In stressful times there’s no better way to chill out than taking a nice, hot bath. There are hot springs galore in Japan, from Edo-period towns like Kusatsu to modern-day equivalents like the Oedo ...

Sanrio’s world-weary character stars in a new Netflix series. By Tejal Rao In “Gudetama: An Eggcellent Adventure,” a new live-action and animated series on Netflix, an ambitious television producer ...

We won't pretend we know exactly what's going on here. But fans of Hello Kitty's lazy egg pal, Gudetama certainly will. The cult Japanese cartoon character is the star of a two-week pop-up at the New ...

SINGAPORE – The runaway popularity of Gudetama, a cartoon character from Japan’s Sanrio corporation, begs the question: Why have millennials so fervently embraced the slacker egg who is too tired to ...

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Sanrio, the Japanese company that gave the world Hello Kitty, is bringing its newest character to Los Angeles this week. Gudetama, a lazy egg, will be rolling into Stan Lee’s Comikaze Expo at the Los ...

A cartoon man in a gold ochre bodysuit wiggles and wobbles as school children cheer him on, chanting the name of a character whose energy levels pale in comparison. Kachi kachi—wooden castanets—are ...