Peer into the Okinawan seas with these breathtakingly beautiful Japanese glasses
“It’s just like peering into the ocean” Photo by © grape Shop With their exquisite coloring, shading, texture and sandblasted designs, these gorgeous glasses from…
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Join Spy x Family at the ballpark with 12-league Japanese baseball goods lineup
As fans of the internationally popular hit manga and anime series Spy x Family will probably agree, Yor and Anya Forger know a thing or…
There’s a Tokyo souvenir that you can’t buy in Tokyo?
If you’ve been to Tokyo, you might know of the popular souvenir snack called 東京ばな奈 Tokyo Banana, a banana-shaped sponge cake filled with banana-flavored cream….
Say sayonara to oily eggplants in the frying pan with Japanese farmer’s healthy lifehack
An oily issue Eggplants (or aubergines, if that’s what you call them) are a versatile vegetable featured in the culinary traditions of many countries around…
Matsuken Sunbreak! Japan’s favorite dancing shogun promotes Monster Hunter in promo MV
Today, June 30th, 2022, is an exciting day for gamers who have been following the hit Monster Hunter game series. The Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak…
Japanese daughter doesn’t want “girly” kimono for ceremonial photoshoot, unsheathes epic look instead
On November 15th, some Japanese families celebrate the festival day and rite of passage of Shichi-Go-San (七五三, literally “seven-five-three”). The day is observed as a…
We tried one of Japan’s most famous pork katsu sandwiches
If you love pork katsu, known in Japanese as tonkatsu (豚カツ or とんかつ), then you probably know that you can enjoy these breaded and fried…
Japanese convenience store FamilyMart gives a shock with new Pikachu Pine Frappe!
As part of their campaign project “Anata no ureshi (For your happiness)”, Japanese convenience store FamilyMart has collaborated with Pokémon and its popular Nintendo/smartphone puzzle…
Lolita fashion brand Victorian Maiden celebrates anniversary with elegant fashion lineup
Japanese Lolita fashion brand Victorian Maiden was established in 1999 with a concept of Victorian Era fashion made popular for modern women. By modernizing the…
Rakuten, Panasonic HD and Seiyu team up to launch Japan’s first unmanned ground delivery vehicles
On May 28th 2022, Rakuten, Panasonic HD, and Seiyu Group jointly started an on-demand delivery service using unmanned ground delivery (UGV) vehicles in Tsukuba city….
Oshikatsu goods online specialty shop opens in Japan for all your oshikatsu display needs
Oshikatsu Goods no Tatsujin (Oshikatsu Goods Specialist) , an oshikatsu specialty goods online store has officially opened up in Japan for all your oshikatsu needs….
Japanese city to hold world’s first virtual tuna carving performance in the metaverse this summer
Virtual Market organized by HIKKY is the world’s largest VR event held on a metaverse platform. This year, for the first time, Yaizu city, Shizuoka…
Local Japanese superhero accidentally lends powers to Vietnamese restaurant
When it comes to regional representation via colorful characters in Japan, mascots reign supreme. Often mashups up animals and local specialties, the mascots act as…
Japanese nail artist goes viral with “Gakuen Handsome’s lethal weapons”
When manga and anime fans think of Gakuen Handsome, the Boys’ Love doujin game which was adapted into a series of smartphone games, novelizations, OVA…
We tried Japan’s hot-selling gourmet coffee jelly that’s keeping summer deliciously cool
Japan’s Kaldi Coffee Farm is an emporium of tasty international goods, making it quite the haven for foreign residents. Kaldi is a crowd pleaser for…