Don't you just hate heading to a bar or café, only to find every seat in the place taken? What if you could get an update to your phone to let you know how many seats were currently available at ...
Almost no sight says "Tokyo" more than Shibuya's "scramble crossing", the immense intersection in front of the Hachiko exit of the station in which multiple banks of pedestrians converge on each ...
Christmas is a strange time. It's all the kitsch and the shopping minus the religion (or at least, the pretense of the religious).
In fact, Christmas Eve is the bigger event. It's a day when ...
If you are already familiar with Snapchat, SeeSaw is nothing new. We could very much say that SeeSaw is a Japanese version of this photo messaging app that lets you decide how long your photos can be ...
Proplica Pac-Pak Pac-Man Figure
Classic video game character toy
Just when we thought technology would replace everything, we hear about an event like iPhone Creative Festa and meet people who say -- not just yet! Perhaps we all have this inner desire to be ...
Yahoo! Japan has recently released two new modes for their timer app Tsuukin Timer (Commute Timer), which tells users when their train leaves in the form of a countdown. As you can see from the ...
After years of campaigning, Mt Fuji, Japan's highest peak and an ingenious piece of natural symmetry, was recently finally elevated to that status that perhaps of all people the Japanese seem to be ...
And the award for July's cutest use of augmented reality mobile interaction goes to Dentsu, for this Asoberu T-Shirt ("Playable T-Shirt").
It works with a dedicated phone app to allow you to ...
Licca-chan Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Nezuko Kamado
Manga and anime character doll
We've got a soft spot when it comes to matters of the heart, especially when it's as cute as this.
The Ozaki O!coat Lover+ is a pair of iPhone5 covers for a couple to share -- when you put the two ...
Could you tell us a little bit about yourself? How would you describe yourself?
I can't remember how many times people asked me these questions. Whether it was during job interviews or random ...
You can get a piece of Tokyo greenery literally in your pocket with the Shibaful iPhone Case, a world-first design which uses electrostatic flocking and is based on lawn from Yoyogi Park in central ...
Cyber Agent, the people of Ameba, are part of a three-company consortium behind the new Shibuya Clickable Project, a system for Online to Offline (O2O) services using IC tags and NFC-enabled ...
Raising kids is indeed one of the toughest jobs out there. While parenting entails balancing when to treat and when to reprimand your child (of which I’m sure the latter is much harder), Media ...
Another Valentine's Day-themed post for all you romantics out there, just in time for February 14th in some parts of the world!
Here's a couple nice Japanese romantic apps we have found -- surely ...
Japanese weddings. All the ladies in their finest, particularly the unmarried ones, desperate to prove that they haven't been left on the shelf. All the guys in their pricy suits that will be shed as ...