Japanese Penguin Mop Top Covers Are A Cute Cleaning Motivator
One of Japanese online retailer Felissimo’s biggest hits from their YOU+MORE! series (a play on the pronunciation of “humor” in Japanese) has been an “evolving”…
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Candymaker’s “jewel dentures” White Day gift could prepare you for a “bite me” moment.
Papabubble, a company with origins in Barcelona, call themselves “the world’s most interesting candymaker.” They pride themselves on candy as art, always experimenting and doing…
New Japanese Capsule Toy Series Is An All Star Team Of Public Drunks
It seems like nowadays Japan has a capsule toy for everything, including ham and egg hamsters and shiba inu with their heads poking out of…
A super-rare view in Fukui: 2 messengers of the sea god were spotted in the fishing port
A video was posted by Nakagawa san on the twitter account @toythefishing and it became a hot topic right away. The video showed us a…
Japanese museum creates beautiful artisan chocolates fusing traditional art and sweets
The Okada Museum of Art in Hakone, Kanagawa was only opened in 2013, however, despite its short history, this private museum displays a wide range…
Japan approves mission to land spacecraft on Mars
Japan’s space agency JAXA, announced earlier this month that its project to explore the Martian moons has gotten the green light and moved into the…
Japan’s plastic addiction is affecting oceans and burdening marine life
Japanese society is compact. There’s little space on a resource-strapped island nation. Centered in densely populated metropolitan centers, citizens work closely with one another to…
Japanese artist turns seven rubber duckies into epic action figure
Tomohiro Yasui is an artist known for his papercraft Kami-Robo robots which he has been making for the past 35 years, but also for his…
Japanese Idol Group Charges Extra For Fans Not Wearing Masks Due To Cornoavirus
Idol groups in Japan, and particularly underground idols (chika idols, 地下アイドル) offer a service to fans referred to as “cheki”. They’re essentially Polaroid/print-out camera shots…
Japan Now Has Pancake Mochi Ice Cream
Yukimi Daifuku is a very popular brand of mochi ice cream in Japan, with the standard flavor consisting of vanilla ice cream packed inside thin…
“Drinkable Soft Serve Vanilla Ice Cream” Released In Japan
Japanese sweets and dairy maker Morinaga Milk Industry has quite the creative hit list of snacks and beverages, including pancake steamed buns, mochi cheese slices,…
Tonkatsu Shop Offering Free Meals For Poor And Hungry Children Criticized Online, Fires Back With Kindness
Since May of 2018, tonkatsu shop Marukatsu (@marukatsunara) located in Nara, Japan, has been offering a very generous service for those in desperate need of…
The Biggest Problem For Cat Lovers With Traditional Japanese Sliding Doors
As most cat lovers know, living with a feline friend can be a source of huge joy in the home, but also some unique predicaments–even…
Mandatory Climbing Fees to be Introduced on Mount Fuji
Soon, it will cost you more than just a tiring overnight hike and climb to reach Japan’s highest point. A meeting was held amongst a…
Donguri: A Showa Retro Restaurant Where Orders Come Floating Downstream
You’ve probably heard of kaiten-zushi, restaurants where sushi plates are delivered to customers on a rotating conveyor belt. One Japanese restaurant takes a radically different…