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

• Shannon McNaught
  Sep 26, 2019
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Rich in eggs, flavor, and calories.

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

Weathering with You anime cafe opening soon with beautiful Shinkai-inspired menu items【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 25, 2019

Your Name director Makoto Shinkai’s latest movie takes on gorgeous edible form in Tokyo and Osaka.

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• Japan
• (anime • beautiful • COK • food • Makoto Shinkai • movies • restaurants • sweets • Tenki no Ko • themed restaurants • Weathering with You)

Chubu Centrair International Airport gets Twitter account shut down for being underaged

• Master Blaster
  Sep 25, 2019

Airport’s parents believed to be more disappointed than angry.

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• Japan
• (age limit • Aichi • Air travel • business • Chubu Centrair International Airport • terms of service • twitter)

Japan’s most-wanted manga pirate forcibly repatriated, arrested as he enters Japanese airspace【Vid】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 25, 2019

Manga Mura administrator was taken into custody in the Philippines two months ago.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • crime • manga • Manga Mura • piracy • Romi Hoshino)

Ghibli scarecrow protects rice fields in countryside Japan

• Oona McGee
  Sep 25, 2019

Pikachu and Ash also watch over the crops, which were once destroyed by the tsunami in the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

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• Japan
• (anime • countryside • farming • Ghibli • Iwate • movies • Nausicaa • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind • rice • Rikuzentakata • scarecrow • Studio Ghibli)

Slime bread arrives in Japanese convenience stores and in our Dragon Quest-loving bellies

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 25, 2019

”Slime-flavored” pastry teaches us that the famous video game monsters are actually delicious!

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• Japan
• (bread • COK • convenience stores • Dragon Quest • food • Lawson • slime • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

New service from Japanese site BountyHunter offers paid positions to rat out shoplifters

• Katy Kelly
  Sep 25, 2019

When there’s someone strange lifting your store’s goods, who you gonna call? Bounty Hunter!
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• Japan
• (Bounty Hunter • crime • Insotsu Inc • Security • services • shoplifters • shops)

Beautiful red soy sauce from Japan uses no artificial colors, tastes like nothing else

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 25, 2019

A special ingredient from Japan’s southwestern Kumamoto prefecture transforms Japan’s most traditional cooking essential into something new.

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• Japan
• (beautiful • cooking • cool • food • Kumamoto • soy sauce • weird)

Is the Shinkansen bullet train Green Car upgrade worth it when traveling in Japan?【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 24, 2019

We take a ride in the Nozomi’s “first-class” carriage.

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• Japan
• (bullet train • COK • Green Car • shinkansen • SNJO • trains • travel)

Mister Donut demonstrates the wonders of hot bubble tea with royal milk and rich matcha flavors

• Koh Ruide
  Sep 24, 2019

It’s time to ditch the straw for a spoon.

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• Japan
• (beverage • boba • bubble tea • green tea • matcha • Mister Donut • SNJO • tapioca pearl)

Rugby World Cup fans perform lineout on floor of a Japanese train

• SoraNews24
  Sep 24, 2019

People in Japan now concerned over what might happen on public transport during the Tokyo Olympics. 

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• Japan
• (france • Japanese trains • news • rugby • Rugby World Cup • RWC • sport • sports • trains)

Soy sauce on pancakes? We try the newest dessert idea from a century-old soy maker【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 24, 2019

The newest addition to the menu of the sweet life, or a crackpot idea that’ll leave you feeling salty?

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • food • Meg • pancakes • SNJO • soy sauce • sweets • taste test • weird)

Awesome Sega Mega Drive six-button controller taiyaki lets you bite into mouthful of nostalgia

• Koh Ruide
  Sep 24, 2019

Relive the old-school era of 16-bit while having your fill of delicious red bean paste.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • COK • Genesis • limited edition • Mega Drive • red bean paste • Sega • taiyaki • treats)

Rest with breasts? New desk pillow lets you rest your head on an anime girl’s chest

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 24, 2019

Manufacturer says its just the thing to soothe “gentlemen’s” bodies and souls.

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• Japan
• (anime • crazy • interior • pillows • weird)

Cringe-worthy thief calling self “Lupin” arrested in “the Flower of O-Edo”

• Master Blaster
  Sep 23, 2019

Self-proclaimed “Lupin of Kansai” claims to have committed 150 thefts before his capture.

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• Japan
• (anime • burglary • crime • Flower of O-Edo • Kansai • lupin III • manga • Tokyo)

Talented YouTuber and “Disney freak” from Japan makes awesome and funny Disney videos

• Dale Roll
  Sep 23, 2019

Vell’s singing, dancing, and acting all make for a very entertaining, Disney-centered YouTube channel.

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• Japan
• (comedy • Disney • Disney music • j-youtuber • Japanese YouTubers • Miracle Vell Magic • music covers • video • YouTube)

Kid’s mom says video games are pointless, kid grows up to be part of new Zelda game’s soundtrack

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 23, 2019

26 years after having to hide under his bed sheets to play Link’s Awakening, this musician is part of the game’s remake.

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• Japan
• (awesome • flute • Link's Awakening • moving • music • nintendo • the legend of Zelda • touching • video games)

Japanese Internet is hypnotized by kitten hypnotizing itself with its tail【Video】

• Katy Kelly
  Sep 23, 2019

“Purrhaps you are feeling sleepy? How about nyow?“

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• Japan
• (cats • cats of Twitter • cute • hypnosis • hypnotism • sleepy • twitter • video)

Comfy kimono hakama roomwear steps into the modern era with stylish new Reiwa Edition【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 23, 2019

One-piece designs are zero trouble, entirely beautiful, and completely comfortable.

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• Japan
• (beautiful • cool • cute • fashion • hakama • kimono • roomwear)

An up-close look at one of Japan’s five Ryuseito swords, forged from meteorites【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 23, 2019

One of Japan’s most beautiful blades is now on display, and owes its existence to some dude who just wanted to eat some potatoes and pickles.

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• Japan
• (awesome • beautiful • COK • cool • history • Katana • museums • Ryuseito • SNJO • swords)

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