Japan's Comfort Food: The Onigiri
Walk into any Japanese convenience store and you will always find a shelf dedicated to one item: onigiri.
The onigiri,
$450 for a School Bag?!
Every year, around March, a curious social custom occurs in Japanese families.
Parents of kids entering elementary school visit the
From the Ashes of the World's First App Store
Editor’s Note: This is the second of a two-part article. Read Part 1 here.
Part 1 Summary: Brother Industries
The World's First App Store
Editor’s Note: This article ends on a cliffhanger. The next part goes out in a week.
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Coffee in a Can
Life’s inconveniences, when they happen to you and me, are just that. Inconveniences.
When they happen to some people
A peek into Japan’s Hot Springs
Editor’s Note: Due to the sheer amount of interesting material here we decided to break this into a three-part
A peek into Japan's Convenience Stores
Editor’s note: Due to the sheer amount of interesting material here we decided to break this into a two-part
A peek inside Japan's largest Dagashi store
Every morning, 67-year Hideyuki Akiyama drives to his store along the rural roads of Okayama in Western Japan. Today is
The shoe that became a sock. And then a shoe again.
Stockholm, 1912
At 35° C it was an unusually hot day for Stockholm. Shizo Kanakuri stood at the start line
The Surprising Roots of Japan's Indian Curry
It's been a while since our last post - life got in the way. A big thanks to
