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August, 2018 (Page 8)

Biannual Comiket otaku migration attracts a predator for the first time 【Video】

• Master Blaster
  Aug 11, 2018
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Among this majestic spectacle of nature, a mysterious red beast which preys on the otaku was discovered.

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• Japan
• (Big Sight • Comiket • Comiket 94 • event • otaku • Tokyo)

Jaw-dropping Pokémon figure recreates the climactic Mew vs. Mewtwo fight from 20 years ago【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 11, 2018

Two decades after the first Pokémon movie, fans still remember this battle and its intensity is on full display in this amazing piece.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • figures • Mew • Mewtwo • Pokemon • Premium Bandai • video games)

Can a wig be made solely using 100-yen store products? Go investigates

• Dale Roll
  Aug 11, 2018

You may (or may not) be surprised by the end result!

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• Japan
• (100-yen stores • Can Do • funny • Go Hattori • making wigs • wigs • wigs on a budget)

Surprisingly simple and fast process of hand-lettering store’s name on glass awes net users

• Krista Rogers
  Aug 10, 2018

Aka that time when watching the paint dry really was fun.

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• Internet, Japan
• (cool • craftsmanship • hardware • lettering • painting • twitter)

Scientists in California send classic SNES EarthBound cartridge on odyssey into space【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 10, 2018

Beloved 16-bit game’s protagonist seemingly makes cameo appearance in the clouds of amazing video.

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• USA
• (awesome • California • cool • crazy • Earthbound • mother • nintendo • science • SNES • video • video games)

Travel through Japan with no suitcase? That’s the goal of new item-sharing travel service Locarry

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 10, 2018

Tokyo-based company has a clever solution to one of the most common problems visitors face when traveling in Japan.

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• Japan
• (clever • cool • Locarry • suitcases • travel)

We taste-test 7-Eleven’s new fusion cuisine: the Cheese Dak-galbi Burrito!

• Katy Kelly
  Aug 10, 2018

Our Japanese language reporter bites off a hefty chunk of the convenience store’s take on Mexican-Korean cuisine so we can bring you a spicy review.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • COK • convenience store • convenience stores • korean food • SNOJ)

Pretend you’re Sony or Nintendo as you devour Sega with Tokyo’s new Sega Logo-yaki sweet

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 10, 2018

Video game company’s iconic logo serves as motif for new treat from maker of edible Magikarp Pokémon.

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• Japan
• (cool • food • Ikebukuro • Kurikoan • Sega • sweets • taiyaki • Tokyo • video games)

Tokyo politician creates dojinshi manga, will be at Comiket selling it

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 10, 2018

Otaku assemblyman’s latest project stars a 1,300-year-old girl from a popular video game franchise.

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• Japan
• (anime • Comiket • dojinshi • government • manga • Minoru Ogino • otaku • politicians • politics • Touhou Project • video games)

Twitter artist brings the original Pokémon to life through mind-bogglingly amazing bead creations

• Richard Simmonds
  Aug 10, 2018

At first glance it might look like a screenshot, but it’s actually a ton of magic beads.

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• Japan
• (fuse beads • perler beads • Pokemon)

Japanese Twitter laments phenomena of “middle-aged man indirect dick kissing” in public toilets

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 10, 2018

A colorfully inventive name for a not-so-uncommon problem.

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• Japan
• (bathrooms • funny • gross • indirect kiss • Toilets • weird)

Effect of Dragon Ball-style Gravity Chamber on training studied at Chubu University

• Master Blaster
  Aug 9, 2018

An answer to the age-old question: “Would training in a Gravity Chamber really work?”

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• Japan
• (Chubu University • coordination • Dragon Ball • exercise • gravity • Gravity Chamber • Gravity Room • science • training)

Photo of man taking a dump on Tokyo subway floor is full of amusing background details

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 9, 2018

Tokyo’s grossest and most stoic commuters end up siting across from each other.

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• Japan
• (crazy • funny • gross • subways • Tokyo • trains • weird • Yurakucho Line)

The real star of Starbucks’ new Matcha S’more Frappuccino is its huge matcha powder boost

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 9, 2018

Starbucks amps up both the Japanese and American elements, and makes us fall in love with green tea Frappuccinos all over again.

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• Japan
• (COK • drinks • Frappuccinos • green tea • matcha • s'mores • SNOJ • Starbucks • sweets)

Most female doctors in poll can understand Tokyo medical school reducing female applicant scores

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 9, 2018

Majority say they can see some sort of logic behind university systematically reducing women’s entrance exam scores by up to 20 percent.

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• Japan
• (COK • doctors • education • entrance exams • health • scandal • schools • society • Tokyo Medical University • universities)

Station and Lawson convenience store near Tokyo Big Sight gear up for a blazing Summer Comiket

• Koh Ruide
  Aug 9, 2018

With hundreds of banners and posters already set up, everyone’s pitching in to help with the biggest anime convention in the world.

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• Japan
• (anime • Comiket 94 • convention • cool • manga • Summer Comiket • Tokyo Big Sight)

Bug hunt! Some areas offering rewards for alien beetles threatening Japan’s cherry blossoms

• Master Blaster
  Aug 9, 2018

Municipalities and prefectures are hoping they can stop the dreaded red-necked longhorn beetle before they get out of hand.

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• Japan
• (aromia bungii • cherry blossoms • environment • insects • invasive species • Kamakiri Sensei • Osaka • red-necked longhorn beetle • Sakai City • Teruyuki Kagawa • Tokushima • ume)

Frustrated foreigner living in Japan calls Japanese punctuality a half-truth

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 9, 2018

Sometimes Japanese people stick to a schedule, and sometimes they don’t, he says.

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• Japan
• (business • COK • culture • foreigners in Japan • manners • punctuality • society • working in Japan)

Busty waitresses, breast-shaped ramen draw crowds to new anime-themed restaurant in Tokyo【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 8, 2018

The Senran Kagura anime/video game franchise has a new restaurant, but the menu seems to be of only secondary interest.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • anime • beautiful women • food • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • Senran Kagura • themed restaurants • video games)

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