Attack on Titan live stage adaptation coming summer 2017
December 9, 2016
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Japan Trends
It may well star huge creatures that won't fit inside any known theater, but Attack on Titan is nonetheless coming to the stage.
Hajime Isayama's Attack on Titan will be adapted as Live Impact ...
A Moomin theme park will open in Saitama, on the outskirts of Tokyo, in spring 2019.
Moominvalley Park will join a "Scandinavian village" theme park set to open in autumn 2018 as part of metsä, a ...
Tokyo has a major new museum in the form of the Sumida Hokusai Museum, which opened on November 22nd in east Tokyo's Sumida ward.
Designed by Pritzker Prize-winner Kazuyo Sejima (SANAA) with bold ...
Sanrio's Pompompurin character may not be as famous and popular as Hello Kitty but the loveable yellow pooch continues his attempts to conquer Japan.
After tempting commuters to hug columns in ...
Proplica Pac-Pak Pac-Man Figure
Classic video game character toy
Parco opens new art, design and music event space in heart of Shibuya
November 18, 2016
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William
Parco will open Gallery X By Parco, a new art space in Shibuya on December 9th.
The temporary venue will host art, music and performance events in the heart of the commercial district. Gallery X ...
Masamichi Katayama's Wonderwall has helped reopen the designer bar The Bank in the city of Kamakura, west of Tokyo. With interior design by Wonderwall, it has been restored to the way it was when it ...
This month marks 30 years since the first episode of the anime Dragon Ball was originally broadcast in Japan. So what better excuse is there for a few pop-up cafes in Japan's two major ...
Third-wave curry, anyone?
Opening November 2nd on one of the Yamanote Line platforms at Shibuya Station, Drip Currymeshi Tokyo serves rice and curry roux (curry-meshi in Japanese) with hot water ...
Mount Fuji Eraser
The Mount Fuji Eraser is a fun and clever way to bring this icon of Japan into your home or work stationery set. As you use the cuboid eraser, the shape of Fuji gradually comes into view and you find yourself holding Japan's most famous peak.
Just when you thought the Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen viral phenomenon was fading away, along came a widely reported press conference at the FCCJ in Tokyo to boost the ratings, and now news that Piko ...
A new commercial complex will open in the Tokyo district of Ginza in April 2017.
Ginza Six is built on the site of the old Matsuzakaya Ginza department store running along Chuo-dori and will ...
Roppongi Art Night returns this weekend, switching from its usual March date to the autumn and this year taking place over three days and two nights rather than the regular single Saturday ...
Tokyoites get to watch Godzilla come alive and shoot its atomic breath down over the unsuspecting denizens Kabukicho from the top of a building.
But if you want to beat that experience, then ...
Pikachu Electric Shock Wire Loop Game
Nintendo character hand-eye coordination test
Tokyo Halloween Style: Cosplay, train parties, costumed flash mobs
October 13, 2016
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William
Halloween is almost upon us, and H&M is currently showcasing what it claims are "four Tokyo Halloween styles". In a video, the model Seria Kawachi goes through several quick costume changes to ...
Square Enix is celebrating the release of World of Final Fantasy on October 27th with a one-week promotion in Shibuya Station.
From October 10th to October 16th, the six columns in the concourse ...
Tokyo Cheapo, everyone's favorite guide to living or visiting Tokyo on a budget, has a made a great video introducing one of the city's best neighborhoods.
Shimokitazwa, as Tokyo Cheapo say, is "a ...