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Get to work on an egg: the Ultimate MYO mayonnaise maker

In November 2018, we told you about the Ultimate NTO natto mixing machine. The ‘Ultimate’ food mixer range is back, […]

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

On the list of ‘most iconic manga and anime ever’ (and ‘most iconic yuri manga and anime ever’), Rose of

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

Think back to when you first became an anime weeb. How long ago was it? It’s okay if you can’t

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 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 18, 2019

Okay, so our intro to the Mario Party series was on the N64. Maybe you were that generation as well?