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Tokyo’s Shibuya neighborhood likely to ban public drinking due to Halloween mayhem

• Casey Baseel
  May 14, 2019
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Shibuya’s world-famous Halloween street parties may not be going away, but it looks like they’ll be going non-alcoholic.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • COK • crime • halloween • Shibuya • Shibuya Halloween • Shibuya truck • society)

Evangelion bar in Tokyo: You mustn’t run away from the awesome anime food at this sakaba

• Oona McGee
  May 14, 2019

We go on a mission to eat and drink at Nerv headquarters.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • anime • bars • Evangelion • food • food and drink • izakaya • restaurants • sakaba • themed restaurants • Tokyo)

You can now get fugu, Japan’s poisonous blowfish, for under a buck at revolving sushi restaurants

• Casey Baseel
  May 14, 2019

A meal equal parts thrilling, delicious, and affordable.

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• Japan
• (blowfish • COK • Conveyor belt sushi • food • fugu • Kura Sushi • Kurazushi • revolving sushi • SNOJ • sushi • Sushiro)

Rilakkuma washing bags may be the cutest laundry invention ever!

• Kay
  May 14, 2019

Anything that makes laundry more fun is more than welcome in our books.

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• Japan
• (cute • Felissimo • Netflix • Rilakkuma)

Starbucks Japan releases new limited-edition cups, tumblers and travel mugs for summer 2019

• Oona McGee
  May 14, 2019

Another season, another lineup of must-have Japan-exclusive items.

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• Japan
• (drinks • drinkware • mugs • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • summer • travel mugs)

Let Potechinote do all the dirty potato chip work and keep your touchscreens sparkling

• Master Blaster
  May 14, 2019

Potechinote is back with some fresh design changes!

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• Japan
• (Calbee • dirty fingers • food • potato chips • Potechinote • Smartphones • tablets • Takara Tomi • technology • touch screens)

Hippest grandpa in Japan stuns online with magazine-worthy photo shoots【Photos】

• Krista Rogers
  May 14, 2019

The sweetest part is that “Silver Tetsuya’s” photographer is none other than his beloved grandson.

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• Japan
• (aging • Akita • cool • fashion • grandfather • grandson • hip • photos • Tetsuya)

Explore Kyoto tourist site Fushimi Inari Taisha shrine with Unreal Engine 4 【Video】

• SoraNews24
  May 13, 2019

Stunning exploration game lets you walk at your own pace, take photos with an in-game camera, and discover hidden areas without the crowds.

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• Japan
• (digital design • Fushimi Inari • Fushimi Inari Shrine • Fushimi Inari Taisha • Kyoto • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel • Unreal Engine 4 • virtual reality • VR)

Ikea makes tiny blue tote bags for storage, but in Japan they’re used for anime figurines

• Oona McGee
  May 13, 2019

Ikea’s iconic blue bag becomes the hip new accessory for all comic-book character figurines this season.

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• Japan
• (anime • coin purse • cosplay • cute • figurines • ikea • Ikea bag • ikea japan • Kawaii • manga • miniature • shopping)

10-year old Japanese YouTuber advocates children not going to school if they don’t want to

• Koh Ruide
  May 13, 2019

Says that parents have no right to force education upon children.

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• Japan
• (child • education • Japanese YouTubers • minor • video • YouTuber)

Drunk Kanagawa senior arrested for biting fingers off friend’s hand

• Master Blaster
  May 13, 2019

What are friends for?

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• Japan
• (alcohol • bite • crime • drinking • fingers • injury • Kanagawa • Yokosuka)

Gwyneth Paltrow visits Japan, dines on sushi and soba as Goop beauty brand debuts in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  May 13, 2019

New Goop pop-up shop and cafe opens in Tokyo for a limited time.

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• Japan
• (beauty • celebrities • COK • fashion • Goop • Gwyneth Paltrow • health and wellness • hollywood • Honmura An • movie stars • pop-up • pop-up cafes • pop-up shops • Roppongi • shopping • skincare • soba • sushi • Sushi Iwa • Tokyo • wellness)

Ichikawa-Mama station gets linguistic makeover just in time for Mother’s Day

• Scott Wilson
  May 13, 2019

Besides the flowers, can you spot what makes this station name-change special?

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• Japan
• (Chiba • Ichikawa • Mother's Day • train stations • trains)

Carry your change in a rice cooker coin case from Japan!

• Oona McGee
  May 13, 2019

Who needs a boring coin purse when you can surprise shoppers at the cash register by popping the lid on your miniature rice cooker?

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• Japan
• (capsule toys • COK • cute • gacha • gacha gacha • gacha toys • gachapon • Kawaii • Kitan Club • rice cookers • suihanki • toys)

Japan’s host club king wants to sell you some US$490 hair product in a tiny, tiny bottle

• Casey Baseel
  May 12, 2019

Roland also has a “must-have” hangover cure that can be yours for just a little over 100 bucks.

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• Japan
• (beauty • COK • crazy • hairstyling • Handsome men • host bars • hosts • Roland)

Japanese capsule toy vending machines now selling working capsule toy vending machines

• Casey Baseel
  May 12, 2019

That’s right, you can now own your very own gacha gacha gacha gacha.

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• Japan
• (capsule toys • cool • gachapon • SNOJ • vending machine toys • vending machines • video)

What happens when two hard-core otaku get married? The inside of their house turns into THIS

• Casey Baseel
  May 12, 2019

There’s a method to their madness, though, with different themes for different rooms, and one anime-safe space remaining.

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• Japan
• (awesome • crazy • funny • interior • marriage • otaku)

Dragon Ball fans all over the world pitch in with amazing fan art to pay tribute to Goku Day

• Koh Ruide
  May 11, 2019

A special moment for everyone’s favorite Super Saiyan.

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• Japan
• (Dragon Ball • fanart • Goku • Goku Day • Japanese Twitter • Piccolo • tribute • twitter)

Meat Festival at Yunessun hot spring resort features creamy soy milk bath!

• Kay
  May 11, 2019

Here’s your chance to soak in a large refreshing hot bath of soy milk.

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• Japan
• (food • Hakone • hot springs • Kanagawa • onsen • spa resort • travel • weird • Yunessun)

How to find a lost cat: Unique method from Japan proves to be surprisingly effective

• Oona McGee
  May 11, 2019

Pet owners swear this unconventional technique works for lost dogs too.

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• Japan
• (animals • cats • COK • dogs • lifehack • lost pet • moving • pets • touching • twitter • weird)

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