Contest-winning photo shows a fairytale scene of fawns in Nara and beautiful fall foliage
Do you miss Japan (or hope to visit) in the future? As the pandemic is preventing travel for most, those who have an interest Japan…
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Strange markings on side of building in Japanese town turn out to be a clever play on words
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…
Japanese photog captures verdant plains, red hills, and snowy mountains in one stunning shot
For most of us, it’s very rare that we can capture a shot that perfectly expresses the changes of the seasons. But “perfect shots” seem…
Put a spring in your sushi with cricket soy sauce from Antcicada
With powdered cricket, mealworm, beetles and ants making their way into snack foods, pasta, protein bars, and all manner of insect consumables filling the shelves…
Rumiko Takahashi awarded Japan’s Medal with Purple Ribbon, 10th manga-ka to receive honor
In an announcement by the Japanese government today, November 2nd, 2020, it was revealed that manga artist Rumiko Takahashi, whose works such as Inuyasha, Ranma…
Hello Kitty collabs with Laid-Back Camp to present charms of Yamanashi Pref. & camping
Hello Kitty’s new hobby: camping According to her profile on her official fans site, Hello Kitty’s hobbies are “baking cookies and making pancakes; origami; foreign…
With boar season set to begin, Japanese hunters are alarmed by boar-masked cosplayers in the mountains
Seeing how Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train became the fastest film in Japanese cinema history to make 10 billion yen (around…
Choose from 39,690,000 parfait permutations at pop-up custom parfait shop éGOISH
You may have visited ice cream parlors and even some restaurants where the menu section for parfaits is incredibly long, even several pages long… But…
Japanese gamer girl’s home-made Fall Guys plushie is so adorable it should be official merch
The massively multiplayer platformer game “Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout” has quickly become a runaway hit. Developed by Mediatonic and published by Devolver Digital, the popular…
Japanese sweets shop rebrands cracked manju cakes as characters: Mitty, Haro, others spotted
At the family-run Japanese sweets shop Mutsumian 菓子処六味庵 in the city of Nanyō, Yamagata Prefecture, the pastry chef recently faced somewhat of a dilemma. Just…
Handwritten signature design service launches as Japanese government pushes to abolish hanko
Hanko personal seals are being phased out “I want to get rid of hanko personal seals immediately.” This statement made on September 23rd by Taro…
Cuddle up to your favorite sea creatures with these ultra-realistic plushies
If you love sea creatures but don’t like the simplified or deformed look that many plushies opt for in an attempt to create a cute…
Savor the unadulterated taste of Japan’s best “baron of potatoes” in Koikeya’s unsalted chips
Have you heard of danshaku potatoes? Following the Meiji Restoration and until it was abolished in 1947, Japan had a peerage system called the kazoku…
Noh theater masks get a kawaii makeover in new capsule toy lineup
The traditional Japanese theater performance of Noh is symbolized by the cypress wood masks worn by its practitioners. Although nearly 60 different Noh mask types…
Vanillanium can bring your cute kemonomimi animal cosplays, fashion and fantasies to life
If you’ve been following Japanese manga, anime, or games, you probably already know that characters sporting kemonomimi 獣耳, or animal ears (and by extension, tails…