Japan Announces Mickey Mouse Shinkansen Bullet Train For Summer Vacation
The trips to seek out the best travel destinations in Japan are made much easier by shinkansen. The comfortable and high speed trains bullet trains…
Tokyo’s Special Anniversary Hello Kitty Cafe Boasts Most Kawaii Kitty-Faced Dishes Yet
It’s been 45 years since the iconic character arrived on the scene, but Hello Kitty hasn’t aged a bit. One of the representatives of kawaii,…
Osaka to Kyoto Sightseeing Train with Traditional Japanese Interior is as Beautiful as Promised
When touring around the Kansai area, there’s a whole lot to see and not always enough time. A popular way to ensure that you don’t…
New Japanese Kit Kat Flavor Peach Mint Chocolate With Rum Aims To Convert Mint Chocolate Doubters
Japan is known for its incredibly varied selection of Kit Kat flavors, many inspired by regional and seasonal themes, a selection so diverse there’s even…
John Oliver in Twitter Beef with Japanese Mascot Chiitan After Stealing Best Friend
Recently the great Japanese tradition of having mascots called yuru-chara to represent cities and other institutions has been gaining more and more overseas attention. A…
Video Shows Penguin’s Reaction to Seeing Japanese Cherry Blossom for the First Time
Every cherry blossom season in Japan we get not just beautiful scenery, but some pretty precious animal and sakura interactions too (like this shiba inu…
Uniqlo Founder is Richest Japanese on Forbes’ 2019 List
Written by JAPAN Forward The annual list of richest persons released by Forbes magazine for 2019 puts Tadashi Yanai, founder of Fast Retailing company that…
Japanese Calligrapher Monyaizumi Proposes New Kanji For “Gundam”
Although there are already thousands of kanji characters available in the Japanese language (tens of thousands if you count the most comprehensive dictionaries), kanji enthusiasts…
Final Fantasy Illustrator Yoshitaka Amano And Japanese Artists Team Up For Awesome Magic: The Gathering Artwork
To the delight of Magic: The Gathering (and perhaps Final Fantasy) fans, Wizards of the Coast recently announced that they have teamed up with a…
Cans Containing “Air Of Departing Heisei Era” On Sale In Japan As Emperor’s Reign Comes To End
With the current current Japanese emperor Akihito’s 30-year reign (known as the Heisei Era) comes to a close, the country will enter what has been…
Welcome The Reiwa Era With DJ Hello Kitty At LGBT Pride Week’s Rainbow Rooftop Party
Coinciding with the end of the Heisei Era and the beginning of the Reiwa Era, this year’s Tokyo Gay Pride Week from April 28th to…
Smiling Sakura-Loving Shiba Inu is Making Us Miss Cherry Blossom Season in Japan Already
One of Japan’s most well known shiba inu, Hana-chan rose to fame as the adorably stubborn dog who would suddenly decide mid-walk that she didn’t…
Big Chonk Shiba Inu Turns Into Sumo Dog While Answering The Call Of Nature
Japanese Twitter’s viral “muscle fox” and “right hook dog” may have just found a fitting rival for a triple threat death match. They may have…
New Studio Ghibli Exhibit Has Giant Terrifying Yubaba And Zeniba Statues
It was recently announced that for the first time in three years, a Studio Ghibli exhibit would be coming to Tokyo. Called the “Toshio Suzuki…
Story and Setting Revealed For New Sakura Wars (Shin Sakura Taisen) Game on PS4
The Shin Sakura Taisen (Sakura Wars) game for the PS4 platform has been gathering a lot of attention since it was announced last year, with…