Beloved Voice Actor Fujiwara Keiji Passes Away at Age 55
With heavy hearts, we have received word that veteran voice actor Fujiwara Keiji (藤原啓治) has passed away at age 55 just two days after the…
Chicken nuggets with Kiri cream cheese centers now at MINISTOP convenience stores
If you’re mostly staying at home these days in Japan, apart from the occasional trip to the store to stock up on food and supplies,…
Celebrate Japanese Children’s Day with Barbapapa carp streamers you print at home
As we’ve introduced before at grape Japan, one of the customs practiced by many Japanese people in the days and weeks leading up to Children’s…
Adorable pink Kirby makeup line hitting Japanese convenience stores this spring
From Pokemon to Super Mario, you can find all kinds of adorable makeup collections in Japan, with packaging and colours inspired by famous video game…
Japan’s 4 layer tapioca tea latte ice cream is a whole new way to experience bubble tea
In Japan, bubble tea recently experienced such a boom that apart from the non-stop appearance of new boba stands on every corner, there was also…
Amabie monster wagashi sweets are the cutest corona-fighters yet
Amabie is popular these days in Japan, and understandably so. Rediscovered just over a month ago in the Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive (see…
Wipe off your meat sweats with this marbled wagyu towel
Perhaps not content with ramen, soba, and udon towels to protect yourself from noodle splash damage, or perhaps you really want people who come to…
Godiva Japan makes its first foray into cheese foam drinks
As a subtrend of the most recent wave of boba tea popularity in Japan, cheese foam toppings seem to be everywhere in drink stands these…
Japanese artist’s stuffed fish cake animal is way cuter than it has any right being
Commonly translated as fish cake, kamaboko is a Japanese cured surimi, typically made of boiled and processed whitefish. It’s often served as an appetizer in…
Unleash the Kraken with this 2-way realistic squid neck pillow
Japanese bookstore and gag goods retailer Village Vanguard previously showed love to our tentacled friends with giant squid and octopus shaped teabags, and now it…
Bandai’s new Neon Genesis Evangelion Tamagotchis let you raise adorable Angels as pets
Throughout the years, iconic anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion has been be involved in a number of crossovers and collaborations, including canned coffee, 90’s grunge…
‘Nippon Color Vibes’ chilled cup beverages brings matcha cafe latte to Japanese convenience stores
Mt. Rainier’s range of cup drinks are a staple of the chilled sections found in Japanese convenience stores and supermarkets. Although they usually deal in…
Turtles and other cute animals inspire bread created in celebration of Japan’s Children’s Day
Children’s Day is a holiday in Japan when people celebrate children’s happiness and wish them good health. Taking place every May 5th, it’s not uncommon…
Petite YouTuber eats sumo-sized 4000 kcal of grape jelly and chugs a 1000 kcal giant coffee
Japanese food is fantastic. After a long day of work, there is nothing like pigging out on teishoku, a set menu of Japanese cuisine. A…
Drunk Japanese Dad falls asleep in the … wait, where?
Occasional cosplayer, anisong DJ event enthusiast and Twitter user Bon-chan (@bon_the_fool) shared a special photo of his dad on Twitter and the response was huge….