J-Fashion and Beauty | DEJAPAN

Saying goodbye to Swimmer: a final haul

In early June 2017, kawaii zakka chain Swimmer shocked everyone by announcing they’d be closing in January 2018. It wasn’t […]

DEJAPAN Staff / December 28, 2017

Every day, we learn new names for things in Japanese. Some of them are… well, we don’t think anyone asked

DEJAPAN Staff / December 21, 2017

The people of Osaka have a brand new bag. Trend-setting backpack and tote bag brand Anello recently opened their global flagship

DEJAPAN Staff / December 14, 2017

Fashions in Japan – especially in Harajuku and Shibuya – are often ahead of the curve. Think like… mori girls,

DEJAPAN Staff / November 20, 2017

We’ve been reading up on the fashion resale market. Why were we doing that, and not watching anime, or collecting

DEJAPAN Staff / November 6, 2017

We’ve all lived in Japan for a while, but weird things written on T-shirts still make us do a double-take.

DEJAPAN Staff / October 12, 2017

Dip a toe into the Asian beauty community, and you’re gonna hear ‘Hada Labo’ come up early on. It’s a

DEJAPAN Staff / September 11, 2017

Watch enough Japanese variety TV shows, and/or the commercials in between, and you’ll know about Rola. It’s safe to say

DEJAPAN Staff / September 7, 2017

The Daikanyama area of Tokyo is home to a rare Maison de Reefur shop in Japan. This exclusive boutique keeps

Japanese fashion labels – from a bunch of sub-genres – give their clothes and their collections some unusual names. A

Everyone’s free to wear sunscreen. When it’s sunny, we wouldn’t suggest staying totally free from sun protection, however free you

On trips to Japan, beauty fanatics stuff their suitcases with Kiss Me Heroine Make cosmetics. The brand (created by Isehan)