If your flat in Japan came with a microwave and a small stove but no real oven, an air fryer (ノンフライヤー, non-furaiyaa, "non-fryer") is the easiest way to get crispy karaage, korokke, roast potatoes or Christmas drumsticks without a pot of oil. It sits on…
Author: Miyabi
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Best Portable Power Stations in Japan 2026: Jackery vs Anker
Japan has earthquakes, typhoons and, in snowy areas, winter blackouts. For a renter, a portable power station (ポータブル電源, pootaburu dengen) is the simplest way to keep phones, lights and an electric blanket going when the grid fails: no fuel, no fumes, and it lives in…
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Best Cordless Stick Vacuums in Japan 2026: Makita to Dyson
In a small Japanese flat with wooden floors and little storage, a cordless stick vacuum is the easy choice. The catch is the spec sheet: makers measure weight and run time differently, and short boost times and tiny dust bins hide in the footnotes. We…
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Best Microwave Ovens in Japan 2026: Bake, Roast and Reheat
Unfurnished flats in Japan often come without kitchen appliances, so a microwave is one of the first things newcomers buy. The catches: two electrical frequencies, outlet limits, heating times in watts and Japanese buttons. To bake cookies or roast a chicken for the holidays, you…
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Best Wi-Fi Routers in Japan 2026: Buffalo vs NEC vs TP-Link
Fiber internet (hikari) in a Japanese flat should be fast, yet speeds can drop at busy times of day. One common cause is the older PPPoE connection method; IPv6 IPoE, which NTT East says is less affected by congestion, needs a provider that offers it…
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Best Tunerless TVs in Japan 2026: Smart TVs and the NHK Fee
If most of what you watch in Japan comes from Netflix, YouTube or Prime Video, a tuner-less TV (chūnāresu terebi) is worth a look. It is a smart TV with no broadcast tuner, so it cannot pick up terrestrial, BS or CS channels at all.…
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Best Printers in Japan 2026: Canon vs Epson vs Brother
Japan still runs on paper. School letters, ward-office forms, rental paperwork and, from November, New Year cards (nengajō) all come and go as A4 sheets and postcards, and a home printer is the easiest way to handle them. The catch is that these are Japan-market…
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Best Document Scanners in Japan 2026: ScanSnap vs Epson
Life in Japan comes with a lot of paper: ward-office notices, pension letters, payslips and, every winter, your employer's year-end tax paperwork. A document scanner turns the pile into searchable PDFs on your laptop or phone, and the best-known scanner brand here is Japanese: PFU's…
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Best Japanese Keyboards 2026: HHKB vs Realforce (US Layout)
Two Japanese brands make some of the most admired keyboards in the world: PFU's Happy Hacking Keyboard (HHKB) and Topre's Realforce. Both are famous for Topre's electro-capacitive switches, which register a key press without the switch contacts touching, and PFU America says HHKBs are manufactured…
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Best Japanese Digital Pianos 2026: Yamaha vs Roland vs Casio
Want to play the piano in Japan without upsetting the neighbours? A digital piano (電子ピアノ, denshi piano) gives you 88 weighted keys, a volume knob and headphone jacks, and the best-known makers are Japanese: Yamaha, Kawai, Roland, Casio and Korg. Two of our seven picks…