On March 2nd, it was announced in Japan that many schools would be closing as a quarantine countermeasure against the coronavirus. Whether students stay at…

Quirky and cute goods retailer Village Vanguard will never run out of accessories to store your goods with, as evidenced by hamster cheek and butt…

Nara, Japan boasts the world’s largest bronze Buddha statue and the UNESCO World Heritage Site it is enshrined at, Todaiji Temple, but tourists may be…

Popular Japanese restaurant chain Katsuya’s menu offers a number of tonkatsu (fried pork cutlet) topped bowls and even curry, but their latest release is giving…

In some areas of Japan, all you have to do to get a feel of local traditions and specialties is simply look down at the…

Akira is a 1988 full-feature anime based in a post-apocalyptic “Neo Tokyo.” In the cult-classic, director Katsuhiro Otomo was incredibly successful at bringing a gritty,…

We’ve covered some artists capable of producing amazingly realistic works of art by analog means. For example, Kei Mieno’s photorealistic paintings of women and Kohei…

Heightened concern over the spread of the coronavirus in Japan has resulted in a shortage of sickness masks (which in turn has led now prohibited…

Japanese women’s wrestlers can be just as a tough outside the ring–or even tougher, as wrestling legend Chigusa Nagayo proved when she stopped a man…

With both a Sakura Milk Pudding and Sweet and Sour Sakura cherry flavor under their belt, Starbucks Japan seems to be taking a break from…

When Japanese illustrator and manga artist Ponkichi (@PonkichiM) responded to Japan’s Ministry of Finance announcement of new designs for the 1,000, 5,000, and 10,000-yen bills…

With the final film in the series ready to hit theaters later this year, it’s safe to say that Evangelion fans are getting excited. In…

As we reported last month, a new bar staffed by virtual bartenders called Luppet Cafe has opened for business just a minute’s walk away from…

Last year the first ever permanent Pokémon Cafe opened up right next to the Pokémon Center DX in Tokyo’s Nihonbashi district, and ever since then…

Tsumami zaiku is a traditional Japanese craft that dates back to the Edo Period used to create beautiful hair ornaments and sticks to pair with…