Bandai has created a second installment in its Crazy Case series of phone covers. The Back to the Future: Part II DeLorean iPhone 6 Case takes your right back to 1989 and the coolest thing every ...

Could this be the most stylish new hair salon in Tokyo? Or the most hirsute coffee shop? Or both? SALON & is opening this March in Yutenji, a neighborhood in Meguro ward, Tokyo, as a ...

The cherry blossom season always brings a gazillion sakura-themed products and campaigns. It's easy to get tired of this, and yet every year still manages to bring a surprise. We've already heard ...

Flamboyant rock band KISS continue to conquer Japan. The makeup-loving rockers have for years been a staple of both summer music festivals and mainstream advertising campaigns. And now they have ...

For such a ubiquitous apparel chain, UNIQLO demonstrates a healthy tendency to innovate. Every year its UT t-shirts change and it always works with a massive range of designers and famous franchises ...

It's a dangerous game to throw the racism card around but this development has succeeded in getting that reaction from most corners. A photo showing a behind-the-scenes shot from an upcoming Fuji ...

Red Bull Studios Tokyo opens at the end of this month in Aoyama, in the heart of Tokyo. It is the beverage brand's eleventh such studio in the world and is designed by Kengo Kuma. Red Bull will ...

A proposal to give recognition same-sex couple has been submitted to Shibuya City, one of the wards in central Tokyo. A bylaw proposal will be submitted to the ward congress in March which would ...

Just in time for Valentine's Day, if you don't have someone to spend February 14th with this year, then call on Miku. Yes, the darling of the otaku world, virtual idol Hatsune Miku, has become ...

Nike is opening a women-only sports space in Shibuya for the spring. Opening March 3rd at a location nine minutes' walk from Shibuya Station, Nike Women's Studio features a basement training ...

Good things come to those who wait, they say. But it's bad news if you're a hipster desperate to get your lips around a cup of black stuff from the latest trendy coffee shop in ...

Media Ambition Tokyo returns for another year, transforming Tokyo into a media art bonanza. In the grandiose words of the organizers, Media Ambition Tokyo "takes an experimental approach to urban ...

As now know, freelance journalist Kenji Goto was murdered by members of the Islamic State last week, following the similar beheading of his acquaintance Haruna Yukawa, the wannabe military ...

Today is Setsubun, which marks the start of spring in the old lunar calendar. If you are unfortunate enough to step outside, you may be forgiven for thinking it's still winter. That would because ...

This article by Liz Shek-Noble first appeared on Tokyo Cheapo. The Michelin Guide is one of the most respected and famous systems for rating restaurants and hotels across the world. Gaining a ...