Cafe Company Co. delights with its Disney Harvest Market cafe and gift shop
Cafe Company Co. will soon open their Disney Harvest Market cafe and gift shop. Currently, it is only open to a limited number of members….
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A pop-up workshop for Sylvanian Families dolls attracts nostalgic fans of the series
Fujihisa Co. holds workshops where visitors can make members of various Sylvanian Families. Sylvanian Families is a series of dolls and dollhouses centered on cute…
Trendy dessert maritozzo meets Japan’s Shine Muscat grapes in afternoon tea at Kichijōji Colonial Garden
With a name taken from the Italian word for “husband”, the maritozzo has come a long way from its more romantic origins rooted in Rome….
Japanese engineer’s motorized key gadget makes everything look like a wind-up toy
Kōsuke Saitō 斎藤公輔, otherwise known as NEKOPLA, is a writer and an embedded systems engineer who enjoys creating electronic gadgets. He also enjoys photography and…
Awaken your “Phantom Sense” with Vtuber Virtual Girl Nem’s trailblazing 360° music video
Overview Some of our grape Japan readers should be familiar with Virtual Girl Nem (バーチャル美少女ねむ Virtual Bishōjo Nem). We interviewed the self-professed world’s first independent…
Illustrator and anime character designer Ilya Kuvshinov’s solo exhibition: “CRYSTALLINE”
Ilya Kuvshinov Ilya Kuvshinov is a top illustrator and contemporary artist, famous for his work as a character designer for the animated film The Wonderland…
Shape-shifting, world’s largest cube LED display “The Heart” unveiled in ‘Japan’s Wall Street’
As part of its Nihonbashi Kabutochō and Kayabachō Revitalization Project, Heiwa Real Estate Co., Ltd. announced it has now installed the world’s largest cube-shaped LED…
Peanuts Cafe Sunny Side Kitchen serves up healthy dishes this summer
It seems everyone worldwide is a fan of the cartoon Peanuts. grape Japan has certainly covered the series’ popularity before and the Peanuts Cafe in…
Squishy ‘Among Us’ figures are latest character goods from Japanese novelty store Village Vanguard
The multiplayer social deduction game ‘Among Us’ was the sleeper hit video game of 2020. Although it was originally released in 2018, the game gained…
Fuji Marriott Hotel’s new gourmet burger is overflowing with regional salmon and pork
Japan never runs short of burger monstrosities that make you curious enough to want to try them. Some examples we’ve seen in the past include…
Disney’s Tangled Cafe celebrates Rapunzel and will open for a limited time in Japan
According to a recent press release, marketing company Legs oversaw the opening of a Disney themed event at the OH MY CAFE in Tokyo from…
Experience Japanese spring and hanami all year long with these color-changing Sakura glasses
One image that takes shape in my mind when someone mentions “Japan” or “spring” is that of the beautiful Japanese cherry blossoms (桜 sakura). Sakura is…
Discovering Akita at the JAPAN RAIL CAFÉ TOKYO: Akita Sake, Travel, painted wooded fans
This summer, I had the opportunity to discover more of the Tohoku area as I got invited to a couple of events organized in collaboration…
NEW Pokémon nature theme park “Pokémon WONDER” now open in Japan!
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to catch a real Pokémon? Well, the new forest theme park, Pokémon WONDER, that opened in…
SmartHR’s emotional anime traces a century of work in Japan with pixel art by Motocross Saito
“100 YEARS OF WORK in JAPAN” On August 18th, 2021, SmartHR Co., Ltd., a Japanese company specializing in HR cloud software, released a new company…