Kirby Cafe Returns to Tokyo with New Adorable Menu
Everyone’s favourite puffy pink hero is returning to Tokyo to fill our stomachs with delicious and adorable treats. For a limited time only the Kirby…
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All-You-Can-Eat Fall Buffet Is Filled With Fragrant Matsutake Mushroom Dishes and Colorful Regional Vegetables
All-you-can-eat buffets in Japan There are countless all-you-can-eat buffets in Japan, from run-of-the-mill salad bar buffets at Western cuisine restaurant chains, to hotels which offer…
Starbucks Japan Releases Crispy Sweet Potato Frappuccino for Autumn
Fall is all about hearty, cosy food. Get ready to see a deluge of snacks and beverages in Japan based around pumpkin, sweet potato and…
Pokemon Cafe Menu Gets Seasonal Update For Halloween and Autumn
The first ever permanent Pokemon Cafe opened earlier this year adjacent to the Pokemon Center DX in Nihonbashi, Tokyo. With a Pokemon interior, Pokemon inspired…
The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls’ Sensational Second Collab With Nissin Curry Meshi
If you love Nissin instant noodles or if you’re a fan of The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls (or both!), you’ll surely remember the collaboration last year…
Japanese Fashion Brand Beams and Ziploc Collaborate to Create Sandwich Bag Couture
Ziploc shook the world of food storage with its trusty seal, changing packed lunches forever. The clear bag with iconic blue and red seal has…
Get Mileage on Your Anime T-Shirt At New Anime Song DJ Party in Akihabara
Do you have plans to visit Akihabara this weekend? If so, you may want to check out a completely new DJ party concept having its…
Lure of the City: Upar’s Airy and Uplifting Illustrations Will Kindle Your Wanderlust
When he’s not working a full-time job as a company employee, Japanese Illustrator Upar creates charming and mostly cheerful vignettes of fictional cities with apparent…
Station Master Tama the Cat Remains Railroad Goddess After Her Death
JAPAN Forward, Kaichi Iwamoto Tama’s Enduring Popularity The popularity of the endearing “station master” Tama, a female calico cat on the Wakayama Electric Railway Kishigawa…
New Japanese Supplement Line Is Seriously Just Sashimi In A Bag
Japan releases supplement line of sashimi in a bag Fitness fans in Japan now have an alternative to pills and powders when looking to get…
We Tried Haruki Nakamura’s Pop Up Penguin
Last year, we wrote about an amazing pop-up penguin “bomb” made only of paper and rubber bands which had a surprising pop-up action. Made by…
Japanese Shichi Go San Ceremony for Children Can Now be Performed for Pets Too
Shichi-go-san (meaning seven five three) is a rite of passage for Japanese children. Boys aged three and five and girls aged three and seven are…
Making Satsuma Shochu Liquor: A Proud Kagoshima Tradition
For the longest time, sake has taken center stage around the world. However, shochu is in fact Japan’s national alcohol, enjoyed more commonly than sake…
Nara’s Famous “Child Granting” Temple Reveals The Nature Of Japanese Power Spots
In Japan, some of the most celebrated sightseeing areas are not simply tourist attractions, but what are known as “power spots”. Power spots are believed…
These Shiba Inu Figures Will Help You Through The Hot Summer Months
Twice a year, mostly amateur figure modelers and sculptors display and sell their latest “garage kit” creations at Wonder Festival in the Makuhari Messe convention…