Everywhere you go at the moment you seem to hear the Pharrell Williams song "Happy". "Zero air-play, nothing. And the next thing you know, we put out the video on November 21 and all of a ...

walking bicycle club is a new brand of electric bicycle developed by automotive parts manufacturer Katayama Kogyo in cooperation with caliber designers like Shuwa Tei and Kenya Hara, and other ...

We've all had that awkward moment when long-forgotten pictures of an ex suddenly appear in a photo album you are browsing. Or when that box you'd forgotten about under the bed or at the back of the ...

While we all know Shibuya and Shinjuku for their great selection of bars and eateries (in between all the gazillions of chain places, of course), but what about some of the more tucked-away or lesser ...

Don't you just hate heading to a bar or café, only to find every seat in the place taken? What if you could get an update to your phone to let you know how many seats were currently available at ...

The second Canadian pop star to run afoul of Japan this week! Following Justin Bieber's innocent visit to a certain shrine in central Tokyo, now comes Avril Lavigne's music video where she pines for ...

There are two important foreign dignitaries in Japan right now. One is the President of the United States of America and the other is, well, Justin Bieber. The former is the reason why there ...

Now this is an innovative way to cool down your drink. While we still love the quietly industrial and precise ice sphere offered by the Ice Ball Mold, there is something to be said for having ...

Traditionally in Japan people clean their ears using a bamboo ear pick (mimikaki). This is actually said to be much safer and more hygienic than the typical cotton bud swab people use in other ...

The end of an era. Hostess culture magazine Koakuma Ageha will cease publication in the wake of the bankruptcy of its publisher, Inforest Publishing. The title first went on sale in October 2005 ...

As previously reported on JapanTrends, AKB48 has recruited a new older female member for its ranks as part of a spring and summer campaign for Papico, an ice cream product by Glico. There was some ...

Tokyo Dome City will be converted into a remarkable planetarium event this summer. TenQ is a space museum that opens on July 8th in Tokyo Dome City, complete with a 11-meter "Theater Sora" that gives ...

Been there, done that. Sometimes it seems that fashion has little new left to offer. But then along comes another neat innovation that proves you wrong. Fashion models strutting their wear down a ...

Despite the recent ruling on March 31st by the International Court of Justice that Japan must stop "scientific" whaling and the government's initial announcement that it would abide by the ruling, ...

Almost no sight says "Tokyo" more than Shibuya's "scramble crossing", the immense intersection in front of the Hachiko exit of the station in which multiple banks of pedestrians converge on each ...