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Spring has well and truly sprung with a definite change in the air and Sakura cherry blossoms blooming across the country. To celebrate the new season, Bandai have brought back their Tabemasu (食べマス) series of edible mascots, starting ...
Hokkaido may evoke images of ice and snow, delicious food, or wide-open spaces, but did you know that it’s also the home of one of Japan’s biggest Recycled Art Exhibitions? The Fifth Annual Recycled Art ...
Ten-year-old skateboarder Sky Brown looks set to become Britain’s youngest Olympian at the Tokyo 2020 Games. Sky, from Miyazaki in southern Japan, whose mother is Japanese and father is British, has chosen to qualify for ...
The movie Back to the Future will always be a must-see movie for the history books, and it’s pretty safe to say it’s fired the imagination of many a child, and not a few adults as well. ...
We recently covered the new Doraemon “wagashi” but now we’ve got Rilakkuma “wagashi” thanks to the creative minds at Bandai. Filled with a custard filling, this ridiculously cute snack will leave you conflicted between wanting ...
Japan is known for its incredible selection of sweets. Not only do they have great diversity in product, but they also have great variation within the same product line! KitKat is so good in this ...
It’s hard to find a Japanese child who doesn’t like the lovable cat-robot Doraemon. In fact, chances are every Japanese child will have something Doraemon, be it a shirt or a sticker or any number ...
We all have mobiles and most of us have cases to protect them. Some are functional, some are needlessly confusing and others make you want to go and get one! PCB ART moeco has announced a new design ...
Picture this: You’re in Japan and you’ve rented a beautiful kimono and it’s a blast walking around Kyoto, but … your feet hurt… You could wear trainers with your kimono but it detracts from the ...
If you know Japan, then it won’t surprise you that nekomimi cat-ears and poetry go hand in hand. That’s right, the 14th annual “Otaku-Senryu Award” and “Nekomimi Character” contests are here! For those of you ...
