Last weekend, Hirotada Ototake, the author of bestselling autobiography “No One’s Perfect,” pitched the first ball for the season-opening ceremony at the match between the Saitama Seibu Lions and…

Fuji Five Lakes, the area located at the base of Mt. Fuji is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Japan. Around the area, you can enjoy hiking and…

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…

Last summer, the cup noodle company, Nissin released “Cup Noodle Gohan (rice)” in a limited area in Japan. It is instant rice that tastes like the famous Nissin Cup Noodle….

Mother’s day is just around the corner (^^). Have you chosen a gift yet? Today, I would like to introduce something nice for your Mother’s day gift. Look at these…

  Today’s menu from the Japanese kitchen is “daigaku-imo” which literary means “university potatoes “. It sounds strange, doesn’t it ^^?  There are many stories about this name. “Tokyo university…

A very famous long-running TV show called “Tetsuko no Heya” (literary means Tetsuko’s Room) is broadcast every afternoon Monday through Friday. The hostess, Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, is very spontaneous and naturally…

  The massive earthquake that hit Japan on March 11 damaged the antenna of a Tokyo’s trademark Tokyo Tower. The tip of the 332-meter (1,091 ft) tower slightly bent. According…

  Dogs and cats are very friendly but birds can be men’s great friends too. The video below shows a bird taking a bath with a bath with a man….

Bandai’s Making Stationary series meets young girls’ wish to make cute, original stationary.     The series includes the eraser designing toy Orikeshi and the pencil decorating toy Decoen. The…

  This adorable creature is a Twitter reading robot, Twimal. It was released by a Japanese toy company, Takara Tomy on March 31, 2011. Twimal plugs into a pc via…