Goshuinchō: Japanese pilgrimage books If you’ve ever visited a Buddhist temple or Shinto shrine in Japan, you may have seen people with small notebooks lining…

Burger King® Japan has announced the release of its brand new Salsa & Avocado Smoky Whopper®, the first in the Smoky Whopper® series, available from…

Tasty Japanese sandwiches If you’ve ever been to Japan, you’ve probably seen them: tasty-looking sandwiches made with fluffy white shokupan milk bread, usually on the…

Today, on April 21st, 2022, McDonald’s Japan Corporation announced it would begin selling three new sweets in a new project collaborating with Japanese local specialties,…

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…

Mamehon Dollhouse’s magnificent miniature pop-up dollhouses Talented Japanese artist 豆本ドールハウス Mamehon Dollhouse (@mame_lili_lily) creates incredibly detailed and complex miniature dollhouses that pop out from a…

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…

If you like Vtubers, you probably know Minato Aqua 湊あくあ at hololive production. She attracts many people through her cuteness, adorable voice, and her gaming…

The Shikoku town of Tokushima is creating a new committee to plan and fund the iconic Awa Odori, bringing back its festivities after two years…

Racing tracks for radio-controlled cars are located throughout Japan. One of them, Cascade RC Drift Circuit (@_MATA_OMAEKA) in Iwata City, Shizuoka Prefecture, is known for…

Some of our readers may remember Japanese solo camping enthusiast, skeet shooter, game hunter, and Vtuber Lilo-shi ﾘﾛ氏 when we introduced his “self-sufficient grilled sandwich.”…

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…

What would you do if you found your old tools in a rusted condition? Many people would throw them away if they were rusted beyond…