This past week I had the opportunity to attend the Ramen Expo USA in Austin, TX. The Ramen Expo USA is an event designed mainly for different businesses in the Japanese ramen industry to create ties and relationships among one another. A…

The 2018 SXSW Music Festival has just revealed the first round of showcasing artists, of which four bands are from Tokyo, Japan. Running from March 9th through 18th this year in Austin, TX, SXSW presents its participants all sorts of…

J-POP SUMMIT 2017, one of the world’s biggest Japanese pop culture events, announces another exciting year with a diverse line-up of Japanese ramen chefs, sake producers, and food and drink vendors to be featured on Saturday, September 9th…

I can’t believe that it’s been already one month after AX 2017. Time flies. Lara is the great cosplayer and she shot the AX report video for us. She made Touka and Chun-Li costume for AX this year. Enjoy her AX report video!…

J-POPSUMMIT 2017 ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL MUSIC AND DANCE ARTISTS AND OTHER KINETIC LIVE PERFORMERS The San Francisco Bay Area’s Premiere Japanese Pop Culture Event Presents Anison Singer May’n, Kendama Performers Zoomadanke, Vogue-Inspired…

Visiting a foreign country that you’ve always dreamed about is definitely an amazing experience, especially when it’s your first time. The excitement really does take hold of you, but don’t forget to step back and make sure that you are…

JAPAN CUTS, North America’s premiere showcase for new Japanese cinema, returns for its 11th installment July 13-23 to serve up a slice of the best and boldest films from Japan never before seen in NYC with special guest filmmakers and…

Have you ever dreamed of being surrounded by lots of fluffy foxes? Apparently, Japan got the perfect place for those fox lovers. It’s called Zao Fox Village, which is a zoo where over a hundred foxes are free-roaming in an enclosed area.…

“If you follow me…If you do exactly as I say…No questions asked…If you take my thoughts…and you make them your own…I’ll show you the way. I’ll give you what you crave. I’ll transform you. I’ll rename you. I’ll teach you power over fear.…

Modern Japanese music has habitually been reckoned as rather a niche than anything mainstream in the western music world. Yoko Ono had her time, but after almost 3 decades she is still portrayed as the Asian woman who led the Beatles to…

I Rented a Boyfriend! Japan is filled with plenty of “interesting” entertainment businesses such as maid cafes, owl cafes or robot restaurants. This time it’s not about an interesting cafe or restaurant but it is about…

Kimono Design is the Introduction book of the Textiles and Patterns By Keiko Nitanai. This book uses hundreds of photographs and a wealth of information on colors, fabrics and embellishments to paint a portrait of Japanese culture, art and…

Sanrio’s popular character Gude Tama’s limited time cafe, GudeTama Cafe will be opened from April 1st to April 19th, 2017 in Tokyo Sky Tree Town. This cafe only serves to go menus. They tried to capture ASAKUSA which is one of…

Speaking of spring is OHANAMI ( cherry-blossom viewing) Kirin Brewery started the new projects that releases related new products for new situations to catch the minds of people who like drinking. The first project is “Air…

A collaboration project of Isetan and Lupine the 3rd is holding at Isetan Shinjuku store from 22nd to 27th February, 2017 for celebrating the 50th anniversary of Lupine’s birth. There is the reproduced Lupine’s hide-out and…