Japan Trends

[...] This article by Frances Maeda first appeared on Tokyo Cheapo. Image by dat’, used under a Creative Commons Licence. Make the most of the pleasant [...]

[...] This article by Andres Zuleta first appeared on Tokyo Cheapo. A rare sight in Tokyo Free Wi-Fi in Tokyo is notoriously hard to find. Most first time [...]

[...] This article by Frances Maeda first appeared on Tokyo Cheapo. At last — hanami season is here! Grab your camera, pack a picnic and prepare for your [...]

[...] This article by Liz Shek-Noble first appeared on Tokyo Cheapo. The Michelin Guide is one of the most respected and famous systems for rating restaurants and [...]

[...] who already spent time there or Japanese passengers) will get their chance to experience the Kabuki Gate. The logic of this feels peculiar to us: surely you want to enchant tourists coming into Japan, [...]

[...] , and the right people seem to know this, as evidenced by upcoming March opening of a “Kabuki Gate” at Narita Airport. This spring really will have a Kabuki flavor. There is a precedent [...]

[...] already begins looking ahead to the spring, and spring in Japan always means one thing: cherry blossom. Every store or brand seems to run some sort of sakura-themed during the season, even [...]

[...] on their cars with special license plates. All the boxes have been ticked here. Mt Fuji? Yes. Cherry blossom? Yes. Perhaps the only stereotypically “Japanese” image that is missing is a [...]

[...] Spring always brings a flurry of sakura (cherry blossom)-themed products, from sweets to stamps, phone apps and more. But we never imagined there [...]

[...] Japanese media outlet covered what should have been a sensational story. But clearly Japanese people care; her blog has been read by millions. Some may discard Ms. Yoshimatsu’s [...]

[...] the generosity of the server, as often seen in the “customer-is-god” mentality of Japanese people. Club Diary is one proof of the reality which reveals just how much we are paying to be [...]

[...] to practice their English. But in recent years communal living has become more popular with Japanese people, leading to the widespread use of the more general term “share house.” There are [...]

[...] Japanese people love to dress up. There’s hardly a public event these days that doesn’t seem to [...]

[...] series, which also has the added benefit of helping your skin (ironically, also sold at Narita Airport — or otherwise on Japan Trend Shop). The Kabuki Gate opens March 27th and is free to [...]

[...] people seem to know this, as evidenced by upcoming March opening of a “Kabuki Gate” at Narita Airport. This spring really will have a Kabuki flavor. There is a precedent for this from the [...]

[...] you the lowdown on what’s on (and cheap) in the coming months. 1. Hanami: Late March to Early April For some, it’s the reason they come to Japan — to contemplate the transience of [...]

[...] of Japan till it hits the capital and creates mad hordes of picnicking drunk weekenders in early April, McDonald’s is celebrating the real arrival of the warmer spring climes with a sakura [...]

[...] will be “blooming” from February 16th in Tokyo and February 26th in Osaka, both ending in early April, as the cherry blossom season itself ends for another year. [...]

[...] playing two roles in the classics “Funabenkei” and “Shibaraku”. Isshin Do Honpo Inc produced the Kabuki Face Packs with the cooperation of Ichikawa Somegoro, a real and [...]

[...] comes from the same makers of the brilliant Kabuki mask (now there are TWO of those). Isshin Do Honpo Inc has created the KISS Face Pack, a genuine mask meant to be worn by men or women to [...]

[...] really will have a Kabuki flavor. There is a precedent for this from the beauty industry. Isshin Do Honpo Inc has had great success with its series of Kabuki face packs. Like the UNIQLO t-shirts, they [...]