There seems to be a recent pop-culture fascination with poo. While that may be hard to hear at first, just consider the popularity of the…

Japan seems to have a thing for making poop cuter than it actually is. This is evidenced by a Harajuku store selling poop emoji ice…

With adorable ham and egg hamsters and Cthulian squid-watermelon hybrids, capsule toys, or “Gacha”, can get pretty creative in Japan. Despite the seemingly never ending…

Popular Japanese coffee chain Komeda Coffee is known for their particularly sweet coffee and desserts, but a recent collaboration with Godiva may have earned them…

Children in Japan already have a poop museum (so popular it expanded with a poop arcade and poop convenience store) to learn about how cute…

When Japan’s Unko (“poop” in Japanese) Museum first opened up in Yokohama, many were surprised to find rather than a strictly informative exhibit on the…

If you’re a poop fan in Japan or are looking for an excuse to visit, you’re in luck! From March 15th to July 15th this…

Whether it’s ramen-topped ice cream cups, vanilla ice-cream creamy seafood ramen, or the world’s most intense matcha ice cream, you’ll find no lack of variety…

Whether it’s the breathtakingly lifelike fish at Japan’s hotel staffed by robots, or Softbank’s cute domestic-assistant robot Pepper singing Beethoven in a choir, Japan’s constantly…

You may have noticed that Japan has a fondness for mascot characters, so much that they hold an annual competition to crown a national champion…

Most cat people will tell you that despite how much love they have for the good in kitties that others fail to see, that felines…

If you love the ultra-popular Japanese chocolate stick snack Pocky, then you are familiar with Glico, the Osaka-based confectionery company that produces many of Japan’s…

The idea of a children’s song about the ins and outs of pooping may strike you as strange, but there’s a Japanese YouTube channel that…