To Revitalize A Small Mountain Village, Japan Is Filling It With Zombies
Promotional efforts for Japanese towns, particularly rural ones, often depend on some outside-the-box thinking–like making a pop idol unit out of 60 miner mannequins or…
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Los Angeles Metro Turns To J-Pop And Anime Girls To Teach Train Manners
Many often point to Japan as a culture and society that strongly values scenario-based rules of etiquette, and perhaps its highly praised modes of public…
This Japanese Wearable Blanket Turns You Into A Cow-Abducting UFO
Japanese retailer Felissimo tends to focus on animal themed goods and novelty items, but their YOU+MORE! series (a play on the pronunciation of “humor” in…
Japanese Feline-Themed Goods Retailer Releases Kitty Milk Scented Bath Powder
Japanese retailer Felissimo has a subdivision of goods called Nekobu, or Cat Club, which features a variety of feline-themed items for cat lovers. However, they…
My Neighbor Totoro Has A Sequel That A Lot Of People Don’t Know About
Of all the classics legendary director Hayao Miyazaki has overseen for the much revered Studio Ghibli, it’s My Neighbor Totoro that most fans seem to…
Morinaga x “Rose of Versailles” Collaboration Offers Emancipation From Constipation With A Three-Day Yogurt Revolution
Japan has had its share of unique and surprising collaborations between food manufacturers and manga, anime, characters, or films. We’ve seen examples such as Cup…
Pocky Continues Its Adult Flavor Series With Classy Wine-Pairing Flavor
The original classic Pocky may have just been a simple chocolate pretzel stick, but the worldwide love the flagship Japanese snack enjoys has seen Pocky…
Epic Giant Straw Animals Emerge From Japanese Rice Harvest In Style
Niigata prefecture’s Wara Art Festival has a very creative and imposing way of making use of the leftover rice straw (wara) from the harvests that…
Cut Through The Competition With a Business Card Forged From “Samurai Sword” Steel
The ancient art of Japanese swordsmithing is famous for its sophistication, its labor-intensiveness, and the unparalleled strength and durability of the swords painstakingly made in…
Miniature Sushi Art Looks Good Enough To Eat
Japan made a name for itself internationally with its feats of miniaturization. The thinnest portable audio players, the smallest full-featured still and video cameras, the…
Did Kizuna Ai Get An Upgrade? No, It’s New Virtual YouTuber YUA!
You’ve probably heard of virtual anime girl and popular YouTuber Kizuna Ai, who has steadily gained a following for her gaming livestreams, vlogs and her…
Nicolas Cage Is Now A Popular Japanese Snack In The Form Of The Nicolastick
One of the charming and funnier points of Sofia Coppola’s Lost in Translation is how it used an actor of Bill Murray’s caliber to spoof…
Hahon Hohaho Hie: McDonald’s Japan Revives An Old Favorite With A Too-Hot-To-Pronounce Name
For those of you who were around in Japan or visited Japan any time between 1990 and 2002, you might remember ordering a bacon potato…
Curious Cats Adopt Lifelike NieR: Automata Model As Their Adorable Guardian
Part of the intrigue of the world of Square Enix’s NieR: Automata is discovering mechanical creatures that show behavior that isn’t quite as mindless and…
Dad Armed With “Bazooka” Telephoto Lens Takes Outstanding Pictures and Stands Out From the Crowd at Daughter’s Sports Day Event
If you’re a parent with kids who attend school, you can surely sympathize with this. It’s your son or daughter’s big day, either a school…