Relive the 1990's dance scene from Tokyo with the Kumiko Araki Juliana's Tokyo Dance Disco Exercise DVD Set. Araki was one of the dancers from Juliana's, THE trendy nightclub in Tokyo during the ...
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Customize your glasses with your smartphone, thanks to JINS Paint. The promo is being run by the glasses brand JINS (aka J!NS) and uses an app available for iOS and Android. You can choose ...
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Shimokita: 2003 to 2014 is a new documentary charting the changes in the landscape of one of Tokyo's best-loved areas. Located just west of Shinjuku and Shibuya, Shimokitazawa (aka Shimokita) is ...
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Head into a KFC in Japan on March 1st and if you're clumsy enough, you can get a free drink. The Ebisu branch of KFC is running a special campaign rewarding those poor souls among us who have ...
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The new Hotel Gracery opens in Kabukicho in the heart of Shinjuku on April 24th, part of the changing landscape of a district more known for sleaze than sightseeing. This being a Japanese hotel, ...
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Head to Shinjuku Station to try popping 100,000 Slime bubbles. No, it's not what it sounds. Slime is the mascot character in the PlayStation game Dragon Quest and this is a promotional stunt by ...
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Bandai has created a second installment in its Crazy Case series of phone covers. The Back to the Future: Part II DeLorean iPhone 6 Case takes your right back to 1989 and the coolest thing every ...
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Could this be the most stylish new hair salon in Tokyo? Or the most hirsute coffee shop? Or both? SALON & is opening this March in Yutenji, a neighborhood in Meguro ward, Tokyo, as a ...
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The cherry blossom season always brings a gazillion sakura-themed products and campaigns. It's easy to get tired of this, and yet every year still manages to bring a surprise. We've already heard ...
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Flamboyant rock band KISS continue to conquer Japan. The makeup-loving rockers have for years been a staple of both summer music festivals and mainstream advertising campaigns. And now they have ...
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For such a ubiquitous apparel chain, UNIQLO demonstrates a healthy tendency to innovate. Every year its UT t-shirts change and it always works with a massive range of designers and famous franchises ...
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It's a dangerous game to throw the racism card around but this development has succeeded in getting that reaction from most corners. A photo showing a behind-the-scenes shot from an upcoming Fuji ...
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Dust/pollen allergies and infection protection
Red Bull Studios Tokyo opens at the end of this month in Aoyama, in the heart of Tokyo. It is the beverage brand's eleventh such studio in the world and is designed by Kengo Kuma. Red Bull will ...
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A proposal to give recognition same-sex couple has been submitted to Shibuya City, one of the wards in central Tokyo. A bylaw proposal will be submitted to the ward congress in March which would ...
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Just in time for Valentine's Day, if you don't have someone to spend February 14th with this year, then call on Miku. Yes, the darling of the otaku world, virtual idol Hatsune Miku, has become ...
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