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Garigari-kun releases new tamagoyaki Japanese egg omelette flavoured popsicle

• Oona McGee
  Sep 28, 2019
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Designed to be enjoyed with a dollop of soy sauce or tomato ketchup.

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• (egg • Gari-Gari Kun • Garigari-kun • ice cream • ketchup • popsicle • soy suce • tamagoyaki • weird)

Stranger sticks 1,000 yen in man’s hand in Japanese train restroom, for a very good reason

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 28, 2019

Forcefully given, unsolicited gifts aren’t usually what anyone wants in a public bathroom, but this was an exception.

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• Japan
• (bathrooms • COK • crazy • funny • money • stations • weird)

Final Fantasy fried chicken and Moogle Steamed buns set to become Japan’s newest snack hits

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 28, 2019

We’ll soon be able to taste the video game series’ Kupo Nut for ourselves.

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• Japan
• (convenience stores • cool • cute • Family mart • Final Fantasy • food • fried chicken • Moogle • Square Enix • steamed buns • video games)

Japanese Twitter rallies around user who was betrayed by their family with touching sympathy

• Dale Roll
  Sep 28, 2019

Japanese Twitter shows that the Internet isn’t all savage memes and fighting about politics.

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• (accident • COK • drive recorder • family • Japanese Twitter • moving • touching)

AKB48, Japan’s biggest idol singer group, apologizes for selling “Date Tickets”

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 28, 2019

Tickets promised to let fans “Experience what it’s like to be an AKB48 member’s lover.”

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• Japan
• (AKB48 • COK • crazy • idol singers • Idols • music)

Japanese tourism companies to begin offering official anime pilgrimage tours next month

• Krista Rogers
  Sep 27, 2019

New collaborative efforts will promote anime tourism while cooperating with local communities. 

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya • pilgrimage • sightseeing • sites • tour • travel)

Rugby World Cup 2019: Team Canada jumps off bus in yukata kimono…dressed like the dead

• Oona McGee
  Sep 27, 2019

Embarrassing fashion faux pas has these players dressed in the same way that Japanese people dress dead bodies.

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• Canada, Japan
• (canada • cute • Fukuoka • funny • LOL • news • rugby • Rugby World Cup • RWC • sport • sports • twitter • videos • yukata)

59-year-old Japanese master swordsman shows off awesome two-sword samurai slash【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 27, 2019

Kyoto swordsmanship teacher was asked to replicate video game attack.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • Katana • samurai • swords • video)

Leftover sushi? A popular manga suggests making it into fried rice【SoraKitchen】

• Master Blaster
  Sep 27, 2019

Cooking Papa was right all along!

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• (cooking • Cooking Papa • food • fried rice • manga • P.K. Sanjun • recipes • SoraKitchen • sushi)

New anime train and bus ready to receive the love of Love Live! Sunshine!! fans in Shizuoka

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 27, 2019

Public transportation network welcomes otaku to one of modern anime’s holy sites.

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• Japan
• (anime • busses • itasha • love live • Love Live Sunshine!! • Numazu • Shizuoka • trains • travel)

Japanese man receives Airdrop message from tailgating driver

• SoraNews24
  Sep 27, 2019

The tale of the tailgating driver comes with an unusual twist.

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• Japan
• (AirDrop • AirDrop chikan • Apple • cats • chikan • COK • culture • funny • iPhone • trains • weird)

Cat mugs from Japan transform into adorable kitties when you fill them with liquid【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 27, 2019

The makers of Japan’s cutest animal drinkware add mug handles and kawaii cats to their lineup.

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• Japan
• (animals • cats • cool • cute • drinks • glass • Goodglas • interior)

World’s first official store dedicated to anime icon Doraemon will open in Tokyo for 2019

• Katy Kelly
  Sep 26, 2019

Japan’s most beloved robot cat will set up an Anywhere Door to cute merchandise right in Odaiba, Tokyo.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • Diver City • Doraemon • Fujiko F. Fujio • manga • odaiba • Tokyo)

Naomi Osaka called “too tanned” in Japanese comedy routine

• Oona McGee
  Sep 26, 2019

Comedians and management apologise for saying the tennis pro “needs bleach”.

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• Japan
• (A Masso • comedy • discrimination • Japanese comedy • Naomi Osaka • news • racism • sport • sportswomen • tennis)

Become your favorite animal with these realistic onesies, complete with pullover masks

• Dale Roll
  Sep 26, 2019

The perfect accessory for when you want to come home and pretend you’re not an adult, but still look cool.

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• Japan
• (animals • comfy • fashion • Felissimo • onesie • pajamas • room wear)

The 10 best types of onigiri rice balls to try in Japan【Survey】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 26, 2019

The country’s favorite portable food is your best friend while traveling in Japan, and here are 10 types to become buddies with.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • onigiri • rice • rice balls)

Häagen-Dazs new zunda mochi ice cream gives us a lot of delicious things to think about

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 26, 2019

Japan’s mysterious “hazy-tasting” confectionary joins the Häagen-Dazs ice cream team.

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• (COK • edamame • food • Häagen-Dazs • ice cream • mochi • SNJO • sweets • taste test • zunda)

Japan Travel: Mysterious rockstar Jizo statue found at Kiyomizudera temple

• Oona McGee
  Sep 26, 2019

Mother Nature blesses a Buddhist statue with a full head of hair.

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• Japan
• (COK • Fukuoka • funny • Kiyomizu Temple • Kiyomizu-dera • Kiyomizudera • SNJO • temples • tourism • tourist sites • travel • weird)

What would idol series Love Live! have looked like as a late 1980s anime? Awesome, fan art shows

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 26, 2019

Love Live! Sunshine!! voice actress gives her school idol character an old-school makeover.

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• Japan
• (anime • fan art • love live • Love Live Sunshine!! • voice actresses)

Morinaga Milk Industry unveils Japan’s first mayonnaise-flavored ice cream!

• Shannon McNaught
  Sep 26, 2019

Rich in eggs, flavor, and calories.

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• Japan
• (crazy • food • ice cream • mayonnaise • strange • sweets • weird)

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