When cold weather rolls around in Japan, that means oden season is just around the corner as well. The winter favorite is essentially a hot…

Known for his popular papercraft robot figures, Japanese artist Tomohiro Yasui (@kami_robo_yasui) sometimes makes time to sculpt impressive figures from other surprising sources–such as when…

Preparation and response for natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunami are stressed a lot in Japan. Aside from following proper safety protocol, there is…

In Japan, hamburger steak (known as ハンバーグ hambāgu in Japanese) is a popular dish among both children and adults. As people are becoming more health-conscious…

Japanese Twitter user ぼく Boku (@boku_5656) is a “culinary researcher” who posts recipes with cute illustrations on their account. You may have already heard about…

Hiyayakko is a simple cold tofu dish with soy sauce and toppings enjoyed as a classic in Japan. It’s a perfect dish on a hot…

Japanese apparel brand PHILOSOPHIA is releasing a new Annin Dofu (Almond Tofu dessert) fragrance series, “ROOM FRAGRANCE Annin”. Their previous items of the series “Eau…

Whether it’s ice cream, gelato, sherbert, sorbet, frozen yogurt, ice cream cake, popsicles, ice cream sandwiches, or all of the above, for people who really…

Sometimes you’ll be walking through a Japanese town and you’ll come across an unusual marking on the side of a building. If you’re a foreign…

Mobile Suit Gundam has an apparent infinite number of partners when it comes to collaborative creative releases. Just recently we’ve seen team ups between Gundam…

Japan has a wide variety of dishes and it’s very interesting to see how it changes from season to season, from area to area. If…

If your idea of variety when it comes to tofu is limited to “soft” and “hard,” you may not have heard of Kyoto’s Otokomae Tofu…

Food on the go is nothing new in Japan. Japanese train passengers, for example, have enjoyed delicious bento boxed lunches in trains from the earliest…

Especially in Japan, it seems there are always new ways of eating tofu and new tofu products being created. Traditionally, tofu can be eaten raw,…