It might be because of the depression; the behavior of Japanese consumers has been changing. Most noticeable changes are the popularity of low priced products and the increasing of…

    Tachinomi Izakaya is a Japanese style bar where customers drinking while standing.   It is said that there are currently 1,000 of them in Tokyo. It is more…

Usually Blood Donation Rooms offer refreshments such as juice and snacks for the donors but there is a unique service in Tokyo. At Blood Donation Room in Shinjuku Higashi-guchi, they…

Kyoto Cross Media Experience 2009 (Kyoto CMEX) was held September 26th to October 4th in Kyoto. This was the first regional program of Japan International Contents Festival (Japan CoFest). Japan…

Chindon-Ya is a marching band work for such businesses as restaurants or pachinko to advertise them. The history of Chindon-Ya starts 1880’s when there were no big advertisement mediums like…

  This is approx. 4.9mm slim AM card-sized radio.   The beautiful traditional Japanese pictures on this series of card radios make them the perfect Japanese souvenir!   Attractive new…

  Ninja had female assistants called “Kunoichi.”   They are known as female Ninja but they don’t do the same missions as male Ninja do. Unlike Ninja, Kunoichi sneak into…

Ninja was a Japanese spy and assassin, also called shinobi (meaning “steal away”). The history of Ninja dates back to 6th century. They especially flourished in the Warring States period,…

  Many Japanese people believe that one’s blood type relates to the personality. It works just like “Personality of Astrology Signs.” Almost everyone knows his/her blood type and also has…