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Takayuki Ohira’s Megastar Class brings a million stars into your home
The latest creation by world-renowned planetarium designer Takayuki Ohira is the Megastar Class, a compact and silent star-gazing device that projects a million stars in 180 degrees in all directions,...
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What do Chinese tourists buy in Japan?
The cheap yen has helped inbound tourism in Japan sour and nearly 20 million visitors came to Japan last year. Most are Asian, especially Chinese, and while they do come here to sightsee and eat the...
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TABO, world’s first iPad Pro touchscreen robot
Marking the first release from touch.plus, TABO is the world’s first iPad Pro touchscreen robot. “Your little friend living on a tablet”, TABO (tablet robot) works with the screen of the iPad device to...
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Yanagawa City’s Sagemon Girls promo video has highest number of extras ever
Yanagawa City in Fukuoka Prefecture has created Sagemon Girls, its new promotional video featuring over 1,000 performers. The formidable number of extras is the highest ever for such a marketing video....
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Macho Craft Beer Bar uses muscles to attract female drinkers
In a blatant attempt to attract women who like good beer, an event will be held on February 20th in Harajuku with bicep-baring male servers. Macho Craft Beer Bar features three hunky men who will be...
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Chocolate Ramen: A Recipe for Romance or Regret?
This article by Lily Crossley-Baxter first appeared on Tokyo Cheapo. It’s Valentine’s Day soon, and as you will have noticed, there is chocolate EVERYWHERE. It’s in cute heart-shaped boxes, it’s in...
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Hatsune Miku iDoll is singing, dancing mini robot
Regular readers will recall the iDoll, a mini robotic doll prototype by Hakuhodo and Yukai Engineering. In another effort to promote the prototype and expand its commercial prospects, the designers...
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Shiseido, Mika Ninagawa create Tsubaki-yu themed public bathhouse
Shiseido has teamed up with photographer and film director Mika Ninagawa to make a Tsubaki-themed public bathhouse. The Tsubaki-yu celebrates the tenth anniversary of the Tsubaki haircare brand and is...
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Scratch away at this interactive Attack on Titan poster at Shinjuku Station
Following the bubble-wrap-popping and building-block-removing promos for Dragon Quest, the latest interactive use of Shinjuku Station for a marketing campaign is the new PlayStation 4 game of “Attack...
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Intelligent Park Chair by Nissan is self-parking office furniture
Do you work in a lazy office? Don’t worry. Even office chairs can now self-park. Nissan has created the Intelligent Park Chair, inspired by its Intelligent Parking Assist system for cars. The furniture...
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Ringo Sheena and Hatsune Miku join NHK Symphony Orchestra for unique music...
NHK Symphony Orchestra is teaming up with music artists from across different styles and genres for a special concert on March 22nd at NHK Hall, Tokyo. As part of the celebrations of 90 years since the...
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Art in Park Hotel Tokyo opens March
Tokyo has a new art fair opening next month and its first hotel-based one since the demise of Art@Agnes in 2009. Art in Park Hotel Tokyo runs for two days from March 12th to March 13th, featuring 39...
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Rilakkuma Cafe opens in Harajuku in March
Rilakkuma Cafe opens in Harajuku as a temporary pop-up space from March 4th to April 10th. Needless to say, the venue itself (located at 4-28-28 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku) is fitted out in a Rilakkuma and...
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Kirin Ichiban Shibori’s “aroma beer presser” for cherry blossom season drinks
In about a month Japan’s is going to be pink: cherry blossom pink. The sakura season — in particular, cherry blossom viewing and picnics — is such a cultural phenomenon that that almost every retailer...
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Miffy Cafe opens at Shibuya Parco in March
In the first such event space of its kind, the Miffy Cafe opens at Shibuya Parco’s The Guest Cafe & Diner from March 18th to May 8th. Not surprisingly, the Miffy Cafe will serve up a host of themed...
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ANA opens virtual online art museum, Is Japan Cool?
If you want to see art in Tokyo, you can check out the city’s near endless supply of events and spaces, such as the upcoming art fair to be held at Park Hotel Tokyo. Or you can go online. The rather...
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INUPATHY, world’s first wearable dog emotion visualizer
INUPATHY is the world’s first “dog mental visualizer”, allowing owners and dogs to have a better communication by showing your pet’s emotional state as a color on the light collar. It uses an algorithm...
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Dendama: an interactive kendama toy for the Internet of Things
We’ve seen a real surge in interest in kendama domestically and overseas. As discussed in previous posts, the comeback of the traditional cup-and-ball Japanese toy has manifested itself as...
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BnA hotel Koenji, Tokyo’s “first art hotel”
Opening March 5th, BnA hotel Koenji is “a project that turns the entire creative city of Koenji into an art hotel.” Bed & Art Project’s new facility is self-proclaimed as the “wackiest new hotel in...
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Nintendo new 3DS LL portable console comes in classic Super Famicom design
Nintendo is reaching back into its history for its latest release, bringing the 3DS LL handheld console out in a Super Famicom design. The Super Famicom (marketed as Super NES outside Japan) was...
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