Category: LIFESTYLE

Sexist or working to challenge stereotypes? This is a project bound to divide. We might be forgiven for thinking that female students at Japan's top college, the University of Tokyo, could be ...

After wowing hipsters the world over with the first T-Site in Tokyo's upmarket Daikanyama district three years ago, Tsutaya continues its quest to stop being the Blockbuster of Japan and be taken ...

When Tokyo made its ultimately successful bid for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, it emphasized how its Games would be compact and ecological. The Olympic Village to house athletes for 2020 ...

This article by Selena Hoy first appeared on Tokyo Cheapo. Ready for some lovin’? Perhaps you live in a guesthouse, a tiny apartment with paper thin walls, or with too many ...

The popularity of kabe-don seems to show no sign of letting up. After GU in Ginza "seduced" female (and male) customers by having two hunky models plant their hands on the wall to trap them in a ...

Shiseido has rolled out a new ad campaign featuring 50 selfies by Lady Gaga. Each selfie will be published in a different newspaper over two days this month: 46 were featured in national and regional ...

Touch a Nissan car and you transform into Cinderella. Huh? Well, that's if you believe everything you see on your screen. Nissan has created a new ad for its Dayz model. It shows a series of ...

There is Christmas, and then there is Christmas in Japan. Christmas in Japan is actually really all about Christmas Eve. And forget churches and family time. It's more of a date night than ...

Karaoke is an ever-evolving social activity. In recent years we've seen karaoke-for-one services springing up, karaoke rooms transform into a fashion pop-up shop, and even a karaoke-convenience store ...

In Japan, Christmas Eve is not a time for church -- it's a time for couples. Restaurants in cities are packed with pairs of diners enjoying expensive, luxury courses. But not everyone has a ...

Gotta catch 'em all. Or should that be "eat and drink 'em all"? Shibuya Parco will open the Pokémon Cafe (Pokémon cafe Ω Ruby & α Sapphire) next month. Opening January 9th, the pop-up cafe ...

If we're honest, Japanese television is not acclaimed for its sophistication or journalistic integrity. And the coverage of the recent Lower House election last weekend did little to boost that ...

We've all seen them. We've all pitied them. We've all admired them. Japanese trains are full of odd sights -- but perhaps none so odd as the spectacle of people managing to get some shuteye no ...

Google has shared shared the top search terms in Japan for 2014. Here are the top search terms, which were of course originally in Japanese and so vary slightly from the translation or English ...

Following last year's top trends and major buzzwords and memes, we are going to take a look back at the big trends and topics for 2014 in Japan. We already examined some of the main Twitter buzz of ...