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Purin: proof that Japan can make custard powder even more kawaii

We could spend a year or more writing about Japanese sweets. And hey, maybe next year we’ll do that. Everything […]

For collectors and dedicated fans, sometimes getting hold of merch is total luck. Like when the item you want’s only

At some restaurants that offer a lot of meat options, you need to pay attention to which bit of an

We hope you’re not staying up too late reading this blog post. Staring at the screen, scrolling to infinity, instead

When that humid, stupid hot Japanese summer hits, we need all the help we can get. Those mini portable hand

To kick off this blog post – a quick language lesson. ‘Gairaigo’ (外来語) are Japanese words borrowed from other languages

We’ve all been there: trying to eat from a bag of potato chips and scroll on our phones at the

“Do you buy and ship d-d-d-d-doujinshi?” We get this question a lot. And it’s always by email or DM, never

Every so often, a Japanese variety and tech website comes along with home and/or office products you’d never dream up

Wanna buy some VAG? Yeah, we did try and warn you in the blog title. Nice figures, shame about the

Soy sauce – or ‘shoyu’ (醤油), as we call it – adds that something extra to Japanese foods like ramen

The year 2000 gave us a bunch of things. The Millennium Bug. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. DeviantART. The Nintendo Gamecube.