Spoon & Tamago
How to Move a Rail Line in a Single Night
Watch this amazing video to see how 1,200 station workers in Shibuya shifted the tracks of the Toyoko Line from above ground to underground in just one night in March 2013.
How do You Define 'Kawaii'?
Ad agency Dentsu seeks to visually define the term 'kawaii.' Do you agree? Watch the video and find out!
Amazing 100-Year-Old Renovated Train Station
Opened in 1912, this beautiful station lost relevance as early as the late 1920s, but has now been renovated into a multi-purpose facility filled with restaurants, cafés and retailers.
Lovely Watercolor Paintings of Food in Japan
Take a look at these watercolor paintings that look so good you may try to eat them!
Low Pixel CG Ceramic Artwork by Toshiya Masuda
What happens when you mix digital art with ceramics? Explore an interesting art style known as 'image gap'!
Art Student Creates a 'Plock'
Tick tock, what's a plock? Check out this hand-carved wooden clock that has over 400 moving pieces!
Take Your Shelves on the Plane
Japanese furniture designer creates 'tansu' luggage, innovating a unique and yet somehow traditional approach to travel.
Tools with a Happy Twist
Yuma Kano wants to cover the world with smiley-faced screws.
Netsuke: Ancient Pocket Charms from Edo Japan
Take a look inside the beautiful and historical world of Japanese 'netsuke.'
Seat Orientation May Improve Station Safety
JR West has uncovered a simple solution for reducing the number of drunken customers falling onto its train tracks.
Download Japan’s 72 Microseasons as an App
The traditional Japanese calendar had 72 microseasons. This gorgeous app will not only tell you the season, but also poetically give you the seasonal word, fish, vegetable and activity!
Unique Lacquered Deerskin & Pac-Man Leather
Pac-Man is back and beautiful! Don't miss your chance to buy uniquely crafted leather products from Inden-ya.
Japanese Sake Designed for Overseas Audiences
In a quest to appeal to foreign markets, some Japanese brewers have sought out an interesting solution! Instead of changing the tastes of their sake, they're instead looking to redesign our perceptions of it!
Gorgeous 3-D Sculpted Ice Cubes
Suntory has created the most amazing and intricate addition to your glass of whisky.
MOMA Exhibition Highlights Japanese Architect
This exhibition at New York’s Museum of Modern Art presents a survey of Toyo Ito's architectural production since 2000.
Architect Aims to Reclaim Neighborhood Beauty
K8 is an amazing eight-leveled Kyoto bar that's looking to reclaim the lost beauty of its neighborhood with its stylish wooden exterior and minimalist interior.
Bacon Ice Cream & Photographer Yoshiyuki Oku
Check out eccentric photographer Yoshiyuki Okayama's must-see exhibition, 'Bacon Ice Cream' in Shibuya!
A Photographer's Eye on Japanese Folk Arts
Yusuke Nishimura photographs the unknown world of Japanese performing folk arts.
6 Creative Chocolate Ideas from Japan
From a chocolate-filled paint set to a scale replica of Ginkaku-ji Temple's silver pavilion wrapped in silver foil, Japan knows how to get creative with chocolate!
Mile-High Tower Proposed for Tokyo Bay in 2045
Global architecture firm KPF has proposed “Next Tokyo,” a vision for Tokyo in the year 2045 when a mile-high tower and eco-city floats on Tokyo Bay.
