Experience a fluffy white wonderland this winter with Family Mart’s latest latte
A tide of media describing 2020 as a “lost year” is rapidly rising across the world. While certainly lockdown living and the state of general…
Twitter user discovers “cutest mail box” in Japan
Japanese twitter user (@daily_simaenaga) shares all the wonderful things about an adorable wild bird species, the Shimaenaga, or Long-tailed tit. On this account, several photos…
Traditional Japanese sweets artist celebrates “good tooth day” with adorable teeth sweets
In Japan, November 8th is known as “good tooth day”, due to some fun wordplay (in Japanese: ichi=one, hachi=eight, both combined together, ii-ha= Good tooth)….
Japanese bakery fuses two favorites with their new “Baked cheese cake Melon-pan” winter release
Melon-pan (Pan being the Japanese word for bread) is Japanese style sweet bread, coated with sweet, crusty cookie dough on top. A melon-pan specialty bakery…
Masters of Japanese Traditional Instruments play Anime songs and Demon Slayer opening
The “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba” boom continues in Japan after the last manga volume was published in Weekly Shonen Jump, followed by the release…
Giant Akita in Japan is actually an adorable receptionist
Along with the fitting caption of “Excuse me…?” a photo posted on twitter is going viral. We can often observe a dog looking up at…
A tasty and novel seasonal dish trends on Twitter: persimmons and blue cheese
If you’ve heard it once, you’ve likely heard it a thousand times: Japan has fantastic food. Indeed, a large amount of our work focuses on…
Designer kumacoro imagines encyclopedic set of creatures based on sushi & other foods in Japan
Japanese creator kumacoro (クマコロ in Japanese) is a former toymaker who now works as a freelance designer. He’s also a fan of robots and mechanical…
Adorably expressive cat makes remarkably funny faces when playing with (and missing) his favorite toy
The owner of Raito (@raichanniki); a.k.a. Rai chan, shares the daily shenanigans of Rai on his Twitter account. Rai chan is very well known for…
Have a very teamLab Christmas at digital art collective’s interactive tree installation in Tokyo for 2020
Within Tokyo’s various holiday displays, there’s plenty of Christmas trees to be found. Some are traditional, while some are more modern, like Shinjuku’s tree inspired…
Japanese college student explains physics while cosplaying as demon Akaza from Demon Slayer
With the film adaptation of the runaway hit manga and anime Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba breaking records at the box office, it seems like…
Japanese artist Yone Yonemoto’s idea for a theft-proof bike is pure genius
Although bicycle theft is on the decline in Japan (for example, in Tokyo, the number of total reported thefts dropped from 51,094 in 2015 to…
Sanrio Puroland reveals two new attractions which utilise MR technology
Leap into the cute digital world and get interactive alongside Sanrio characters Cinnamoroll and Hello Kitty, in these two newest attractions at Sanrio Puroland –…
Make perfect Dalgona Coffee at home in just seconds with this easy mixture
With the pandemic of 2020 leading to the majority of people staying at home and indoors, there has been a rise in the number of…
Kawaii Monster Cafe x TY Beanie Babies Ultimate Winter Season Mash Up Party
Calling fans of all things cute, colourful and crazy. This holiday season, Harajuku’s Kawaii Monster Cafe will collaborate with stuffed toy brand TY Beanie Babies…