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Tokyo Monorail, other east Japan rail networks announce discontinuation of magnetic paper tickets

• Casey Baseel
  3 hours ago
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Changeover includes old-school solution for stations yet to upgrade to new technology.

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• Japan
• (East Japan Railway Company • Japan travel • JR East • Keikyu • Keisei • Tokyo Monorail • tourism • trains • travel)

We waited three hours to get into the new carb heaven all-you-can-eat bread restaurant in Osaka

• Krista Rogers
  5 hours ago

We still had to wait three hours to get in to this new eatery one-and-a-half months after opening, but we finally understood why once it was our turn.

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• Japan
• (all-you-can-eat • bakeries • bread • carbs • COK • line • restaurants • SNJO • St. Marc Cafe)

Foreign travelers sitting on sidewalks of Tokyo’s Ginza are Japan’s latest tourism culture clash

• Casey Baseel
  14 hours ago

Just when Japan thought the jibetarian were gone for good…

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• Japan
• (COK • etiquette • Ginza • Japan travel • manners • tourism • travel)

American man runs out of money in Japan, gets arrested for overstaying tourist visa

• Casey Baseel
  16 hours ago

Says he wants to go home, but the police are holding onto him for now.

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• Japan
• (arrest • COK • crime • Japan travel • society • travel • visa • visa overstay)

Studio Ghibli adds Totoro family goods to its anime merchandise store in Japan

• Oona McGee
  18 hours ago

Finished with a Totoro netsuke that combines anime charm with centuries of Japanese tradition. 

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• Japan
• (anime • bags • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • keychains • merchandise • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • pouches • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Bilingual illustrated ninja guide stealthily drops courtesy of a top ninja researcher in Japan

• Krista Rogers
  yesterday

A new visual guide for the ninja enthusiast in your life sheds light on the myth and fact behind Japan’s historical agents of infiltration.

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• Japan
• (bilingual • book • COK • cool • culture • English • guide • history • illustrated • Natsume-sha • new • Ninja • Yamada • Yuji)

High-speed Japanese festival cart crashes cause two deaths on same day, ignite debate over tradition

• Casey Baseel
  2 days ago

Osaka’s danjiri festivals have existed for centuries, but some are saying it’s time for a reevaluation of the unique custom.

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• Japan
• (accident • culture • danjii festival • Danjiri • Danjiri Matsuri • festivals • Matsuri • Osaka • Osaka Prefecture • society)

New Gundam plush goods mix cosplay and comfort for Char-custom-level coziness [Pics]

• Casey Baseel
  2 days ago

Even the Red Comet needs a nap sometimes, right?

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• Japan
• (anime • Char Aznable • cool • cosplay • crazy • cushions • Gundam • interior • manga • mecha • Mobile Suit Gundam • Premium Bandai • weird)

New craft beer made from Japanese udon noodles celebrates centuries of Mizusawa food culture

• Casey Baseel
  2 days ago

Noodles loved by hot spring fans and temple pilgrims become a very unique brew.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • beer • craft beer • drinks • food • Gunma • Ikaho • Japan travel • Mizusawa udon • Noodles • tourism • travel • udon)

This shrine in Japan invites you to hit and kick its god of poverty statue for good luck [Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  2 days ago

Instead of praying to the binbogami, you’re supposed to fight him off.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • crazy • funny • god of poverty • Japan travel • Nagano • shrines • SNJO • tourism • travel • weird)

Town in Kanagawa struggling with violent gang of monkeys

• Master Blaster
  2 days ago

Problematic monkeys appear to be moving into abandoned homes.

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• Japan
• (animal attacks • animals • attacks • COK • Kanagawa • monkeys • nature • society • Yugawara)

What’s it like to stay in a Japanese container hotel?

• Casey Baseel
  2 days ago

We spend the night in the new rising-star class of hotels in Japan.

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• Japan
• (COK • container hotels • hotels • Japan travel.SNJO • tourism • travel)

New Tokyo facility promises to make you feel reborn, time in the womb and all [Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  3 days ago

Sauna Mother promises to provide the sense of calming security felt by a newborn baby.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • sauna • scary • weird • wellness)

Japan’s newest anime figure crane game prize may also be the world’s weirdest hanger [Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  3 days ago

There are two reasons this figure is posed that way.

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• Japan
• (anime • Baki the Grappler • crane games • crazy • figures • funny • interior • manga • UFO catchers • weird • Yujiro Hanma)

Pizza Hut in Japan now serves spicy glass noodle pizza

• Casey Baseel
  3 days ago

No fewer than five nations are involved in the Malatang Pizza.

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• Japan
• (crazy • food • Noodles • pizza • Pizza Hut • Pizza Hut Japan • weird)

Do Komeda’s beefy rice balls continue the chain’s hallowed tradition of “reverse fraud”?

• Master Blaster
  3 days ago

Goodness gracious, great balls of rice and beef!

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• Japan
• (beef • food • gyakusagi • Kome-Gyu • Komeda Coffee • Komeya no Taro • onigiri • restaurants • reverse fraud • rice balls)

Free-flowing cocktails, natural onsen water, and custom pillows make this Osaka hotel a steal

• Elliot Hale
  4 days ago

Room-only stays usually mean no perks, but this hotel throws them at you, all in the name of having a good sleep.

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• Japan
• (accommodation • COK • Gussuri Kenkyujo • hotel • hotel plan • hotels • Jibun Makura • Marie Morimoto • Osaka • ReFa • SNJO • Super Hotel Premier • TEARTH • tourism • travel)

Final Fantasy Fat Chocobo Curry coming to fill up fans, even if they can’t attend Fan Festival

• Casey Baseel
  4 days ago

Instant curry endorsed by the heftiest of Final Fantasy’s avian mounts.

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• Japan
• (Chocobo • curry • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy XIV • food • instant curry • Square Enix • video games)

Japanese milk carton cakes are a genius idea that the world needs to know about

• Oona McGee
  5 days ago

We’ve got all the details on where to find them, and how to eat them.

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• Japan
• (big food • cakes • cooking • cool • desserts • food • Gyomu Super • milk carton cakes • recipe • SoraKitchen • sweet potato • sweet potatoes • tasty)

Giant wagashi cushions will turn your home sweet home into home sweet Japanese sweets home

• Casey Baseel
  5 days ago

Nitori lets you cuddle up with taiyaki, dorayaki, and more.

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• Japan
• (cool • crazy • cushions • cute • dorayaki • food • interior • Japanese food • Japanese sweets • Nitori • sweets • taiyaki • wagashi • weird)

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  3. American man runs out of money in Japan, gets arrested for overstaying tourist visa
  4. Studio Ghibli adds Totoro family goods to its anime merchandise store in Japan
  5. Tokyo Monorail, other east Japan rail networks announce discontinuation of magnetic paper tickets
  6. New Gundam plush goods mix cosplay and comfort for Char-custom-level coziness [Pics]
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  8. What’s it like to stay in a Japanese container hotel?
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