JAPAN Style shared the info about a nosehair notification service called “Chololi”. And today, we would like to introduce its English version. Now you can let your friends know about…

A unique three-dimensional jigsaw puzzle called “4D Cityscape Tokyo” will be on the market this fall. It is a puzzle of the scenery in Tokyo with a history experience feature….

  Have you ever heard of a Japanese word “gokon”? According to wikipedia, it’s “a group blind date, typically used to form at least some friendships between two groups that are…

Mr. and Mrs. Hirayabu, a couple married for 50 years, who live in Ashikita, Kumamoto Prefecture hatched a duck egg with their body heat. The local newspaper Kumanichi reported the…

  Young Japanese girls really love kawaii (cute) things, and often decorate their belongings such cell phones, fingernails and even handwritten letters in their own kawaii ways. One day a…

  Have you ever heard of the term dried flower girl (“dry flower joshi”)? Probably you have not. It literally refers to a girl who has given up on being…

This is another post from my favorite Japanese entertainment website. It is about a sculpture in Senso-ji Temple, Asakusa, Tokyo.   It is titled “Jiun no Izumi,” and made in…

  It’s extremely hot in Japan this summer! People rush to air conditioned Starbucks to enjoy cold drinks. So, Starbucks Cafes are always busy… It is sometimes difficult even to…

Lake Akan in Kushiro, Hokkaido is well known as a home of marimo, also known as a lake ball or moss ball. It is a species of green algae.  …

Japanese people love good luck bringers! Among all kinds of auspicious things, I want to write about plants that are considered to be auspicious in Japan.   Hozuki -Ground Cherry…

  Many types of mushrooms are available at grocery stores, and each kind is delicious. One day, a blogger wonders if mushrooms from grocery stores still look delicious even when…