Jalan, the popular Japanese travel website/magazine, has the cutest feline mascots named “Nyaran” (the master) and “Deshi” (the follower) . These two cats journey to many alluring places in…

  Recently in Japan, a rash of stupid incidents have been been occurring. The one that triggered thousands of copycats incidents was reported on a hot day this past summer….

Last month on the JAPAN Style blog, we wrote about an actor’s funny tweets. He asked his fans about a cool car he saw on the street. As clues, he…

Let me talk about what impressed me the other day in a train station. I use Omotesando Station (in Tokyo) for commuting everyday. The station is located in an upscale…

  There is a Japanese actor called Seiichi Tanabe. He is known as a handsome and cool performer. But the unique or rather funny tweets (@tanabe1969) this good-looking actor recently made…

  Since Twitter added support for Japanese hashtags, “#aruaru” on which users tweet common things that happen to a certain group of people has been popular. “Aruaru” is a Japanese…

A few months ago, JAPAN Style featured an article (http://www.japanstyle.info/05/entry17051.html) about a unique mascot character, Manbe-kun. He is a character from a small town, Oshamanbe Town in Hokkaido. Usually, mascot characters…

The Twitter user who is most followed in Japan is Gachapin, a popular Japanese television character. Started Twitter in 2009, he now has 997,000 followers! Gachapin is 5-year-old green dinosaur…

  The other day, I read an article written by a Japanese blogger about an interesting project concerning kendo. April 18, All Japan Kendo Federation broadcasted 8-Dan holder’s Invitational Tournament…

  Recently, the most heard computer topic in Japan is twitter. Including various media such as TV, magazine, newspaper, twitter is introduced and the users have been increasing. I am,…