New cherry blossom dessert takes its inspiration from a traditional Japanese springtime sweet.
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New clip points out facts about football, baseball, and sumo in Japan…but not all Japanese are behind it.
Academy award winning animator and a Ghibli artist who works at Lawson part-time join forces to pay homage to the konbini.
Estranged childhood friends, a blackout, and a mobile app are the perfect ingredients for a marvelous story line.
Osaka has just one word to say in response to all those annoying questions about her ethnicity and her love of katsudon.
The one-night special will be screened on Japanese television tonight, on the last day of the Heisei period.
Watch as a teenage Connelly advertises a Technics product while singing in perfect Japanese.
The crazy big-budget commercial stars some of Japan’s most well-known musicians on flame-spewing monster floats.
These girls literally drive away ogres during Japan’s annual Setsubun bean-throwing festival.
Famous musicians, actors and idol group members star in these memorable ads that will make you laugh, cry and want to buy what they’re selling.
Travel back in time to feudal Japan with an epic new clip featuring music by the Yoshida Brothers.




















More Than a Capsule Stay: Why Solo Travelers Choose “global cabin Yokohama Chinatown”
Disillusionment at Tsukiji’s tourist-target prices led us to a great ramen restaurant in Tokyo
Japan may add Japanese language proficiency, lifestyle classes to permanent foreign resident requirements
A Japanese dating app matched our bachelorette with a Buddhist monk, and she learned some things
Starbucks Japan releases new zodiac chilled cup drink for 2026
Drunk cycling can result in an instantly suspended driver’s license in Japan
Lawson adds UFO Catcher crane games to convenience stores in Japan
7-Eleven Japan starts new temporary luggage storage service in over 300 branches
U.S.A. now the fastest-growing market for Japan’s high-tech toilets, now selling quicker than ever
We eat at an Ishigaki Island hotel breakfast buffet that has incredible value for the money
Starbucks teams up with 166-year-old Kyoto doll maker for Year of the Horse decorations【Photos】
Tokyo’s Tsukiji sushi neighborhood asks tour groups to stay away for the rest of the month
Street Fighter Hadouken Churros to be launched and eaten in Tokyo, Okami pudding on offer too
Japanese avoiding domestic travel as foreign tourists increase, possibly creating vicious cycle
Japanese woman mistaken for bear
Return of Totoro sequel short anime announced for Ghibli Park
Is this the most relaxing Starbucks in Japan?
Starbucks on a Shinkansen bullet train platform: 6 tips for using the automated store in Japan
More Shinkansen trains being added to Japan’s “golden route” to meet traveler demand
Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
Starbucks Japan unveils new Christmas goods and a rhinestone tumbler that costs 19,500 yen
Japanese train company is letting fans buy its actual ticket gates for their homes
Is China’s don’t-go-to-Japan warning affecting tourist crowds in Tokyo’s Asakusa neighborhood?
The 10 best day trips from downtown Tokyo【Survey】
Tokyo considering law requiring more trash cans following litter increase in heavily touristed area
Nintendo’s Kirby now delivering orders at Kura Sushi restaurants, but not in Japan
Survey asks foreign tourists what bothered them in Japan, more than half gave same answer
Japan’s deadliest food claims more victims, but why do people keep eating it for New Year’s?
We deeply regret going into this tunnel on our walk in the mountains of Japan
Studio Ghibli releases Kodama forest spirits from Princess Mononoke to light up your home
Major Japanese hotel chain says reservations via overseas booking sites may not be valid
Put sesame oil in your coffee? Japanese maker says it’s the best way to start your day【Taste test】
The top 10 annoying foreign tourist behaviors on trains, as chosen by Japanese people【Survey】
No more using real katana for tourism activities, Japan’s National Police Agency says
Starbucks Japan reveals new sakura drinkware collection, inspired by evening cherry blossoms
Drunk cycling can result in an instantly suspended driver’s license in Japan
Lawson adds UFO Catcher crane games to convenience stores in Japan
7-Eleven Japan starts new temporary luggage storage service in over 300 branches
U.S.A. now the fastest-growing market for Japan’s high-tech toilets, now selling quicker than ever
We eat at an Ishigaki Island hotel breakfast buffet that has incredible value for the money
Watch this magical cloth return to its origami form after being stretched out
Hey, Japanese taxi driver! Take us to the best Turkish rice restaurant in Nagasaki!
7-Eleven Japan now sells…matcha burritos?!?
KFC Japan opens a Christmas restaurant in Tokyo…but why???
Final Fantasy and Shinkansen announce collaboration with in-train audio play, SD art and merch
Meet Issie, Japan’s very own Loch Ness Monster
Japanese restaurant serves noodles that you fold and eat【Taste test】