Eat and learn: A plant-based café & food tech park has opened in Ginza!
Can you imagine “healthy junk food”? It may sound weird, but it really exists! A plant-based food café called “2foods” has opened their second flagship…
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Soy sauce for dessert?! Traditional soy sauce maker’s new product has sweet possibilities
A really surprising seasoning appeared on the market this month. It’s called Suītsu senyō shōyu スイーツ専用醤油 (Soy sauce only for sweets)! Soy sauce (shōyu 醤油)…
fripSide will hold their first Virtual Live Concert as 3D model avatars!
When you hear “virtual live concert”, you might associate the phrase with Vtubers. However, virtual live concerts are not only restricted to Vtubers anymore! These…
Avatar Concierges Will Support Your Trip in Japan!
Recently, the virtual world and the real world are becoming seamless. At least, the virtual avatars which I’m going to introduce today are close enough…
Odakyu Department Store comes up with a fully edible Romancecar Christmas cake
While Japan might not have a strong belief in saints or Christianity, customs like Valentine’s Day and Christmas have become commonly observed in the country….
Fashioning Japan’s ancient mizuhiki artform into modern accessories using the AROMA Cord
What is mizuhiki? apple | © PIXTA Estimated to have been around from as early as the 9th century, the decorative art form of mizuhiki…
Swallows Cap Remarkable Turnaround With Japan Series Victory Over Buffaloes
Pinch hitter Shingo Kawabata delivers the key hit for Yakult in the 12th inning. Jim Armstrong, for JAPAN Forward From worst to first to Japan…
Carbon Zero Isn’t a Pipe Dream — There’s Japan’s Hydrogen Technology
Mitsubishi and Panasonic introduce JAPAN Forward to some of the technologies that can help in achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Arielle Busetto, JAPAN…
Popular series Tokyo Revengers teams up with Salon Kireimo for Hair Removal Revengers!
The hair removal salon, Kireimo, has announced a collaboration project with the popular anime series Tokyo Revengers this autumn. The project’s name: Hair Removal Revengers～ Don’t allow the appearance…
Jujutsu Kaisen printed cakes for Christmas 2021 are now available for pre-order!
Sakaedōri Co., Ltd., which operates the Priroll printed cake service, is now accepting reservations for the limited-edition Christmas cakes. This year they are bringing to life the…
The popular series Tokyo Revengers will get an exhibition in Tokyo and Osaka next year!
The manga series by Ken Wakui, Tokyo Revengers, has been serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine since 2017 and, ever since, sold incredibly well, now exceeding 40 million copies! In…
Cough drop maker AsadaAme releases retro-kawaii tin illustrated by Yusuke Nakamura
The long-established Japanese cough drop brand AsadaAme 浅田飴 announced the release of a new limited-quantity kawaii-retro design tin for their AsadaAme Sugar Coat R cough drops (浅田飴糖衣R asada ame tōi…
Ward off the curse of plastic waste with these Jujutsu Kaisen ecobags
With the release of the prequel Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie set to hit Japanese theaters on Friday, December 24th, the supernatural action-adventure anime series…
Hand-drawn traditional Kyoto Yuzen textile patterns are turned into NFT products
Established in 1975 as a dyeing consignment processing business, Art-Uni アート・ユニ dyes textiles for apparel and interior using the traditional Kyoto Yuzen technique. Their innovative…
Iida City in Japan’s Nagano Prefecture, known for yakiniku, to set world record for ‘longest griddle’
The Iida Yakiniku World Record Challenge Executive Committee, which aims to revitalize the region by utilizing the yakiniku culture of Iida City 飯田市, Nagano Prefecture,…