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Popular tourist spots in Kyoto look like a ghost town due to coronavirus

Katie Pask
Apr 17, 2020
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Everyone staying indoors means no one is going sightseeing. Read More

Japan
(coronavirus • COVID-19 • Japan sightseeing • Kyoto • sightseeing • tourism • tourists)

Japanese professor threatens students with expulsion for leaving prefecture in coronavirus crisis

Casey Baseel
Apr 16, 2020

Stay in Fukushima, or else, students are warned.

Japan
(COK • coronavirus • education • schools • Teachers)

Anime and video game backgrounds now free to download for video conference calls

Oona McGee
Apr 16, 2020

Final Fantasy, Pokémon, Godzilla, Evangelion and the Yakuza franchise are just some of the big names inviting you to step into their rendered environments.

Japan
(anime • background • Final Fantasy VII remake • Godzilla • manga • movies • Neon Genesis Evangelion • online chat • persona 5 • Pokemon • Shonen Jump • Square Enix • Super Mario • video conference • video games • wallpapers • yakuza • Zoom)

How to have a yakiniku BBQ at home with the UFO smokeless indoor grill

Oona McGee
Apr 16, 2020

When you can’t go out to a yakiniku restaurant, you bring the yakiniku restaurant to you.

Japan
(BBQ • clever • cooking • cool • food • gadgets • grilled meat • review • yakiniku)

Magical yokai from Edo Period with powers against sickness makes appearance as cute doughnut

Kay
Apr 16, 2020

In these trying times, no one can be blamed for trying to get as much help as possible to keep safe from coronavirus, even if it’s from a mythical yokai.

Japan
(Amabie • doughnuts • Ikumimama • sweets • yokai)

Host clubs go digital in the wake of business closures with live-streaming app toU

Dale Roll
Apr 16, 2020

The clubs themselves might be closed, but you can still spend time with your favorite host, even if you can’t physically be with him.

Japan
(app • coronavirus • COVID-19 • host clubs • hosts • influencer • live stream)

Old man with smartphone in Japan creates new problem with his high-risk way to shop for masks

Casey Baseel
Apr 16, 2020

Drug stores want seniors to stop lining up before opening hours in hope of buying face masks, but that’s led to another problem at this shop.

Japan
(COK • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • drug stores • masks • seniors)

New virtual anime wife system helps Japanese workers deal with emotional strain of telecommuting

Casey Baseel
Apr 16, 2020

Hikari Aizuma helps workers stay sharp and maintain a balanced lifestyle while working from home.

Japan
(anime • coronavirus • Gatebox • otaku • technology • telecommuting)

Brand-new Evangelion Tamagotchis are coming to let you raise your own sweet little Angel【Video】

Casey Baseel
Apr 15, 2020

Get in the damn Tamagotchi?

Japan
(anime • cool • Evangelion • Evatchi • Tamagotchi • toys • virtual pets • weird)

Black bear in Sendai becoming proficient with the three-section staff

Master Blaster
Apr 15, 2020

Park exercising its constitutional right to arm bears.

Japan
(bears • black bear • fighting • martial arts • sajiegun • sansetsukon • Sendai • three-section staff • Yagiyama Zoological Park)

Why the sashimi we eat will probably become more delicious during the coronavirus pandemic

Casey Baseel
Apr 15, 2020

It’s not the fish that’s changing, but who gets to eat it.

Japan
(COK • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • fish • food • sashimi)

As American as Nara apple pie? We try the U.S.’s best small town pies without leaving Japan

Casey Baseel
Apr 15, 2020

Julian Pie Company gives our Japanese sweets fan her first taste of America’s signature dessert.

Japan, USA
(apple pie • COK • food • Julian Pie Company • K. Masami • Nara • pie • restaurants • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Japanese landlord’s touching gesture to tenants during coronavirus crisis goes viral

Oona McGee
Apr 15, 2020

If only we could all have landlords like this**.**

Japan
(apartments • coronavirus • COVID-19 • heartwarming • letter • money • rent • renting • renting in Japan • touching • twitter • viral)

Station in Tokyo starting to look like a futuristic dystopia a little too early

Master Blaster
Apr 15, 2020

Guess it’s time to start scavenging for overshields and gravity hammers already.

Japan
(coronavirus • COVID-19 • Microsoft • Photoshop • sci-fi • self-isolation • Tokyo • train station • Windows 7)

New GU Pokémon fashion line is ready to stay home or go out with dresses, roomwear, and underwear

Casey Baseel
Apr 15, 2020

Whatever you’ve got planned today, even if it’s nothing at all, Uniqlo’s sister brand and a whole bunch of Pokémon are here to help you get dressed for it.