A delightful combo of fun and elegance! On the left, a kawaii-style bunny cookie resting on a juicy strawberry. On the right, ...

Learn how to make these satisfying and super kawaii cookies — from a smiling hot cocoa mug to a cupcake, cookie, cheeseburger ...

Kawaii: Going crazy for cute the Japanese way. Kawaii, or a love of the adorable, is huge in Japan – and it’s big here too. Bless, says Will Coldwell ...

In Western culture, we’ve come to think of kawaii as a synonym for cute. In Japan, where the kawaii aesthetic has been its own pop culture phenomenon for decades, the word is a bit more complex.

Ultra-cute as a lifestyle exploded throughout Japan in the 1950s and ’60s with artist Rune Naito, whose illustrations (and later, netsuke-style ceramics) of adorable girls and big-eyed animals ...

Macarons shaped like Hello Kitty and Minion characters. Andres Ko. A community of Aussie kawaii bakers exists online. Most are in Sydney and self-taught, crafting character cakes and cat doughnuts ...

Kawaii culture wasn’t only crystallizing at that time, but also becoming big business. The 1980s were more than happy to follow suit, ... The Japanese word "kawaii" is much more than simply "cute" ...

Tartan Kawaii is a 28-year-old blogger. She told Newsbeat: "I love Lolita fashion but I personally don't wear it. I have my own Kawaii Style. My signature look is my big bow and poofy hair.

One pop artist who hit the big time last year was Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. The young female recording artist had a stellar year in 2012, culminating with her appearance on the popular New Year’s Eve ...

Kawaii's shift out of pink is cut with the same sense of sportiness seen in Western markets — but is armed ... Japan’s long-standing culture of cute, known as Kawaii, ... That’s a big change.

Louis Wain, Ginger Cat, 1931 [Image: courtesy of Bethlem Museum of the Mind/Somerset House] Of course, it would take hundreds of years for the cult of cute to go mainstream. For Catterall, the ...

Tartan Kawaii is a 28-year-old blogger. She told Newsbeat: "I love Lolita fashion but I personally don't wear it. I have my own Kawaii Style. My signature look is my big bow and poofy hair.