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We score another fukubukuro lucky bag from Baskin Robbins Japan with bonus Snoopy【Photos】

• Katy Kelly
  Jan 7, 2019
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Even more of the super cute ice cream theme products, but a sprinkle of Peanuts just makes it all the sweeter!
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• (Baskin Robbins • COK • cute • food • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro 2018 • ice cream • Lucky Bag Roundup 2018 • Lucky Bags • SNOJ • Snoopy • sweets)

Meet Japan’s adorable otter YouTuber, Chiitan!【Video】

• Shannon McNaught
  Jan 7, 2019

Are you this adorable sleeping in a tiny futon?

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• Japan
• (animals • cute • futon • Otter • pets • video)

Krispy Kreme puts up a New Year’s line of donuts and we’re ready to scarf them down

• Katy Kelly
  Jan 7, 2019

Glitzy red and gold decor, plus boar and snowman shapes. These donuts will start your year off sweet!

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• Japan
• (donuts • food • Krispy Kreme • limited edition flavors • New Year 2019 • seasonal specials • SNJO • Year of the Boar)

Shiba Inu in the snow: Japanese dogs melt hearts with their love for the cold【Pics & Video】

• Oona McGee
  Jan 7, 2019

Warm your cockles with these smiling pups gleefully throwing themselves into the snow.

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• Japan
• (animals • cute • cute dogs • dogs • pets • shiba • Shiba dog • Shiba Inu • snow • videos • winter)

Tuna sells for record 333.6 million yen at Toyosu Fish Market auction in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Jan 6, 2019

The prized catch was served up at Sushi Zanmai branches around Japan.

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• Japan
• (fish • Kiyoshi Kimura • maguro • news • sushi • Sushi Zanmai • Tokyo • Tsukiji • Tsukiji fish market • tuna • tuna auction)

Mie man arrested for appearing naked on another man’s third-floor balcony

• Master Blaster
  Jan 6, 2019

Someone’s 2019 is off to a skin-crawling start.

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• Japan
• (balcony • creepy • crime • Mie • scary • Suzuka • trespassing)

Crushing workload at schools is causing more Japanese teachers to crumble from chronic depression

• Koh Ruide
  Jan 6, 2019

Teaching is merely one small facet of being a public school educator in Japan.

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• Japan
• (depression • education • overworked • resignation • sad • teacher)

Pokémon anime confuses viewers by asking them how many friends and lovers they have captured

• Koh Ruide
  Jan 6, 2019

Perhaps they would do well to stick to monster catching instead of probing into people’s personal lives.

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• Japan
• (anime • blunder • controversies • Japanese Twitter • Pokemon • weird)

Even Michael Jackson is getting in on the action, with his own fukubukuro in 2019

• Master Blaster
  Jan 6, 2019

We pop open a lucky bag essential for fans of the late King of Pop.

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• Japan, USA
• (calendars • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2019 • lucky bag 2019 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2019 • Lucky Bags • Michael Jackson • music)

Ikea fukubukuro lucky bag gives us 10,000 yen worth of goods for 3,000 yen

• Oona McGee
  Jan 6, 2019

One of the best bargains of the year. 

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• Japan
• (fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2019 • furniture • ikea • Lucky Bag Roundup 2019 • Lucky Bags • lucky Bags 2019 • new year • shopping)

Studio Ghibli hanko personal seal stands are here to enliven your mundane daily tasks

• Krista Rogers
  Jan 5, 2019

These adorable name stamp stands will make you want to stamp your name on everything in sight! 

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• Japan
• (anime • Catbus • cute • hanko • Hayao Miyazaki • home • name stamp • office • personal seals • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Japanese bikini model bursts fan’s nude hot spring video fantasy bubble

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 5, 2019

Reveals trick of the trade regarding no-towel onsen travel videos.

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• Japan
• (beautiful women • hot springs • onsen • travel)

Mr. Sato gets his heart broken by a 2019 Akihabara Junk Shop Lucky Bag

• Master Blaster
  Jan 5, 2019

My mama always said life is like an Akihabara junk shop fukubukuro. You never know what you’re going to get.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • COK • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2019 • junk shop • Lucky Bags • lucky Bags 2019 • shopping • SNOJ • Tokyo)

Japanese idol asks fans to marry her, provided they can pay her 400,000 yen (US$3,550) a month

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 5, 2019

Said she wanted dying relative to see her as a bride, but there’s another twist.

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• Japan
• (crazy • idol singers • Idols • marriage • weird)

Same-sex couples take Japanese government to court, request constitutional marriage rights

• SoraNews24
  Jan 5, 2019

Ten same-sex couples are filing a joint lawsuit against the Japanese government, calling for real marriage equality.

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• Japan
• (gay rights • government • LGBT • marriage • marriage equality • same-sex marriage • society)

Japanese school bans non-white masks for students, teacher can’t believe dumb waste of time

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 5, 2019

Dress code detail is a waste of time to even discuss, frustrated junior high teacher says.

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• Japan
• (COK • education • masks • school rules • schools • society • Teachers • weird)

Japanese airline pilot fails alcohol breath test one hour before he was scheduled to fly

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 5, 2019

ANA Wings employee grounded as his breath keeps him from taking to the skies.

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• (airplanes • alcohol • All Nippon Airways • ANA • COK • drunk • scandal • scary • travel)

Tokyo Disneyland rings in Japanese New Year with special parades, kimono, and a flatulent pig

• Krista Rogers
  Jan 4, 2019

Tokyo Disneyland and Disney Sea celebrate the Year of the Boar in style with a fan-favorite Disney character in the limelight. 

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • Disney • New Year's • Pumbaa • Tokyo • Tokyo Disney Resort • Tokyo Disney Sea • Tokyo Disneyland • Year of the Boar)

Japanese monks go viral with online protest against police claim that robes are a driving hazard

• Oona McGee
  Jan 4, 2019

Buddhist monks juggle, box, dance to show their garments are no hindrance after monk refuses to pay fine for driving in his robe. 

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• Japan
• (Buddhism • Buddhist monk • Buddhist priest • Fukui • hastags • heartwarming • monks • news • police • religion • twitter • videos • viral)

Learn how to do Japanese New Year’s the right way and avoid bad luck

• Katy Kelly
  Jan 4, 2019

These six New Year’s taboos mean you’ll be doing a lot less cooking, fighting and random spending at the start of the year.

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• Japan
• (COK • culture • good luck • New Year's • society • taboos • traditions)

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