Japanese mother of five-year-old twins きのきの Kinokino (@KinokinoTwins) posts episodes related to childcare and her daily life on Twitter. Kinokino wanted a pet hamster. In…

For most people who welcome an animal into their homes, their understanding is that their pet will become a new member of the family and…

Unlike the fearsome Aztec god of fire and lightning Xolotl after which it was named, the axolotl, or Mexican salamander, is an adorable amphibian popular…

With their long ears and beady eyes, rabbits continue to be popular on social media for their cuteness. We’d like to introduce たくみ Takumi (takumi_mokke),…

Some grape Japan readers may remember when we introduced the communicative pet family robot LOVOT in 2018. Today on May 26th, 2022, robotic venture company…

We want our dogs, our precious family members, to stay healthy forever, don’t we? Many owners pay attention to the food their dogs eat when…

With masks being essential to pretty much everyone these days, it’s not surprising that some people have been using the plain, white face mask as…

We recently wrote about pet ownership in Japan. Historically uncommon, households have been adopting furrier family members en masse in recent years. The country has…

One of the most remarkable things about modern Japan is how quickly a country with practically no history of pet ownership has become a nation…

With social distancing being the new normal in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, more and more activities are now being done online. In Japan,…

Yukimi Daifuku is the perfect treat for summer. It consists of round sweet ice milk wrapped in soft mochi. The super popular Japanese snack usually…

There are many things a teenage girl would do to get a puppy, and Alina Zagitova, the Russian figure skater, showed that winning a gold…

Cat owners universally understand the struggles of dealing with shed fur and have probably resigned themselves to always having a certain amount of it on…

Twitter user NON (@TTR03s2) wanted to give a cute prop to her one year old Chinchilla called Totoro and shared the result online. Like the…

On January 11, in the Year of the Dog, a date which can be pronounced “wan wan wan” in Japanese, an onomatopoeia for barking, Sony…