The dining bar “graffiti artistic dining,” Japan’s first bar that features playable touch-screens opened in an international, night town, Roppongi, Tokyo three months ago. In the 195 square meters lounge,…

– What’s B-LABO? Who’s Bungu-o? –   Have you ever heard of the Japanese word “shinken shiraha-dori”? Shinken means “real sword”, shiraha-dori is a karate defense technique used to stop…

  Through the last week, “The 2nd Furusato Festival Tokyo” was held at Tokyo dorm and 379 thousands of people enjoyed Japanese traditional performing arts and local dishes from all…

Four weeks to Valentine’s Day! In Japan, it is a day when women give chocolates to men. But in recent years, it is also common that women give chocolate to…

Can you guess what this signboard is for? You may think that the signboard is for an anime festival or something, but it is not. This is for a Buddhist…

  Convenience stores, supermarkets or kiosks… wherever you go, you always find Frisk mints in Japan. The mints are manufactured by the Perfetti Van Melle company (based in Belgium) and…

  As you can see in the title, “onigiri” means Japanese rice balls. It may sound too simple, but it’ not. We of course have very simple onigiri made only…

The recent samurai boom hatched a new style of marriage ceremony, Samurai Armor Wedding!!     In the samurai armor wedding, the groom wears samurai armor and helmet instead of…

Have you ever seen something like this out in front of a noodle shop? I’m not sure if this kind of sign can be seen in your country as well,…

  Have you heard the word itasha? It is an otaku word meaning “pain-mobile,” which refers a car decorated with characters, usually female, from anime, manga, or video games. Last…

There are so many girls’ idol groups in Japan, and dozens of groups are active in the forefront. Singing and dancing are the basic skills to the idols, but this…