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Sanrio turns one of its most popular characters into a zombie for new Tokyo undead haunted house

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 23, 2019
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Pompompurin isn’t quite as cute when he’s hungering for your brains, but you can save him in this mission-based Sanrio Puroland horror event.

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • crazy • funny • haunted houses • Horror • Pompompurin • Sanrio • scary • video • weird • zombies)

Village Vanguard’s new ouija satchel lets you talk to a Shinto spirit while you shop

• Katy Kelly
  Sep 22, 2019

Want to contact a trickster spirit while on the go? Now you can, thanks to Village Vanguard!

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• Japan
• (bags • fashion • Kokkuri-san • Mr. Kokkuri • occult • satchels • spiritual • Village Vanguard • weird)

Japanese parent finds a quick and easy way to get your kids to love reading from an early age

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 22, 2019

A small investment pays quick dividends as elementary schoolers’ grades jump to the top of the class.

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• Japan
• (books • clever • COK • cool • kids • Parenting • parents • reading)

New Frappuccino from Starbucks Japan comes filled with sweet potato fries 【Taste Test】

• Oona McGee
  Sep 22, 2019

The Sweet Potato Gold Frappuccino and Macchiato are exclusive to Japan this autumn. 

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• Japan
• (COK • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • imo kenpi • Japanese sweets • SNOJ • Starbucks • sweet potato • sweets)

Kyoto Animation’s Sound! Euphonium anime bakery is a real place, and here it is【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 22, 2019

We visit the bakery featured in Kyoto Animation’s love letter to brass bands, and taste its heartache-healing signature bread.

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• Japan
• (anime • bakeries • bread • COK • food • Kyoto Animation • SNJO • Sound! Euphonium)

“Bully insurance” now on the rise, with many more practical uses than just insuring bullying

• Dale Roll
  Sep 22, 2019

Parents in all sorts of predicaments can benefit from this low cost, expansive insurance policy. 

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• Japan
• (bully insurance • bullying • cyber bullying • Insurance • lawyers • Parenting • school life)

Cuteness goes beyond death in Japan with super-cute memorial urns【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 21, 2019

Because the kawaii spirit, like the human soul, is eternal.

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• Japan
• (cool • cute • funerals • memorial urns • weird)

Things go from scary to sweet when Japanese traveler meets tattooed man on bus overseas【Manga】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 21, 2019

A true story of coins, buses, and Pokémon.

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• Japan
• (buses • manga • moving • Pokemon • touching • travel)

Subway releases first-ever sweet sub sandwich in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Sep 21, 2019

Two never-before-seen sweet dessert sandwiches appear in a world-first for the company.

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• Japan
• (anko • fast food • food • mascarpone cheese • red bean paste • sandwiches • Subway • sweets)

Factory-outlet bacon and other pork products found in Fukuoka laundromat vending machine

• Master Blaster
  Sep 21, 2019

Purchasing slightly defective cured meats while doing a load of laundry has never been easier!

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• Japan
• (bacon • Fukuoka • ham • Kyushoku • Kyushu • laundromats • meat • pork • vending machine • wieners)

We score an exclusive interview with viral Twitter star Otodo-chan, Kochi Aquarium’s scary mascot

• Katy Kelly
  Sep 21, 2019

Otodo-chan has been racking up likes and re-tweets for her impassioned PR pleas, seal-ing her fate as one of Japan’s top mascots!
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• Japan
• (COK • cute • funny • interview • Katsurahama Aquarium • Kochi Prefecture • Mascots • Otodo-chan • sea lion • SNOJ • weird)

Poop Kanji-Drill toilet paper is the best way to accomplish your Japanese studying doo-ties

• Scott Wilson
  Sep 21, 2019

Now you too can review on the loo!

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• Japan
• (funny • kanji • kanji drills • Poo Kanji Drill • poop • SNO • toilet paper • Toilets • Unko Kanj Drill)

Japanese family hears noises at night from room of dead grandma, finds creatures living in walls

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 21, 2019

Video captures chilling mystery’s heartwarming solution.

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• Japan
• (animals • cats • COK • culture • cute • dolls • funny • scary • video • yokai • zashiki warashi)

We try a $10 Japanese grape from a bunch that retails for over $400 【Taste Test】

• Oona McGee
  Sep 20, 2019

Japan is known for its crazily expensive fruit, but is the Ruby Roman really worth the exorbitant price tag?

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• Japan
• (cooking • cooking adventure • eggs • experiment • gourmet • Mr. Sato • rice cooker • SoraKitchen)

Mint chocolate tapioca ramen appears in Tokyo: Too much to handle or too good to believe?

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 20, 2019

SoraNews24 taste tests ramen like nothing we’ve ever seen before.

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• Japan
• (boba • choco mint • COK • crazy • food • mint chocolate • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • sweets • tapioca • weird)

We attend the official release ceremony for the new iPhone 11 in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Sep 20, 2019

And take 20+ photos of Japanese actress and model Suzu Hirose.

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• Japan
• (Ginza • iPhone 11 • iPhones • Japanese models • line-up • Mr. Sato • Smartphones • Softbank • Suzu Hirose • Tokyo)

The cops kick Mr. Sato off the street during his attempt to wait on sidewalk for the new iPhone

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 20, 2019

You don’t gotta go home, Mr. Sato, but you can’t wait here.

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• Japan
• (COK • funny • Ginza • iPhone • iPhone 11 • line-up • Mr. Sato • police • SNJO)

All hospitalized Kyoto Animation arson victims’ lives are no longer in danger, doctors say

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 20, 2019

Some remain in intensive care units two months after attack on Fushimi anime studio.

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• Japan
• (anime • arson • COK • crime • Kyoto Animation • Kyoto Animation arson attack)

Japan’s first snowfall of the season comes to Hokkaido before September ends【Video, photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 20, 2019

Snow falls in Hokkaido before Tokyo even needs to get out its fall fashions.

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• Japan
• (cold • Daisetsuzan National Park • Hokkaido • snow • weather)

Video of man throwing fireworks at an oncoming train frightens Japanese net users

• Dale Roll
  Sep 20, 2019

Many who viewed the video worried that his behavior could escalate. 

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• Japan
• (crime • fireworks • scary • train station • viral video • weird)

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