Sylvanian Families take over McDonald’s Happy Meals this spring!
If you are a fan, you may already have your very own adorable Sylvanian Family collection at home, but there’s always room for families to…
Japanese maple Kit Kats fight plastic waste with paper packaging and animal artwork
While Japanese Kit Kats are often lauded for their wide variety of flavors, such as some aged in Scottish whisky barrels for 180 days, since…
You can help reduce food loss when you buy this vegetable dashi made with imperfect produce
Mountain Book LLC, located in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, has started a crowdfunding campaign on Campfire for a vegetable-based dashi broth called 野菜だけのやさしい旨みだし (yasai dake…
Icing artist’s Psyduck sweets are so cute they’ll give you a headache
You may remember WHIP SUGAR (@YuicihiroG) for the absolutely awesome and adorable icing and cookie artistry the account shares, including these delightful Animal Crossing cookies…
Aromatic vegetable crayons gives kids a safe and even tasty artistic experience
It may only be a problem with the youngest of children and remedied with a watchful parental eye, but crayons definitely possess a colorful but…
Say sayonara to greasy hair with Kinueki Japanese golden silk shampoo and hair mist
Greasy hair can really be a downer. “My scalp was a bit oily, and I had a complex about my flat, listless hair. I used…
Cats on swings are the comforting capsule toy figures you never realized you needed
Whether it’s the pandemic or just everyday stress, we can all use a breather once in a while. These capsule toy figures of cats lazily…
Large, green amphibious centipede is first of its genus to be discovered by Japanese scientists
A large centipede in the genus Scolopendra was discovered in four areas of the Ryukyu Archipelago (Okinawa) and Taiwan. The huge centipede, about 20 cm…
Asahi Super Dry’s draft beer in a can sees shipments stalled after positive response
Earlier this year, Asahi announced that it would be putting a twist on Asahi Super Dry by releasing a version that allowed you to experience…
Ashikaga Flower Park’s wisterias bloom early; viewing starts from 15 April 2021
If you are a flower buff, you probably know that the sakura season is just one small part of Japan’s ongoing cycle of flower festivals….
The Pringles ‘Passport Flavor’ journey continues with all-new Pringles Sichuan Stir-fried Chicken
With international tourism and travel currently out of the picture, Pringles are taking us on a global tastebud journey this year with their potato chips…
Sakura City’s Tulip Festa is back with more than 300,000 tulips in full bloom!
The sakura season of 2021 may be coming to a bittersweet ending, but it’s a never ending cycle of floral fun in Japan as the…
From booze to bioenergy: Japanese factory to convert waste from shochu production into fuel
Anabuki Housing Service Corporation, a condominium management company, held an inauguration ceremony on April 7, 2021 for its Shochu Bioenergy Miyazaki Nichinan Plant in Nichinan…
TikTok and Toho team up for the TikTok TOHO Film Festival 2021 – entries now open!
The short movie application ‘TikTok’ and movie theatre company Toho Co., Ltd. have announced a new film festival – TikTok TOHO Film Festival 2021 –…
“Nekokan” serves up fish fit for kitties and humans in an effort to battle food waste
Even the most dedicated cat lover would probably draw the line at cracking open canned food with a cat on the label for their own…