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Game Center in Japan

Japanese Game Centers

You can now make good on all of your threats to flip the table thanks to arcades in Japan. Arcades are commonly called gesen, a shortened version of t...

Snow Fireworks 2016

Echigo-Tsumari Winter 2016

Every winter the region of Echigo-Tsumari gets up to three meters of snow. That’s just shy of ten f...

MIGAKI-ICHIGO: the Tech-Savvy Strawberry

MIGAKI-ICHIGO: Japan's Tech-Savvy Strawberry

How much would you pay for the perfect strawberry, one that you could count on to be delicious whatever th...

Japanese 3D Toast Maker

Japanese 3D Toast Maker

You'll never have to eat boring bread again thanks to these PAN DE POP!UP! 3D bread cutters. Whether ...

Traditional Crafts x Anime at AnimeJapan

Traditional Crafts x Anime

AnimeJapan, the world's biggest anime event, took place this year on March 26 and 27 at the Tokyo Big ...

Traditional Lunch Experience in Takayama

Traditional Lunch Experience in Takayama

Thanks to inventions like the electric rice cooker, making Japanese food at home is easier than ever. Bu...

Roll Sushi Art

Sushi Art!

Instead of souvenirs, consider remembering your trip to Japan by learning how to make sushi roll art. Th...

Meeting the Manga Jizo

Manga Jizo

Do you dream of becoming a manga artist? If so, there's someone you should visit who might just give y...

Tsumari in Bloom by Yayoi Kusama

What is the Echigo-Tsumari
Triennale?

Giant metal flowers usually don’t come to mind when you think of farming, and yet there it is. It si...

Hegi soba: a famous food from Niigata.

What's hegi soba?

Learn a little about the history of and how to enjoy one of Niigata's beloved meals: hegi soba! Tempu...

Tokyo Design Week 2015

Interact with the future of design, art, fashion, and music at Tokyo Design Week 2015. Popular artist an...