The cutest way to help combat the spread of COVID19 Just like in other countries, the COVID19 pandemic has had a huge negative impact on businesses in Japan. Almost overnight many companies were left unable to operate due to restrictions and fears of spreading the virus. For one such company in Japan this resulted in the creation of an adorable …

Today’s Question On this episode of Ichimon Japan we ask: Why does to “nyan nyan” mean to “have sex” in Japanese? Topics Discussed Japanese expressions/idioms related to cats What the Japanese expression neko no te mo karitai means and how it is used What pets are most popular in Japan The Japanese festival game of kingyosukui What the Japanese expression …

Japanese cat lovers are about to get very violent nose bleeds. At the end of 2017, the editorial staff at the long-running weekly tabloid magazine Shūkan Taishū threw a major curveball at their readers when they announced that they would be releasing a special end of the year edition of the magazine focused solely on cats. Titled Shūnyan Taishū (nya is …

Japan just can’t get enough of those cat ears. The Japanese retailer Village Vanguard is known for their vast assortment of attention-getting products and the latest of these appears to be a new line of cat-themed lingerie that comes complete with, you guessed it, cat ears. This line of two cat girl lingerie sets comes in a black and a …

Leave it to Japan to turn something absolutely impersonal into something kawaii. Around much of the world, the steady beep of people scanning barcodes at checkout stations has become one of those inescapable sounds of modern life. It doesn’t matter which supermarket you go to, that beep beep beep is always there to put a high-pitched period on your shopping …

Here’s some advice. Don’t do this to your cat, or it will hate you for life. A company in Japan has created what may be one of the most redundant ways to make your cat cuter: cat ear hoods for cats. Created by Necos, a company specializing in costume apparel for cats, this line of feline headwear is guaranteed to …

Meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow. Japan has a whole lot of pun based “holidays.” And perhaps one of the most well known is Cat Day. Called Neko no Hi in Japanese, this celebration of all-things-cat takes place every year on February 22nd. The reason for this is that the date’s numerical representation, 2/22, contains nothing but twos …

The term “copycat” seems pretty appropriate here. A Japanese comedian is getting quite a bit of attention online for his impression of what may be one of the most famous cats in the world. Made to promote the NHK sketch comedy show LIFE!, the video below shows the Japanese comedian Murotsuyoshi sliding head first into an open box just like …

One hardCORE drummer. Nyango Star (にゃんごすたー), an unofficial apple themed mascot character (yurukyara) for the city of Kuroishi in Aomori Prefecture, has been getting a lot of attention lately for possessing some truly impressive drumming skills. Heavy metal apple Most recently, the hard rocking apple got people talking after he appeared in a music video for a new song by …

Meow, meow, meow, nya. The 5 girl Japanese idol group, The World Standard, or Wa-suta (わーすた) as they are known in Japan, released a music video for their new song “Wanna Be Famous” (ゆうめいににゃりたい – yumei ni nyaritai), which features the cat girl themed idols travelling through time. Cat girl magic The video begins in a waiting room, which the …