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

• Shannon McNaught
  Jul 3, 2019
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A snack so delicious, you’ll wonder what’s inside that makes your cat insane.

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• (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)

This beautiful Starbucks just outside Tokyo has an aural connection to Japan’s samurai past【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 3, 2019

Your eyes will love the traditional Japanese garden, but keep your ears open for a sound that’s been marking life in this town for centuries.

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• (awesome • beautiful • COK • cool • culture • Edo period • gardens • history • Kawagoe • Saitama • SNOJ • Starbucks • travel)

Uniqlo reveals first-ever T-shirt collaboration with Your Name anime director Makoto Shinkai

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 3, 2019

Shirts will be in stores just before the opening of Shinkai’s newest anime movie, Weathering with You.

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• (anime • cool • fashion • Makoto Shinkai • T0shirts • Tenki no Ko • Uniqlo • UT • Weathering with You • your name.)

Official Pokémon bubble teas coming to Japan!

• Oona McGee
  Jul 2, 2019

Boba balls replace Poké Balls in this new drink range featuring some of our favourite Pocket Monsters. 

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• Japan
• (anime • boba • bubble tea • cute • design • drinks • milk tea • nintendo • Pikachu • Pokemon • Sweet Dynasty • tapioca • tapioca tea • video games)

Some thoughts on Netflix’s Evangelion anime translation controversy, like, and love

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 2, 2019

Evangelion’s original English scriptwriter has some harsh words for people complaining about translation choices, but also a pretty good point.

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• Japan
• (anime • controversy • Evangelion • Japanese language • LGBT • linguistics • localization • Studio Khara • translation)

Modern samurai fashion brand Wazigen Shizukuya’s summer collection makes old-meets-new splash

• Krista Rogers
  Jul 2, 2019

The latest summer collection of our favorite modern samurai kimono offers a range of functionally fashionable garments.

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• Japan
• (clothing • cool • fashion • hakama • kimono • Kyoto • samurai • style • summer • Wazigen Shizukuya)

Kim Kardashian drops plans to call new fashion brand Kimono Solutionwear

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 2, 2019

Angry response causes lifestyle entrepreneur to backtrack from first-choice of name for new innerwear line.

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• Japan
• (celebrities • controversy • culture • fashion • Kanye West • Kim Kardashian • Kim Kardashian West • kimono • Kimono Solutionwear)

This mouthwatering sushi is all from one of Japan’s greatest convenience stores【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 2, 2019

Japan sets the bar for convenience store excellence pretty high, but this one clears it with ease.

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• (COK • convenience stores • cool • food • Hokkaido • Sapporo • Seico Mart • SNOJ • sushi)

Uniqlo announces brand-new line of awesomely beautiful Sailor Moon T-shirts

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 2, 2019

Celebratory shorts for anime/manga classic will be released in 26 countries.

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• Japan
• (anime • fashion • manga • Sailor Moon • t-shirts • Uniqlo)

We got a haircut at “Japan’s Leading Barber” and walked away feeling like a million bucks

• Koh Ruide
  Jul 1, 2019

From a boy in a suit to leader of the free world in the blink of an eye.

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• Japan
• (appearance • barber • confidence • hair • haircut • job hunting • Jotaro Takigawa • massage • shinjuku)

Brand-new Sailor Moon anime movies bring back original ‘90s anime character designer【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 1, 2019

Sailor Moon is taking two steps into the future, but it’s bringing an important part of its past along for the ride.

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• Japan
• (anime • manga • movies • Naoko Takeuchi • Sailor Moon • Sailor Moon Crystal • Sailor Moon Eternal • video)

In search of the mysterious “Space Station” on a remote mountain in Yamaguchi Prefecture

• Master Blaster
  Jul 1, 2019

The truth is out there.

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• Japan
• (Masanuki Sunakoma • Mountains • SNJO • Space Station • strange • travel • UFO • Yamaguchi)

Japan now has sleepable rental cars to help travelers save money by skipping a hotel

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 1, 2019

Clever interior modifications turn parked car into private bedroom.

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• (camping • cars • clever • cool • hotels • outdoors • rentacars • rental cars • travel)

Enjoy a refreshing bottle of just-kidding “soy sauce” from Japanese vending machines this summer

• Krista Rogers
  Jul 1, 2019

Wait, what?

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• Japan
• (Cheerio • COK • drinks • funny • Orange juice • SNOJ • soy sauce • vending machine • vending machines • weird)

Japanese artist and cat make bamboo guitar that serves nagashi somen noodles on hot summer days

• Master Blaster
  Jul 1, 2019

Gives new meaning to “noodling around on the guitar.”

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• Japan
• (art • bamboo • cats • food • guitar • music • nagashi somen • Noodles • Shota Mori • summer)

Japanese Fans, Official Translator Weigh in on Netflix Evangelion English Subtitle Debate

• Anime News Network
  Jun 30, 2019

Netflix subtitles translate Kaworu’s proclamation to Shinji as ‘I like you’ compared to ADV’s ‘I love you.’

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• Japan
• (ambiguous • Evangelion • Kaworu • Neon Genesis Evangelion • Netflix • Shinji Ikari • translation)

Gun-dam, these are some crazy-looking anime robot-style cooking knives from Japan【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 30, 2019

Ever wanted to prepare dinner with a replica of Gundam’s heat hawk mecha weaponry? Now you can.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cook • cooking • crazy • cutlery • Gundam • heat hawk • knives • robots • Zaku)

Pikachu Happy Meal toys arrive at McDonald’s, provide electrifying fun for the whole family

• Koh Ruide
  Jun 30, 2019

From spinning tops to gadgets that fire out discs, we can’t get enough of these limited-edition items.

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• Japan
• (cool toys • gadgets • Happy Meal • McDonald's Japan • Mewtwo • Pikachu • Pokemon)

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