These days smartphones play a very necessary role in our day-to-day life. From socialisation to work, it seems there’s no way we can escape from…

Picture this: It’s a beautiful spring day with the gentle rays of sunshine filtering through the delicate petals of a thousand cherry trees. All around…

Although it used to have numerous streetcar lines crisscrossing its streets, Tokyo currently has only one remaining streetcar line*, which has been in operation since…

Japan has many traditional sweets and desserts, but one favorite, especially in the warmer months, is みつ豆 mitsumame. Cool and sweet, colorful and cute, mitsumame…

As much as they usually hate it, many cats are regularly bathed by their humans when the seasons change as part of the process of…

When walking your dog, it’s always a good and polite idea to carry a water bottle with you to wash up after they finish answering…

Japanese people usually say 頂きます itadakimasu (literally, “I take”) at the beginning and ご馳走様 gochisosō-sama (literally “it was delicious”) at the end of meals. Although…

In Japan, as in many other parts of the world, not all students who take university entrance examinations are admitted to their first choice of…

After Japanese Twitter user やわい Yawai (@k82gwixEBBMgEQn) posted a photo of her cat on Twitter, many people were amused and left comments like: “He looks…

On his YouTube channel, traditional Japanese sculptor 髙場正良 Masayoshi Takaba introduces his gorgeous creations. Takaba works exclusively in wood, carving beautiful and intricate decorative pieces…

Japanese Twitter user ネコランド Nekoland (@NEKOLAND13) who now lives with three cats, recently welcomed a new addition to their family, a kitten named Norman. Norman…

Japanese Twitter user かわいーぬ Kawaiinu (@kawai_nu_san) calls himself the “Worst Dog Photographer in Japan.” Looking at his usual photos, you wouldn’t be able to tell….

Tokyo’s Manuscript Writing Cafe only allows writers on a deadline, and won’t let them leave until finished Many of Japan’s themed cafes are centered around…

Have you ever come home, looked around, and felt a mysterious sense of discomfort, like things seem to have been moved to a different place?…

Due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, using video conferencing tools to facilitate working from home has become commonplace. As many of our readers know, these…