Tokyo Banana Curry adds capital’s souvenir sweet’s sweetness to roux, but not in Tokyo

This new mix of sweets and spices has us ready for a road trip.

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J-pop megastar Utada Hikaru releases new video and recording of “Traveling”【Video】

Let’s go for a ride down memory lane with a new version of one of the singer’s biggest hits.

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89-year-old Japanese man rides bike 600 kilometers to visit his 61-year-old son

Just a quick little ride from Kobe to Tokyo.

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Nemophila season off to an early, and beautiful, start as baby blue flowers bloom in Maishima

Seaside park in Osaka is also one of Japan’s best places to see the sunset.

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Tokyo restaurant’s chicken katsu mabo curry is hard to pin down, easy to love

One plate with two great tastes that somehow create a third.

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Cup Noodles Everything Bagel surprises ramen lovers around the world

New limited-edition flavour puts a weird spin on breakfast.

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Tokyo’s adorable Shiba Inu crepe might be the most Harajuku you can wrap in a dessert

Takeshita Street continues to be at the forefront of Japan’s kawaii and crepe culture.

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The day our male reporter used a women’s restroom with other dudes and they learned about otohime

Ahiruneko went to take an entrance exam, but ended up getting a lesson.

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Masahiko Ozumi Paris in Osaka makes the comfiest desserts around

Pull up a creamy cushion and take a load off.

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Studio Ghibli bath mats and towels will help wash your worries away

Totoro, the Catbus, and Jiji from Kiki’s Delivery Service are now super absorbent…and fully cute.

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Uniqlo opens its first Furugi Project secondhand clothing pop-up shop in Tokyo

We buy clothes at Japan’s only Uniqlo location specializing in reused and remade clothing.

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Japanese black curry “experiment” takes place at an unlikely restaurant branch in Tokyo

A unique katsu curry that’s only available at one place in all of Japan right now.  

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Enjoy viewing Kyoto’s cherry blossoms from above on a guided zipline tour

The Kyoto Zipline Adventure offers a a new way to enjoy Kyoto when it’s in full bloom.

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Imitation crab meat shrine built in Kobe

Here to remind us that “almost” can be a wonderful thing.

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New Studio Ghibli bedding sets are cool in all senses of the word

Drift off to sleep with characters from Kiki’s Delivery Service and My Neighbour Totoro.

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Two new fantasy creatures join the Funbaruzu posture-correcting plushie family

Because sometimes it’s hard to imagine a real animal fixing your slouch.

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Japanese delivery company tests ideal kotatsu temperature for cats, with live cats

If you know cats, you can probably guess the results.

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Fight like a ninja in a samurai town, with sword-fighting experience at Kyoto Toei movie studio park

Learn Japanese katana techniques from movie actors and film your own sword-fight in an Edo setting. 

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Our Japanese reporter visits Costco in the U.S., finds super American and very Japanese things

The cross cultural appeal of a Costco run in Los Angeles.

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Tokyo restaurant offers “DIY Tempura Bowls,” so of course we had to go check it out

Do you cook it yourself? Put it together yourself, buffet style? What does it mean?!?!

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