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Animal Crossing fan recreating all of Ghibli’s Spirited Away in New Horizons, and it’s incredible

• Casey Baseel
  May 28, 2020
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Masterpieces from Nintendo and Studio Ghibli go together amazingly well, photos show.

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• Japan
• (Animal Crossing • Animal Crossing: New Horizons • anime • awesome • cool • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • nintendo • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • video games)

Kyoto Animation comments on arsonist arrest: “Our friends whose lives were taken won’t come back”

• Casey Baseel
  May 28, 2020

Stricken studio wants maximum penalties pursued.

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• Japan
• (anime • arson • COK • crime • Kyoto Animation • Kyoto Animation arson attack)

Tokyo Tower reopens after coronavirus closure, but now you have to take the stairs 150 meters up

• Casey Baseel
  May 28, 2020

Uniquely beautiful views of the city and a cardio workout like no other.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • crazy • fitness • observation decks • staircase • Tokyo Tower • towers • travel)

Lawyers say Japanese video game ban for kids violates constitution, call for abolition

• Casey Baseel
  May 27, 2020

Game over for Kagawa Prefecture’s anti-video game ordinance?

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• Japan
• (COK • crime • Kagawa Prefecture • law • society • video games • youth)

Pikachu-shaped electric shock-flavor gummies are coming to Japan!

• Casey Baseel
  May 27, 2020

Pokémon mascot stuffs his chubby cheeks with the snacks in adorable video.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • cute • gummies • Pikachu • Pokemon • sweets • video)

Got a collection of anime clear files? Then you need these super-cheap frames from Japan’s Nitori

• Casey Baseel
  May 27, 2020

Otaku have fallen in love with the affordable solution to a frustrating problem.

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• Japan
• (anime • art • clear files • clever • cool • frames • interior • Nitori • otaku)

Essential Inuyasha episodes to rewatch before the Yashahime anime sequel airs this fall

• Krista Rogers
  May 27, 2020

Today we’re counting down some pivotal episodes before the release of Yashahime this October. 

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• Japan
• (anime • episodes • Inuyasha • manga • Rumiko Takahashi • sequel • Weekly Shonen Sunday • Yashahime • yokai)

100-year-old hanko signature stamp maker offering free digital stamp designs for teleworkers

• Dale Roll
  May 27, 2020

This company wants to help you put your seal of approval on company documents, even if they’re digital!

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • digital hanko • digitiziation • free • hanko • Irie Meisyoudo • name stamps • teleworking)

Kyoto Animation arsonist to be finally placed under arrest for July attack that killed 36

• Casey Baseel
  May 27, 2020

Nearly a year after the tragic deaths of dozens of anime creators, the man responsible will finally begin facing justice.

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• Japan
• (anime • arson • crime • Kyoto Animation • Kyoto Animation arson attack)

No screaming on roller coasters, please, say Tokyo Disneyland, other Japanese amusement parks

• Casey Baseel
  May 26, 2020

Amusement park association wants quiet thrill rides, no hugs as part of post-coronavirus closure reopenings.

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • COK • coronavirus • theme parks • Tokyo Disney Sea • Tokyo Disneyland • Universal Studios Japan)

Survey ranks the most desirable neighborhoods to live in Japan’s Kansai region

• Shannon
  May 26, 2020

Here’s where to live the dream in Japan’s western region.

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• Japan
• (Housing • Kansai • Osaka • Surveys • Suumo)

Creative Japanese office installs awesome full-size vending machine made out of cardboard【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  May 26, 2020

Japan has a lot vending machines, but there’s only one like this.

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• Japan
• (art • cardboard • clever • cool • crafts • crazy • funny • vending machines • video)

Sushi tacos now on sale in Japan — Can this cross-cultural cuisine please our biggest taco fan?

• Casey Baseel
  May 26, 2020

After falling in love with tacos in Mexico, our taste tester tests the newest outside-the-box idea from Sushiro.

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• Japan
• (COK • Conveyor belt sushi • food • Kaitenzushi • revolving sushi • SNJO • sushi • Sushiro • tacos • taste test • weird)

A creepy new wrinkle to Japan’s chikan train groper schemes, and how to counter it

• Casey Baseel
  May 26, 2020

If you’re not sure if that old man is really in need of assistance, you don’t have to be the one to help.

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• Japan
• (chikan • COK • crime • gropers • stations • trains)

Our male otaku reporter reveals his top 3 best buddy characters in Japanese dating sim games

• Katy Kelly
  May 25, 2020

Who’s the most relatable character in a dating sim? Why, your male best friend, of course!

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• Japan
• (Clannad • dating sims • friendship • Little Busters! • male bonding • ranking • Seiji Nakazawa • Sharin no Kuni)

Today is the original tsundere’s birthday, and her manga, Kimagure Orange Road is free online

• Casey Baseel
  May 25, 2020

Take a trip back to Bubble Era ’80s Japan and the series where the tsundere archetype started.

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• Japan
• (anime • free • Kimagure Orange Road • KOR • Madoka Ayukawa • manga • tsundere)

Sakura cherry blossoms float on breeze, land on Nara deer in perfect hanami video

• Oona McGee
  May 25, 2020

Heavenly hanami landscape plays out like a scene from a Ghibli anime film. 

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• Japan
• (beautiful • cherry blossoms • deer • hanami • Nara • Nara deer • Nara Park • nature • news • sakura • shika • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel • videos)

Spice things up at the dinner table with these kabe-don salt and pepper shakers【Pics】

• Eli Pang
  May 25, 2020

Now you can feel the passion of cheesy romances every time you sit down for a meal!

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• Japan
• (condiments • design • funny • gift ideas • kabe-don • salt and pepper shakers • Yingge Porcelain Museum)

How to make a McDonald’s Ramune milkshake at home

• Oona McGee
  May 25, 2020

This recipe is even better than the new McShake, with much more of that distinctive Japanese flavour. 

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• Japan
• (COK • drinks • fast food • McDonald's • McShake • milkshakes • Morinaga • Ramune • ramune candy • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Cancelled your trip to climb Mt. Fuji? Build the mountain yourself with an awesome papercraft kit

• Casey Baseel
  May 25, 2020

No one is climbing Mt. Fuji this year, but everyone can recreate the symbol of Japan in their home.

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• Japan
• (Akira Toriyama • COK • cool • models • Mountains • Mt. Fuji • papercraft • SNJO • Yamatsumi)

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