As part of the Showa retro trend in Japan which brings back or takes inspiration from food, fashion, design, and music of the Showa era,…

If you’ve ever taken a stroll down a food court or simply a street filled with restaurants in Japan, you’ve likely noticed some incredibly high-quality…

In Japan, rainy reason is just around the corner, and that means dealing with both periods of heavy rainfall as well as some daunting heat…

Japanese retailer Felissimo definitely knows how to turn a popular menu item into an umbrella. It was just a couple of years ago that they…

Mega-popular anime and manga Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba needed no excuse for its ever-growing merchandise empire, but once its first feature film, Demon Slayer:…

People forget that Japan has five seasons. That’s right, I’m talking about the rainy season, known as tsuyu in Japanese, typically from early June to…

If you’ve checked your weather app recently, you may have noticed some kind of pattern beginning to form; today … rain, tomorrow … rain, next…

If you’ve ever spent time in Japan on a rainy day, you’ve likely seen the clear vinyl and plastic umbrellas that are commonly used. While…

If you’ve never seen photos taken by Masayuki Oki, you’re in for a treat. The Japanese photographer is known for his photos of cats getting…

During Japan’s testing rainy season, an umbrella is a must. But there are always those who end steal (or sometimes mistakenly) take your umbrella from…

If you have ever been to Japan on a rainy day, you may be surprised to see how many umbrellas come out at the first…

We’ve some creative uses for umbrellas in Japan before, whether it be martial arts, admiring traditional styles, and of course the now infamous umbrellas that…

Tanaka Hiroaki doesn’t simply use umbrellas to shield himself from the rain like us mere mortals, he beats it away and makes the rainfall fear…