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Flavours of the month: Japan-exclusive KitKats

KitKats. Not the most Japanese thing ever. Or so you’d think. Japan’s where you can find some of the weirdest, […]

DEJAPAN Staff / February 22, 2018

Japanese food is awesome. And we live in Osaka – Japan’s kitchen – which is where the foodie fun’s at.

DEJAPAN Staff / February 15, 2018

The quest for convenience in Japan’s led to some crazy inventions. And if something wasn’t invented in Japan, if it’s

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 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 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

In early June 2017, kawaii zakka chain Swimmer shocked everyone by announcing they’d be closing in January 2018. It wasn’t

DEJAPAN Staff / December 28, 2017

Every day, we learn new names for things in Japanese. Some of them are… well, we don’t think anyone asked

DEJAPAN Staff / December 25, 2017

Merry Christmas! Or whatever you celebrate. (Or happy holidays, if you’re not religious. It’s all cool with us.) Christmas in