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Love doll funeral service in Japan helps silicone lovers rest in peace
- Oona McGee
Jan 30, 2020 - Tweet
Say sayonara to your love dolls and figurines with the help of a Japanese monk who’s also an AV actress.
- Japan
- (customer service • dolls • funerals • hospitality • love • love dolls • omotenashi • Osaka)
Gundam conquers AKB48? Mobile suit cafe closes to expand, may take over idol eatery’s territory
- Casey Baseel
Jan 29, 2020
Robot fans applauded elimination of idol “eyesore” next to mecha anime otaku attraction.
- Japan
- (AKB48 • AKB48 Cafe • Akihabara • anime • cafes • Gundam Cafe • idol singers • Idols • restaurants • robots • themed restaurants)
A company that sends flowers when your cat passes away? Japanese Twitter touched by sweet story
- Dale Roll
Jan 29, 2020
The world needs more good guy companies like this one.
- Japan
- (cats • customer service • moving • pets • scratch post • sweet • touching)
The greatest sushi roll in Japanese history is actually nine sushi rolls in one【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 29, 2020
Ehomaki sushi rolls are supposed to ensure good luck for the year, and it’s hard to think of having a luckier life than one that lets you eat this.
McDonald’s Japan’s first-ever rice burgers are here, and we try them before they go on sale
- Casey Baseel
Jan 29, 2020
We weren’t sure if a bacon cheese rice burger was a good idea, and now we know if our fears were justified.
- Japan
- (burgers • COK • fast food • food • hamburgers • McDonald's • rice • SNJO • taste test)
Japanese restaurant chain selling not just folded pizzas, but LUCKY folded pizzas!
- Master Blaster
Jan 29, 2020
All the things that make pizza great, only folded!
- Japan
- (COK • Eho Pizza • Ehomaki • food • Gusto • holidays • pizza • restaurants • Seiji Nakazawa • setsubun • SNJO • weird)
Foreign tourist comes to Japan hoping to see yakuza from Yakuza video game series
- Oona McGee
Jan 29, 2020
People are falling in love with the wide-eyed visitor from abroad who discovers Kabukicho isn’t really like it is in video games.
- Japan
- (Japanese TV • Kabukicho • Ryu ga Gotoku • Sega • travel • TV shows • TV Tokyo • video games • yakuza)
Beautiful short anime about elderly couple’s love, meals looks like Ghibli film, is really miso ad
- Casey Baseel
Jan 29, 2020
Growing old is something anime often ignores, but this moving short shows that with the right partner, it can be the best thing in the world.
What it’s like to eat a super expensive Japanese strawberry【Taste Test】
- Oona McGee
Jan 29, 2020
Luxury Japanese fruit meets the mouth of Mr Sato.
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • expensive fruit • food • fruit • Isetan • Mr. Sato • shopping • SNJO • souvenirs • strawberries • strawberry • taste test)
Starbucks Japan unveils first sakura drink for cherry blossom season 2020
- Oona McGee
Jan 29, 2020
Iconic Japanese flower will be blended with a popular dessert this spring.
- Japan
- (cherry blossoms • drinks • limited edition • new • sakura • Starbucks • sweets)
No coins? Not a problem for Japan’s new cashless gachapon capsule toy vending machines
- Krista Rogers
Jan 29, 2020
The beloved capsule toy machines are catching up to the times by losing the coin element of the transaction.
- Japan
- (cashless • gachapon • gashapon • Pipit Gacha • Pipitto Gacha • toy)
And now, a spot of everyone’s favorite winter sport: Japanese cat curling【Video】
- Katy Kelly
Jan 29, 2020
All you need for this sport is a cat and a recently cleaned wooden floor.
- Japan
- (cats • curling • cute • Goma-chan • Japanese cats • pet sports • pets • YouTube)
Turn yourself into a dewy-eyed manga heroine with Kate Tokyo’s “Manga-Genic” eyeliner set
- Katy Kelly
Jan 28, 2020
Cosplayers and casuals alike can look as cute as a comic book character!
- Japan
- (cosmetics • cosplay • cute • eyeliner • eyes • Japanese cosmetics • kate • kate tokyo • makeup)
Japanese police officers increasingly forgetting their guns in public restrooms
- Master Blaster
Jan 28, 2020
At least they didn’t forget to flush… we hope.
- Japan
- (Aichi • convenience stores • guns • Hyogo • Narita Airport • Osaka • police • restrooms • safety • Tokyo)
McDonald’s releases new rice burgers in Japan
- Oona McGee
Jan 28, 2020
Three of the fast food chain’s popular burgers get a rice overhaul for a limited time.
- Japan
- (burgers • fast food • food • hamburgers • McDonald's • rice • rice burger)
Japan’s cat bread bakery opening brand-new branch in Osaka Prefecture!
- Casey Baseel
Jan 28, 2020
Special ingredients and four flavors promise it’ll taste as good as it looks.
Japanese manners videos show how to be a “really cool” traveller in Japan 【Videos】
- Oona McGee
Jan 28, 2020
Japan Tourism Agency uses ninja, sumo and geisha to demonstrate what to do and what not to do in Japan.
- Japan
- (ads • etiquette • geisha • Japan Tourism Agency • japanese manners • manners • Ninja • Sumo • tourism • tourists • train manners • travel • videos)
Japanese public phones are immortalized in this utterly perfect miniature model
- Katy Kelly
Jan 28, 2020
This capsule toy model of a Japanese public telephone got a great reception on Twitter!
- Japan
- (capsule toys • figures • gachapon • Japanese public telephone • miniatures • Re-Ment • Takara Tomy Arts • toys)
Are Daiso’s smartphone VR goggles worth breaking the 100-yen barrier?
- Master Blaster
Jan 28, 2020
A rare instance where reading the fine print was a bad idea.
- Japan
- (100 yen shops • Daiso • Go Hatori • product reviews • Smartphones • technology • virtual reality • VR)
You can eat an anime character’s dong at real-life Interspecies Reviewers cafes in Japan
- Casey Baseel
Jan 28, 2020
Crimvael’s Super-Thick Sausage is ready to leave a special taste in the mouth of fans of the fantasy anime series.
- Japan
- (anime • crazy • food • Interspecies Reviewers • restaurants • themed restaurants • weird)
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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]
Godzilla becomes a Japanese randoseru backpack, as do two of his greatest rivals [Photos]
Japan’s free stock image site of muscular men doing whimsical and mundane things reveals rankings
First-ever cafe on Tokyo Imperial Palace Garden grounds is now open
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Japanese government announces criteria for creating backup capital of Japan
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- Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
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Life-size Monster Hunter dragon statues to be built at Japanese shopping mall
Studio Ghibli homeware brand’s faux oil lamp brings light, smiles, and Kiki’s Jiji to your home
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Starbucks Japan unveils new Christmas goods for 2026, with exclusive holiday surprises
Evangelion announces collaboration with Hard Rock Cafe
Starbucks Japan releases “Let’s Par-TEA!” Frappuccino and drinks for the holiday season
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
Yearly
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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