Japan (Page 212)

How to make Japanese incense, the traditional way

Tokyo store teaches customers how to “listen” to scents instead of smelling them. 

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Japan’s top 10 best-value family restaurants, as chosen by diners

When it comes to a cheap yet filling meal, I think we all know the best place to go.

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Gifu pond where 3,000 fish were murdered gets back on its feet thanks to donations, volunteers

Touching outpouring of support comes from across the country as owner calls for burglars to apologize, but not to him.

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Robot security guards patrol Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building

They look kind of like robot squid too.

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The picture-perfect cosplayers of Comiket 100’s Day 1【Photos】

After a three-year hiatus, the cosplayers are back at Japan’s largest summertime otaku celebration.

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Sunsoft, makers of the OG kusoge, are back!

The sun also softs.

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Yakuza-themed love hotel rooms! Great for couples, friends, and business meetings, owners say

Prison cell, interrogation room, and crime lord office all available.

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Fancy genuine leather shoes with squishable heels released from Japanese shoemaker

Break the laws of leather shoes without breaking the shoes themselves.

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Japanese elementary school student teaches us all how to pronounce English like a native speaker

Sometimes the youngest students can be the smartest learners.

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Bulky boxes of wagyu beef can be yours with Japan’s rental frying pan/meat subscription service

Beef subscription service also comes with a legendary frying pan that had a three year waiting list.

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Japan’s beer-selling war veteran anime penguins get new merchandise line【Photos】

Felissimo brings back the Papipu Penguins.

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Biannual running of the otaku fails to take place for second time in a row

Some fear the tradition may never return, but most just hope so.

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Image-generating AI’s picture of “Final Fantasy VII Cloud” is so wrong, yet so right

Simultaneously looks exactly and nothing like the Final Fantasy hero.

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Visit the birthplace of the Japanese daruma in Gunma Prefecture

Home to some unusual rotund inhabitants.

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We test out Daiso’s “High-Quality Stereo Earphones” and find a pair that actually impressed us

Can 300 yen (US$2.26) headphones actually have enough difference in sound quality to be distinguished?

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Daiso’s 100-yen ramen egg makers even better in smaller sizes

Our resident eggman’s dream comes true, kookookachoo.

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Manga pro’s sixth-grade son floors the Internet with his amazing manga art

The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree in the Furuya household.

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Gravure model NFT series wants to attract online investors, real-world visitors for hot springs

Series pairs gravure models with onsen ryokan.

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World’s first Ice Whopper now on the menu at Burger King Japan

Bringing the refreshment of kakigori shaved ice to burgers this summer.

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Sega’s old arcade right outside Akihabara Station is closing, taking takeout cafe stand with it

Another summer, another closure announcement for a landmark Tokyo arcade.

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