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Flavours made for grown-ups: Japan’s ‘adult’ drinks, candy, and snacks

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,

DEJAPAN Staff / November 27, 2017

Pokemon Centres have saved our Pokemon (and our butts) many, many times – and they’re real-world lifelines for Poke-fans around

DEJAPAN Staff / November 20, 2017

We’ve been reading up on the fashion resale market. Why were we doing that, and not watching anime, or collecting

DEJAPAN Staff / November 16, 2017

We already work hard to give you access to a lot of Japanese merch on DEJAPAN. If there’s something you really