Edo kiriko is glass transformed. Using diamond wheels, this nearly two-hundred-year-old Tokyo craft carves clear or colored glass into intricate patterns that catch and fracture sunlight, turning everyday vessels into luminous works... Read more »
Uniqlo has announced its next big collaboration, and this time it’s with Needles, a Japanese label beloved by fashion insiders for its offbeat mix of vintage, military and Americana. The Uniqlo and... Read more »
Glaring omission makes us wonder what will happen to Pikachu in Pokémon Legends: Z-A. With Pokémon cafes, limited-edition ice creams and amazing doughnut collaborations, there are many places where Pokémon fans can... Read more »
Who needs hacking? We got clacking! When I first heard my daughter was going to take abacus lessons after school, I didn’t really know what to make of it. I never touched... Read more »
In this week’s news roundup we have the latest on the LDP leadership race ahead of Saturday’s election. Shinjiro Koizumi and Sanae Takaichi lead the way in the polls despite the former... Read more »
Promises the unusual addition will make your cup “richer and more fragrant.” If you don’t want to drink your coffee black, it’s not unusual to put a little cream or sugar in... Read more »
Japanese fans of the occult or just kids daring each other love visiting Japan’s many supposedly haunted sites, from Tokyo’s old execution grounds to the site of a mass samurai suicide. But... Read more »
Our Tottori-born reporter buys some “sand eggs” cooked at insanely high temperatures to determine just how egg-citing they are. Our Japanese-language reporter Ikuna Kamezawa now lives in Tokyo, but she actually spent... Read more »
It really is all in the wrists. In music, there is the concept of timbre, which is the quality that makes notes have a different “tone color” or emotion to them, even... Read more »
On this day 30 years ago, Neon Genesis Evangelion aired for the first time on TV Tokyo. Directed by Hideaki Anno, the groundbreaking series centers around a battle between sentient biomechanical weapons... Read more »