Every year, Japan celebrates Setsubun (節分, “seasonal division”) on Feb 2nd, 3rd, or 4th, one day before the start of Spring according to the Japanese…

A heated discussion has erupted over last week’s episode of The Great British Bake Off. A number of complaints have been sent in to Ofcom…

Heart Bread Antique Bakery’s cat-shaped Neko Neko Shokupan (“neko” being the word for “cat” in Japanese, and “shokupan” being the word for fluffy, white bread)…

Spongy castella are one of Japan’s favorite cakes. Available in a variety of flavors and even miniature versions (“baby castella”) sold at festivals, the cake…

If you’re a fan of Japanese bakeries, it’s very probable that you’ve encountered “Melon Bread” (melon pan), a sweet bun that features shape and texture…

The series of hundreds of beautiful water lily oil paintings by Claude Monet are based off the French Impressionist’s own home flower garden, but there…

OMUSUBI Cake are a sweet spin on Japanese onigiri, or rice balls. The cake version of the traditional Japanese snack replaces the usual seaweed wrapping…

Tokyo butter specialist and bakery Canoble brands many of their sweets and goods as “edible butter”, often because of the appearance of their goods and…

Japan has a frustratingly delicious history of putting out a variety of snacks that just seem too cute to eat. If you can overcome that…

The new movie Star Wars: The Force Awakens is coming to theaters on December 18th. While we’ve been (and still are) patiently waiting for the…

You may have heard of Christine McConnell already as being the super talented artist that decorated her parents’ house for Halloween. Christine McConnellさん(@christinehmcconnell)が投稿した写真 – 2015…

If Totoro isn’t Studio Ghibli’s most popular character, the big and cuddly keeper of the forest is sure in contention for the top spot. Totoro…