Japan’s Spicy Chicken McNuggets With Mega-Kara Sauce Will Suckerpunch Your Tastebuds
When we tried McDonald’s Spicy Chicken McNuggets last year, with their Karasa Mashimashi Spicy Sauce (which translates as spicy sauce with extra spice added), we…
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Motion Graphic Designer Takayuki Yoshida Imagines Cyberpunk Crosswalk [Video]
While hologram technology has certainly made strides, for example enabling dead musicians from 2Pac, Michael Jackson, Billie Holiday, Roy Orbison and Amy Winehouse to go…
Denny’s in Japan Serves Kyoto Uji Matcha Desserts for Green Tea Lovers
Denny’s American diner chain has a bit of a different image in Japan, compared to how it is perceived in the States. Though it’s most…
Mount Fuji Jelly From Yamanashi Offers a Taste of Japan’s Most Famous Mountain
Mount Fuji, unequivocally one of the most recognisable symbols of Japan, has had its image recreated again and again, in paintings, in print, in sculptures…
An Interview With Master of Horror Manga Junji Ito (Full Length Version)
Acclaimed manga artist Junji Ito has carved out a place for himself in the hearts of horror fans both at home and abroad, based not…
Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Torch Relays: Routes, Runners and Race Details
On June 1, the organizing committee of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games announced the route for the Olympic torch relay races, which will…
Bubble Tea Shop’s Kawaii Mood Ruined By Older Male “Staff,” Customer Gripes
It’s not easy to run a kawaii business and make all customers happy in Japan, especially when you’re trying to compete in the highly competitive…
Changing Face AND Strap Graphics Make Evangelion Edition E-Paper Watch A Must
FES Watch U: Evangelion Edition Fans of the eternal classic anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion can look forward to a special collaboration from FES Watch…
Kyoto’s First Hard Rock Cafe Will Be Modelled on a Machiya Townhouse
The influx of tourism into Kyoto has exploded. Despite creating a fair few problems, it doesn’t seem like it’s slowing down any time soon, and…
An Interview With Master of Horror Manga Junji Ito (Abridged Version)
Acclaimed manga artist Junji Ito has carved out a place for himself in the hearts of horror fans both at home and abroad, based not…
Ride The Great Wave With Traditional Japanese Print Condoms by Okamoto Industries, Inc.
One of Japan’s leading condom makers, Okamoto Industries, Inc., has announced a new “design condom” series which will feature images including traditional Ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock…
Coca-Cola Japan Kicks Off First Summer Of Reiwa With Coca-Cola Clear Lime
Last summer, Coca-Cola Japan made its first foray into the clear beverage trend with Coca-Cola Clear. Now, for the first summer of the Reiwa Era,…
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A Japanese Summer Icon: Katorisenko Mosquito Coils Reach Production Peak [Video]
Katori senkō Along with traditional wind chimes, yukata summer kimonos, iced barley tea, shaved ice and traditional uchiwa fans, the spiral incense of the mosquito…
Hayao Miyazaki Designs Official Logo For Studio Ghibli Theme Park, New Concept Art Revealed
You’ll find fewer fans more ecstatic than when it was announced that an official Studio Ghibli theme park was opening in Japan than those of…
Jimbocho — A Booklovers’ Haven in the Heart of Tokyo
Jason Morgan, Reitaku University, for JAPAN Forward Japan is famous, among many other things, for its exceptionally high literacy rate. Although Japan has not conducted…