We posted an article about a cool hotel in Tokyo a few days back, and today we would like to share some information about another outstanding hotel. Rock Star Hotel, located…

  Too many utility poles and electrical wires can ruin otherwise attractive scenery. There are 35,000,000 utility poles in Japan and the number is increasing at the rate of 70,000…

  On June 2nd, one of Japan’s best known stationary companies, Pentel, opened a unique cafe in Tokyo called “GINZA RAKUGAKI Cafe & Bar by Pentel“. “Rakugaki” means scribbling or doodling…

Do you know what “Moe-sha” means? MOE is a Japanese slang which is used to refer to strong interest in idealized characters or people especially girls, and “sha” means “car”….

The stickers of girls’ illustrations are put on the bike. Do you think it’s cool?  😉   This is JAPAN Style!

At an exhibition of many of “Moe-sha”(painted cars), there were also many girls with school uniforms like this. This is JAPAN Style!    

“Kagamine Rin / Len” is a character of singing synthesizer application with a vocaloid synthesizing technology. These girls are one of the most popular characters of DTM software following “Hatsune Miku”….

Japanese “Itasha” is literally “pain-mobile” which refers a car decorated with characters (mostly female) from anime, manga, or video games. Usually painted, remodeled or put stickers on it. It’s also…

In front of the main hall of Oyamato Shrine, there is always a huge picture like this.  Miki, the photographer found the picture nice and heartwarming. She like the fact that…

I would like to introduce a column written by a Tokyo University professor, Kang Sang-jung. In this column, he writes mostly about his two-year experience being an anchorman on a…

  Japanese people love taking hot baths, either at home, at a natural onsen, or at a public bath house. Decades ago, when bathing at home was yet to become,…