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A first class hobby you can get on board with: Micro Ace Japanese model trains

DEJAPAN Staff / October 23, 2017

Taking a train in Japan – a local, a rapid express, a super limited express, the subway, or the shinkansen […]

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

The great thing about online auctions is that sometimes, you don’t 100% know what you’re gonna win. On Yahoo! Auctions

DEJAPAN Staff / September 28, 2017

Think about your favourite videogames of all time. (We’ll wait, go on.) How many of them were made in Japan?

DEJAPAN Staff / September 25, 2017

100-yen stores in Japan are like pound shops in the UK, or dollar stores in the US. The exchange rate’s

DEJAPAN Staff / September 21, 2017

A quick opener, for anyone who’s not into fountain pens. People who are into fountain pens love them as much

DEJAPAN Staff / September 18, 2017

Japan can be weird. We should know, we live here. And we think that’s because this country’s got cool stuff

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

DEJAPAN Staff / September 4, 2017

Not all cosplay outfits are created equal. Not by the cosplayer, anyway. Some people love spending hours crafting, stitching, and

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

Pac-Man and one of Ginza’s poshest department stores aren’t 2 things you’d put together. And then someone did. Pac-Man Ginza