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Famous jeweler celebrates the everyday with a Tokyo convenience store limited exhibition

• Katy Kelly
  Sep 11, 2018
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Jewelry chain Cartier hopes to make you value the ordinary by displaying their famous Juste en Clou line in the same way as cup ramen and magazines.

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• Japan
• (accssories • cartier • convenience stores • Harajuku • jewelry • Omotesando • Tokyo)

Nearly one in three Japanese men in survey prefer to sit down when taking a pee

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 11, 2018

Why stand when you can sit?

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• Japan
• (COK • health • society • survey • Toilets)

Conan O’Brien asks Hideo Kojima for a job, sings Live Band Karaoke, and says sayonara to Japan

• Oona McGee
  Sep 11, 2018

Conan and his team packed in as much of Tokyo as possible during the final days of their Japanese trip.

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• Japan
• (celebrities • Conan • Conan O'Brien • Conan Town • Hideo Kojima • karaoke • Kojima Productions • video games)

Japan’s number-one cosplayer reveals her staggering earnings at this year’s Comiket

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 11, 2018

Enako’s popularity, and profits, continue to grow as fans form their longest line ever to buy her photo albums.

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• Japan
• (anime • beautiful women • Comiket • cosplay • cosplayers • Enako • otaku)

There’s a cool surprise waiting on the platform of Nakano Station, Tokyo’s other otaku paradise

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 11, 2018

Got some leftover change after a day of pop culture treasure-hunting? Then this JR station has a vending machine you’ll want to check out.

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• (COK • cool • figures • gacha gacha • Nakano • SNOJ • toys • trains • vending machines • weird)

Awesome Japanese kindergarten magazine comes with sweet DIY capsule vending machine

• Koh Ruide
  Sep 10, 2018

Magazines for kids in Japan are so cool, even the adults want it.

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• Japan
• (capsule toy machine • DIY • do it yourself • gachapon • kindergarten • magazine)

Half of Tokyo’s universities to use credits to “convince” students to volunteer in 2020 Olympics

• Koh Ruide
  Sep 10, 2018

Whatever happened to the spirit of volunteering?

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• Japan
• (2020 Tokyo Olympics • controversial • university • university students • volunteer)

University in Kyoto offers free tuition to anyone over 100 years of age, over half off if over 50

• Master Blaster
  Sep 10, 2018

Hanazono University hopes you’re never too old to get a bachelor’s in clinical psychology.

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• Japan
• (aging population • education • Hanazono University • Kyoto • scholarship • tuition)

Japanese teacher draws incredible blackboard chalk art to inspire class on sports day【Pics】

• Scott Wilson
  Sep 10, 2018

One for all!

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• Japan
• (anime • art • Attack on Titan • chalkboard art • frozen • Kimi no na wa • manga • My Hero Academia • your name.)

Kanye West sends his team to Japan for “research”, shares unusual haul online【Photos】

• Oona McGee
  Sep 10, 2018

West tells everyone he’s “creating the convenience of the future” and posts 30 mysterious photos of Japanese shopping spree.

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• (combini • convenience stores • Japanese convenience stores • Kanye West • twitter)

Japanese gay bar “mama” gives the best advice for how to get over a breakup we’ve ever heard

• Scott Wilson
  Sep 9, 2018

First, you cry. Then, you take a deep breath. Next, you feed upon their flesh.

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• Japan
• (breakups • funny • life advice • relationships)

Is it OK to put other food on top of your white rice when eating in Japan?

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 9, 2018

Rice is part of almost every traditional Japanese meal, but should the rest of the meal be part of the rice?

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• Japan
• (COK • etiquette • food • manners • rice • society)

Gorgeous sheets of Japanese edible color will make your next bento project look incredible【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 9, 2018

They’re also a fun way to trick your kids into eating something healthy.

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• Japan
• (beautiful • bento • character bento • cooking • cool • food • kamaboko • kyara-ben)

If this adorable Shiba dog can learn to speak a word in Japanese (and he has), so can you【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 9, 2018

Yeah, yeah, people say Japanese is a hard language to learn. But Beni shows that even a humble pooch can pick up some vocabulary.

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• (animals • awesome • cool • cute • dogs • Japanese language • learning japanese • linguistics • pets • Shiba Inu • video)

European YouTuber tries all of the food on the counter in Japanese 7-Eleven, loves it all

• Dale Roll
  Sep 9, 2018

Travel and food vlogger Raphael Gomes had no idea what he was eating, but he enjoyed almost every bite!

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • convenience store food • food • karaage • mochi • oden • steamed buns • YouTube • YouTuber)

That sexy time of the month – Japanese line of fashionable sanitary panties launches【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 8, 2018

Three different panty designs that are as stylish as they are functional.

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• Japan
• (COK • fashion • K Plus One Percent • lingerie • sanitary)

Japanese fashion app Wear has one user trying to make cardboard Gundam heads the new hot style

• Scott Wilson
  Sep 8, 2018

Finally, an outfit for the clothes-conscious Gundam fan… who has some spare cardboard boxes.

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• Japan
• (clothes • fashion • funny • Gundam • wear)

People affected by Hokkaido earthquake stock up on everything but Peyang’s ultra-spicy noodles

• Master Blaster
  Sep 8, 2018

Earthquake-affected areas more or less saying they’d rather starve than take on Extra Spicy MAX END Yakisoba.

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• Japan
• (earthquake • food • Gekikara MAX END • Hokkaido • instant yakisoba • Noodles • Peyang)

What’s Japan’s least appealing big city, and why did it get stuck with that title?【Survey】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 8, 2018

Town ranks in last place for second survey in a row, but there actually are some things to love about the place.

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• Japan
• (food • Living in Japan • Nagoya • society • survey • travel)

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