Department store Parco teams up with the video game giant to create over 300 new fan fashion items.
yukata
These six coordinated ensembles mix cosmetics with yukata and include a specially designed yukata inspired by one of the lipstick colors.
This crowdfunding effort is for anyone who wants to recline at home in the luxury of a silky onsen yukata.
Slip-on designs make it easy to swish around the house like a traditional schoolgirl or a cool, modern-day samurai.
The cutest product is definitely the goldfish-scooping set. Or maybe it’s the little pouches made to resemble shaved ice?
An unexpected collaboration between an idol live-streaming service and a non-profit organization produces a stunning picture of summer.
Kindness at the time of a family tragedy leads Leitch to pledge his allegiance to the Japanese team as a teenager.
Embarrassing fashion faux pas has these players dressed in the same way that Japanese people dress dead bodies.
A clever update to Japan’s traditional footwear that you can pare with kimono or Western clothing.
Far from their traditional association with burnt rubber, squealing brakes and gritty endurance, tires lend a spot of delicate geometry to these kimono prints.
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Nihonbashi’s beautiful “minamo fireworks” and tempting goldfish sweets are part of its plan for fun even in record-breaking heat.
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Six patterns skirt Tokyo Disneyland’s no-cosplay rule, feature characters as famous as Mickey and as forgotten as Clarice.
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