JAPAN HOUSE LOS ANGELES WILL HOST JAPANESE MANGA ARTIST NAOKI URASAWA‘s exhibition, “This is MANGA – The ART of Naoki Urasawa” from January 23, 2019 to March 28, 2019. This is Urasawa’s first North American exhibition. Urasawa had his debut…

Marunouchi Illumination Illuminations of over 200 champagne street trees More than 1 million LED lights https://www.marunouchi.com Tokyo Midtown 4 meters in heights of “Santa tree” that is decorated with about 1800 Santa Claus…

Yasumasa Morimura is probably the most prolific and versatile appropriation artist in Japan who enjoys an international fame. He takes well-known western art works such as those of Van Gogh and Rembrandt and insert himself to the scene,…

TOKYO (September 24, 2018) – PIKOTARO, famous for PPAP, never slows his momentum and he appears in the flash mob music video of V.I’s of BIGBANG new single “WHERE R U FROM”. This single is from V.I’s new album “THE GREAT SEUNGRI.”…

Kao Nivea released a limited design “Nivea cream” illustrated by cartoonist Momoko Sakura who died on August 15th at her age 53 on September 8th. Momoko Sakura is one of the most-famous Japanese manga creators who was best known…

This year, Kawaii Kakkoii Sugoi was given the exciting opportunity to cover the second annual Crunchyroll Expo at the San Jose McEnry Convention Center! With 45,000 guests attending over the three-day weekend, Crunchyroll Expo saw an…

YOSHIKI will create a special musical performance to celebrate the Grand Opening of JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles at Hollywood & Highland on Friday, August 24th, opening all its doors to the public starting August 25, 2018. JAPAN HOUSE has…

I took a gamble by attending a Taiko Demo and Workshop panel, and I do not regret it at all. It was both a thrilling and educational experience. The drummers were students attending UC Riverside, an ensemble named Senryu Taiko. For those…

The first day of AX 2018 was anything but boring–it was overwhelmingly satisfying. Like the previous years, the beating of the taiko drums initiated AX’s introduction as the crowd of fans walked up the stairs, entering the Exhibit…

The Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3 as it’s better known, is takings place at LA convention center now. The video industry professionals and fans are flocking to the Los Angeles Convention Center for a discovering of new video…

It is a graduation season, and it is also time to express the students’ gratitude for those who support them such as their family, partner, friends, classmates, and professors for making it through all over the several years. This…

On May 27th, an itasha gathering event, “ARC Championship Ⅴ” will be held at Okuibuki Motor Park (Okuibuki Ski Site). Itasha is refereed to cars which have decals of fictional characters of anime, manga or video game. Itai…

It is already a new year here in Japan. 70000 people celebrated the New Year in the countdown at the scrambled intersection in Shibuya, Tokyo. Happy year of the dog!

Lawson is a convenience store franchise chain in Japan. The store originated in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, but today exists as a Japanese company. Lawson’s holiday selections are amazing. From the character holiday cakes to party festivity foods…

“Kawaii Monster Cafe” in Harajuku, Tokyo will be serving special Christmas dishes for a limited time this winter! The theme of the dishes is “poisonous cuteness”, and there will be lots of unique foods! “White…