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EarthBound’s creator says “Video games are a shovel” that helps you unearth life’s treasures
- Casey Baseel
May 11, 2019 - Tweet
Shigesato Itoi talks about the connection between real-life experience, human emotion, and video games.
- Japan
- (Earthbound • mother • nintendo • Shigesato Itoi • video games)
Japanese tire company’s trendy tire print yukata prints rev back into the limelight
- Katy Kelly
May 11, 2019
Far from their traditional association with burnt rubber, squealing brakes and gritty endurance, tires lend a spot of delicate geometry to these kimono prints.
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Maid Day 2019 brings out Japan’s best maid cosplayers【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
May 10, 2019
The made-in-Japan celebration is picking up steam around abroad too.
- Internet, Japan
- (beautiful women • cosplay • cosplayers • Maid Day • Maid Day 2019 • maids)
New Final Fantasy VII remake trailer shows off Aerith and Sephiroth【Video】
- Casey Baseel
May 10, 2019
Legendary symbols of light and dark return in Square Enix’s hugely ambitious project.
- Japan
- (Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Final Fantasy VII remake • Square Enix • video • video games)
Applications for the ticket lottery for Tokyo 2020 Olympics matches and ceremonies are now open!
- Dale Roll
May 10, 2019
If you plan to attend, get your application in before May 29!
- Japan
- (2020 Olympic Games • 2020 Olympics • Olympics • sports • tickets • Tokyo Olympics)
Half-dozen of manga’s greatest creators have at-home drinking party, make one-of-a-kind artwork
- Casey Baseel
May 10, 2019
Creators of One Piece, Naruto, and My Hero Academia got together at friend’s place to get tipsy, created piece of manga history while they were at it.
- Japan
- (anime • art • awesome • cool • Eiichiro Oda • illustration • manga • Masashi Kishimoto • My Hero Academia • Naruto • Nobuhiro Watsuki • One Piece • Riichiro Inagaki • Rurouni Kenshin • Shonen Jump • Weekly Shonen Jump)
Who needs a real weapon? Salaryman makes awesome FX battle video using a traffic cone【Video】
- Dale Roll
May 10, 2019
With the power of special effects and video editing, and awesome martial arts skills, you, too, can be a traffic cone master!
- Japan
- (awesome • cool • fight choreography • fighting • funny • martial arts • motion acting • special effects • traffic cone • video • weapon)
Japanese Shiba Inu shows even the dog world’s biggest goofs can have elegant table manners【Video】
- CJ
May 10, 2019
A Shiba dog shows the world that not all dogs are sloppy and messy as it savors homemade food by owner.
Japan’s unbelievably buff muscle idol shares workout videos, performs wicked clothesline【Videos】
- Casey Baseel
May 10, 2019
Reika Saiki is here to evolve traditional kawaii cuteness into a new form: mukikawa.
- Japan
- (beautiful women • bodybuilding • exercise • fitness • idol singers • Idols • muscles • pro wrestling • Reika Saiki • video • weightlifting)
Survey claims that 30 percent of boys’ love fans in Japan are men
- Casey Baseel
May 10, 2019
The common opinion is that anime’s tales of male-on-male romance are written just for girls, but one study says otherwise.
Japan reacts to Hollywood movie about Hiroshima bombing staring Evan Rachel Wood
- Master Blaster
May 9, 2019
Perspectives are a tricky thing leading up to the production of One Thousand Paper Cranes.
- Japan
- (Evan Rachel Wood • Hiroshima • Johnny Depp • Minamata • movies • One Thousand Paper Cranes • paper cranes • Richard Raymond • Sadako Sasaki • whitewashing)
Ramen restaurant in Japan sells one-of-a-kind extra: handshakes with the owner/chef!
- Casey Baseel
May 9, 2019
Noodle joint takes a page from the idol singer industry.
- Japan
- (food • handshake • idol singers • Idols • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • Saitama • weird)
Massive manga mural appears in Tokyo station with nearly 100 feet of anime’s biggest stars【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
May 9, 2019
Commuting through Shibuya subway station just got a lot cooler.
- Japan
- (ads • anime • art • Attack on Titan • awesome • COK • cool • Kodansha • manga • Shibuya • Shibuya Station • Shueisha • SNOJ • stations • trains • Weekly Shonen Jump • Weekly Shōnen Magazine)
40 things our loveless reporter felt using Tinder in Japan
- Dale Roll
May 9, 2019
Online dating sure can be frustrating.
- Japan
- (COK • dating • funny • life • online dating • relationships • romance • SNOJ • Tinder)
Starbucks Japan Royal Milk Tea Frappuccino: The perfect drink for milk tea lovers
- Oona McGee
May 9, 2019
A timely taste of royalty as we head into the new era.
- Japan
- (COK • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • milk tea • review • SNOJ • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test • tea)
Detective Pikachu debuts in Pokémon GO in event saluting franchise’s first live-action film
- Casey Baseel
May 9, 2019
Adorable sleuth is joined by special color-versions of his Pokémon movie co-stars.
- Japan
- (cute • Detective Pikachu • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • video games)
Starbucks Japan goes retro with Purin A la Mode Pudding Frappuccino, kissaten coffeehouse items
- Oona McGee
May 8, 2019
New lineup will make you feel like you’ve stepped back in time to the heyday of Japanese coffeehouses.
- Japan
- (coffeehouse • creme caramel • desserts • food and drink • Frappuccinos • kissaten • pudding • purin • purin a la mode • retro • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets)
POKÉMON Detective Pikachu: Full Picture leaked online ahead of Pokémon film’s official release
- Casey Baseel
May 8, 2019
Can’t resist taking a sneak peek? OK, but don’t say we didn’t warn you.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • Detective Pikachu • funny • Live action • movies • Pikachu • piracy • video • video games)
Japanese Shiba Inu melts hearts with adorable swimming technique…above water 【Pics & Video】
- Oona McGee
May 8, 2019
This cute pup thinks she can dog paddle through the air.
- Japan
- (animals • cute • dogs • dogs of Instagram • Instagram • Japanese dogs • Kawaii • pets • shiba • Shiba dog • Shiba Inu)
Train station in Osaka plays “most disturbing sound in human history” to announce arrivals
- Master Blaster
May 8, 2019
JR Tennoji Station musically invites you to board one of their trains bound for the…ChAOs ReAlM‽
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New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
Tokyo train station will play Godzilla theme song as new departure melody
Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
Studio Ghibli has a new anime out, and there’s only one place in the world where you can see it
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