A new photography exhibition showcases sexual diversity in Japan.
"Out in Japan: 1,000 Portraits" opened at Spiral in Minami-Aoyama on July 12th, featuring portraits taken by Leslie Kee, a ...
A muscular male "performance team" will bring their brawny charms to Tokyo for the first time this summer. ALLOUT will open a special "muscles cafe" in a venue on Omotesando on July 30th. All 230 ...
To celebrate the 100 years since the Dada art movement launched in Europe, a series of commemorative events is happening around Tokyo this summer.
Dada, or Dadaism, was an anti-art movement ...
Last week we reported on the growing bookstore boom in Tokyo that has seen Book and Bed, a bookshop-hotel, become such a hit that its customized pajamas sell out in minutes.
Book and Bed Tokyo ...
Sleeping Hamsters Tissue Box Cover
Cute Kleenex holder/dispenser
Earlier this year, we wrote about fashion guru Hiroshi Fujiwara's new project, The Park-In Ginza, a unique retail concept space located in the parking lot underneath the soon-to-be demolished Sony ...
This week, a major Studio Ghibli retrospective exhibition opens in Roppongi Hills, covering all of the studio's 22 anime feature films.
The Ghibli Expo runs July 7th to September 11th, and ...
This article by Adriana Mazza first appeared on Tokyo Cheapo.
New Toyosu Fish Market | Photo ©Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market
You’ve probably heard by now that the iconic ...
We have been following recent developments in the Tokyo book store world with interest.
From gimmicks like Book and Bed Tokyo -- a bookstore-themed hotel -- and the actual opportunities to stay ...
Last year we reported on a stunning series of concept mobility vehicles and musical instruments by Yamaha.
Now Yamaha is back with more, though this time it is just their motoring arm.
The two ...
After previous successes such as Infinity of Flowers with Gucci and Night Wonder Aquarium, teamLab has now teamed up with online retailer DMM and Fuji TV to create a new major summer attraction in ...
An underground station in central Osaka was converted into a temporary izakaya for four days.
Located in the business district of the city, Keihan Nakanoshima Station is a terminus that connects ...
Animal cafes continue to develop in Japan. Not content with just cat cafes of all varieties, there are also cafes with rabbits and hedgehogs.
One of the most popular types of animal cafe is the ...
Animal Cooling-Heating Mat Stand
Warming and cooling platform for pets
Everything seems to be about tourism these days -- and how to cash in on the boom.
This has led to foreign-language-speaking staff and tax-free counters at major stores in Tokyo. We reported ...
After already breaking records for inbound tourism last year, the government hopes to double the number to 40 million by 2020.
So far this year, more than 10 million non-Japanese visitors have ...
Bandai is targeting women in their twenties and thirties with its latest venture.
Otona Joshi Biyori (literally, Adult Girls Beautiful Weather) will open on June 24th in Tokyo Character Street, a ...