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Japanese photographer captures the beauty of Kyoto in the snow 【Photos】
- Oona McGee
Feb 25, 2020 - Tweet
Visit famous tourist spots like you’ve never seen them before.
- Japan
- (Hosen-in • Kifune Shrine • Kyoto • photography • shrines • snow • temples • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • traditional Japan • travel • winter)
Disney knows what yokai are, teaches Japanese vocabulary word to Donald Duck【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Feb 25, 2020
Kappa and kasa obake are among the creatures menacing Donald and his feathered friends.
- Japan, USA
- (cool • culture • Disney • Donald Duck • Japanese language • kappa • Legend of the Three Caballeros • linguistics • video • yokai)
Love Live! character with controversial skirt to continue as orange spokesperson, petitioner says
- Casey Baseel
Feb 24, 2020
Change.org petition organizer says agricultural group has pledged their continued support to the anime schoolgirl idol.
- Japan
- (anime • controversy • love live • Love Live Sunshine!! • mikan • Numazu • oranges)
Studio Ghibli Museum closes due to coronavirus fears
- Oona McGee
Feb 24, 2020
Sudden temporary closure has taken everyone by surprise.
- Japan
- (anime • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • COVID-19 • Ghibli • Ghibli Museum • news • Studio Ghibli • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel)
Could this be the secret to get Americans to actually like natto (Japanese fermented soy beans)?
- Casey Baseel
Feb 24, 2020
Japanese online commenters react with “BLEGH” and vomiting ASCII art.
- Japan, USA
- (COK • crazy • fermented soybeans • food • gross • natto • Orange juice • soybeans • weird)
460-year-old human sacrifice victim chimes in on Love Live! controversy
- Master Blaster
Feb 24, 2020
Teenage girl who was ritualistically buried alive during the Middle Ages says she can relate.
- Japan
- (Gifu • Gujo • Gujo Hachiman • hitobashira • human pillar • love live • moe • Oyoshi-chan • ritual sacrifice)
Pikachu now has an afro of cherry blossoms, and you can eat it【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Feb 24, 2020
Tokyo’s Pokémon Cafe reveals springtime sakura dessert, Gigantamax entrees.
- Japan
- (afro • anime • cherry blossoms • food • pancakes • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon Cafe • restaurants • sakura • sweets • themed restaurants • video games)
Majority of surveyed Japanese workers have dated a coworker, over 20 percent their boss or senpai
- Casey Baseel
Feb 24, 2020
Office romance most likely to bloom for younger workers in survey.
- Japan
- (COK • relationships • romance • society • survey • working in Japan)
A mountain of chicken katsu awaits you at this restaurant in Osaka
- Krista Rogers
Feb 24, 2020
Will our reporter rise or fall to this gargantuan food challenge?
- Japan
- (Akamaru Shokudo • chicken katsu • food • food challenge • gourmet • Mount Tempo • Mt. Tempo • Osaka • Restaurant)
Chinese people hand out free surgical masks in Japan as coronavirus outbreak continues【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Feb 24, 2020
As Japan suffers through nationwide mask shortage, people in one of its biggest cities are offered some for free.
- Japan
- (coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • disease • health • masks • moving • sickness • surgical masks • touching • video)
The Cat in the Surgical Mask – Twitter user plans to raise money for charity with feline figurine
- Katie Pask
Feb 24, 2020
“Cats are gonna save the world!”
Manga artist makes rare move of taking paternity break, some wonder if he was actually a woman
- Casey Baseel
Feb 23, 2020
Come for the heartwarming story of a famous artist actually getting time off to spend with family, stay for the weird Japanese linguistics lesson!
- Japan
- (anime • Golden Kamuy • Japanese language • kids • learning japanese • linguistics • manga • paternity leave • Satoru Noda • society)
You can now eat this anime girl who’s an anthropomorphized dessert in real-life Tokyo
- Casey Baseel
Feb 23, 2020
Crazy concept video game Food Fantasy completes the cycle from taiyaki to Taiyaki to Taiyaki taiyaki.
- Japan
- (Food Fantasy • Kurikoan • Sega Taiyaki • sweets • taiyaki • video games • weird)
Japanese vending machines now have the strangest thing we never knew we needed: hot bottled water
- Casey Baseel
Feb 23, 2020
We had our reasons to be suspicious, but it turns out this is a great idea.
- Japan
- (Cheerio • COK • cool • drinks • hot drinks • SNJO • vending machines • water • weird)
New cat café Neko Tapi in Kyoto combines bubble tea with beautiful cats!
- Katy Kelly
Feb 23, 2020
Sit, sip, and be soothed by tabby cats and tapioca tea.
- Japan
- (bubble tea • cafes • cat cafe • cats • cute • Instagrammable • Kyoto • mocha • NekoTapi • Shinkyogoku • tapioca • Tapista • trendy)
Does anime need to start being more politically correct for overseas audiences? Twitter debates
- Casey Baseel
Feb 23, 2020
Japanese animation has long had a reputation for pushing the boundaries of what’s acceptable, but is it pushing too far these days?
Tokyo bento shop famous for jumbo orders offers a meaty sausage lunch for under 1,000 yen
- Katy Kelly
Feb 22, 2020
The Internet is still reeling from the amount of oblong meat products they’ve crammed into a single lunch box.
- Japan
- (bento • cheap eats • Kitchen DIVE • lunch boxes • sausages • super size • Tokyo)
Tokyo ramen shop owner sets “Japanese only” rule as countermeasure against coronavirus
- Eli Pang
Feb 22, 2020
Japanese netizens were more than ready to dunk on his logic.
- Japan
- (coronavirus outbreak • COVID-19 • discrimination • health • novel coronavirus • society • Tokyo)
We try a rotating sushi chain’s super high-quality 3-layer caviar, sea urchin & fatty tuna sushi
- Dale Roll
Feb 22, 2020
For just 300 yen, you can try some of Japan’s most luxurious sushi ingredients, but is it worth it?
- Japan
- (caviar • conveyer belt sushi • fatty tuna • Kappa Sushi • sea urchin • sushi • uni)
Get your Insta on with pop-up bar’s sakura pool and sakura-flavored sake【Photos】
- Eli Pang
Feb 22, 2020
This pop-up puts the extra in extraordinary.
- Japan
- (alcohol • bars • cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2020 • cool • Instagrammable • sake • sakura • sakura 2020 • Shibuya • Tokyo)
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Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
Starbucks Japan releases now Tokyo Reserve Roastery Christmas drinkware collection [Photos]
Japanese government announces criteria for creating backup capital of Japan
This hot spring near Osaka’s Kansai Airport resolves the pick-two-out-of-three bathhouse dilemma
Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
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- Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
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Modern exosuits are opening up ancient Japanese castle climbs to everyone
Starbucks Japan unveils new Christmas goods for 2026, with exclusive holiday surprises
Evangelion announces collaboration with Hard Rock Cafe
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Cold Stone is closing its final branch in all of east Japan, but it’s going down singing
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Pokémon Company announces first-ever permanent Pokémon store to open outside Asia- Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
- Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
- Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
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Chainsaw robots helping keep trains running safely in east Japan [Video]
New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown- Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
Tokyo train station will play Godzilla theme song as new departure melody
Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
Studio Ghibli has a new anime out, and there’s only one place in the world where you can see it
Starbucks Japan releases new drinkware and goods for Valentine’s Day
Starbucks Japan releases new sakura goods and drinkware for cherry blossom season 2026
Japan’s newest Shinkansen has no seats…or passengers [Video]
Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
Japanese ninja certification exam attracts 131 candidates from Japan and abroad
Salomon releases Japan-exclusive Mt. Fuji hiking gear that doubles as an amazing souvenir
Japan reportedly adding Japanese language skill requirement to most common foreigner work visa
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