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Nintendo’s Kirby launches Operation Full Stomach at Yoshinoya, rewards your appetite with merch

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 3, 2024
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It’s time to inhale some gyudon!

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• Japan
• (beef bowls • COK • food • gyudon • Kirby • nintendo • restaurants • video games • Yoshinoya)

Pokémon Happy Meal toys for outdoor fun are on their way to McDonald’s Japan【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 3, 2024

Captain Pikachu wants you to get out of the house over summer vacation.

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• Japan
• (anime • fast food • food • Happy Meal • Happy Meals • Happy Set • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Pikachu • Pokemon • toys • video games)

Anime-style avatar waitresses, controlled by humans, now taking orders at Tokyo pub

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 3, 2024

Miraizaka has a futuristic new ordering system that it says AI can’t equal.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • crazy • izakaya • manga • restaurants • technology • virtual YouTubers • VTubers • weird)

Cheap capsule hotel in Kyoto is open to everyone, comes with free all-you-can-drink alcohol

• SoraNews24
  Aug 3, 2024

We find out if Anshin Oyado lives up to the great reviews.

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• Japan
• (accommodation • capsule hotels • cheap accommodation • cheap hotels • cheap stays • COK • hotels • Kyoto • SNJO • sweets • tourism • travel)

Hello Kitty announces crossover with landmark anime franchise The Rose of Versailles

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 2, 2024

Let them eat kawaisa!

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• Japan
• (anime • cute • Hello Kitty • manga • My Melody • Rose of Versailles • Sanrio)

Godiva’s Tokyo bakery finally adds the king of Japanese bread: melon bread!

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 2, 2024

Better late than never as Godiva delivers a double-helping of melon bread at Godipan.

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• Japan
• (bakeries • chocolate • food • Godipan • Godiva • melon bread • Melon Pan • sweets)

Domino’s Japan releases new cheeseburger pizzas, but do they really taste like burgers?

• Oona McGee
  Aug 2, 2024

We get a taste of the new pizzas before the official release.

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• Japan
• (burgers • cheese • cheeseburger • cheeseburger pizza • COK • Domino's • Domino's Japan • Domino's Pizza Japan • dominos pizza • food • new • pizza • SNJO • taste test)

Testing out the parasol that boasts lowering temperatures by 13.7 degrees

• Master Blaster
  Aug 2, 2024

Will the real slim and shady parasol please stand up?

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• Japan
• (heat • Mariko Ohanabatake • parasols • Protect U • summer • umbrellas • UVO • Wpc)

Tokyo Disneyland’s Space Mountain is now closed

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 2, 2024

Our reporter tries in vain for one last ride, but daddy-daughter day at work does not go as planned.

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • Disneyland • P.K. Sanjun • roller coasters • SNJO • Space Mountain • theme parks • Tokyo Disney Resort • Tokyo Disneyland • video)

Draw like a Studio Ghibli anime artist with exclusive watercolour set approved by Hayao Miyazaki

• Oona McGee
  Aug 2, 2024

Set includes a specially made box of Holbein paints containing colours used by the director. 

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• Japan
• (anime • anime art • anime merchandise • art • artists • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • drawing • Ghibli • Ghibli Museum • Hayao Miyazaki • merchandise • painting • shop • Studio Ghibli • watercolor • watercolour)

How to dress for summer in Japan: Tips from a rickshaw driver in Asakusa

• Oona McGee
  Aug 1, 2024

Fashion advice on how to dress for a Japanese summer leads us to some historic stores.

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• Japan
• (Asakusa • clothes • clothing • COK • cool • culture • fashion • festival clothes • festivals • old shops • rickshaw drivers • rickshaws • Sensoji • Sensoji Temple • shopping • shops • SNJO • summer • temples • Tokyo • tokyo rickshaw • tourism • tradition • traditional clothes • travel)

The awesome independent-creator, one-day-only anime figures of summer Wonder Festival【Photos】

• SoraNews24
  Aug 1, 2024

Independent modelers show what they can do, even when official rights holders don’t bother to show up for the event.

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• Japan
• (anime • Blue Archive • fate/grand order • figures • manga • summer Wonder Festival • summer Wonder Festival 2024 • Uma Musume Pretty Derby • video games • Wonder Festival • Wonder Festival 2024)

Starbucks Japan adds a salty limited-edition Frappuccino to its menu for summer

• Oona McGee
  Aug 1, 2024

New yellow-and-blue beverage is designed to look and taste like a day at the beach. 

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• Japan
• (drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • fruit • Japanese Frappuccinos • limited edition • pineapple • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • sweets)

Hayao Miyazaki-illustrated T-shirt coming to Uniqlo…but not as part of Ghibli collection

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 1, 2024

Uniqlo’s first-ever for-Japan Ghibli clothing is on the way.

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• Japan
• (anime • fashion • Hayao Miyazaki • How Do You Live • Kenishi Yonezu • music • musicians • shirts • Studio Ghibli • t-shirts • The Boy and the Heron • Uniqlo • UT)

Summer survival tip! Muji lets you fill water bottles for free, even if you didn’t buy them there

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 1, 2024

Even most Japanese shoppers aren’t aware of this cool free service.

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• Japan
• (cool • drinks • eco-friendly • environment • heath • life hacks • muji • Mujirushi • Mujirushi Ryohin • reusable water bottles • water • water bottles)

Buy a Japanese ambulance, pachinko machine or samurai sword at this government auction site

• Oona McGee
  Aug 1, 2024

Weird and wonderful treasures you won’t find anywhere else, and at shockingly low prices.

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• Japan
• (auctions • cars • cool • government • government auction • Japanese cars • Japanese property • Katana • KSI Government Auction • online auctions • property • samurai sword • second-hand • shopping • unusual • wakizashi • weird)

74 figure photos from Wonder Festival, Japan’s biggest anime/game figure expo!【Photos】

• SoraNews24
  Jul 31, 2024

Summer Wonder Festival returns with a new batch of upcoming figures aimed at otaku hearts.

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• Japan
• (anime • Azur Lane • COK • manga • otaku • SNJO • video games • Wonder Festival)

Hello Kitty’s Hello! Clinique items are here, and we’ve got the whole lineup to show you【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 31, 2024

Kitty-chan brings the cuteness to this beauty product collaboration.

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• Japan
• (Clinique • COK • cosmetics • cute • Hello Kitty • makeup • Sanrio • SNJO)

Cat Lover’s Ramen: Do these instant noodles taste like…cat?

• Oona McGee
  Jul 31, 2024

Miso Meow-men will make your tail curl in delight.

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• Japan
• (cats • COK • cute • food • instant food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Japanese food • Japanese souvenirs • Kirimaru Ramen • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • souvenirs • taste test • weird food)

Japanese government doggie bag initiative asking restaurant to let customers take leftovers home

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 31, 2024

Ministry wants food in stomachs, not in the trash.

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• Japan
• (COK • doggie bags • eco-friendly • ecology • food • food loss • restaurants • society)

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