Usamaru Cafe Adds Adorable Interactive Projection Mapping To Animate Your Meals
Usamaru If you’re into cute characters, you may be familiar with Usamaru, a rabbit character designed by sakumaru which first made its appearance as a…
Cuisine
Breathtaking 8K Video Explores Beautiful Food And Scenery Of One Of Hokkaido’s Most Underrated Areas
When one thinks of Hokkaido, it’s easy to imagine taking in the beautiful sights of a winter wonderland and perhaps even the stunning anime snow…
Japanese Artist Turns The World Around Us Into Food In Charming Illustrations
Japanese artist Maruimichi (@maruimichi) has a comforting talent for taking food and using it to create comforting and fantastical images out of even the most…
Japan’s New Kit Kats Use Premium Sake From Brewery Founded In 1625
While Japanese Kit Kats are popular around the world for their creative use of seasonal and regional specialty ingredients, which result in interesting flavors such…
The Japanese Autumn Fruit That’s Booming in Paris, Inspiring Fusion Cuisine Recipes
There’s a certain fruit which is a fall favourite of the Japanese, and not only is it just as popular in France, but they even…
All-You-Can-Eat Fall Buffet Is Filled With Fragrant Matsutake Mushroom Dishes and Colorful Regional Vegetables
All-you-can-eat buffets in Japan There are countless all-you-can-eat buffets in Japan, from run-of-the-mill salad bar buffets at Western cuisine restaurant chains, to hotels which offer…
The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls’ Sensational Second Collab With Nissin Curry Meshi
If you love Nissin instant noodles or if you’re a fan of The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls (or both!), you’ll surely remember the collaboration last year…
Rigid Rules Of Japanese Drinking Parties Broken Up By A Special A.I. Powered Fan–And Delicious Beer
In the Japanese workplace, being invited out to drink with a coworker can often be regarded as a burden as heavy as any job task….
Making Satsuma Shochu Liquor: A Proud Kagoshima Tradition
For the longest time, sake has taken center stage around the world. However, shochu is in fact Japan’s national alcohol, enjoyed more commonly than sake…
Sashimi Artist Daintily Recreates Japanese Tanabata Legend in Raw Fish
Anything can become art. Recently we’ve seen apples among other things transformed into beautiful works worthy of being placed in a gallery. On his Instagram,…
Japan’s Spicy Chicken McNuggets Are Actually Spicy
McDonald’s Japan much-anticipated Spicy Chicken McNuggets went on sale on June 20th. The news was greeted with excitement by spicy food lovers (such as most…
All-You-Can-Drink Sake And All-You-Can-Eat Meat And Sushi At Affordable Tokyo Pub
Little Sake Square Just a stone’s throw away from JR Kinshicho Station, Little Sake Square may turn out to be your new favorite dinner hangout…
Vegetable Kakigori Shaved Ice at Azabu Yasaigashi Is A Surprisingly Delicious Treat
What is Kakigōri Kakigōri shaved ice is a must-have summer treat in Japan. Softer and fluffier than American snow cones, with a consistency of freshly…
The Best Themed Cafes in Tokyo and Its Vicinity
It seems that there are always new themed cafes popping up somewhere in Tokyo these days, from cafes where you can play with animals, to…
Experience All the Charm of Japan in a Traditional Ryokan Hotel
Along side trending pop culture, promotional campaigns for tourism in Japan tend to focus on a smorgasbord of more traditional aspects of Japan. What they…