“Bunny butts or sniffer, which do you prefer?” Rabbit Photo Exhibition
Honey the Dwarf Lop Rabbit. Photo by Georgia Holvey An easter photography event exhibiting photos of rabbits, with a large focus on their cute noses…
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Barneys New York Store Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary in Kobe with Limited Edition Items
In commemoration of its 10 year anniversary, Kobe city’s Barneys New York store is releasing a special lineup of limited edition items made in collaboration…
Go Glamping in a Zoo at Chiba’s New “The Bamboo Forest”
Bamboo Forest Co. Ltd. has announced an all new zoo glamping facility “The Bamboo Forest“, is to open next to Sayuri World Zoo, on Saturday…
Kochi’s Yosakoi Festival Wins Award for Best Hometown Event
Kochi’s Yosakoi Festival held from August 9 to August 12 each year has won the grand prize award of best Hometown Event 2020. The Furusato…
Japanese illustrator explores life and death with chilling artwork
Those familiar with the works (as we’ve introduced, part 1, part 2, and part 3) of Japanese illustrator Avogado6 (@avogado6) know that the tacit talented…
Mysterious Japanese convenience store “ruins” could be a Studio Ghibli castle
Anyone who has spent time in Japan will tell you that outside of the multitude of services available at them, convenience stores live up to…
Shiba inu’s overzealous reaction to eating natto results in dramatically cute trip to vet
Like many shiba inu, Tatsunoko-hime (affectionately known as Tacchan), is known to get into some silly predicaments. While Tacchan doesn’t (at least to our knowledge…)…
Masayuki Oki’s Desperate Cats Photo Series Now Available as Miscellaneous Items
Enjoy the individuality of Tokyo’s Shitamachi Street Cats as Masayuki Oki’s Popular photo series, Busa-nyan, becomes available as miscellaneous items. Masayuki Oki’s popular photo series…
13-year-old donates over 600 handmade sickness masks amid shortage in Japan
The spread of the novel coronavirus in Japan has caused a shortage of medical supplies, with sickness masks chief among them. While many have turned…
Sega releases Corned Beef and Cheese Taiyaki in Japan
Taiyaki are Japanese fish-shaped pastries (designed to look like a sea bream) that are usually filled with red bean paste, but modern varieties include custard,…
Cuddle up with super derpy Kiwi pretending to be a Kiwi fruit keychain and plushie
Japanese retailer Felissimo already boasts a cuddly evolving from egg to King Penguin plushie as part of its cute and quirky YOU+MORE! series (a play…
Energize your mind and taste buds with the bright colours and flavours at the Kawaii Monster Cafe’s “KAWAII x Sakura x Easter 2020” spring fair!
Energize your mind and taste buds with the bright colours and flavours at the Kawaii Monster Cafe’s “KAWAII x Sakura x Easter 2020” spring fair!…
New Beauty Face Mask Uses Matcha and Fermentation to Support Healthy Skin
In 2019, Mindwave Co. Ltd, headquartered in Osaka launched the Luxury Bihada™ cosmetics brand, specialising in beauty products that support healthy and plump skin. The…
Japanese noodle towels are the perfect ramen slurping splash damage protection
Japanese online retailer Felissimo already had one hilarious but incredibly niche towel design under their belt–shiba inu peeking their heads through holes in the wall–but…
Japan releases Sakura and Matcha cake flavored Oreos
When cherry blossom season arrives in Japan, so do a load of cherry blossom-themed treats, including sakura Frappuccinos and even sakura IKEA hot dogs. You…