Design
We’ve seen some clever food-inspired creations in Japan recently, including a giant toasty bred bed and instant noodle pet cushions, but Japanese Twitter user @nakamuraques…
Japanese companies Netco and TENEO have collaborated to dream up these charming pet houses using traditional origami techniques, and begun a crowdfunding project to realize…
When traveling through the Japanese countryside and in some smaller neighborhoods, it can often come as a surprise to some to encounter unmanned produce stands….
While Japan offers loads of awesome stationery such as erasers that slowly turn into Mt.Fuji with every mistake you make and premium ballpoint pens inspired…
Almost two years ago, Kobe Match, a traditional matchmaker founded in 1929, and incense innovator Daihatsu based on Awaji Island, teamed up to release matchstick-style…
Chitose-ame One of the traditional rites of passage for children in Japan is known as 七五三 Shichi-Go-San (literally 7-5-3). On November 15th, girls who have…
SHIWA LAB, a new brand established by Japanese design company Q.I Inc., has created the world’s first glass with a surface reproducing the texture of…
Sustainable Think is an apparel and fashion store which aims to teach it’s customers about SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) and the current global environment through…
Pottery and cookies might not be things that most people would imagine together, but they’re both things that sculptor Aya Okamoto has found a deep…
PAMPSHADE by Yukiko Morita is a brand of handmade goods that literally light up the life of bread lovers. The company’s name, a hybrid of…
Creative Japanese web media group Supermarket Kakamu is known for the charming brainstorming of products we didn’t know we wanted, including peanut earphones and cases,…
Japanese creator kumacoro (クマコロ in Japanese) is a former toymaker who now works as a freelance designer. He’s also a fan of robots and mechanical…
We have had numerous opportunities at grape Japan to introduce the interesting and appealing aspects of Kanji 漢字, the Japanese word for the adopted logographic…
Supermarket Kakamu is a Japanese web media group that has a special talent for creatively designing awesome and eccentric food-related products. Some of their hits…
One of the true seasonal treats of visiting Japan is koyo or momiji, its celebrated brilliant yellow, orange, and red fall foliage. The gorgeous layers…