Category: LIFESTYLE

When you think of summer in Japan you will usually come up with a stream of images of matsuri festivals, firework displays, flash rain storms, and sweaty Tokyo trains. What you probably won't get is ...

Your Party (Minna no To) member Ayaka Shiomura (35) was jeered yesterday in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly as she tried to introduce a motion for better government measures supporting infertile ...

The Embassy of the Republic of Colombia in Tokyo put on a show for shoppers at the Roppongi Hills on a summer evening this week. These models performed in a fashion show wearing dresses and other ...

Japanese people like to dress up. Various commentators like to point to social phenomenon like cosplay (literally, "costume play") as examples of how people seek escape in role-playing and ...

Glico's Papico ice cream has upped the marketing for its summer campaign and this apparently means appealing to the inner moe in every Japanese consumer. The frozen snack has relaunched with new ...

Toyota really did steal the show at the Tokyo Toy Show 2014. On top of their awesome Camatte Lab, which lets grown-ups see how a car works through driving a transparent vehicle and also allows kids ...

Toyota has once again collaborated with Znug Design to produce another fun Camatte booth for the Tokyo Toy Show. Following the Camatte's first appearance in the 2012 and 2013 editions of the fair ...

From the makers of share spaces Tabloid on bayside Tokyo and Share in Jingumae comes Bukatsudo, a new share space in Yokohama. "Pre-opening" on June 25th, Bukatsudo functions as both coworking and ...

Japan is in its third "lost" decade. Oh, and it is in the midst of a recession. What, didn't you notice? You'd be forgiven for failing to spot the signs, given the buoyant real estate market ...

There are already more than enough hotels in Shibuya, you might think, including the colorful ones behind Dougenzaka for, ahem, shorter stays. So we weren't too excited to hear about this new one ...

Have you spotted this red bus? Shiseido is currently running a big SK-II Bihada Pitera-rium Dock campaign where women can see their "future skin" in 20 minute counceling sessions. A special pop-up ...

Only in Japan? The Twittersphere in Japan has been discussing this energy drink, snapped by @kinoww. Energy drinks are commonly found in convenience stores and drug stores, and are typically a ...

We were pointed to this neat Kickstarter campaign for Runbell. The project offers "frustration free urban running". As keen joggers ourselves, we certainly sympathize with its aims. Ever been ...

Local leading e-commerce market Rakuten opens the Rakuten Cafe in Shibuya today, a short five-minute walk from Hachiko Exit. While they have stopped short of actually offering a bricks-and-mortar ...

Artist Asami Kiyokawa, known for her extravagant combination of embroidery and photography, and collaborations with top models and actresses, has got together with Starbucks Japan to create a special ...