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Ramen-covered fried chicken is coming to Japanese convenience stores, and we’re totally ready

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 6, 2019
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Why didn’t anyone think of this before?

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• (Baby Star • convenience stores • food • fried chicken • L Chiki • Lawson • ramen)

Wear your love of canned fish in a line of rings coming to Japanese capsule machines

• Master Blaster
  Jul 6, 2019

Holy mackerel! Holey Pacific saury and scallops too!

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• Japan
• (accessories • Artuniv Techni Colour • canned food • capsule machine • capsule toys • fashion • fish • gacha toys • gachapon • jewelry • Maruhanichiro • rings • vending machine toys • weird)

Angry baseball fan in Japan uses his own son as a weapon to attack opposing team’s fan【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 6, 2019

Ever been so angry you felt the need to smack someone else with your own kid? No? Then you’re a calmer parent than this guy.

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• Japan
• (baseball • crazy • Hanshin Tigers • parents • scary • sports • video • weird)

Sexy succubus swimwear officially goes on sale in Japan【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 5, 2019

A dark temptation arrives just in time for the summer sunshine.

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• Japan
• (beautiful women • bikinis • cosplay • demons • fashion • Mocolle • succubus • swimsuits • Village Vanguard)

Naughty anime tentacles are on their way to Japanese capsule toy machines – in six cute colors!

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 5, 2019

Manufacturer promises “many ways to play with them.”

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• (anime • capsule toys • crazy • figures • gacha toys • gachapon • gross • tentacles • vending machine toys • weird)

Nintendo answers questions on VR, 5G and staying behind the trends: “Our priority is entertainment”

• Katy Kelly
  Jul 5, 2019

Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa and company legend Shigeru Miyamoto addressed some hot topics regarding their future in virtual reality, and blamed extensive research for delays.
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• (COK • Ko Shiota • nintendo • Shigeru Miyamoto • Shuntaro Furukawa • technology • video games)

Hello Kitty and Kawaii Monster Cafe Harajuku team up for possibly cutest, tastiest collab ever

• Dale Roll
  Jul 5, 2019

Fans of all things cute will not want to miss this!

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• (colorful food • Harajuku • Harajuku fashion • Hello Kitty • kawaii Harajuku • Kawaii Monster Cafe • limited edition • pop-up cafes • Sanrio)

Beautiful, spongy soft modern Japanese sandals give you geta style without the traditional pain

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 5, 2019

A clever update to Japan’s traditional footwear that you can pare with kimono or Western clothing.

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• Japan
• (cool • fashion • kimono • Nara Getaya • sandals • shoes • yukata)

Check out these awesome AI-generated Pokémon characters that could be the future of Pokémon

• Dale Roll
  Jul 5, 2019

Could these creatures designed by robots inspire the next generation of Pokémon?

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• Japan
• (AI • AI generator • anime • artificial intelligence • design • GAN • Pokemon • StyleGAN • technology • video games)

This is Japan’s oldest tempura restaurant, and it’s awesome

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 4, 2019

Its founder started out with a street-side food stall in Japan’s samurai era, and his restaurant is still serving customers in Tokyo today.

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• Japan
• (Asakusa • COK • culture • food • history • restaurants • SNOJ • tempura • Tokyo)

Pikachu ramen topping instantly makes your instant noodles twice as much fun to eat【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 4, 2019

Sure, maybe you’re too busy to cook, but there’s always time for the most famous Pokémon, right?

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• (anime • COK • cute • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokemon Center • ramen • SNO • taste test • video games)

Japan now has Ronuts, donuts topped with slices of cake for two-in-one dessert decadence

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 4, 2019

Mister Donut doubles the deliciousness by teaming up with a beloved Japanese cake shop.

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• Japan
• (cake • donuts • food • Mister Donut • sweets)

Century-old station in Kyushu faithfully restored to original condition, Starbucks added

• Master Blaster
  Jul 4, 2019

Starbucks aside, you can really get a feel for the Taisho era in this newly reopened landmark.

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• (beauitful • cafes • coffee • COK • cool • culture • history • Kitakyushu • Kyushu • SNOJ • Starbucks • stations • Taisho Era • trains • travel)

Kirby turns into Japanese monaka sweets, looks as adorable as ever!

• Kay
  Jul 4, 2019

Kirby wows us again, not just by being cute but by becoming a tasty, sweet red bean paste-filled traditional Japanese dessert.

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• (anko • COK • cool • cute • food • Kirby • monoka • nintendo • sweet beans • sweets • video games)

Japanese people least likely to talk to strangers or offer help on airplanes, survey finds

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 4, 2019

Selfish and unfriendly, or quietly respectful?

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• (airplanes • COK • culture • society • survey • travel)

How did a centuries-old samurai musket end up in the bottom of this fishing lake in Japan?

• Dale Roll
  Jul 4, 2019

In a country as old as Japan, you never know what you’ll find hidden in the depths!

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• Japan
• (cool • family crest • fishing • guns • historical treasure • history • matchlock)

Immigration officials raid cosplay event in Malaysia, arrest four foreign cosplayers

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 3, 2019

Event organizers say government organization told them foreigners wouldn’t need special visas, arresting officers disagree.

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• (anime • anime conventions • cosplay • cosplayers • crime • immigration • Malaysia • otaku • work visas)

Adorable kitten becomes growling demon for delicious Japanese snack【Video】

• Shannon McNaught
  Jul 3, 2019

A snack so delicious, you’ll wonder what’s inside that makes your cat insane.

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• Japan
• (animals • cat snacks • cats • Ciao Churu • cute • funny • pets • scary • weird)

Crushed turtle on tracks delays train in Japan, problem “not uncommon”

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 3, 2019

The turtle wasn’t hit by a train, but was still too slow to get out of the way of another source of danger.

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• Japan
• (animals • COK • Japan Railways • sad • trains • turtles • weird)

This ramen restaurant has no name, is one of the best hidden finds in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jul 3, 2019

You know a noodle joint is good when it doesn’t even need a name to get business.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Kyoto • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • reviews • SNJO • taste test)

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