of you all that we have managed to keep PingMag going this long, and with every article - and there have been around 1000 of them! - we have made new friends, and found new, exciting people and places here in Japan and all over the world.