Tag: holiday

It's getting close to the end of year, and that means that the Christmas spirit is in the air in Japan. New Years Day - rather than Christmas - is the big year-end holiday here, but Christmas is still recognized

In Japan, everything has a cute character mascot - even mayonnaise. The shopping complex under Omotesando Station is called "Echika" - and Echika's cute character is a bunny rabbit looking creature with a handbag. Is Echika really a bunny? Is

It's holiday time in Tokyo, and that means cool window displays at Japanese fashion shops. Here is another installment in our documentation of said fashion windows. This time, we take a look at Sounds Good Shibuya - a part of

I was walking in Harajuku on Halloween night, after LaForet had closed for the night. They had Meiji Dori partially closed (with those cool lighted Japanese construction cones) and workers were using two big cranes to put lights on the