Cheerz is an app for showing your support for certain idols. It allows users to browse selfies and photos taken by over 250 music idols.
Users can then "cheer" the photos they like, which raises ...
The Self-Assembly Shamisen is, as the name suggests, a shamisen instrument that you can build yourself -- and customize!
The shamisen is surely the most famous Japanese traditional instrument. You ...
On April 4th, Mori no Tosho Shitsu (Mori's Library) in Shibuya will be transformed into a club for a silent disco event.
Remember Mori no Tosho Shitsu? It was the crowdfunded "book and beer" ...
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 ...
Four-Player Othello
Multiplayer version of classic two-player Reversi game
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 ...
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 ...
The Bridge has shared a story about Fukuoka-based startup Shikumi Design and their futuristic musical instrument, Kagura.
While the name might imply traditional Japanese music, the "motion perform ...
Music media Spincoaster has launched a new crowd-funding campaign on Makuake to create a music bar they claim is the world's first to focus on LP and high-resolution audio.
Seating 17, the ...
Pikachu Electric Shock Wire Loop Game
Nintendo character hand-eye coordination test
Our love for all things Maywa Denki is no secret. We recently went wild about Mr Knocky, their unique drum toy, and also think their retro Otona no Kagaku Maywa Denki Automa-te Auto Writer Hand is ...
“Dreamer Nippon Inemuri” music video pays tribute to sleepy commuters
December 17, 2014
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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 ...
American band OK Go have released a music video for their song "I Won't Let You Down", from the album "Hungry Ghosts".
Filmed using a "multi-copter camera" and directed by Morihiro Harano, the ...
Maywa Denki are one of Japan's best-kept secrets. Part music unit, part toy designers, part performance artists, the group is now 20 years old but continues to come up with great ideas.
Their ...
Sleeping Hamsters Tissue Box Cover
Cute Kleenex holder/dispenser
Red Bull Music Academy has produced a great series of documentaries about the little-known world of Japanese video game music.
The series is called "Diggin' in the Carts" and so far parts 1 and 2 ...
Korg, although respected as a premier electronic musical instrument and accessories maker, still likes to have fun every now and then.
That's why in the past it has released such items as Hello ...
In a possibly unprecedented move, the management of a Japanese idol group is suing two former members, their parental guardians, and the fans they had relationships with for ...