Otaku Culture
Love Japanese culture? How about Otaku culture? Well, this is the spot to be as we take you on our adventures exploring Tokyo and other parts of Japan. Learn a lot, enjoy even more!
The world of Yaoi is ever-expanding, resulting in different sub-genres being born to please a wide range of readers. Sometimes, a cute story about two men...
ReadmoreIn the Winter 2020 anime season, two different anime have given a spotlight to the strange Japanese phenomenon known as “School Wonders”. You may have com...
ReadmoreA few years ago, the world was swept up in the storm that was Pokemon Go, changing the face of mobile gaming forever. While the Pokemon Company is Japanese, the...
ReadmoreIkebukuro is one of Tokyo’s best neighbourhoods for otaku to visit and check out. It has a lot of different stores and experiences that cater to fans of anime, ...
ReadmoreJapan has many of its own cultural holidays like Tanabata and Obon, but in recent decades, it’s become more common for Japanese people to celebrate Western holi...
ReadmoreInspired by a recent episode of Yuru Camp△’s adorable short spinoff series Heya Camp△, today we’re focusing on Houtou, a famous Japanese regional dish ori...
ReadmoreTouken Ranbu may be gaining a footing in the rest of the world, but it remains most popular in Japan. A huge number of mostly women play the mobile game—which h...
ReadmoreNew seasons of Haikyuu! mean renewed hype in Japan, even more fans coming on board, new merchandise, and of course, a new Animate Cafe collaboration! Haikyuu! i...
ReadmoreJapan is a country famous for food, otaku culture, and strange commercials. So, what happens when all three of those things overlap? Well, it looks like t...
ReadmoreIt wasn’t a question of “if” but rather a question of “when” Final Fantasy VII: Remake would be featured at the Square Enix Cafe—and that time is now. With just...
ReadmoreIf you’re at all an otaku or even just a gamer, then you know that Final Fantasy VII is about to get a remake that fans have been asking for for years. Around t...
Readmore2019 saw some huge changes to Tokyo’s most famous neighbourhood, Shibuya, with a lot of new buildings, restaurants, shops, and experiences popping up througho...
ReadmoreHoney's Anime Hot Spot - Uji Like its neighboring city, Kyoto, the city of Uji has deep connections to Japanese culture and history that have made it a major...
ReadmoreWith their long, snake-like bodies, eels are some of the most unique fish out there with a wide variety of species and an interesting life cycle. They’ve ...
ReadmoreGoing Beyond Plus Ultra! Movie : 103 mins Genre : Action, Comedy, Super Power, Shounen Airing Date : December 20, 2019 (JP), February 26, 2020 (NA) Producers :...
ReadmoreKabukicho is known for both excitement and danger and, as such, is a fitting place for Sengoku Buyuden. The Sengoku Era or Warring States Period was a time of po...
ReadmoreGetting into a good college and acing your tests may seem like a stressful part of life as a high school student but children and teenagers in Japan...
ReadmoreMany gods bless us with their presence on the long journey through the anime, Noragami. They provide assistance and wisdom to Yato and Hiyori as ...
ReadmoreAkihabara is known for its wide range of appealing cafes catering to all sorts of tastes, but the combined Vampire Danso (women dressed as men) and Vam...
ReadmoreWe constantly see Japanese school uniforms portrayed throughout thousands of anime titles in our daily lives. The scandalous uniform that we see in some s...
ReadmorePlease forgive our punny title! Today we’re talking bread, known as pan in Japan, another great example of cultural synthesis, or taking a foreign concept...
ReadmoreJapan - the home of Pokémon, and themed cafes. It’s a surprise that it took as long as it did for a Pokémon Cafe to open, but it’s here now, and well wo...
ReadmoreThanks to its mountainous terrain and longstanding traditional cultural practices revolving around living in harmony with nature, much of Japan was, and c...
ReadmoreWhether it’s anime, manga, or games, the process of taking the original source material in Japanese and putting it into another language isn’t as straight...
ReadmoreWith its bluntly straightforward wasei-eigo name, you might be surprised to learn that canned coffee is actually a Japanese invention and one of the most ...
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