Puccho, aka (@puuuutttyo) has two cats at home and loves them so much that she maintains several SNS accounts dedicated to their everyday life. Here’s…

A Twitter user, Nekomarusuisan (@nekomarusuisan7), got a lot of attention recently upon posting this absurd, and hard-to-explain image: 「友人がやっているから」「一度吸うだけだから大丈夫」そんな軽い好奇心が始まりです。吸ってる時は嫌な事を忘れられました。「いつでもやめれる」そう言い回数を重ねていき、のちに吸っていない時もその事を考え、生活が支配されました。もう私は自分の意思ではやめることが出来ません。誰か助けて。 pic.twitter.com/FDdGkpPoAa — ねこまるすいさん (@nekomarusuisan7) December 4,…

According to the Japanese government and various news agencies , Covid-19 infections continue to spike, with national record-highs reported in December. Posters on JR trains…

Oshōgatsu お正月, the New Year period in Japan, is a time to be spent together with family enjoying numerous special events. From the first shrine…

If you’ve heard it once, you’ve likely heard it a thousand times: Japan has fantastic food. Indeed, a large amount of our work focuses on…

Japanese creator kumacoro (クマコロ in Japanese) is a former toymaker who now works as a freelance designer. He’s also a fan of robots and mechanical…

Laid-Back Camp The feel-good camping-themed slice-of-life manga and anime Laid-Back Camp, which follows Rin Shima, Nadeshiko Kagamihara, and their friends as they visit campsites across…

Japan seems to have mastered the art of creating public order via notifications and signs. “Pedestrians keep right,” “Don’t dump your trash here,” and so…

Every year around this time, at Kiyomizu-dera Temple in Kyoto, one of Japan’s most famous Buddhist temples and a World Heritage Site, the “Kanji of…

I’m a sucker for a good scary story. I grew up a horror movie junkie, and haven’t outgrown the addiction as I’ve gotten older. My…

When you’re heading towards the home stretch in your university studies and the job market is looming large, many students begin thinking about interviews. Under…

Chairing (チェアリング/Chearingu) is an outdoor activity that became very popular in Japan and was first put into practice by two Japanese writers: Paricco (パリッコ) and…

Have you ever had to look up a culinary cutting term in the middle of cooking a new recipe? Maybe the recipe calls for julienne…

More people spending Christmas alone this year As festive decorations and illuminations brighten the streets, it’s clear that Christmas is approaching. However, in recent years,…

Hamaa はまー (@hamacream) is no stranger to accolades. An art teacher at the Shikino Senior High School in Nara Prefecture, his chalk drawings, in particular,…