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One of Tokyo’s most beautiful gardens gets its own moon for moon-viewing season
- Casey Baseel
Sep 20, 2024 - Tweet
Hotel Chinzanso’s Sea of Clouds mist installation gets even more enchanting.
- Japan
- (art • beautiful • Chinzanso • COK • cool • gardens • Hotel Chinzanso • hotels • moon • moon viewing • tourism • travel)
Turn your cat into a tasteful nude painting with this decorative scratching post
- Master Blaster
Sep 14, 2024
“Draw me like one of your French humans.”
- Japan
- (art • cat beds • cat club • cats • Felissimo • paintings • pets • scratching posts • shopping)
Daiso DIY anime art! How to make awesome acrylic character blocks with 100 yen store parts
- Casey Baseel
Sep 11, 2024
Clever, quick, and easy idea lets you create one-of-a-kind anime art.
- Japan
- (100-yen stores • acrylic • anime • art • COK • crafts • Daiso • DIY • interior • manga • otaku • SNJO)
Starbucks Japan releases special range of drinkware goods to celebrate the moon and the siren
- Oona McGee
Sep 10, 2024
Launch into tsukimi moon-viewing season with an exclusive “Astro Rabbit” collection.
- Japan
- (anniversary • art • autumn • Bearista • beautiful • Been There • cups • cute • drinkware • limited edition • moon viewing • mugs • seasonal • souvenirs • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • tsukimi • tumblers)
Recreate a Hayao Miyazaki anime with new product from Nippon Animation
- Oona McGee
Sep 5, 2024
A clever way to make and watch anime without an electronic device.
- Japan
- (animation • anime • anime art • art • Conan The Boy in Future • flip book • flip book animation • Future Boy Conan • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • Nippon Animation • Studio Ghibli)
Japanese public toilet in Tokyo has windows that change colour when you use it
- Oona McGee
Sep 1, 2024
Join us as we use one of Japan’s most unusual restrooms.
- Japan
- (architecture • art • COK • cool • Japanese restrooms • Japanese toilets • Perfect Days • public restroom • public toilets • restroom • Shibuya • SNJO • The Tokyo Toilet • Toilets • Tokyo • tourism • tourist sites • tourists • transparent toilet • travel • Yoyogi)
Amazing ukiyo-e art exhibit gives you the chance to step inside a woodblock print and snap photos
- Casey Baseel
Aug 15, 2024
Traditional and digital artwork combines for unforgettable images.
- Japan
- (art • art museums • awesome • beautiful • COK • cool • Hitohata • hokusai • museums • ukiyo-e • woodblock prints)
Pikachu appears as a noh actor in kimono at Pokémon x Crafts Exhibition in Japan
- Oona McGee
Aug 7, 2024
A rare chance to see Pokémon like you’ve never seen them before.
- Japan
- (anime • art • cool • culture • exhibition • Japanese traditional crafts • kimono • museums • Pikachu • Pokemon • tradition • traditional crafts)
Draw like a Studio Ghibli anime artist with exclusive watercolour set approved by Hayao Miyazaki
- Oona McGee
Aug 2, 2024
Set includes a specially made box of Holbein paints containing colours used by the director.
- Japan
- (anime • anime art • anime merchandise • art • artists • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • drawing • Ghibli • Ghibli Museum • Hayao Miyazaki • merchandise • painting • shop • Studio Ghibli • watercolor • watercolour)
Studio Ghibli adds new The Boy and the Heron figurines to its lineup in Japan
- Oona McGee
Jul 14, 2024
The grey heron and the grannies are here to protect you with their magical charms.
- Japan
- (anime • art • figures • figurines • Ghibli • Ghibli Museum • Hayao Miyazaki • merchandise • shopping • Studio Ghibli • The Boy and the Heron)
Studio Ghibli releases fluffy My Neighbour Totoro T-shirts that’ll have you touching your chest all day long
- Oona McGee
Jul 9, 2024
New flocked designs created by a skilled craftsman.
- Japan
- (anime • anime merchandise • art • cute • Ghibli • Ghibli Museum • Hayao Miyazaki • merchandise • My Neighbor Totoro • shopping • souvenirs • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Studio Ghibli adds The Boy and the Heron stamps to Line messaging app in Japan
- SoraNews24
Jul 5, 2024
Express your emotions with the help of Ghibli’s feathered anime characters.
- Japan
- (animation • anime • art • cute • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • line • messaging • messaging apps • Smartphones • Studio Ghibli • The Boy and the Heron • Yu Honda)
Studio Ghibli’s Howl’s Moving Castle tapestry unveiled in Japan for first time
- Oona McGee
Jul 4, 2024
The imagination of Hayao Miyazaki, captured in tapestry, can now be viewed by the public for a limited time.
- Japan
- (anime • art • Aubusson • Cité internationale de la tapisserie • cool • Donguri Kyowakoku • france • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • Hiroshima • Howl's Moving Castle • Intangible Cultural Heritage • International Tapestry Museum • museums • Studio Ghibli • tapestries • tapestry • UNESCO • weaving)
Studio Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki’s films now available in DVD and Blu-ray sets with extras
- Oona McGee
Jul 3, 2024
From Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro to The Boy and The Heron, these sets will be sold on a first-come-first-served basis.
- Japan
- (anime • art • Blu-ray • cool • Donguri Kyowakoku • DVD • dvds • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • news • posters • soundtracks • Studio Ghibli • The Boy and the Heron)
Studio Ghibli releases My Neighbour Totoro range showcasing traditional Japanese craftsmanship
- Oona McGee
Jul 2, 2024
Blending anime with centuries-old design.
- Japan
- (anime • art • bags • cool • culture • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Hayao Miyazaki • Japanese traditional crafts • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • pouches • shop • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • tradition • traditional craft • traditional patterns)
Studio Ghibli re-releasing all past theatrical posters and program booklets
- Casey Baseel
Jun 29, 2024
Never got a chance to see your favorite Ghibli anime in the theater? Here’s your chance to nab the poster and program.
- Japan
- (anime • art • cool • Donguri Kyowakoku • Hayao Miyazaki • movie programs • posters • Studio Ghibli)
Studio Ghibli director Goro Miyazaki creates charity character T-shirt for Japan’s 24-Hour TV
- Oona McGee
Jun 22, 2024
Hayao Miyazaki’s son creates a new anime character on behalf of Studio Ghibli despite programme’s embezzlement scandal.
- Japan
- (anime • anime characters • art • charity • charity goods • cute • Ghibli • Goro Miyazaki • Hayao Miyazaki • news • Nippon TV • shop • Studio Ghibli • t-shirts)
My Neighbor Onigiri-kun – Ghibli’s Toshio Suzuki draws character for rice ball salt packaging
- Casey Baseel
Jun 21, 2024
Veteran anime producer helps spread love for Yamaguchi salt.
- Japan
- (anime • art • food • manga • onigiri • rice balls • Studio Ghibli • Toshio Suzuki)
Permanent video game art museum now being built in Japan
- Casey Baseel
Jun 20, 2024
Real estate developer with ties to famous game developer spearheading project south of Tokyo.
- Japan
- (art • art museum • Koei Tecmo • museums • video games • Yokohama)
Japanese public toilet in Tokyo is more like a fancy restaurant than a restroom
- Oona McGee
Jun 5, 2024
High-class Shibuya neighbourhood is home to well-known celebrities…and a famous toilet.
- Japan
- (architecture • art • COK • cool • Japanese restrooms • Japanese toilets • movies • Nabeshima Shoto Park • Perfect Days • public restroom • public toilets • restroom • Shibuya • Shoto • SNJO • The Tokyo Toilet • Toilets • Tokyo • tourism • tourist sites • tourists • travel)
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