Day: August 13, 2025

The giant robot statue wasn’t the only surprise on our trip to Kobe neighborhood where its famous everyday dish that isn’t Kobe beef got its start. As an example of…

Debian 13, codenamed Trixie, is finally available now. It features GNOME 48 among other changes. The next big release should be Linux Mint 22.2 followed by Fedora 43 and Ubuntu…

The most delicious gacha may also be Japan’s cutest. These days, gacha capsule toy machines are becoming more amazing than ever before. Things that were once previously unimaginable just a…

The wizarding world comes to the Harajuku fashion district. As the primary boulevard of Tokyo’s trendy Harajuku neighborhood, Omotesando is lined with fashion emporiums for some of the world’s top…

Since time immemorial, humans have been both awed and guided by the power of the unknown. A basis of spiritual beliefs the world over is the abiding question, why?—a probing…

Become a Maid flips the maid cafe script. By now, pretty much everyone with an interest in Japanese pop culture knows how maid cafes work, right? After customers order from…

“The objects I use often serve as memory keepers,” says Adrián Viajero Román. “Sometimes they find me—objects with history, decay, or presence—and I build a piece around them. Other times,…

Popularity with customers, including foreign tourists, leads to chain hitting crane game target months ahead of schedule. Up through the early ‘90s, it was pretty normal for convenience stores in…

“I often approach my work as a form of quiet world-building, and in many ways, I think of it as a visual journal,” says Lawrence Meju, whose distinctive and vibrant…

Medical apparel company expands Pokémon line and addresses a complaint from fans about the original design. Visiting a doctor’s office can be a stressful experience. Nobody wakes up in the…