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Japan’s life-size moving Gundam closes down, gets sent off in style with fireworks, drone art 【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 1, 2024
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Goodbye, Gundam.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • Gundam • Gundam Factory Yokohama • Gundam statue • life-size Gundam • manga • Mobile Suit Gundam • moving Gundam • video • Yokohama)

Foreign residents of Japan prohibited from participating in Yu-Gi-Oh Japan Championship

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 1, 2024

Heart of the cards isn’t beating for legal foreign residents of Japan, apparently.

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• Japan
• (anime • collectible card games • foreigners in Japan • manga • trading card games • trading cards • Yu-Gi-Oh World Championship • Yu-Gi-Oh World Championship 2024 • Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Century-old Hiroshima brewery in one of Japan’s three great sake-brewing spots offers tours in English

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 1, 2024

Stepping into sake history in Saijo.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • COK • culture • drinks • Hiroshima • history • nihonshu • Saijo Tsuru • sake • SNJO • tourism • travel)

We take part in a T-Rex race at Nara, Japan, turns out to be a wet and wild event

• Oona McGee
  Apr 1, 2024

Extinct theropods take over Unesco World Heritage Site for a race like no other.

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• Japan
• (activities • COK • cool • costumes • cute • dinosaurs • events • funny • Heijo Palace • K. Masami • Nara • SNJO • sport • T-Rex • T-Rex race • travel • World Heritage site)

Tokyo Secret Eats: Shibuya City staff cafeteria serves Hachiko soba to visitors

• Oona McGee
  Mar 31, 2024

A hidden gem enjoyed by public servants…and visitors in the know!  

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• Japan
• (buckwheat • cheap eats • inexpensive • juwari soba • Noodles • Restaurant • review • Seiji Nakazawa • Shibuya • Shibuya Ward Office • SNJO • soba • staff cafeterias • taste test • Tokyo)

Japanese chiffon sandwiches are a treat worth travelling for

• Oona McGee
  Mar 31, 2024

Move aside fruit sandwiches, the chiffon sandwich is in town!

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• Japan
• (cafes • cakes • food • Ibaraki • review • sandwiches • SNJO • sweets • taste test • Tsukuba Expo Center • Tsukuba Space Center)

New famous food of Akihabara! Reiwa garlic chive ramen is delicious two times per meal

• SoraNews24
  Mar 30, 2024

Trying out a hot-topic nira soba.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • COK • food • garlic chives • nira • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNJO)

We try super rare Shizuoka food souvenirs in the form of blue gelato and purple baumkuchen

• Dale Roll
  Mar 30, 2024

There’s only one place you can get these…and it’s nowhere on land!

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• Japan
• (baumkuchen • boats • butterfly pea • ferries • food souvenirs • gelato • Izu • Izu Peninsula • Japan travel • Shizuoka • sightseeing • souvenirs • Suruga Bay • taste test • travel)

Love Sugar Butter Sandwich Trees? There’s a flavor limited to Haneda Airport that you must try!

• Dale Roll
  Mar 30, 2024

Browned Fermented Butter has to be full of buttery goodness, right?!

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• Japan
• (cookies • food souvenirs • Haneda Airport • sandwich cookies • souvenirs • Sugar Butter Tree • sweets • taste test)

All-Noodle Artisan Marugame udon restaurant operating in Tokyo, only 30 percent pass test

• SoraNews24
  Mar 30, 2024

Marugame has over 800 branches in Japan, but right now this is the best one.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Kanda • Marugame Udon • Noodles • restaurants • SNJO • udon)

Samurai armour bandage underpants let you channel the soul of a Sengoku warlord

• Oona McGee
  Mar 30, 2024

Warrior underwear loved by Robert De Niro, Billy Joel, and Madonna’s dancers are now available to purchase.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • cool underwear • fashion • samurai • samurai pants • underpants • underwear)

Sakura season officially begins in Tokyo, latest start date in 10 years

• Oona McGee
  Mar 29, 2024

Official announcement comes with a new date for full bloom.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossom forecast 2024 • cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2024 • hanami • sakura • sakura 2024 • sakura forecast • sakura forecast 2024 • sample tree • Tokyo • Yasukuni Shrine)

Nara considering increasing number of deer that can be killed each year, expanding culling zone

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 29, 2024

Nara’s deer are believed to be messengers of the gods, but they might be losing part of their protected status.

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• Japan
• (deer • Nara • Nara deer • Nara Park • shinto)

Mister Donut’s strongest-ever matcha doughnuts are so intense they’ll bind with your DNA

• Oona McGee
  Mar 29, 2024

A whole new sensation for green tea lovers.

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• Japan
• (COK • donuts • doughnuts • food • Gion Tsujiri • green tea • matcha • Misdo Meets Gion Tsujiri • Mister Donut • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

McDonald’s Japan made two almost identical commercials, with one tiny, touching difference【Vids】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 29, 2024

A taste, and words, to remind everyone of home.

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• Japan
• (ads • fast food • food • Japanese language • linguistics • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • moving • touching • video)

Japanese company uses “crow language” to keep them away from garbage 【Video】

• Master Blaster
  Mar 29, 2024

Crow scare crow.

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• Japan
• (Adachi • animals • communication • Crow Controller • CrowLab • crows • garbage • technology • Tokyo)

Cappuccino Ramen becomes super popular in Japan, but is it worth the hype?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 29, 2024

An “only in Japan” type of meal is going viral on social media.

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• Japan
• (chashu • COK • crazy • food • meat • Menya Musashi • Noodles • pork • ramen • restaurants • review • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo • tsukemen • weird)

Japanese stationery vending machine at Haneda Airport is a great option for last-minute souvenirs

• Oona McGee
  Mar 28, 2024

The future is here, with Japan’s first stationery IoT vending machine.

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• Japan
• (COK • food vending machines • Haneda Airport • Japanese stationery • Japanese vending machines • Kokuyo • SNJO • souvenirs • stationery • vending machines)

The Fake Burger returns to Burger King Japan…or does it?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 28, 2024

Chain’s infamous “Fake Burger” is said to be returning after a four-year absence.

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• Japan
• (april fools • April Fools' Day • Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • COK • fast food • food • marketing • SNJO • The Fake Burger)

New Ghibli T-shirts let you carry No Face and the Levitation Stone in your pocket

• Oona McGee
  Mar 28, 2024

Anime secrets hidden in the pockets of these shirts add flair to your streetwear.

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• Japan
• (anime • Aogaeru • cool • fashion • GBL • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • Levistone • merchandise • No Face • spirited away • streetwear • Studio Ghibli • t-shirts)

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  9. Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
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  1. Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
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  8. Japanese ninja certification exam attracts 131 candidates from Japan and abroad
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