Beautiful New Studio Ghibli Design Japanese Fans Coming Just in Time for Summer
Summer is finally here. Soon it will be time for going to firework festivals, wearing light kimono, eating shaved ice, and trying to beat the…
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Prep School’s Clock Unsettles Passengers With An Eerie Additional 13th Hour
The Nishi-Funabashi branch of Waseda Yobikō 早稲田予備校 (Waseda Prep School), a major Tokyo cram school with a 60 year history, has a very large clock…
Petition Launched To Stop Forcible Hair Dyeing From Natural Color to Black in Japanese Schools
Japanese Schools Forcing Teens To Dye Hair Black As we reported before, in October 2017, news of an Osakan teen who was forced by her…
Transparent Soy Sauce From Fundodai Goyo Creates A Clearly Different Culinary Experience
Ever since it opened for business at the dawn of the Meiji Era, Fundodai Goyo, Inc. has been making high quality soy sauce and miso…
When Train Cultures Collide: Tatami Kanzaki’s One-Frame Manga Depicts A Traveler’s Woes
Osaka vs. Tokyo: Differences in Culture and Etiquette The cultural differences between Kanto (the region centered around Tokyo), and Kansai (the region where you’ll find…
6th Pikachu Outbreak is Taking Over Yokohama Summer 2019 for Biggest Event Yet
Every year a yellow epidemic unleashes itself on the people of Yokohama, a city not far from Tokyo. It’s uncontrollable and lasts for nearly a…
Japan Will Send Gundam Models Into Space To Send Encouragement To Olympic Athletes
On Wednesday, an organizing committee of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games announced a collaborative effort with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and the…
Is Japan’s Instagenic Honeymoon Over? Plain “Jimi-Ben” Lunches May Indicate A Shift
Japan’s Insta-Bae Obsession Following global trends, Instagram has become hugely popular in Japan, with shops bending over backwards to serve up the most photogenic sweets…
Japan’s Shiny Green Wasabi Pearls Become Hot Selling “Emerald Caviar” Topping
Japan’s Shizuoka prefecture is famous for its high quality wasabi, and local 144-year-old-manufacturer Tamaruya offers a wide range of the finest wasabi products in Japan….
Hinasushi, Known For All-You-Can-Eat Sushi Including Toro and Uni, Opens in Roppongi
If you want to eat sushi to your heart’s content when you visit Japan, you either need to have yen to spare or find a…
New Exhibit Displays Original Evangelion Artwork And Rebuild Of Evangelion Inspired Japanese Swords
Neon Genesis Evangelion fans may be getting a treat they never knew they wanted in the form of a newly revived exhibit in Tokyo. For…
Cheering Stifled At “Cheering Format” Showings of Avengers: End Game in Japan
Japanese Moviegoing Culture Unlike movie theaters in many parts of the world where audiences often cheer and react quite vocally to the images on screen,…
Japanese Horror Icon Sadako Throws Out First Pitch At Baseball Game, Happy To Hit 60mph
Sadako is perhaps the most iconic character in modern Japanese horror, scaring fans for years with multiple entries in the Ring franchise. She hasn’t been…
Zespri’s Retro-Kawaii Kiwi Jingle Suggests “Agelicious” As First Buzzword Of Reiwa Era
Agelicious! Zespri International Japan hopes that their catchy new commercial featuring the new word, a combination of the English “delicious” and the Japanese slang ageru…
Fukushima Sake Breweries Collaborate with Classic Glam Rock Band for KISS Sake
Various efforts have been made to help revitalise the area surrounding Fukushima, and in a surprising turn it seems their latest special product is targeting…