This Perfectly Timed Photo of a Fabulous Cat Needs to be a Movie Poster
This cat belongs on a movie poster. Cats don’t exactly have a fine reputation for cooperating, especially with bossy humans telling them how to pose,…
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Enjoy A Taste of Showa Era Cafe Culture At Kyoto’s Nostalgic Salon de thé François
Most major cities in Japan have their share of cafes that were established in the Showa Era and have weathered the changing times by maintaining…
Flip Book Artist Explores Dangers of Overwork Culture in Shady Japanese Companies with Heartbreaking Video
Amazing flip-book artist shows the dangers of overwork culture in Japanese “black companies” using a heart-wrenching, but brilliantly animated video. While there are more innocuous…
Japanese Apartment Company Offers Silhouette Boyfriend Security System to Protect Women Living Alone
Citing rising danger for women living alone in Tokyo, a company in Japan is providing a “shadow boyfriend” service to trick criminals. Leo Palace 21,…
Bonsai You Can Eat: Urahara Restaurant Branches Out Into “Bonsai Parfait”
The international popularity of bonsai, the art of producing miniature trees through cultivation techniques, seems to be growing in recent years. The bonsai boom reached…
This Moving LEGO Escalator is a Stairway to Creative Heaven
You can always count on everyone’s favorite creative engineering block, LEGO, to bring out the childhood imagination in all of us. In the past we’ve…
Space Brothers’ Creator Contributes To The First Animation Film Ever Made In Space
The influence and popularity of manga and anime continues to spread beyond Japan to all corners of the globe. And now, it seems, even Planet…
Exhibition Displays A Real Taxidermy Specimen of A Japanese Demon
Today, April 4th, as Tokyo experienced its first natsubi (夏日 literally “summer day”) when temperatures reach 25 degrees Celsius, many people began entertaining thoughts of…
Best-Selling Godzilla Humidifier So Popular It Wins At Japan Character Awards 2018
One of Japan’s most popular film properties, Godzilla continues to inspire interesting merchandise such as a Godzilla vs. Neon Genesis Evangelion figure designed by the…
We Visited A Sake-Lovers’ Paradise With Wall-To-Wall Sake Dispensers Starting At 100 Yen A Cup
If you want the convenience of sake dispensed on demand but also seek to enjoy numerous varieties of sake, there is a paradise waiting for…
Kei Mieno’s Incredibly Detailed Oil Paintings Convey A Beautiful World Beyond Language
We have recently had the opportunity to introduce the art of some remarkable painters currently working in Japan, thanks to a recent hashtag on Twitter…
You Can Now Vote For (And Create) A New Japanese Kit Flavor That Will Be Released Internationally
By now, chocolate fans around the world know both of delight and frustration of watching Japan add flavor after flavor to its bounty of limited…
This Is How Japan Celebrated April Fool’s Day 2018
Japan has been celebrating April Fool’s Day for many years now, with goods and service companies announcing gag products and unlikely collaborations to showcase their…
Japanese Trend of Smoothing Foil Balls Into Perfect Spheres Is Beautifully Satisfying
You could kill a lot of time browsing through cost-effective DIY arts and crafts projects on Japanese social media, with resorts varying between therapeutic and…
Largest Pokemon Center in Japan Tokyo DX in Nihonbashi
The largest Pokemon Center in Japan yet, dubbed Pokemon Center Tokyo DX (the DX stands for deluxe), recently opened in the Takashimaya department store in…