Masks And Health Insurance: New Guidelines For Tourists As Japan Opens Its Doors
“We have been waiting for more than two years and with so much anticipation for this moment, it feels like it has finally arrived” ー…
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Dropped your smartphone into your ramen? Cup Noodle’s product idea goes viral
As some of our readers may recall, for the past few months, Nissin’s Cup Noodle has been wowing netizens with innovative and artistic product ideas…
Store clerk can’t stop staring at customer in line. The reason has netizens chuckling
Since July 1, 2020, when a nationwide fee for plastic bags was introduced in Japan, more and more people have been bringing in their own…
Game-changing cooking lifehack to easily make 150 gyoza has dumpling fans drooling
Whether you call them dumplings or pot-stickers, gyoza are a foodie fan favorite in Japan. True gyoza fanatics will be happy to enjoy a plate…
Say kampai to summer with gorgeous goldfish and fireworks motif glasses from Japan
Look at these five tinted glasses with beautiful tints, such as pale blue and green… Photo by grape Shop Not only are the shades of…
No splattering! Open Muji and other retort pouches cleanly every time
Retort pouches are a common format for selling food. In Japan, many brands use them to pack a wide variety of liquid foods ranging from…
Adorable cucumbers look extremely happy to be turned into kimchi
Typically it’s with some great artistry and design that we see food turned into super adorable treats, but occasionally things might just fall into place…
Spy x Family pop-up shop merch has cute peanut theme, Loid, Yor and Anya in overalls
Two weeks from now, fans of the internationally trending and wildly popular manga and anime series Spy × Family (stylized as SPY×FAMILY) will be converging…
Japanese Twitter user’s unreal encounter on city streets shows the freshness of quality seafood
They say the best seafood is served fresh, but Japanese Twitter user Rika Nakayama (@3nakayamaerika8) got a surprising reminder of how fresh it can be…
Anime-loving bride’s wedding dream comes true, cutting cake with Exaclibur from Fate/Zero and Attack on Titan gear
For anime and manga fans in Japan looking to tie the knot, there’s a lot of ways to bring their fandom to matrimony. Whether it…
We tried one of the best pork katsu curry sandwiches in Tokyo
Katsu and Katsu Curry in Japan Pork katsu, known in Japanese as tonkatsu (豚カツ or とんかつ), is one of Japan’s favorite fried foods. The breaded…
Six cute hime cut hairstyles according to illustrator Narumi Hosokawa
Since last year, a hairstyle known as the hime cut (姫カット hime katto in Japanese) has been trending internationally. Whether it’s the models at Prada’s…
Japan’s instant chilled ramen makes noodles a quick and refreshing summer treat
True noodle lovers can go for a bowl of ramen any time of year, but in the dog days of summer, it can be a…
Cat hungering for a taiyaki cake is relatable to Japanese sweets-lovers everywhere
“He has the eyes of a hunter…!” “This is such a soothing sight…” “I can’t get enough of this picture!” These are just some of…
Japanese hobbyist can repel mosquitoes in style with his “armillary sphere” artwork
Mosquito coils, known as katori senkō 蚊取り線香 (literally “mosquito-removing incense”) in Japanese, are an unmistakable part of the iconography of summer in Japan. For many…