Tokyo’s Best Craft Beer is Hiding in Harajuku
Harajuku’s ultra-hip paradise of kawaii, Takeshita Doori, has a secret. Beneath that gaudy veneer of colourful cafes, crepes and character cuteness, Harajuku is hiding a…
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New Micro Pig Cafe In Tokyo Lets You Cuddle With Piggy Staff
Whether you want to grab a cup of coffee with cats, dogs, owls, or hedgehogs, it’s almost a dead certainty that Tokyo has a pet…
Kawaii Monster Cafe’s Halloween Menu Features Western “Monster Celebrities” Vampire, Frankenstein and Werewolf
With Halloween a month away, many of those who plan to be in Tokyo this season are thinking of doing something fun for Halloween. There…
Japanese Masturbatory Aid Maker Tenga Is Giving Out 10,000 Free “Hybrid Energy Drinks”
Japan’s leading masturbatory aid maker TENGA is never afraid to step outside of their lineup of adult goods (which includes tea ceremony vibrators), operating their…
New Origami-themed Airbnb Apartment Opens Up In Harajuku, Combining Traditional And Kawaii Culture
Asobi System’s MOSHI MOSHI NIPPON project aims to spread and promote Harajuku’s kawaii pop culture throughout the world. It appears that their first attempt to…
Social Media Weighs In On Tokyo Tapioca Land Announcement, Impending Tapiocapocalypse
If you’ve been reading grape Japan recently, you’re probably aware that Japan has been flooded with bubble tea shops and sucked into bubble tea mania….
Exclusive Japan Inspired Bath Bombs Coming to Harajuku’s LUSH Bath Bomb Concept Store
November last year, LUSH opened their world’s first ever ‘bath bomb concept shop’ in Harajuku, Tokyo. 出典：出典名 Lush’s colourful distinctive bath bombs are displayed without…
Vegan Sakura Burger in Tokyo for Vegetarian Cherry Blossom Lovers
The brand Botanist actually makes hair and body care products, but they’ve crossed over into cafe territory with their set-up in the trendy haven of…
Goku no Kimochi Head Massage Salon Is a Blissful Sci-Fi Dreamland (Onsite Report)
Head massage specialist salon Goku no Kimochi may be the most sought-after massage establishment in Japan. Since they opened their first shop in Kyoto in…
Cafe Reissue in Tokyo Does Amazing 3D Latte Art of Any Character You Choose
If you’ve ever looked at your plain, boring latte and thought, ‘this is not anime enough for me’, then this is the cafe for you….
Inside Tokyo’s Psycho-Pass Cafe Celebrating the Anime Series’ New Movies
To promote the new trilogy of Psycho-Pass movies, Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System, a themed cafe has appeared in Harajuku. © Grape Japan The cafe,…
I Tried Out Tokyo’s Conveyor Belt Dessert All-You-Can-Eat Buffet Valentine’s Day Specials
Last summer Tokyo’s first dessert-go-round restaurant opened in the spiritual home of all things sweet and cute, Harajuku. MAISON ABLE Cafe Ron Ron offers 40…
Cherry Blossom-Themed Airbnb Apartment Opens in Harajuku, First Offering From MOSHI MOSHI ROOMS
MOSHI MOSHI NIPPON, the Harajuku-centric organization promoting news on Japan and famous for their yearly festival to which foreigners can attend free of charge, has…
‘Kill Bill’ Restaurant Gonpachi’s New Branch Serves Up Sushi Hand Rolls
You may have heard of Gonpachi, the Tokyo restaurant featured in the famous Crazy 88s fight sequence in Kill Bill. The venue in Nishi-Azabu is…
Harajuku’s Instagrammable Vegan Drinks and Desserts at Botanist
Fruit smoothies should be the perfect treat for someone on a plant based diet, but in the case of the more ostentatious looking treats, such…