Hokkaido is Japan’s northernmost island and the second largest of the Japanese archipelago. Hokkaido (北海道) means Northern Sea Province in Japanese. Indigenous Ainu people were the original inhabitants of Hokkaido,...

There’s nothing better than getting a monthly Japanese snack subscription box in the mail, except maybe if that monthly snack box were made of handcrafted wood! Bokksu is proud to...

Kiki’s Delivery Service is a 1989 Studio Ghibli animated film directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It is about a teenager named Kiki who is living alone for the first time while...

If you’ve never heard of Studio Ghibli, you’ve probably at least seen merchandise or Japanese handcrafted items that feature its most endearing and popular characters in Japanese stationery shops, supermarkets,...

I am pleased to introduce the next discovery in our Bokksu Trends series: Sado (茶道, tea ceremony)! Sado dates back to the 9th century and is considered to be one of...

Meet Chef Chikara Sono I had the pleasure to sit down and chat with Chef Chikara Sono, the Executive Chef of Michelin-Starred Kyo Ya Restaurant. He hails from Sapporo City...

I am super excited to announce the launch of Bokksu Trends, our newest insider guide to Japanese gourmet experiences in NYC and beyond! We've been hunting through the concrete jungle to...

We could've sung the jingle in three-part harmony but didn’t want to be too cliché, so we marveled at the pyramid of Japanese Kit Kat as if deliberating a painting....