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Ketchup in common: the many personas of Pikachu

DEJAPAN Staff / February 12, 2018

It’s easy to recognise a Pikachu. The bright yellow-ness, the ears, the lightning bolts that come out of those cute […]

DEJAPAN Staff / February 8, 2018

Japan’s public baths are famous around the world, mostly for 3 things: you gotta get naked in front of a

DEJAPAN Staff / February 5, 2018

Feb 3rd is Setsubun in Japan. As far as tradition goes, Setsubun’s the first day of spring. Except it’s still cold.

DEJAPAN Staff / February 1, 2018

Japan Expo Thailand is – combined with Japan Festa Bangkok – Asia’s biggest celebration of all things Japanese. Half a million

DEJAPAN Staff / January 29, 2018

When you need to know the time, maybe you do what we do and check your phone screen. Then, as

DEJAPAN Staff / January 25, 2018

Japan proxy shopping. Not something loads of people know about. But the people who do… have reeeeal strong opinions on

DEJAPAN Staff / January 22, 2018

Are you ready to get funky? Fans of J-fashion brands like Listen Flavor, Candy Stripper, 390 Mart and Spinns are

DEJAPAN Staff / January 18, 2018

Our non-stop search for weird, cute and interesting Japanese brands leads us to Dreams. We’re still awake – that’s the name

DEJAPAN Staff / January 15, 2018

Carddass. A word that fans of Bandai franchises should know, even if they’re not 100% sure what it means. It’s

DEJAPAN Staff / January 11, 2018

A new year’s when your luck for the next 12 months is decided. Many people visit a temple or shrine

It’s Coming of Age Day (January 8th), Japan’s yearly celebration of young people reaching adulthood. To mark the day, we’re gonna

The start of a new year’s always busy. Loads of Japanese people head to their local shrine or temple, to