Yvonne Han

Yvonne Han

Korean-American lead designer at Name Radiance and part-time contributor to Fuji Daily on media & pop culture.

Menhera: The Sad Reality Behind the Cute Face

4 variations of the Kurumi-chan LINE sticker, a popular character depicting Menhera.

Have you ever stumbled upon this cute LINE sticker character with the black hoodie just being cute? Her name is Kurumi-chan. She’s actually one of many faces of a cute but concerning fashion subculture called Menhera (Short for mental health).…

Monaka Ice Cream: Crispy, Chewy, Delicious

A monaka chocolate ice cream bar cut in half and placed on a table next to a ruler for size reference.

Heya ice cream lovers! Today, we’ll talk about Japan’s version of the ice cream sandwich: Monaka ice cream. Never heard of it? Good, I’m here to give you the scoop (pun totally intended 😉). What is monaka even? First things…

Tokyo Disneyland’s Secret Dance Cult

Baymax dancing in the middle of a massive crowd.

If everybody you knew broke in spontaneous dance at Disneyland, would you join them? Welcome to a classic segment of “oh Japan!”. Assuming you don’t know much about Japanese people, you might not have known that Japanese people are obsessed…