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Post-meal waste at Japanese sushi restaurant sparks controversy online

• Oona McGee
  Nov 5, 2019
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A lesson in what not to do at a revolving sushi joint in Japan.

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• Japan
• (COK • conveyer belt sushi • environment • food • Japanese food • kaiten sushi • restaurants • rice • sushi • travel • twitter)

Japanese woman’s tip for fathers aims to help improve their relationships with their daughters

• Katy Kelly
  Nov 5, 2019

Worried by the prospect of growing distant from your daughter? According to this woman, there’s one main thing you have to keep in mind.

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• Japan
• (fathers • human interest • lifestyle • mothers • parenthood • parents • twitter)

Crowdfunding campaign opens to rebuild fire-ravaged Shuri Castle, raises over 290 million yen

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 5, 2019

Governor of Okinawa gives hoped-for target date for repair of symbol of Okinawa.

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• Japan
• (castles • crowdfunding • culture • donation • fire • history • Naha • Okinawa • Shuri Castle)

Assistive exoskeletons now available in Japanese electronic stores, lets you do serious lifting

• Koh Ruide
  Nov 5, 2019

Each relieves up to 25 kilograms of force and doesn’t even need electricity!

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• Japan
• (Bic Camera • exoskeleton • innovation • lifting • muscle • powered-assist suits • suit • technology)

Fire breaks out near Japan’s Shirakawa-go World Heritage site【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 5, 2019

Hidden sprinkler defense system activates to help protect beautiful traditional thatched-roof farmhouses.

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• Japan
• (archetecture • culture • fire • history • Shirakawa-go • travel • UNESCO World Heritage sites • video)

Niigata student tricks woman out of 100,000 yen and two pairs of dirty underwear

• Master Blaster
  Nov 4, 2019

Ah, the old dirty-underwear-wrap con. She should have seen it coming.

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• Japan
• (con artists • crime • Minami Alps • Nagaoka • Niigata • scam • twitter • underwear • Yamanashi)

Star Wars is being turned into a kabuki play with one Japan’s biggest stars playing Kylo Ren

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 4, 2019

Let the past die. Turn it into a kabuki play, if you have to.

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• Japan
• (COK • culture • Ichikawa Ebizo • kabuki • Star Wars)

Manga cafe with 24-hour, all-you-can-eat food might be cheapest place to stay (or live) in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 4, 2019

Food, shelter, shower, and laundry. Everything you need, and for just 2,140 yen (US$19.80) a day.

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• Japan
• (all-you-can-eat • capsule hotels • cool • hotels • manga cafes • travel)

Protect your sweets from fridge thieves with Japan’s Pudding Alert 2.1 system!【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 4, 2019

If you work in an office or live in a home with people who have a sweet tooth and sticky fingers, this is the dessert-saving device you need.

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• Japan
• (cool • crazy • food • funny • gadgets • pudding • purin • sweets • technology • video)

New Cup Noodles “The Fork” is perfect for getting those tiny bits at the bottom of your cup

• Dale Roll
  Nov 4, 2019

Never waste any more noodles or toppings!

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• Japan
• (cool • Cup Noodle • cup ramen • eating utensils • fork • instant noodles)

Beautiful Zelda, awesome Pokémon/Mario crossover merch are Nintendo Tokyo shop exclusives【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 4, 2019

Extra-cute Animal Crossing kitchenware also on offer at Japan’s first-ever dedicated Nintendo store.

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• Japan
• (Animal Crossing • awesome • cool • cute • fashion • Legend of Zelda • nintendo • Nintendo Tokyo • Pikachu • Pokemon • Shibuya • stationery • Super Mario • video games)

We ask one of Japan’s best guitarists how to play a crappy 100-yen toy beautifully

• Master Blaster
  Nov 4, 2019

One man did the impossible. T-cophany played one of those crappy toy guitars beautifully.

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• Japan
• (100-yen stores • amazing • guitar • interview • music • T-cophony • toys)

Shibuya Halloween Throwback: When a Japanese woman’s costume was at the mercy of passersby【Pics】

• Katy Kelly
  Nov 3, 2019

We look back on a great solution to the problem of picking one costume: wear everyone’s old ones at once!

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• Japan
• (funny • halloween • Halloween 2017 • Halloween costumes • Shibuya • thrifty • Tsumami Gui • weird)

New 40th Anniversary Mobile Suit Gundam eyeglasses are both stylish and nerdy, make great gifts

• Dale Roll
  Nov 3, 2019

Use these mobile suit-inspired glasses to rep your favorite franchise in an understated way.

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• Japan
• (cool • eyeglasses • eyewear • Gundam • mobile suit • Mobile Suit Gundam • stylish)

Hot new landmark Shibuya Scramble Square offers a heart-stopping view of Tokyo

• Katy Kelly
  Nov 3, 2019

Twitter posts the highest highlight of Shibuya’s newest tourist spot: its vast and dizzying view.
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• Japan
• (great views • observation • Shibuya • Shibuya Scramble Square • skydeck • Tokyo • tourism)

Should Akihabara be walled off from the rest of Tokyo? Twitter user proposes bold rezoning plan

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 3, 2019

Admission fees, age requirements, and unrestricted public posting of erotic anime art would all be part of “Akihabara Gate City.”

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • anime • COK • crazy • funny • otaku • society • Tokyo • weird)

Microsoft Japan’s experiment with 3-day weekend boosts worker productivity by 40 percent

• Scott Wilson
  Nov 3, 2019

As it turns out, not squeezing employees dry like a sponge is maybe a good thing.

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• Japan
• (Microsoft • Microsoft Japan • work • work-life balance • working in Japan)

The cute cat that loves to ride to school on her hooman’s randoseru backpack every day 【Videos】

• SoraNews24
  Nov 2, 2019

Turns out the Japanese randoseru school backpack is perfectly designed for cats to ride on.

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• Japan
• (animals • backpacks • cats • Cats of Instagram • cute. cats • Instagram • Japanese backpack • pets • randoseru • school • videos)

Massive 120-meter Godzilla statue being built as part of Japanese theme park’s newest attraction

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 2, 2019

If you’ve ever wanted to zip-line through the King of the Monsters or save Japan from one of his rampages, this is your new happiest place on earth.

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • awesome • cool • Godzilla • kaiju • life-size • movies • Shin Godzilla)

We try the new Christmas Frappuccino from Starbucks Japan

• Oona McGee
  Nov 2, 2019

It looks like a Japanese Christmas cake, but does it really taste like one as well?

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• Japan
• (Christmas • Christmas 2019 • Christmas cakes • COK • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • limited edition • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • strawberry shortcake • taste test)

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