Every year in Japan there are illumination and light displays at malls and other venues around the country. Many are elaborate. Most are expensive. But some are just out of this world. The Abeno ...

UNIQLO spin-off GU recently held a kabe-don event at its Ginza branch as a promo for a holiday season sale. Does the idea of having a hot guy leaning up against you inside a clothes store, ...

When Wieden + Kennedy Tokyo released Type at the start of the year it got a lot of buzz from both eyewear lovers and typeface fans. Japanese typology design is respected around the world and its ...

Here's a great Christmas gift idea and it likely doesn't get more Japanese than this. Turn your feet into raw fish now with the Sushi Socks. While the tattoo tights street fashion is sadly ...

Thanko are our favorite Japanese gadget makers, not least because their approach to the marketing is always so gleefully down-to-earth but also because they deliberately find everyday problems and ...

Want a free haircut? Of course! But the free cut being offered by Mars Japan Limited for six days at weekends in Omotesando comes at a different sort of price. It's kind of insane. While Japan ...

This article by Katie Reilly first appeared on Tokyo Cheapo. So you want to get dressed up, do the whole kimono thing while you’re in Tokyo? These timeless outfits are not exactly cheap, but ...

The au Unlimited Future Laboratory is phone carrier KDDI's experimental division for creating what could turn out to be the gadgets we all use in the future (or not, as the case may be). Here ...

No, those are not stars in a planetarium. They are watch parts. Spiral's trademark atrium space was transformed by Citizen into "Light is Time", a special installation that saw countless watch ...

JapanTrendShop is having a sale for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, offering 10% off on all items in its online catalog. Just use the code blackfriday2014 or cybermonday2014 to claim a discount on ...

Engimono are good luck charms and talismans, and come in all shapes and sizes, from Daruma dolls to Maneki-neko, the beckoning cat. They are particularly associated with the Eto (Chinese zodiac) and ...

If you like unusual RC toys and if you like yuru-kyaru (Japanese mascots), then these two things are about to come crashing together in amazing style with this R/C Tractor Kumamon from ...

Shiseido's Hanatsubaki digital archive is a fascinating glimpse back into Japan's cosmetics advertising past. Drawing on the graphic design and ads featured over the years in Hanatsubaki, ...

First we had the Kabuki Face Pack, a skincare tool based on genuine Kabuki make-up. This was a hit and was followed by the Animal Face Pack (a charity model based on a real tiger and panda in Ueno ...

The first posters for the upcoming live-action adaptation of Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyojin) have been released, showing the cast in costume as their respective characters. Regardless of your ...