Tokyo Nighttime Passport Wants To Be Your Portal To Tokyo Nightlife
One of the perennial questions faced by visitors to Tokyo, especially first-time visitors from abroad, is what to do at night. Unless you have unlimited…
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Personal Hanko With Your Name In Japanese or English In Elegant Typographic Designs
Hanko For Non-Japanese Whether it’s done out of necessity or just for fun, it’s not unusual for foreign residents or even non-Japanese visitors to make…
Sapporo Snow Festival 2019’s Spectacular Giant Sculptures Include Star Wars, Pokemon and Hatsune Miku
The Sapporo Snow Festival (Sapporo Yuki Matsuri) is a sub-zero spectacle of larger than life, beautifully sculptured snow art. The yearly extravaganza takes place in…
Music Playing Soy Milk Carton Born Out of Viral Tweet and Here’s How You Can Win One!
Sometimes the best ideas are born through serendipity. In a state of tiredness, a Japanese student (@tn_mogura) accidentally plugged his earphones into the straw hole…
Japanese Voices: @17 no Gokitaku Shimasenka? #25
Japanese Voices 日本語のままクールジャパン is a regular series designed for learners of Japanese to enjoy real Japanese language programming from Nippon Broadcasting System, one of the…
Muslim Women Can Rent Wagara Hijabs To Match Kimonos At Yumeyakata in Kyoto
Kimono Rentals: A Popular Tourist Attraction For many female tourists visiting Japan from abroad, renting a beautiful kimono for a photo shoot or to enjoy…
Mild-Mannered Kaki no Tane Rice Crackers Get Super-Spicy Tongue-Tingling Makeover
Kaki no Tane One of the most commonly found and frequently enjoyed of Japanese snacks, kaki no tane 柿の種 rice crackers, thus named due to…
Pocky Teams Up With Celebrated Tokyo Brewery For Sweet Sake Flavor
Japan’s quintessential chocolate stick snack has often strayed from its old mainstays of chocolate and strawberry, but over recent years Glico’s flagship treat has ventured…
Lindt Japan Unveils Cherry Blossom Chocolate Drink to Rival Starbucks’ Sakura Frappuccino
The Starbucks sakura Frappuccino, which appears every spring in Japan without fail, has become the envy of the world. For fans of both the corporate…
Starbucks’ First Seasonal Cherry Blossom Drink for Spring 2019 is Revealed
The limited time only sakura inspired Frappuccino and hot beverage duo is Starbucks Japan’s main event every year. But before the big announcement revealing this…
Japan’s Surprisingly Artistic Manhole Covers Have Their Own Festival, And Of Course Sweets Too
When traveling around Japan, you may notice that manhole covers often have surprising artistic designs. Different towns and regions across Japan display local history and…
Clear Tea Is So Last Year. In 2019, Wilkinson Japan Proposes Sparkling Clear Tea!
Japanese Beverage Trends It was just a matter of time before it happened. The Japanese beverage market has seen several trends take shape in recent…
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Little Demons Can Relish Fish Burgers, Worship Yohane At Numazu Burger [Onsite Report]
Yohane? Little Demons? Numazu? The juxtaposition of words in our title may have raised a few eyebrows. Unless, of course, you’re a fan of the…
Tokyo’s Kirby Cafe Reveal New Menu of Awesome Dishes for Chapter 2
The Kirby Café opened in Tokyo Skytree town to the delight of the round, pink hero’s many fans. The menu consisted of a range of…
Try Japanese School Lunches From Meiji to Heisei Era At Retro Showa Tamagawa Onsen
If you’re a fan of manga, anime or Japanese TV dramas, then you may have seen depictions of school-provided lunches in a Japanese school. However,…