Hi, I'm Lisa Katayama — I write a blog cal...  ...a: Secret Everyday Tips and Tricks from Japan . It's a collection of 108 quirky and (u...  ...was inspired by a two-page spread on a Japanese TV show that I wrote in Wired Magazine's October...  ...a: Secret Everyday Tips...

remanence : variance from Samuel Cockedey on Vimeo. Here is quite an amazing and beautifully rendered video shot in Tokyo by Samuel Cockedey. Shot over the span of a year with Canon DSLRs (mostly 350d), processed...

These handmade Star Wars Kokeshi dolls by Muluc are simply beautiful! Shown are Princess Leia and Han Solo, $15 each. Boba Fett also avilable.Link - via diskursdiskoFrom the Upcoming ueue, submitted by diskursdisko....

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofrSio_jZO...  ...ouTube - Link]Remember Maru, the cat who lives in Japan and loves to dive headfirst into cardboard boxes,...

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFSmErM74V8][YouTube - Link]I don't know what they're talking about, but the show is awesome! - via uncoachedFrom the Upcoming ueue, submitted by filipe_sda....

Quick - who knows the US government's current nati...  ...with high or orange).Dan Piraro pointed out that Japan has a much more meaningful security advisory syst...

If you think the toy inside the box of Cracker Jac...  ...ng compared that what you'll find in a box of the Japanese candy Glico caramel. Take, for instance, this fan...

These three girls are the first official ambas...  ...ls are the first official ambassadors of cute for Japan . In an effort to compete with China and other wor...  ...compete with China and other world super powers, Japan has decided to exploit their status as one of (if...  ...left is a school girl. The one on...

The Hanshin Tigers baseball club won the Japan Series for the first and (so far) only time in 19...

Pink Tentacle has a roundup of the different typ...  ...oundup of the different types of mummies found in Japan . There are the monks who mummified themselves in...