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December, 2021 (Page 6)

A sight for sore Sableyes! Pokémon teams up with eyewear brand JINS for more monsteriffic designs

• Katy Kelly
  Dec 20, 2021
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With 24 designs to pick from, including all the Eeveelutions, there’s no better time to grab some new glasses!

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• Japan
• (collaboration • cool • cute • Eevee • Eeveelutions • eyewear • fashion • glasses • JINS • kids • Pokemon • Swarovski)

Starbucks opens outside Imperial Palace with a Frappuccino you can’t get anywhere else in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Dec 20, 2021

A very Japanese Frappuccino for a very Japanese location.

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• Japan
• (COK • drinks • exclusive • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • limited edition • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test • Tokyo • wasanbon)

Top five Japanese prefectures for childhood education expenditure would make any wallet shudder

• Katy Kelly
  Dec 20, 2021

On average, parents in Prefecture #1 are paying around five times more to send kids to school than parents in Prefecture #47.

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• Japan
• (Aomori • birth rate • children • education • kids • Living in Japan • Parenting • parents • school • society • Tokyo)

No Face lights the way in new lineup of Spirited Away anime merchandise from Japan

• Oona McGee
  Dec 19, 2021

Bring a little Studio Ghibli magic into the home.

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• Japan
• (anime • anime characters • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Kashira • lights • merchandise • movies • No Face • piggy banks • shopping • spirited away • Studio Ghibli)

Camembert Burgers return to Japanese burger chain Dom Dom for the holidays

• Master Blaster
  Dec 19, 2021

Home is where the camembert is.

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• Japan
• (burgers • camembert • cheese • crazy • Dom Dom Burger • fast food • hamburgers • Marugoto Camembert Burger • weird)

How do you say ‘Google it, you trash’ in British English? Answer surprises many in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Dec 19, 2021

People in Kyoto and England have more in common than previously thought. 

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• Japan, UK
• (british culture • British English • COK • communication • culture • english language • funny • Kyoto • manners • polite • politeness • sarcasm • society)

These dozens of AI-generated Pokémon look more official than some actual official ones【Pics】

• Scott Wilson
  Dec 18, 2021

“I’d believe it if someone told me they were real Pokémon.”

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“How is playing games going to help you in the future?” Japanese gamer has perfect comeback

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 18, 2021

Tired of being told there’s no point in playing games, he shows how the question misses the point.

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• Japan
• (COK • society • video games)

Busty anime girl mousepad alternative: Life-size zaftig-thighed video game girl mousepad【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 18, 2021

All in favor, say THIGH.

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• Japan
• (anime • Atelier Ryza • Atelier series • crazy • Hobby Japan • Koei Tecmo • life-size • mousepads • video games • weird)

Matrix Resurrections review: “I don’t think it’ll be a big hit”

• Oona McGee
  Dec 18, 2021

A spoiler-free look at the movie everyone’s talking about right now. 

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• Japan
• (cinema • Keanu Reeves • Matrix Resurrections • movies • Mr. Sato • reviews • SNJO • The Matrix)

These adorable hamster-shaped monaka will make a great gift, or maybe just a snack for yourself

• Dale Roll
  Dec 18, 2021

Plus, they’re super customizable!

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• Japan
• (anko • COK • cute • food • hamsters • Japanese sweets • monaka • red bean paste • sweets • traditional Japanese sweets • wafers)

How many people in Japan have actually worn a couple’s outfit?

• Dale Roll
  Dec 17, 2021

What are your thoughts on matching outfits?

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• Japan
• (couple's outfits • dating • fashion • marriage • matching outfits • pair look • relationships • romance • society • survey)

We book a night in a bookshelf at Book and Bed in Shinjuku

• Oona McGee
  Dec 17, 2021

Bookstore hotel is heaven for bookworms in Tokyo.

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• Japan
• (accommodation • books • capsule hotels • cheap accommodation • COK • cool • hostels • hotels • reading • shinjuku • SNJO • Tokyo • travel • weird)

Popular harem comedy manga artist is running for parliament to protect freedom of expression

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 17, 2021

Creator of Love Hina transitions from otaku arts to national politics.

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• Japan
• (anime • Ken Akamatsu • Love Hina • manga • Negima • politicians • politics)

Japanese ramen restaurant serves up noodles via gacha toy capsules

• Oona McGee
  Dec 17, 2021

What surprise meal will the gacha gods bless us with today? 

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• Japan
• (capsule machines • capsule vending machines • COK • food • gacha • Harajuku • Noodles • ramen • rice balls • SNJO • Taiyo no Tomato • taste test • tomato)

We try roasted sweet potatoes from a Japanese vending machine

• Oona McGee
  Dec 17, 2021

This unusual machine sells hot potatoes and cold potatoes, but are they any good?

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Japanese vending machines • potatoes • SNJO • Sogo • sweet potatoes • sweets • taste test • unusual • vending machines • weird • yaki imo)

Final Fantasy XIV suspends sales because too many people want to play it

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 16, 2021

The game not enough people wanted to play when it launched now has the exact opposite problem.

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• Internet, Japan
• (customer service • Endwalker • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy XIV • Square Enix • video games)

How a bar in Kabukicho scammed one diner out of their money, and how it can happen to you too

• Oona McGee
  Dec 16, 2021

Receipt shows the sneaky extra charges you need to watch out for. 

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• Japan
• (bars • drinking • drinks • food • izakaya • Kabukicho • restaurants • scams • shinjuku • Tokyo • tourism • travel)

Okinawan soul fool Pork Tamago Onigiri sold not at a five-star restaurant, but at an airport

• Katie Pask
  Dec 16, 2021

So good, it might be worth travelling to an airport for!

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• Japan
• (airport • airports • COK • food • Naha • Okinawa • onigiri • rice balls • SNJO • spam • taste test • travel)

Roasted nori seaweed cake might be a dessert even more Japanese than matcha sweets【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 16, 2021

Tea company that’s been in business for more than 300 years takes Japanese sweets to a pitch-black frontier.

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• Japan
• (cake • COK • food • nori • seaweed • SNJO • sweets • taste test • tea • weird • Yamamotoyama)

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