Safety helmet turtles prove Japan has a capsule toy for everything
Japan’s capsule toys cover just about every niche you can think of, sometimes inventing new ones with adorable hamster and egg breakfast figures, kawaii colorful…
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Nintendo reveals Pokémon Snap release date for Nintendo Switch
Pokémon Co. Ltd, have announced that their newest game ‘Pokémon Snap’ will be released on Nintendo Switch from 30 April 2021. The game is a…
Japanese hotel’s adorable goblin sweets are beautiful inside and out
Every year, Japan celebrates Setsubun (節分, “seasonal division”) on Feb 2nd, 3rd, or 4th, one day before the start of Spring according to the Japanese…
A trip to Todoroki Valley, Tokyo’s tucked-away green oasis
Tokyo has its share of immaculately manicured gardens and even has some spacious parks, but it’s hard to find a place of untended nature where…
Meet some of Japan’s oldest bonsai trees at this exhibition in Shiga Prefecture
Visit Shiga Prefecture’s Keiunkan at any time of year, and you are bound to see one of the best collections of bonsai trees in Japan….
Internet enamored and mystified with impossibly round frog and its “I’d like to talk to the manager” face
Frogs come in all shapes, sizes, and colors. Whether you find them absolutely adorable or slimy and scary, they certainly are fascinating. One in particular…
Popular illustrator and manga artist Tera Terada has her first solo exhibition: “LEZO”
Tera Terada If you’re into Japanese pop culture, and especially if you’re into Vocaloid and other music popularized on Nico Nico Douga, you may have…
Website for Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Japan lets you virtually explore park, delicious food
In November 2020, Universal Studios Japan announced a February 4th, 2021 opening date for its long awaited Super Nintendo World, an area of the park…
Japanese snack brand Calbee sells veggie cube snack invented by elementary school student
Calbee’s original “Snack Contest” Japanese snack brand Calbee, known for their wide range of potato chips, potato stick snacks like Jagabee and Jagarico, as well…
LEGO makes bonsai trees and flower bouquets in new Botanical series for adults
LEGO may have an image as a company which makes building blocks for children, but they are diversifying. In 2021, LEGO Japan will launch their…
Japanese service lends “Weathering with You” clear umbrellas with Hina floating in the sky
On January 3rd, 2021, Makoto Shinkai’s popular 2019 romantic fantasy anime film 天気の子 Weathering with You will be broadcast on Japanese television for the first…
Artist Namura Kiyu’s parody of a popular Xmas gift and her response to a Tweet reacting to it go viral
Multi-talented conceptual artist 南村杞憂 Namura Kiyu (formerly known as Yuna Kimura), whose acrylic plate artworks and accessories we introduced last year in grape Japan, is…
Japanese photographer captures mystical shrines covered in snow
I probably don’t have to explain to anyone that Japan is a beautiful country, especially during winter. Snowfall differs across the country’s regions during the…
Japanese pole dancer Kana Sakuma and other influencers “strike a pose” on SNS
Japanese pole dancer Kana Sakuma (@sakana0kuma) is recently trending on Twitter. Throughout the winter season and earlier, she’s posted numerous pole dancing videos to help…
Pokémon airplane takes first flight in Japan
If you haven’t heard, the Pokémon company has been teaming up with prefectures all over Japan to promote regional travel, a campaign that has been…