souvenirs

We try super rare Shizuoka food souvenirs in the form of blue gelato and purple baumkuchen

There’s only one place you can get these…and it’s nowhere on land!

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Love Sugar Butter Sandwich Trees? There’s a flavor limited to Haneda Airport that you must try!

Browned Fermented Butter has to be full of buttery goodness, right?!

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Japanese stationery vending machine at Haneda Airport is a great option for last-minute souvenirs

The future is here, with Japan’s first stationery IoT vending machine.

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We try our luck by spending 100 yen at a mystery capsule machine in a Chiba souvenir shop

How much will we spend to get the top prize this time?

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A Sumo Wrestler’s Tail: Studio Ghibli short anime film gets a new merchandise collection

Now you can own some of Ghibli’s rarest and cutest anime characters.

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Recreate the Ghibli Museum at home in cute miniature form

New Miniature Art range also includes individual kits for the museum’s Cat Bus, Robot Soldier and Totoro in the ticket window.

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Do Japan’s Sushi Manju sweets look as good as the packaging on the box?

Unusual case of false advertising surprises everyone in the office.

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The best Osaka souvenir is Okonomiyaki Senbei, and here’s why

No need to waste time shopping for souvenirs — this is the one thing you need to buy when in Osaka. 

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Haneda Airport’s must-buy Japanese sweet is hard to find but worth it

Rare souvenir might soon become your favourite go-to at the airport.

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This lucky box stuffed with Tokyo souvenirs is sold online, but you still have to fight for it!

Whether you live in Tokyo or not, this bargain box of Tokyo sweets is well worth fighting for!

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Kyoto’s “ikezu” culture of backhanded compliments explained in hilarious souvenir sticker series

Behind the calm, polite face of a Kyotoite is an angry woman who wants to shout at you for being so uncultured.

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If you cook Kyoto’s famous chewy “raw” confectionary, will it become a rice cracker?【SoraKitchen】

Can we recreate the baked version of yatsuhashi with different cooking methods?

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Panju: A Rare Japanese sweet you can buy from a food cart for less than 30 cents

A hidden gem that’s popular with locals. 

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Japanese temple shop sells special shumai dumplings…with no meat in them

You won’t find shumai like this anywhere else.

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Ghibli Museum now lets you bring features of the building home with you…in cute miniature form

Wooden sign magnets are the newest addition to the “Tiny Ghibli Museum” collection. 

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Crazy big Japanese street food at Tokyo Station causes a stir with foreigners online

The only place in Japan where you can enjoy this super huge snack.

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Does the Blue Mt Fuji Curry taste as terrifying as it looks?

We go on a trek to conquer this mountain of curry, and end up learning something in the process.

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Death Spray from Japan causes buzz online for powerful ability to cut ties with bad energy

Spray it at work and the company is doomed, spray it on the desk of a colleague and they’ll be transferred…this is a spray that’s not to be messed with.

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New rotating sushi pens from Japan bring the fun of a restaurant to your desktop

Like a magical vertical conveyor belt.

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New Japanese bath oils make you feel like you’re soaking in soy sauce and rayu chilli oil

Blurring the line between bath time and meal time in a very cool way.

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