4+ hour, 38+ min ago  (294+ words) The brand's Origo line of bold-patterned tableware makes for a shockingly good partner with the world's favorite Pok'mon. " The three Pok'mon x Iittala collaborative items make use of bright yellow hues and images of Pikachu. First, the mug consists of…...

4+ hour, 38+ min ago  (233+ words) Family Mart's Pok'mon Pokopia dessert drinks are supposed to be mixed in-store, but there's an alternative. " That might look like a Lapras on the left, but it's actually a shapeshifted Ditto. It turns out, though, that you actually can enjoy…...

8+ hour, 17+ min ago  (235+ words) New collaboration with Japan Sumo Association is even more deacdent than the last. Sumo is a cultural tradition with centuries of history of ceremony, and also a deep, complex sport with dozens of power, footwork, and strategic techniques compressed into…...

1+ day, 37+ min ago  (339+ words) After Hello Kitty goes home for the day, some decidedly less cute characters will be taking over Sanrio Puroland. June is the rainy season in Japan, so if you're going to be traveling in the Tokyo area around that time,…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (392+ words) Hero-turned-villain enters the celebrity endorser stage of his character arc. Honestly, the guy really needed to find a better way to blow off some steam. Like, maybe instead of trying to erase mankind, he should have just clocked out of…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (177+ words) The slow life isn't always the easy life. There's an undeniable appeal to the idea of living in the Japanese countryside, to the slow-life rhythm of sipping tea while sitting on the tatami reed floor of your traditionally styled house,…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (195+ words) Both sides of the Pacific are getting new themed cafes with attached merch shops from the video game developer of Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest. In October of 2016, video game developer Square Enix, makers of the Final Fantasy and Dragon…...

2+ day, 38+ min ago  (519+ words) Toei or not Toei? That is the question. Earlier this week, long-established film producer Toei, the company behind classic films such as The Street Fighter, Black Rain, Battle Royale, and Tora! Tora! Tora! , made a surprise announcement that they were…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (519+ words) As onigiri prices continue to rise everywhere else, Lawson Store 100 stays true to its name. This month, though, Lawson Store 100 apparently took another look at the name on their doors and decided to reduce the price of five types of…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (343+ words) So it's not a huge shock to see that Takara Tomy's newest toy truck has a Sanrio theme, with "Hello Kitty Express" written on the side of its cargo compartment. However, this isn't part of the Dream Tomica line. There's…...