Japan’s diverse and sometimes surprising use of regional and limited edition flavors in Kit Kats has made them a popular souvenir for travelers from abroad…

While there are many luxurious bento, or packaged Japanese lunch boxes, found around the country, a big advantage a homemade bento has is that it…

If you were to believe what you see in the epic (one-sided) battles you see between them in viral videos, it would seem that cats…

When it comes to premium iced desserts featuring the best of Japanese tea, historic Kyoto teahouse Itohkyuemon’s parfaits and ice bars are second to none….

Japanese manufacturing company New World Co., Ltd. and Fukuoka-based instant noodle pioneers Marutai Co., Ltd., now celebrating their 60th anniversary, have teamed up for a…

Watch 2020 tail off and 2021 rise in ascension with a fantastical view of the new year’s first sunrise at Kobe’s Mount Rokko. To welcome…

Need a helping hand in the kitchen? Japanese oddity retailer Village Vanguard has you covered–with a few extra arms to spare with some tentacles to…

Even though they can be very vocal, cats have a certain way of telling their human companions what they want without opening their mouths. Japanese…

“With a Cat and Dog, Every Day is Fun” 犬と猫とどっちも飼ってると毎日たのしい Manga artist Hidekichi Matsumoto’s popular series “With a Cat and Dog, Every Day is Fun”…

Demon Slayer, or Kimetsu no Yaiba 鬼滅の刃 in Japanese, is the highest-grossing Japanese film of this year. The film is based on a phenomenally popular manga…

Hamaa はまー (@hamacream) is no stranger to accolades. An art teacher at the Shikino Senior High School in Nara Prefecture, his chalk drawings, in particular,…

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Japanese animal-lover Shuu loves to care of reptiles. His Tiwtter account shows him handling an amethystine python, an African rock python, a reticulated python, an…

As the weeks-in-advance order lists at KFC and seasonal “big as your face” fried chicken boxes will tell you, fried chicken is the reigning Christmas…

Donguri Republic (Donguri Kyowakoku) has continued to churn out a seemingly endless stream of treasure trove items for Studio Ghibli fans over the years, with…