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Empty Akihabara – Tokyo’s otaku district hit hard by coronavirus outbreak【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 4, 2020 - Tweet
The gathering point for anime and game fans from around the globe looks eerily different these days.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • anime • COK • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • empty • empty Tokyo • SNJO • Tokyo)
Home invasion robber makes Japanese granny feed him, gives her 10 masks in return
- Casey Baseel
Apr 4, 2020
Super-hospitable senior citizen even gives him a second helping.
- Japan
- (COK • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • crazy • crime • home invasion • masks • robbery • senior citizens • seniors • weird)
Coronavirus forces cancellation of 100-year-old cherry blossom festival in Northern Japan
- Kay
Apr 3, 2020
The renowned Hirosaki Cherry Blossom Festival has now joined the long list of events to be cancelled this year due to the ongoing coronavirus epidemic.
Samurai Mac burgers arrive at McDonald’s Japan
- Oona McGee
Apr 3, 2020
Which warrior faction do you belong to?
- Japan
- (Big Mac • burgers • cheap eats • fast food • food and drink • limited edition • McDonald's • samurai)
Corona Beam of Death Godzilla Magic card to be altered due to coronavirus pandemic
- Casey Baseel
Apr 3, 2020
26 years later, an obscure bit of Godzilla lore doesn’t sound quite so fun.
- Japan
- (collectible card games • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • Godzilla • kaiju • Magic the Gathering • SpaceGodzilla • Wizards of the Coast)
One Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask scene is less zany, much sadder to adults, salaryman learns
- Casey Baseel
Apr 3, 2020
Postman, we’re sorry for laughing at you.
- Japan
- (COK • funny • Legend of Zelda • Majora's Mask • nintendo • sad • salarymen • video games)
Otaku shine bright with Japan’s #otaku glow-up championship 2020【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 3, 2020
Why grow out of being an otaku when you can glow up into being a beautiful one?
- Japan
- (beautiful women • before and after • cosplay • cosplayers • Handsome men • otaku)
Japanese men rank their favorite female Studio Ghibli characters
- Shannon
Apr 3, 2020
Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the fairest Ghibli damsel of them all?
- Japan
- (Kiki's Delivery Service • Laputa: Castle in the Sky • My Neighbor Totoro • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind • Ponyo • Princess Mononoke • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • When Marnie Was There • whisper of the heart)
Anime memes appear on Twitter as PM says two masks will be sent to all Japanese households
- Oona McGee
Apr 3, 2020
Really, Prime Minister? Only two?
- Japan
- (coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • face masks • government • masks • memes • news • Shinzo Abe • twitter)
Japan’s number-one cosplayer appointed as newest Cool Japan ambassador
- Casey Baseel
Apr 3, 2020
Enako is chosen by the Cabinet of Japan to promote Japanese pop culture on an international scale.
- Japan
- (beautiful women • cool japan • cosplay • cosplayers • Enako)
Quarantined cruise ship finally ready to sail again, leaves a heartwarming message of thanks
- Katie Pask
Apr 2, 2020
The Diamond Princess is ready to set sail again, but not without a parting message for Japan.
- Japan
- (coronavirus • COVID-19 • cruise ship • Diamond Princess • heartwarming • quarantine • ship • Yokohama)
Love Live! fans clash with feminists again over controversial poster, this time advertising tea
- Dale Roll
Apr 2, 2020
Sexy schoolgirl or stylized kimono-clad character? Which is better for advertising agricultural products?
- Japan
- (ad • agriculture • anime • art • controversy • feminism • kimono • love live • Love Live Sunshine!! • Love Livers • poster • tea)
Anime hair for a day! Testing the new Demon Slayer Kimetsu no Yaiba hair coloring wax
- Casey Baseel
Apr 2, 2020
Two-tone tresses of hit anime/manga inspire line of easy-use hair products.
- Japan
- (anime • Ayaka Idate • COK • cool • cosplay • Demon Slayer • hair • hair coloring • hair dye • Kimetsu no Yaiba • manga • SNJO)
Taste-testing Tokyo’s biggest, best edible bug vending machine【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 2, 2020
We take a chance with a random selection from a machine that sells tarantulas and dung beetles for you to eat.
- Japan
- (bugs • COK • crazy • food • gross • scary • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taste test • Ueno • vending machines)
Using Japan’s ancient recipe for homemade instant rice that lasts at least two years, possibly 20
- Master Blaster
Apr 2, 2020
A recipe two years in the making.
- Japan
- (Asuka • dried rice • emergency preparedness • emergency ration • food storage • hoshi • instant rice • kareii • recipes • rice)
How would Love Live! look as an early-‘80s post-apocalyptic anime? Awesome, video reboot shows
- Casey Baseel
Apr 2, 2020
Fist of the school idol festival?
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • cool • Fist of the North Star • idol singers • Idols • love live • Love Live Sunshine!! • video)
Pachinko parlor has weird way of combating COVID-19 that does nothing about swarms of customers
- Dale Roll
Apr 2, 2020
A popular pachinko place claims to be “following suggestions by city mayors“, but is what they’re doing helpful?
- Japan
- (coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • COVID-19 • gambling • jishuku • novel coronavirus • pachinko • Rakuen)
Japanese “living doll” model Matt stars in commercial alongside actual doll family, The Fuccons
- Katy Kelly
Apr 2, 2020
We can’t think of a model who’d be more on-model to model this model of PC, alongside these many other models.
- Japan
- (commercial • mannequin • Matt Kuwata • model • mouse • Oh! Mikey • The Fuccons • weird)
Rick and Morty star in epic Samurai & Shogun short for Adult Swim【Video】
- Oona McGee
Apr 1, 2020
Sword fight between Samurai Rick and Ninja Rick results in one of them losing a head.
- Japan
- (Adult Swim • Akira Kurosawa • anime • Lone Wolf and Cub • Rick and Morty • samurai)
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