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December, 2021 (Page 3)

Prefectural rivalry in Japan: Survey reveals which areas compete against each other, and why

• Oona McGee
  Dec 27, 2021
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Competition between prefectures is real, and there’s a reason why it happens.

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• Japan
• (culture • Hokkaido • Okinawa • Osaka • prefectures • rivalry • Shimane • Surveys • Tokyo • Tottori • tourism • tourist sites • travel)

The Birth Japan lucky bag can transform anyone into a Japanese bad guy instantly

• Master Blaster
  Dec 27, 2021

Full villainous fashions at a fraction of the price!

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• Japan
• (Birth Japan • clothes • fashion • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2022 • lucky bag • Lucky Bag Roundup 2022 • Masanuki Sunakoma • yakuza • Yankee)

Former Prime Minister Abe tickles the ivories on his latest YouTube video【Video】

• Master Blaster
  Dec 27, 2021

He’s really settling into his new YouTuber gig.

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• Japan
• (Japan Spirit Concert • piano • politics • Prime Minister Abe • Shinzo Abe • videos • YouTube)

Hidden Easter Egg in Akira shows animator’s hilarious passive-aggressive frustrations

• Scott Wilson
  Dec 26, 2021

When you hate your boss but you’re also on a deadline.

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• Japan
• (AKIRA • animation • animators • anime • Easter egg • funny • video)

Citizen to release beautiful, limited-edition watch with kimono-inspired night sakura design

• Dale Roll
  Dec 26, 2021

Elegance and simplicity define this watch, but you may have to fight to get your hands on it.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • Citizen • fashion • sakura • spring • watch • wristwatch)

Who made the tastiest gyoza in 2021? We decide on our favourite pot stickers

• Katie Pask
  Dec 26, 2021

Check out our definitive guide to the best gyoza 2021 had to offer — just make sure you’re not hungry first!

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• Japan
• (fast food • food • gyoza • Japanese food • Osaka Osho • pot stickers • ranking • taste test)

72-year-old Japanese woman has sights on 20th World Bench Press Championship in a row

• Master Blaster
  Dec 26, 2021

Age and weight ain’t nothing but numbers.

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• Japan
• (bench press • Chiyomi Sawa • senior citizens • sports • weight training • weightlifting • World Bench Press Championship)

You can now find real-life Animal Crossing star fragments in the real world, and eat them too

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 26, 2021

Japanese convenience stores continue to make wishes come true.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • Animal Crossing • convenience stores • cool • food • nintendo • sweets • video games)

Merry Christmas from SoraNews24!

• SoraNews24
  Dec 25, 2021

Happy holidays to you, our wonderful readers!

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• Global, Internet, Japan
• (Christmas • COK • happy holidays • Merry Christmas • SNO)

Let’s learn how to sing “Jingle Bells” in Japanese with the help of Santa Pikachu!【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 25, 2021

Come for the Japanese language lesson, stay for the Japanese mythology lesson!

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• Japan
• (Christmas • culture • cute • Eevee • Japanese language • jingle bells • learning japanese • linguistics • music • Pikachu • Pokemon • Santa • Urashima Taro • video)

Which convenience store sells the best Japanese Christmas cakes?

• Oona McGee
  Dec 25, 2021

Ho ho…huh?

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • cakes • Christmas 2021 • Christmas cakes • Christmas in Japan • COK • convenience stores • Family mart • food • Lawson • SNJO • taste test)

Gyoza No Ohsho celebrates birthday with discounts on the weekend of 25 December

• Master Blaster
  Dec 25, 2021

This holiday let’s celebrate the birth of a king…a King of Gyoza.

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• Japan
• (food • gyoza • Gyoza No Ohsho • restaurants • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • special offer • taste test)

Christmas photo hack: Create magical images with oil from your body

• Oona McGee
  Dec 25, 2021

You don’t need a partner to add romance to your surroundings this holiday season.

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• Japan
• (Christmas • Christmas 2021 • Christmas illuminations • Christmas in Japan • hacks • light up • photo hack • photography • photos • smartphone • SNJO • weird)

More than half of Japanese men in survey spent Christmas alone, women more likely to be OK solo

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 25, 2021

Single women more likely to see the upside of spending Christmas without a date.

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• Japan
• (Christmas • COK • dating • relationships • romance • society • survey)

Japan Rail now accepting suggestions for how to use a car on the Nozomi bullet train in March 2022

• Katy Kelly
  Dec 25, 2021

For the Nozomi Shinkansen’s 30th birthday, you could win the gift of a free high-speed trip tailored to your desires!

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• Japan
• (30 years • bullet train • free • Japan Rail • Nozomi • promotion • shinkansen • trains)

Japanese gamer gear company’s gaming massager wants to keep your fingers, palms in fighting shape

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 24, 2021

Recommended for use before, during, and after intense gaming sessions.

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• Japan
• (Bauhutte • cool • gadgets • gaming equipment • massage • video games • weird)

Government announces it will throw away useless “Abenomasks,” triggers surge in demand

• Master Blaster
  Dec 24, 2021

One person’s trash mask is another’s treasure mask.

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• Japan
• (Abenomask • coronavirus • COVID-19 • face masks • Fumio Kishida • politics • Shinzo Abe)

Anime classic Akira suddenly becomes free to watch, in its entirety, on YouTube

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 24, 2021

Ho ho ho! Merry Akira!

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• Japan
• (AKIRA • anime • Katsuhiro Otomo • movies)

Japan is opening a video gaming/e-sports high school, and the idea isn’t as crazy as it sounds

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 24, 2021

Starting next spring, going to school is going to mean going to Shibuya to play games for some Tokyo teens.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • e-sports • education • high school • kids • pro gaming • schools • video games • weird • youth)

Japanese YouTuber whips up a sugary sweet Pokémon creation to fill viewers with Christmas cheer

• Katy Kelly
  Dec 24, 2021

In the lead-up to Christmas, Whip Sugar Icing Cookies made a treat…Three little monsters and a macaron-mounted Christmas tree!

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• Japan
• (art • cookies • cute • Pichu • Pikachu • Pokemon • Raichu • sugar art • sweets • Whip Sugar)

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