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Meishou Manga Realization figures: a shawarma swarm of samurai

First, they gave us insanely high-quality samurai-themed Star Wars figures. Then Tamashii Nations moved on – to Japanese warrior versions […]

When we say you can find and bid on almost anything on Yahoo! Auctions Japan, we mean it. We’ve seen

Decole’s a zakka/homeware brand in Japan – and a well-known one, if you live here. With a name that’s short

Maybe you’re scratching your head at that post title, like Mickey Mouse standing there wondering where the hell Pluto ran

Seki city, in Gifu prefecture, is known across Japan as the ‘cutlery capital’. (In the same way Imabari city in

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

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 21, 2019

99.9% chance it’s a copyright thing… Anyway, these not-quite-Cinderella shoes by Japanese maker Nakamura Glass are called the ‘Emma’ range

DEJAPAN Staff / February 7, 2019

One’s an egg with zero motivation. The other one’s a former Johnny’s boy group member who went solo. What do

DEJAPAN Staff / January 31, 2019

Are you over 6 years old, and feeling kinda lonely? Get to know the Awamoko foam pen – plus all

DEJAPAN Staff / January 24, 2019

There are times when something’s so bad, it’s good again. Dasa-kawa comes from 2 Japanese words with near opposite meanings.