What is Zozotown? ZOZOTOWN is Japan’s leading online fashion retailer and the official retailer for over 6000 popular brands. Whether you are after international luxury brands, Harajuku fashion labels or Japanese streetwear, on ZOZOTOWN you are sure to find something to suit your style. ZOZOTOWN is also the home of […]
What is fukubukuro? Every year hundreds of brave shoppers flock to Japan’s shopping districts in order to participate in “hatsu uri” (初売り), or the first sales of the new year. You can expect great bargains during this time, but Japan also adds their own twist to new year’s shopping with […]
What is Yahoo! Auctions Japan? Yahoo! Auctions (often abbreviated to Yafuoku or Y!A) is Japan’s most popular auction site, with millions of items being bought and sold every day. With both companies and individuals selling their wares, the variety available on Yahoo! Auctions is unbeatable. If you are looking for […]
How are you spending the holidays this year? If it’s anything like us then you’ll have a wishlist full of otaku goodies this year too. If you need some help writing up your Christmas list to send off to the North Pole, we have you covered. Read on to see […]
The past few years have been somewhat of a Ditto renaissance in the Pokeworld. The Pokemon Center releases more and more Ditto-featured merchandise every season and he is even the missing link to catching the previously undiscovered Meltan and legendary Mew the in recent Pokemon Go events. This little critter […]
What is Hanfuda? Before the Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh trading card games, Hanafuda was the original card game obsession in Japan! Hanafuda (花札, literally “flower cards”) are Japanese playing cards with a long history in Japanese culture. A Hanafuda card deck is made up of 48 cards in twelve suits, each […]
It’s been 35 years since Tokyo Disneyland opened as the first theme park in the Tokyo Disney Resort. Ever since, generations of Disney fans have made special memories at the Tokyo Disney Resort. The celebrations started in April 2018 and will continue until March 2019, spanning across both Tokyo Disneyland […]
It’s been 35 years since Tokyo Disneyland opened as the first theme park in the Tokyo Disney Resort. Ever since, generations of Disney fans have made special memories at the Tokyo Disney Resort. The celebrations started in April 2018 and will continue until March 2019, spanning across both Tokyo Disneyland […]
