Some of the most impressive felt art we’ve seen from Japan has been on a larger scale, such as the service that creates giant replicas…

Kitan Club specializes in quirky but cute gacha (capsule toy vending machine) goods such as Japanese eatery ticket machine key chains and Scottish Fold kitty…

If you search long and hard enough in Japan, you may just be able to find anything in a gachapon, or capsule toy machine. While…

Akihabara is a paradise for collectors of anime, manga and video game merchandise. Although trawling through second hand shops looking for rare items and deals…

Hunger can affect our ability to think in the worst ways, but when we’re starving and exhausted, there’s almost no way we can make a…

Red and gooey, it’s no wonder ketchup heads of monsters like Count Dracula exist just for the sake of making squeezing a bottle of ketchup…

Recycling in Japan and attention to the environment often goes hand in hand with the Japanese saying of “mottainai”, which tries to convey regret and…

Talk to anyone you see on the streets of Japan, and chances are they’ve all bet their chances on a gachapon machine at least a…

Never knew fruit could be this spooky. A new capsule called Shisen (Eye sight) takes you to a dark realm, a place where no light…

As if Japan didn’t have enough adorable characters, Panda-No-Ana from Takara Tomy T-Arts is coming out with a new series of squeal-worthy capsule toys. The…