Category: LIFESTYLE

Twitter Japan has announced the top ten hashtags and top ten trends for Japan in 2014. Anime-related hashtags accounted for four of the top ten, while number 8 was taken by a hashtag for Gravure ...

UNIQLO spin-off GU recently held a kabe-don event at its Ginza branch as a promo for a holiday season sale. Does the idea of having a hot guy leaning up against you inside a clothes store, ...

Want a free haircut? Of course! But the free cut being offered by Mars Japan Limited for six days at weekends in Omotesando comes at a different sort of price. It's kind of insane. While Japan ...

Another day, another themed cafe in Tokyo. The Tower Records Shibuya second-floor cafe has been transformed from November 17th into the Snoopy Tower Records Cafe. Open until December 31st, the ...

It has been one of the biggest trends of recent years and then just like that, it has faded away. So-called "tattoo tights" exploded into the popular and digital consciousness in 2011, even ...

Kentucky Fried Chicken has entered the coffee shop market in Japan, in a direct challenge to the McDonald's McCafé format. From November 28th, the Colonel's Cafe in Kobe will be serving French press ...

NEC has got together with Fashion TV to offer a smartphone and tablet service for mobile eCommerce for apparel items you see in a magazine. If you see an item in a magazine you like, you can use ...

Police were called at 6:55 p.m. on November 11th with reports of a man who had set fire to himself in Hibiya Park, in central Tokyo. The man, who later died, had apparently committed ...

It has been over a month from the surprising Mt Ontake volcanic eruption in late September, which ultimately killed 57 people. One of those who perished was Kazuo Wakabayashi (66), from Matsumoto ...

The Japanese media is reporting Japan's first suspected case of Ebola. A man arriving at Haneda Airport on the evening of October 27th after spending time in Liberia was showing symptoms of a ...

Roppongi has its fair share of bright lights and other-worldly experiences, though this is certainly something new. Finnair is sponsoring a stimulated aurora experience event at Tokyo Midtown on ...

Japan's 100 yen shops are treasure troves. Enter these Aladdin's Caves and you can find almost anything you need for your kitchen or home, plus all kinds of surprising items you didn't even know ...

Everything comes back into fashion. And that includes Japanese loincloths. Fundoshi are usually only seen on the bodies (and buttocks) of men taking part in Japanese festivals or on sumo wrestlers ...

Last month United Arrows' en route brand ran a special "crowdsourced fashion show" on the streets of Omotesando and Harajuku. In the words of Contagious.com, The Snap Up campaign saw "fashion ...

Japanese women are known for being on the slender side but beauty of course comes in all shapes and sizes. As such, we have seen a shift towards a greater mainstream acceptance of larger ladies in ...