Kosugiya aims to create public baths that honor their hundred-year long history in Japan. Since the Showa era, people often went to these public baths to wash up and relax after an exhausting day. The ...

Nintendo has revealed new Mario merchandise in the form of keychains with swappable Hanafuda cards. The company has also immediately started selling the items on its physical and online storefronts in ...

Hanafuda expert Marcus Richert has collected more than 100 vintage decks of hanafuda cards. Richert got interested in hanafuda after coming across a deck of vintage hanafuda cards made by Nintendo.

Nintendo’s history dates back over a century, beginning in 1889 when the company was merely making hanafuda playing cards. The company’s evolution will be chronicled in the Nintendo Museum, opening in ...

This story originally appeared on WIRED Japan and has been translated from Japanese. Built in 1969 in Uji City, Kyoto, the Uji Kokura factory was originally responsible for the production of toys. Now ...