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The one in which we sample top-notch melon in the Crown Melon Lucky Bag
- Krista Rogers
Jan 25, 2024 - Tweet
This melon specialty shop’s unique lucky bag puts a fruity spin on the New Year’s tradition.
- Japan
- (COK • crown melon • food • fruit • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2024 • Fukubukuro Roundup 2024 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2024 • Lucky Bags • melon • mikan • Shizuoka • SNJO • specialty)
Death sentence handed down for Kyoto Animation arsonist
- Casey Baseel
Jan 25, 2024
“There are no circumstances present for which the death penalty should be avoided.”
Potentially dirty and broken used Shinkansen food/beverage carts on sale in Japan for 100,000 yen
- Casey Baseel
Jan 25, 2024
Some might call it wear and tear, but others would argue it’s history and authenticity.
- Japan
- (bullet train • crazy • Japan Railway • JR Central • JR Tokai • shinkansen • Tokaido Shinkansen • trains • travel • weird)
All-Japan Pillow Fighting Tournament brings fun and games to onsen town【Photos】
- Oona McGee
Jan 25, 2024
The one place in Japan where pillow fighting is a competitive sport.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • fun • high school • high school students • ito • Japanese schools • pillow fight • pillow fighting • Pillow tournament • Shizuoka • Shizuoka Prefecture • sport • students • weird)
Nintendo announces last day of online service for 3DS and Wii U, coming this spring
- Casey Baseel
Jan 25, 2024
Two Nintendo systems are being sent out to the online pasture.
We stumbled upon “Pudding Street” in Hanoi, so of course we had to investigate
- Dale Roll
Jan 25, 2024
What’s Vietnamese pudding taste like? We had to find out!
Japanese government’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry finally stops using floppy disks
- Casey Baseel
Jan 25, 2024
Better (very) late than never, right?
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • floppy discs • government • technology • weird)
Live-action Oshi no Ko adaptation coming to Amazon, movie to theaters
- Casey Baseel
Jan 24, 2024
Amazon and Toei suddenly reveal an already-cast adaptation of the ongoing mega-hit anime/manga.
- Japan
- (Amazon • Amazon Prime Video • anime • Live action • manga • Oshi no Ko)
Pizza Hut Japan’s Thick-style Ramen Pizza is here, but is it as delicious as it is weird?【Taste test】
- SoraNews24
Jan 24, 2024
Pizza Hut joins forces with beloved ramen chain Tenka Ippin for a one-of-a-kind two-in-one meal.
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • food • Noodles • pizza • Pizza Hut • Pizza Hut Japan • ramen • SNJO • taste test • Tenka Ippin • weird)
Let’s try again: Why can’t we make takoyaki with squid instead of octopus?
- Dale Roll
Jan 24, 2024
We asked once before…but surely this time we’ll find the answer we’re looking for.
Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron nominated for Academy Award
- Casey Baseel
Jan 24, 2024
Oscar nod is the fourth for Miyazaki and sixth for Studio Ghibli, which last won the Best Animated Feature award more than two decades ago.
- Japan, USA
- (Academy Awards • anime • Hayao Miyazaki • How Do You Live • movies • Oscars • Studio Ghibli • The Boy and the Heron)
Super Mario meets Gelato Pique in Japan’s coziest and latest loungewear sets
- Krista Rogers
Jan 24, 2024
This fourth collaboration series with the Super Mario franchise adds 41 new styles to the mix including series antagonist Bowser for the first time.
- Japan
- (COK • fashion • Gelato Pique • loungewear • nintendo • roomwear • sleepwear • Super Mario • video games)
Gunma’s secret-to-us bento soul food stop that all the locals know and love: Torihei【Taste test】
- SoraNews24
Jan 24, 2024
Our Gunma sources clue us in on a local favorite.
- Japan
- (bento • boxed lunches • chicken katsu • COK • food • Gunma • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • teriyaki • travel)
This is what a Whopper with 1,005 slices of cheese looks like in today’s financial climate
- Oona McGee
Jan 23, 2024
Revenge is a dish best served cold, or sometimes, not at all.
- Japan
- (big eats • Burger King • cheese • COK • crazy • fast food • food challenge • funny • Mr. Sato • SNJO • weird • whopper)
Shinto shrine naked festival ritual asks men to cover up for first time in three-century history
- Casey Baseel
Jan 23, 2024
Loincloths at least, gentlemen, says shrine in change of policy in how to ask the gods for a good harvest and plenty of fish.
Instant Japanese dessert soup with an Akita twist instantly changes our image of great shiruko
- Shannon
Jan 23, 2024
It turns out plain old mochi isn’t the only pairing for shiruko.
- Japan
- (Akita • Akita Prefecture • anko • azuki • COK • food • instant soup • kiritanpo • oshiruko • red beans • shiruko • SNJO • sweet red beans • sweets • taste test • Tsubasa • unique)
Spirited Away’s No Face pulls up as a car with newest Studio Ghibli Dream Tomica now on sale【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 23, 2024
Toy car based on a boat adds some Ghibli whimsy to the Tomica lineup.
- Japan
- (cars • cool • Dream Tomica • Hayao Miyazaki • No Face • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Takara Tomy • tomica • toys)
A look inside Amazon Japan’s lowest-rated lucky bag
- Master Blaster
Jan 23, 2024
If you buy one, don’t forget to adjust the knob.
- Japan
- (Amazon Japan • Amazon lowest-rated • COK • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2024 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2024 • Lucky Bags • Masanuki Sunakoma • SNJO • weird)
Field-testing the shark sleeping bag/hoodie/kigurumi being offered for zero yen online【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 23, 2024
We ended up having to pay for ours, but this shark-chic style could be yours for free.
Miniature version of the real-world Pikachu-shaped Pokémon bus is the newest Dream Tomica car
- Casey Baseel
Jan 22, 2024
Takara Tomy dreams up something that exists in the real world, but in a form that non-show biz people can own.
- Japan
- (anime • cars • Dream Tomica • manga • Pikachu • Pokemon • Takara Tomy • tomica • toys)
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Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
Japanese government hires leading comedy agency to explain national defense spending
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