You probably don’t need much convincing to appreciate Capybara as perhaps the most chill critters of the animal kingdom, as they have an established reputation…

A while ago, we introduced the “Oyasumi Nyan“–a play on the Japanese words for “good night” (oyasumi) and “meow” (nyan)–from online retailer Felissimo. It’s a…

There are certainly some creative ways to recreate anime openings, such as with hilarious low-budget cosplay reenactments, but Japanese YouTuber たんのネタ tube may have just…

One Japanese Twitter User Mataji’s （@beppumataji） wife decided to bake a character bread with rows of the popular character Rilakkuma, a bear known for his…

Meet Miru, a few-months-old Munchkin kitten (@milkymirukun). On this day, Miru was curious about a bottle of Fanta that her dad brought home. She sniffs…

Note: We’ve withheld the name and social media account of the hamster and their owner at the owner’s request. This cute little Roborovski hamster has…

If there’s one thing this kitten’s sure of, it’s that she’s utterly irresistible. It’s gotten to the point where her owner, @ohkami_r, is pretty sure…

Of all the fandoms in Japan, perhaps train and railway fans may be some of the most dedicated. Some of the more passionate of these…

Bidets are by no means an exclusively Japanese experience, but public Japanese bathrooms are known for their high-tech toilets accompanied by an array of complicated…

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson doesn’t seem to have a lot of time off. Between filming just about every movie scheduled for the next decade and…

In Japan, it seems like there’s a pillow for every occasion, whether you’re feeling happily drunk at home, utterly exhausted from consecutive days of late-night…

Perhaps one of Japan’s most fascinating aspects is the observable coexistence of its modern and traditional culture, with fashion being one of the more visible…

Japanese commercials have a reputation for being rather…creative, so when the task of advertising a means of risk prevention and coupling it with inspiring enthusiasm…

Tiny as they can be, a lot of us have a fear of bugs. It turns out humans aren’t the only species that get chills…

For one reason or another, people in Japan have the tendency to comment on the size of other people’s faces. Small faces are often considered…