Catching some Zs as we ride though the night lets us hit the ground running in Ishikawa Prefecture. If you’re travelling within Japan, usually the first two questions you have to answer are whe...
A new discovery that’s taking customers totally by surprise. Convenience stores in Japan have been known to add secret items to select locations without a lot of notice or promotion, leading cu...
Will sweet potatoes won taste twice as sweet as sweet potatoes earned? Whether you shout it out for all to hear or whisper it inside your heart, “Ah, sweet!” is a perfectly logical reaction t...
Is plant-based shirako worth putting in your mouth? In Japanese, there’s a phrase, kuwazugirai, which means to dislike something even though you’ve never tried it. It can be applied to anythi...
We make a simple dish with the fruit that would make Crayola proud by cooking it with…pork?! “What the heck is that?!” thought our Japanese-language reporter Ikuna Kamezawa when she first l...
Let’s a-go to Nintendo Kyoto and then Daiso! It’s hard to fully convey just how much cool stuff there is at Nintendo’s official shops in Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka. Not that we haven’t tried...
A simple toilet break turns into a deeper-than-expected thinking session for us. The entryway was just too stylish. That’s what our Japanese-language reporter Yuuichiro Wasai thought when he s...
21-year-old German tourist was last heard from over a week ago. Police in Japan’s Wakayama Prefecture are searching for Claudio Worm, a tourist from Germany whose last contact with family was n...
The “soramimi defense” fails to hold up in court. We recently reported on the trial of an Australian man who was charged with attempted robbery resulting in injury after he climbed onto the s...
Now any beverage can dress up in costume for Halloween. Starbucks is currently treating its customers in Japan to a fantastic Halloween Frappuccino called the “Mela Me-la Frappuccino“, whic...
From advent calendars to Pika Ear Santa Hants and so-ugly-they’re-cute Christmas sweaters, there’s something for everyone. Every year in the U.S., it seems like there’s an acrimonious debat...
Share a drink with some of the studio’s most famous faces. Studio Ghibli always has its pulse on what customers want, not only in terms of anime movies but the merchandise it chooses to produce...
Green tea is only one of the two unusual ingredients in Kitchen House Totoro’s green ramen. There’s no way that a restaurant that calls itself “Totoro” wasn’t going to pique our interes...
Mr. Sato goes to check on Nihamaru Bento in Shin Okubo. In Japan, you’ll sometimes see budget-friendly restaurants trumpeting their “one-coin” meals. This means it’s a meal that you can p...
Fukui doesn’t just have dinosaurs… but hey, come look at this cool dinosaur! Ask almost anyone in Japan what they know about Fukui Prefecture, and the first word out of their mouth will most ...
Add a splash of anime magic to your bathroom. Studio Ghibli is always looking for ways to sprinkle a little of its stardust in our homes, and its latest merchandise release brings its handiwork t...
Colonel Crispy goes into the rice cooker pot, but does something tasty come out? One of the most common economic issues we find ourselves faced with is the question of “How much of our resource...
Inspiring individual makes a great impression on foreign tourists. Shibuya’s scramble crossing is a world-famous tourist site, and those who make the journey here to cross the road and gaze up ...
“A violent combination of meat, fat, and sugar.” Ramen and anime are currently enjoying unprecedented heights of popularity around the globe, and at the same time Japan is seeing record numbe...
We treat ourselves to all-we-can-drink tears and sweat. Long-time readers of our site are probably familiar with an ongoing series in which our reporters ask taxi drivers to recommend places to e...
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