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You probably know the film “Spirited Away” from Studio Ghibli. What you might know about this film is that the bathhouse was modeled on a real location! Yes, that’s right – Yubaba’s bathhouse was inspired ...
Studio Ghibli’s “Kiki’s Delivery Service” (魔女の宅急便) is up on high in the pantheon of Ghibli movies and anybody who’s even a bit interested in Japan will have watched it. Since it was released in 1989, it’s ...
If you’re a dog person, don’t worry; this isn’t an anti-dog article! Rather, it’s a celebration of cats in all their wacky and oddball glory. “Zannen Sugiru Neko”（残念すぎる猫）a photography exhibition is scheduled to pop up ...
⚠️Caution⚠️❣️Serious Cuteness Alert❣️ In anticipation of Japan’s National Cat Day on February 22nd 2019 a Japanese bento lunch box company have released an irresistible new set of Lucky Cat Bento lunchboxes sure to send cat people wild ...
By now, you’ve probably all seen the infamous video where the Banksy artwork “Girl with Balloon” shred itself after going under the hammer. Needless to say, Banksy artwork is highly sought-after and instant news (not to ...
Japanese cuisine is famous for its aesthetics as it is for the taste. That said, the real fun starts when you discover “B-kyu gourmet” (B級グルメ) during your travels off the beaten path. The decidedly quirky underbelly ...
Sailor Moon is a massively successful franchise and it’s celebrating its 25th anniversary this year! Entire generations of young children grew up in Japan and abroad watching the adventures of Usagi and her friends, and so ...
Ah, remakes. They can be hailed as fantastic modern-day adaptations or panned as horrific butcherings of classic masterpieces. Still, we all have a childhood anime we’d like to see remade in 2019. CMSite Inc. over in ...
The train that’s covered in Mice…! The Japanese shinkansen (bullet trains) are an engineering marvel capable of travelling of up to 200 mph and they run across Japan. For a little while, JR West have ...
From the 6th to the 7thof July, the Starry Night Company will be organising simultaneous events in Kobe and Toyko, attempting to release 20,000 lanterns into the sky over the course of two days. The ...
