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Yuichiro ‘Jienotsu’ Nagashima: Japan’s kickboxing otaku cosplayer

At some point in our lives in Japan, we’ve all asked ourselves an important question: Could we take down a […]

There’s a new show in town, that town being our home (and technically a city): Osaka, Japan. And it’s a

Some trends that start in Japan are hard to explain. Like super fake tan ‘ganguro’ style, or wearing herbal pads

Not all Japanese comedy’s performed by manzai duos, or solo superstars. Some of Japan’s longest-running gags need a whole team

When we think of sushi, we think of those conveyor belt restaurants. Colour-coded plates of raw fish on rice, going

DEJAPAN Staff / February 28, 2019

The ‘Notes’ app on smartphones killed that tradition of writing important stuff down on the back of your hand. But

DEJAPAN Staff / February 25, 2019

A signature? What’s one of those again? For many things in Japan – at the bank, signing for packages, putting

DEJAPAN Staff / February 11, 2019

You might’ve heard the name ‘Kosaka Cocona’ before. Sounds like a J-idol name, or an anime character, right? Close, but

DEJAPAN Staff / February 4, 2019

Every morning, before we come to the DEJAPAN office, we make sure to brush our teeth. (It’s good hygiene, kids.)

DEJAPAN Staff / January 21, 2019

Find out how you’d look in a traditional Japanese kimono… if you were super short and had grey hair. 3D

DEJAPAN Staff / January 17, 2019

It’s common in Japan – even more in winter – to see people wearing cotton or gauze masks over their

DEJAPAN Staff / January 14, 2019

Japan is obsessed with mascot characters. Mascots are the ‘there’s an app for that’ of Japanese culture. Anything you can