[2] The Japanese bush warbler is a common year-round resident throughout Japan (except Hokkaidō) and the northern Philippines.

In summer the Japanese bush warbler can also be found in Hokkaidō, Manchuria, Korea, and central China.

[3] In summer, it ranges from low hills to high mountains, preferring bamboo thickets and black pine trees.

Robert Young records that to encourage singing the cages of kept birds were covered with a wooden box with a small paper window that allowed only subdued light in.

It is one of the favorite motifs of Japanese poetry, featured in many poems including those in Man'yōshū or Kokin Wakashū.

These floors have squeaking floorboards that resemble the Japanese bush warbler's low chirping, and are meant to be so designed to warn sleepers of the approach of ninja.

The nightingale's droppings contain an enzyme that has been used for a long time as a skin whitening agent and to remove fine wrinkles.