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Buying stuff from Japan online, ¥¥¥ or nah: DEJAPAN proxy shopping survey results

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

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

Hi! Kei from DEJAPAN here again, bringing you… well, not exactly another contest. This is a bit exclusive, but we’re

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 21, 2017

The people of Osaka have a brand new bag. Trend-setting backpack and tote bag brand Anello recently opened their global flagship

DEJAPAN Staff / December 18, 2017

Finding Japanese online shops that sell weird stuff is like our hobby. We’re always looking for the strangest inventions and

DEJAPAN Staff / December 14, 2017

Fashions in Japan – especially in Harajuku and Shibuya – are often ahead of the curve. Think like… mori girls,

DEJAPAN Staff / December 7, 2017

The winter months in Japan aren’t as cold as in some other countries. Well, it depends which bit of Japan

DEJAPAN Staff / November 30, 2017

Japan’s got this image of being… kinda… stressed out. All the time. You’ve heard stories of salarymen working 14-hour days,