I think many of us used to read or had our parents reading us storybooks when we were young. Books never get old and at…

Japan loves its vending machines. Take a stroll through a metropolitan center or just walk the long way to work. You’ll encounter countless machines full…

Many people are aware that spring is one of the most beautiful and significant seasons in Japan and automatically associate the spring here with sakura…

Japan, where the cramped comfort of an izakaya, huddled face to face business meetings and wedging oneself into a densely packed subway train are culturally…

Dating is hard, especially early on. It’s awkward, stressful, and expensive. I would know. If there were video footage of any of my many first…

There are no curves in the world of 六角堂DADA (Rokkakudō DADA). And yet, with only straight lines, the artist conjures up compositions which are at…

As a teenage suburbanite, I spent many a weekend flipping endlessly through daytime television because I had already finished every video game I owned and…

Every year in the height of summer, the MODECON Resort in Okinawa modeling competition takes place. The contest offers young women in Okinawa and Kyushu…

Wearable AC gets cool You may have already seen wearable cooling gadgets before. The concept isn’t new. Using either small fans, sometimes combined with water…

Everyone is having a hard time adjusting to the new normal of social distancing and on-again, off-again lockdowns during the current pandemic. We’ve touched on…

In response to the announcement of the ‘state of emergency’ on April 7th, thousands of Japanese companies have switched from office work to telework. With…

Recently, to avoid spreading the COVID-19, many stores and restaurants had to be temporarily closed or switched to take out services only. Therefore, online nomikai/…

Although we still need to exercise caution during the unfolding coronavirus pandemic, many of us rely on cars to pick up groceries, engage in essential…

Garrett Popcorn Shops definitely has its fans in Japan. Since they opened their first stand in the popular Harajuku neighborhood of Tokyo in 2013, the…

As we introduced before in grape Japan, Qoobo, designed by Yukai Engineering, is a “tailed cushion that can heal your heart,” and is marketed as…