Jump to Navigation

W. David Marx's Latest Posts

Snack Nation: Japan’s obsession with weird and wonderful pocket-money delights
Weird Japanese snacks

Snack Nation: Japan's obsession with weird and wonderful pocket-money delights

From bean-flavored cola to tea spiked with yogurt, there's no end to the joy of snacks
Japan's first shoe-shining gentleman's club
Brift H

Japan's first shoe-shining gentleman's club

Brift H in Aoyama creates a new category of "shoes lounge" where trained staff in waistcoats and jackets buff up your shoes while you watch on with a champagne flute of green tea
McDonald's Japan goes a bit 'hipper' in Shibuya
new McDonalds Japan

McDonald's Japan goes a bit 'hipper' in Shibuya

A few Shibuya locations of Japan's most popular food purveyor break from the normal brand identity and go a little more fashionable
2 new anime-themed establishments: Gundam Cafe and Evangelion Lawson
Gundam Cafe

2 new anime-themed establishments: Gundam Cafe and Evangelion Lawson

As Gundam Cafe opens in Akihabara, a planned Evangelion-themed Lawson convenience store in Hakone is called off due to too many customers
Cream of the crop: Kewpie mayonnaise big in the U.S.
Kewpie mayonnaise

Cream of the crop: Kewpie mayonnaise big in the U.S.

J-Cast reports that the American Amazon.com is selling tons and tons of this beloved doll-faced Japanese mayonnaise
Snack Nation: Glico Banana au Lait
Banana au Lait

Snack Nation: Glico Banana au Lait

Japanese drinks with real milk rule the school, so of course this banana-flavored spin-off of Glico's popular Cafe au Lait series is going to be amazing
Discover our NEW iPhone app

Also available for Android and Nokia