Month: August 2026

Premium-priced hiyashu chuka comes to the American coffee shop’s Japanese branches. With the summer heat hitting Japan in full force, it’s time to look for ways to stay cool however…

Mr. Sato thinks it might be, and when was the last time he had an idea that didn’t pan out? “All right everybody, patch me up!” As loyal readers know,…

Known for their monumental murals, which span entire public squares, rooftops, playing fields, and more, Ella & Pitr bring eccentric joy to urban spaces. The artists often represent people from…

You can’t celebrate 30 years of Pokémon without 30 years of starters, plus a few more Pocket Monster all-stars. The Pokémon franchise is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, and…

After spending many years painting, Agata Iwaszkiewicz picked up a ball of clay for the first time at 41 and felt a change. “I knew I’d found what I had…

Our stomachs are more than pleased after eating all of the cheese. Cheese can be a somewhat difficult product to find in Japan. Supermarkets generally stock only a few standard…

Greenland, the world’s largest island, is also covered in one of the earth’s two ice sheets. The other cloaks Antarctica. Greenland’s encompasses around 80 percent of the nation’s land mass,…

GNOME Shell Extensions are usually sourced from extensions.gnome.org, or "EGO" as the GNOME folks call it. Every submission on this portal is manually reviewed, and that review process has been…

Garigari-kun wants to make friends with/be eaten by people from all over the world. Garigari-kun is Japan’s favorite popsicle brand, and like a lot of sweets in Japan, part of…

O’Brien will oversee strength and conditioning, as well as areas like nutrition, injury rehabilitation and sport science.