Family Mart Convenience Stores Opening 24-Hour Fitness Clubs In Select Locations
While Japanese convenience stores are known to offer a boatload of delicious seasonal treats, bento, and an increasing variety of hot food, they also have…
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Fall Asleep on Totoro’s Soft Belly Every Night With This Totoro Bed
Fans of Studio Ghibli’s animated movie My Neighbour Totoro will know, nothing looks comfier than Totoro’s big fat, fluffy belly when Mei falls asleep on…
The Best Destinations in Japan For Each Season: Autumn
People may flock to Kyoto for the awesome view from Kiyomizudera, but for a less predictable autumn, how about heading to the untamed wilderness of…
Japan Opens Up Its First Mini-Shiba Inu Cafe
Japan just opened up its first miniature Shiba Inu cafe, where you can enjoy coffee and play with adorable Shiba Inu looking for love! While…
New Pokémon Cafe And Deluxe Pokémon Center Opening Up In Tokyo
It’s not uncommon for Japan to celebrate the anniversaries or reward the fandoms of popular anime and manga series with themed cafes and restaurants, as…
Live Action “Girls Und Panzer”? Girls Dance And Wash a Tank in Promotional Video For Upcoming Movie
Girls und Panzer, the anime series depicting a competition between girls’ high schools practicing tank warfare as a sport, continues to enjoy popularity since it…
The Weird, The Creepy, The Disturbing: 8 Bizarre Japanese Mascots
Japan loves a mascot. Called ‘yuruchara’, these characters help promote cities or prefectures for tourism or PR purposes. Companies, sports teams and other institutions often…
$2,600 Premium Wagyu Beef Bento Is Japan’s Most Luxurious Lunch Box
Whether you’re traveling around the country from the comfort of the bullet train or simply catching a lunch break, Japanese bento boxes provide some very…
Needle Felt Neko Atsume Buddies Are The Kitties You Don’t Need To Lure Into Your Backyard
Smart Phone app sensation Neko Atsume (or Cat Collector, if you prefer) purred its way into a worldwide hit, resulting in several merchandise lineups of…
Mike Puts a Taste of Osaka into Popcorn with Takoyaki Flavour
Mike Popcorn are teaming up with Takoyaki chain restaurant Gindaco to bring Japan a fun new flavour; takoyaki popcorn incorporating Gindaco’s own sauce. Both companies…
Tokyo Disney To Open New Park, Possibly With Japanese Style Theme
Owned by the The Oriental Land Company, there are currently two different Tokyo Disney Resorts (although they’re both located in Chiba prefecture, just outside of…
Hero Lens Online Application Can Turn Your Every Day Life into a Japanese Video Game
The Hero Lens key chain that we covered recently had captured the imagination of scores of Twitter users. Simply hold the plastic key chain up…
Tokyo Subway Light Up Forgotten Stations and it’s Partly Creepy-Cool, Partly Historical-Cool
Most subway passengers are probably unaware that during their usual rides on the Chiyoda and Ginza line, disused stations lie forgotten in the darkness. To…
Japan Recruits 1,000 Rocket Members To Make Giant Pikachu Formation, Sail Meowth Hot Air Balloon In Pokemon Celebration
Back in October, Japan’s Saga Prefecture announced that it would be recruiting “real life Team Rocket members” via its promotional Sagaprise! project website. The project’s…
Telegram Culture Thriving in Japan: Traditional Craft Gifts Paired With Messages in Telegram Service’s New Lineup
Many people outside of Japan are surprised to learn that this country has a thriving telegram culture. You read that correctly. Telegram. If that conjures…