Marugame Seimen is a very popular chain of restaurants specializing in udon noodles made in the famous style of Marugame, a city in Kagawa Prefecture. This year marks the chain’s 25th anniversary, and ...

New mini-size Frappuccino caters to girls and the traditional doll’s festival that honours them. There are a lot of traditional festivals in Japan, and the next one on the calen ...

Japanese convenience stores’ onigiri (rice balls) have become, to use the parlance of the economic scholarly community, stupidly expensive. Up until fairly recently, standard onigiri, such as ones ...

The first cherry blossom desserts are already here, and there are more to come.

Can we make it from the capital to the land of the gods, sightsee, eat, find a hotel, and make it home for just 30,000 yen ...

And soon one of Ghibli’s all-time great pieces of anime cinema will be coming to its biggest screens ever, with the announcement of IMAX screenings for Kiki’s Delivery Service.

In addition to selling delectable cat-themed sweets, the convenience store chain wants to increase cat adoptions and pet food donations.

We simply cannot accept the results and now feel compelled to rectify this grievous generational lack of knowledge among the youth of Japan.

Wait, “first night?” Yep, because Tocho’s Pokémon card projection mapping is a full-year celebration! It starts at 6:15 p.m. on March 20, and on weekends on holidays in March Pokémon cards will be ...

When asked what strawberries they thought were the top tier in Japan, most of them mentioned Fukuoka Prefecture’s legendary variety Amaou or the Tochiotome, a stalwart strawberry from Tochigi ...

Limited-edition spring drinks make their way to Starbucks, but are they worth buying? With February now coming to an end, spring is about to start, and with it comes sakura (cherry blossom) season in ...

Japan's tallest tower transforms into a cherry blossom-viewing spot, complete with pink projections and themed drinks.