Our Japanese reporter bids a fond farewell to Tokyo’s last Claire’s boutique

Goodbye, bright colors. Goodbye, glitter. Goodbye, affordable accessories.

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Do Ippudo’s new tonkotsu ramen potato chips taste as good as their noodles?

Japan’s most popular Hakata ramen chain gives us noodles to go…in potato chip form!

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This crazy Pokémon pseudo-sleeping bag is the perfect place to do absolutely nothing【Photos】

Metapod is here to help you do what it does best: not a single thing.

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Melon bread…with meat? A crazy new twist on one of Japan’s favorite baked goods【Taste test】

Melon bread is good. Chashu is good. So melon bread with chashu is…

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Elementary school students create a spooktacular event at school in lieu of canceled school trip

Students take matters into their own hands by designing an unparalleled haunted house replacement.

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Japanese “Rainbow Fire” lets you camp in style with multicolored flames!【Photos】

We highly suggest only seeing, and not tasting, this particular rainbow.

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Japanese company creates “business card masks” that put your name and workplace on your face

Handy mnemonic helper, or complete sacrifice of privacy?

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Tokyo Banana teams up with Pokémon for limited-edition Pikachu sweets collection

Tokyo’s best-selling sweet souvenir charges up with six cute Pikachu designs. 

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Spike in empty houses calling the fire department in Akita City baffles authorities

The call is coming from inside the phone!

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Mystery of Japanese Prime Minister Suga’s “low-level English” tweet to Donald Trump now solved

It turns out the Prime Minister may secretly be a junior high student?!

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We test Daiso’s new storage container to see if it keeps rice fluffy even after freezing

 

Does it live up to our exceedingly high expectations?

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Denny’s opens take-out only branch in Tokyo with cheap, tasty Japanese bento boxed lunches

Curry, omurice also on the menu.

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Uniqlo sister brand GU’s masks have one advantage over Uniqlo’s Airism masks

There’s definitely a family resemblance, but with one difference.

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Cyberpunk kimono fashion hits the streets of Akihabara, complete with neon sign obi【Photos】

Wearable neon light tubes look set to become the fashion statement of the season.

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How to stop thieves using your cash cards when you lose your wallet

Simple hack from a former bank clerk in Japan.

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Natural grown peace-sign-shaped potato in Japan is the good omen we all need right now

The first good thing to grow out of 2020.

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Japan’s child-eating ogres prepare COVID-19 preventative measures for upcoming New Year’s Eve

Unfortunately, kids in northern Japan don’t get a pass this year from the UNESCO-recognized, fearsome namahage.

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No mask, no ride – Japanese government allows taxis to refuse to pick up maskless passengers

Don’t want to wear a mask? Then you better feel like walking.

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Can a Tokyo hair salon change Mr. Sato into Joe Biden?

Our favorite hair stylist’s skills are certainly no malarkey.

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Japanese clothing chain offers an answer to job-hunting suit conundrum

Yofuku no Aoyama suggests a new suit service to suit job-seeking students.

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