Former Victoria’s Secret model Miranda Kerr had a whirlwind afternoon in Tokyo yesterday, stopping by the Swarovski store in Ginza and leaving her mark outside the Sony Building.
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We sent our reporter to a shop in Nara where you can dress as a noble from the Nara period (AD 710-794) and even stroll around town in your costume!
This suite has been open for a while now, but we definitely think you’ve never seen it up close like this before.
Developers assert that they were motivated by philanthropic sentiments to help roughly four out of every five women in the world.
Pixiv now gives users the option of turning their artwork into fully-illustrated doujinshi (fan-made comics) with just a few mouse clicks.
With a tagline of “So kimoi (strange), so kawaii (cute)”, we knew we had to check this out.
Our reporters made pigs of themselves at Marugo, a pork cutlet restaurant featured in the 2016 Tokyo Michelin Guide.
The family of a Baptist missionary stationed in Japan in the 1930s sent DVDs of the Reverend’s home movies of the era to the Hiroshima town of Onomichi.
A new series of glasses that cut blue light emitted by computer screens features six beautiful Sword Art Online character designs, plus some gorgeous accessories.
When a reporter for popular social news site BuzzFeed ate at Ramen Jiro recently, Japan’s netizens had plenty to say about it!
Stay connected with 21st century watches featuring images and designs from one of world’s most popular anime.
We take a look back at some of the cute hamsters who stole our hearts this year in this adorable photo collection.
If you love cats, chocolate, and marshmallows, you won’t want to miss Nyarshmallows from Felissimo!
We all love our pets and each think ours is the most adorable. But this Twitter user’s hamster has the social media ranking to prove it!
Master these and you can convince anyone you’re a native Japanese speaker…over the phone anyway.
Cat can’t quite get his box together, but he still gets an A for effort in the outtakes for Kuroneko Yamato’s commercial.
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