Kyoto’s “Good Enough To Shag” Otokomae Tofu Celebrates 20th Year With Retro Promo Video
If your idea of variety when it comes to tofu is limited to “soft” and “hard,” you may not have heard of Kyoto’s Otokomae Tofu…
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Get Adorable Totoro Cream Puffs in Tokyo’s Studio Ghibli Style Bakery Cafe
Studio Ghibli’s World Can Be Found in Tokyo Shirohige’s Cream Puff Factory is a quaint little building, surrounded by more greenery than is usual for…
Japanese Instant Noodle Company Imagines Cabbages as Cats to Get People to Stop Throwing Away Their Veggies
In the moment of anticipation after your instant yakisoba packet has finished cooking, and you’ve poured the excess water out, you likely never considered yourself…
Famous Kyoto Green Tea House Releases Their Prettiest Matcha and Sakura Sweets Lineup Yet
If you’re a green tea sweets fan visiting or living in Japan and can’t quite make the trek to Kyoto, you can always settle for…
Japanese Artist’s Tricky 3D Anime Character Illustrations Are Too Good To Believe
We’ve had the pleasure of enjoying and introducing quite a few talented Japanese Twitter artists, including Avogado6, whose dark and twisted illustrations are guaranteed to…
Enjoy Your Japanese Vacation In Style With Luxury Bus Yui Prima
Travel by bus seems to be experiencing somewhat of a renaissance in Japan recently, with both new and well-established travel companies and bus companies offering…
Commute In Style To Cherry Blossom Viewing Parties With Tokyo’s New Sakura Train
Whenever Japan gears up for hanami, or cherry blossom viewing, during the spring, you can be sure that an inexorable wave of sakura-themed goods are…
Famous Sake Brand To Have “Open Brewery Day” For Children
In the Japanese culinary tradition, fermentation plays a very important, if not indispensable role. For example, soy sauce and miso, made from soy beans, are…
Maker of Pocky Uses 72 Actresses Living Out a Woman’s Life 1 Second at a Time in Beautiful Commercial
The Japanese are often lauded for their healthy lifestyles and long life-expectancy, which sometimes results in outstanding feats by the country’s elderly such as 82-year…
Which One of These Women Is a Photograph?
We’ve created a montage of three images to make a point. Can you tell the difference between a painting and a photograph? Source: @yasutomooka Japanese…
Max Out On Matcha Sweets At Westin Hotel’s Magnificent Matcha Dessert Buffet
Matcha, Matcha, Matcha… It seems we just can’t get enough of that rich, green ambrosia. The global popularity of matcha has encouraged Japanese service-providers to…
Gigantic Lapras Plushie Even Adult Pokemon Fans Can Ride Now Being Sold Online
As children, our imaginations were captured when Ash rode his Lapras across bodies of water to continue his journey in the Pokemon animated series. Ever…
Experience Samurai Sword and Archery Demonstration at Sakura Castle Park
If you’re a fan of samurai, traditional Japanese martial arts and Japanese castles, and you happen to be visiting or living in Japan right now,…
Hinatsuba: New Manga About A Swordswoman Who Challenged Late Edo Period Gender Expectations
In honor of International Women’s Day, March 8th, we would like to introduce Hinatsuba, by Koichi Masahara, an exciting new manga recently announced by publisher…
Buy A Relaxing Cedar-Filled Ogabeko Cuddle Plushie And Contribute to Post-3.11 Reconstruction
It seems that Japanese people never tire of cute plush toys of all sorts, especially when it comes to animals and creatures, both real and…