May is a big hitter when it comes to special days in Japan, with many of the Golden Week holidays and even Mother’s Day, all…

So you’re a candy fan huh? Me too. Chocolate buttons, lollipops, bon-bons, jelly-beans, gummies, hard-boiled sweets – name a candy and you can probably bet…

Kintsugi For those who are unfamiliar with it, 金継ぎ kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage with…

Hopefully, you’ve been listening to the warnings and have wisely decided to stay home during the Golden Week holiday. But with all that free time…

Nara Park’s famous deer might have overstuffed themselves during Japan’s Golden Week. While thousands of tourists from within Japan and around the world flock to…