Cars are sometimes cartoonized in films and anime, but what if it becomes real? Well, there is a possibility! Nissan, Hara Design Institute, and Roica (Asahi Kasei Fibers Corporation) experimentally…

  One month and a half passed since the 3.11 Massive Earthquake struck Japan. During this hard time, many countries have sent us their people and relief donations to help…

Let me introduce a blog post from my favorite entertainment blog site first time in a long time. It is about jizo statues (ksitigarbha).   The blogger was taking a…

  A shrine gate and a Japanese style teahouse — this is a scenery of a quiet town, Kuki, in Saitama Prefecture. The local people had never known that the…

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  Walking can be repetitive and boring but “game pedometers” motive us and help preventing metabolic syndrome. In Japan, there are various pedometers with game features. For example, Pokewalker is…

Nothing easier than finding Hello Kitty in Japan. As one of the most popular characters in Japan, the adorable kitty girl is designed on any product you can think of!…

  An award winner YouTube channel “How to Japan” offers short anime videos introducing Japanese culture, etiquette and lifestyle. It was nominated for “YouTube Video Award 2010” and won “Good…

When you walk streets in Japan especially in suburb areas, you sometimes find sign boards shaped into a boy posing as if he rushes out into the street. There is…

  Since the quake, there has been a tendency to restrain regular TV commercials. Stations replaced regular TV commercials with ones by a nonprofit organization called AC Japan. Just some…

One of the Japanese major publishers, Shueisha Inc. is now distributing its 15th issue of “Weekly Shone Jump” online for free because many readers couldn’t read it in consequence of…