Whether you are game lover or not, you will get into this Japanese game series called the Professor Layton for Nintendo DS (handy video game). The series currently consists…

      Young children to elders, almost everyone knows Licca-chan the fashion doll in Japan. It was released in 1967 by Japanese toy company Takara, and by the 40th…

      Can you tell what these are?   They look like kid’s toys but actually they’re musical instruments!! It’s a tadpole shaped digital musical instrument called “Otamatone”. It…

    Many Japanese people are off work during the first three days of a year, when family and friends get together for New Year’s greeting. One of the traditional…

    In the night of New Year’s Eve, fierce monsters called Namahage visit houses in the Oga Peninsula in [W:Akita Prefecture]. With a big kitchen knife in his hand,…

    It seems many Japanese children got cooking toys from Santa for Christmas. In the recent toy market, there are wide varieties of cooking toys are sold. From sweets…

This cute and easy ORIGAMI Santa Claus would be a perfect Christmas craft to make with small children. These origami Santa Clauses were made by a Japanese nursery teacher, who…

  In Japan, this “bean jam bread man” is everywhere! His name is Anpanman and he has been the most popular anime hero for 2 decades. He is one of…

    This is a Japanese traditional lion dance ornament. It is for new year decoration.

Animal Shogi posted by (C)北ハム広報係   Animal Shogi (“dobutsu shogi” in Japanese) is a simplified version of Shogi.

    This is a Japanese traditional [W:lion dance] ornament. Very Kawaii! 😛