Instagram's Top 6 Ruin Explorers
Spoon & Tamago tracks down six intrepid Instagram users who beautifully—and sometimes creepily—document Japan’s most atmospheric ruins.
Koi-Shaped Sushi Will Make Your Head Swim
An Oita-based shop has found a way to make your sushi swim again.
Move Over Godzilla: Local Kaiju are Coming!
Did you know that each of Japan’s 47 prefectures has a designated monster?
That's No Pop-Up Book!
This anime fan art from Puella Magi Madoka Magica truly leaps from the page!
Power Pose Sketching Models
Artistic models equipped with swords, wings and plastic guns are hard to come by, but not for long!
Shironuri Makeup Tutorial
Shironuri—literally, "painted in white"—is a Harajuku fashion style that's been almost singlehandedly revived by a young makeup artist who goes only by the name of Minori.
15 Years & 800 Pieces of Art
For 50 days every three years, visitors to the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale get to traverse 200 villages to explore what is effectively the largest art gallery in the world.
Yoko Ono: Back in Demand?
A retrospective on Ono's controversial and innovative works as an interactive musician and artist.
Skull Shaped Sugar from the Island of Shikoku
Designed by artist Nobumasa Takahashi, these black and white sugar skulls are perfect for a Halloween party—or just for sweetening your tea when you’re in a ghoulish mood.
Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum
It turns out that kids can enjoy a museum just as much as mom!
A Glimpse of Life in the 1800s
Explore the day-to-day lives of Japanese citizens during the late 1800s.
Toto Toilet Gallery at Narita Airport?
Toto's toilet gallery at Narita Airport aims to show foreigners the joys of owning a Japanese toilet.
This is One Roach You Can't Kill
Sealed together by concrete and steel, this cockroach statue serves as a memorial for all the roaches slain by Sono & Sons.
Terrifying Dragon Ball Z Fan Art
Thanks to artist Edgar Gómez, we'll never see Dragon Ball Z in the same light again.
Rice Field Art—Not a Form of Crop Circle
Although the outer space theme may throw you off, this rice field art was not designed by extraterrestrial beings, but by the residents of Gyoda City in Saitama Prefecture.
Get Wowed by Street Art in Tennozu Isle
The somewhat drab little island of office buildings and factories has been distinctly enlivened by a series of large public murals courtesy of an international group of artists known as POW! WOW!
Learn Japanese Vocabulary with Chocolate!
Chocolates that teach Japanese onomatopoeia words unveiled at the 2015 Paris Design Show.
Weekend Break in Yamanashi
Travel in Boots' Ada Wilkinson headed out to mark the start of autumn color season with Mount Fuji, thatched roofs and a bat cave.
Dried Seaweed—A New Art Medium
No need for an exacto knife now that Kozen, a world-renowned seaweed supplier, has begun creating elaborate art designs on nori sheets.
