If you’re interested in Japanese art and design, the National Diet Library’s Image Bank is an amazing resource to explore. Containing thousands of images from…

For as much interactive joy as it provided during its run, the Nintendo 3DS isn’t usually a hot topic these days unless you’re doing a…

No matter what era we live in, it seems we as humans are unable to escape our obsession with looking good. Whilst most of us…

Harenatsu (@_harenatsu) is a talented Japanese artist who resides in Hokkaido, often making large scale watercolor paintings of gorgeous scenery. She even has a gallery…

Japanese illustrator Suzu Minatoya (@siratamairipafe) has gained quite a following for her adorable artwork and short online manga strips that feature adorable animals and fruit….

Aria (@aririria_art) is a an incredibly talented self-taught 25-year-old color pencil artist from Japan. She’s built up quite a lot of praise online for her…

Normally, if you saw a group of policemen following in a direct line behind a civilian on their bikes, you might get the idea that…

Tokyo’s Akihabara district (sometimes simply called “Akiba”) was once famous mostly for its myriad of electronic goods shops, but that reputation has since expanded into…

Shibuya is a city that symbolizes Tokyo. As a melting pot of various styles, cultures and ideas, it is a city where anything can happen,…

Japan’s Katsushika Hokusai, is perhaps the world’s most famous painter. Believed to have created more than 30,000 works in his lifetime, that are highly valued…

Earlier this year, Hawaii-based digital artist and cosplayer Jimmy Sparrow released a lineup of colorful illustrations that fused Pokémon and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba…

Very few Pokémon can challenge the popularity of Pikachu, but with its own lingerie set and army of dancers at the famous Pikachu Outbreak parade…

Japanese illustrator, manga artist, and all-around animal lover Ponkichi (@PonkichiM) is most famous for providing a shiba inu alternative to Japanese bank notes that was…

Fans of Japanese soft drinks will be familiar with Calpis (or Calpico as it is called in some countries to avoid an unfortunate pronunciation mixup)….

Japanese artist Tokuhiro Kawai’s gorgeous oil paintings would look right at home in a museum dedicated to the noble art of the Renaissance, particularly if…