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Studio Ghibli offers special Spirited Away present with Toshio Suzuki exhibition tickets in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Feb 13, 2019 - Tweet
Grab your tickets now before they sell out!
- Japan
- (anime • art • exhibitions • Ghibli • movies • Studio Ghibli • Tokyo • Toshio Suzuki)
Snowy Japanese sports car shows what happens when Car-senpai notices you【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Feb 13, 2019
One of the greatest driver’s cars Japan has ever produced shows its adorable side.
Evangelion Store popularity contest reveals surprising results for a former fan favorite
- Shannon McNaught
Feb 13, 2019
When the popularity of an Evangelion pilot falls, apparently it falls fast.
- Japan
- (anime • Evangelion • Evangelion Store • poll • Rebuild of Evangelion • Rei Ayanami)
Japanese poopers show strong enthusiasm for new portable banana toilet【Videos】
- Casey Baseel
Feb 12, 2019
Crowdfunding success shows there’s still room for one more in the crowded Japanese toilet marketplace.
Japanese company will ask your crush out on a date for you if you’re too shy to do it yourself
- Casey Baseel
Feb 12, 2019
Deluxe plan costs over 140,000 yen (US$1,260).
- Japan
- (COK • dating • kokuhaku • love confessions • proxy services • romance • society • weird)
Japanese grandpa’s “for fun” ink paintings are so divine they’re now part of a beautiful temple
- Dale Roll
Feb 12, 2019
It’s only his hobby, but this grandpa is good enough to become a professional.
President of Japan’s obligation chocolate king sends personal letter to giri choco-hater Godiva
- Casey Baseel
Feb 12, 2019
Things get personal, and sweet, in the latest chapter of the ongoing difference of opinions about a Japanese cultural tradition.
- Japan
- (Black Thunder • chocolate • COK • food • giri choco • Godiva • obligation chocolate • SNOJ • society • sweets • Yuraku Confectionery)
Super Mario World 1-1 perfectly recreated, animation and all, in Japanese fan’s notebook【Vid】
- Casey Baseel
Feb 12, 2019
”I drew Super Mario in my notebook” says amazing artist, but this isn’t any bored-in-class doodle.
- Japan
- (art • awesome • clever • cool • nintendo • stop motion • Super Mario • Super Mario Bros. • video • video games • World 1-1)
Japanese high school life in the Heisei era at the heart of new Pocky x Milk Tea collaboration
- Oona McGee
Feb 12, 2019
Bittersweet flavours combine to create a whole new taste sensation.
- Japan
- (chocolates • COK • Heisei era • high school • Japanese high school • marketing • Pocky • school • school life • sweets)
Anti-Valentine’s Day protest march held in Tokyo by Revolutionary Alliance of Unpopular Men【Vid】
- Casey Baseel
Feb 11, 2019
Shibuya demonstration also attracts one woman in call to “Crush romantic capitalism!”
- Japan
- (chocolaeromance • crazy • funny • march • protest • relationships • Revolutionary Alliance of Unpopular Men • Valentine's Day • video • weird)
He’s back! Beloved City Hunter enchants and thrills in new feature length anime【SoraReview】
- Kay
Feb 11, 2019
Ryo Saeba, aka City Hunter, comes back in a long-awaited feature-length anime movie after 20 years, and his antics are as outrageous as ever!
- Japan
- (anime • City Hunter • movies • review • Ryo Saeba • Shinjuku Private Eyes)
Customize the green tea and traditional sweets parfait of your dreams in famous Kyoto shop
- Krista Rogers
Feb 11, 2019
Establishment boasts 88,200 possible parfaits in the geisha district of Japan’s ancient capital city.
- Japan
- (cafes • Gion Tsujiri • green tea • Kyoto • parfaits • restaurants • Saryo Tsujiri • sweets • Uji)
We visited a tempura shop that allowed customers to discard miso soup clam shells on the floor
- Koh Ruide
Feb 11, 2019
The store’s odd practice is a stark contrast to Japan’s stance on cleanliness.
Samurai C-3PO is the Japanese warrior droid we’ve all been waiting for
- Oona McGee
Feb 11, 2019
Complete with gold armour and topknot.
- Japan
- (Bandai • C-3PO • collectibles • cool • figurines • Movie Realisation • samurai • Star Wars • Tamashii Nations)
Chiitan’s management speaks out about copyright issues and future with Susaki City
- Master Blaster
Feb 11, 2019
Chiitan’s management claim a city rep in charge of happiness told them “permission wasn’t needed.”
Beginner Live2D anime artist creates eldritch horrors that warp reality when they move【Video】
- Katy Kelly
Feb 10, 2019
The leap from static drawings to animation has never been so drastic.
- Japan
- (anime girls • creepy • cute • Live2D • virtual YouTubers • weird • wtf)
Japan makes card game to help kids raise disaster prevention awareness
- Shannon McNaught
Feb 10, 2019
How do you get kids interested in natural disaster preparedness? With a game, of course.
- Japan
- (biohazard • blizzards • card game • earthquakes • Japanese Self-Defense Force • Natural disasters • Okayama • typhoons)
The top 10 mobile games that Japanese people spent the most money on in 2018
- Dale Roll
Feb 10, 2019
You won’t believe how much money these games are making.
- Japan
- (Disney Tsum Tsum • Dragon Ball Z: Dokka Battle • fate grand order • Granblue Fantasy • in-app purchases • Knives Out • mobile games • Monster Strike • Pokémon GO • Puzzle & Dragons • ranking • smartphone games • The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls)
Tokyo has a share house for people who want to be pro gamers, comes furnished with gaming PCs
- Casey Baseel
Feb 9, 2019
Live the life in Tokyo while pursuing your dreams of e-sports glory.
- Japan
- (apartments • COK • cool • e-sports • Living in Japan • pro gamers • pro gaming • share houses • shared houses • video games)
Japanese beauty product prints English backwards on package so women can take better selfies
- Casey Baseel
Feb 9, 2019
It looks like a mistake, but the packaging is exactly how the company wants it to be.
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Liquid croissant coffee is coming to Japanese stores this month
Continuing cyberattacks hit Japanese arcade hard [Photos]
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Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
Princess Mononoke was going to look totally different, new Studio Ghibli artbook shows
Pachinko parlor operator arrested for not obscuring the act of gambling well enough
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Cold Stone is closing its final branch in all of east Japan, but it’s going down singing
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- Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
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Chainsaw robots helping keep trains running safely in east Japan [Video]
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
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Starbucks Japan releases new drinkware and goods for Valentine’s Day
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Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
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