Taking oshi culture into new realms of fandom. Mister Donut always has its finger on the pulse when it comes to local trends and obsessions, and its newest release taps…
Maybe rewarding scalpers just for ordering a Happy Meal is part of the problem. Earlier this month, McDonald’s Japan doubled up the items included in its Pokémon Happy Meals, giving…
Anyone who’s donned protective glasses and spent hours camped outside with eyes toward the sky knows the strange, life-changing experience of witnessing a solar eclipse. The lunar equivalents are intriguing,…
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Pon pon your way way down to this fantastical amusement park later in the year. Tokyo’s Harajuku district has long been recognized as the center of Japan’s kawaii culture, filled…
Through millennia of artistic expression and within the natural world, the ubiquitous spiral continues to mesmerize. In ancient traditions, the form often represents cycles. The triskele, for example, consists of…
A frightening new version of a Gen-I Pokémon makes its creepy debut. There’s a new installment coming soon for one of the biggest Japanese-made, worldwide-hit video game franchises. And while…