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The festivities around the Pokémon World Championships in Yokohama rekindled our love of Pokémon

• Dale Roll
  Aug 15, 2023
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We spent two days exploring, and had a Wailord of a time!

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• Japan
• (Minato Mirai • Pokemon • Pokémon World Championships • Pokémon World Championships 2023 • Yokohama)

Giant life-size Alolan Exeggutor Pokémon appears at Pokémon World Championships in Japan【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 15, 2023

Tropical variant, first seen in Pokémon Sun and Moon, stands tall in Yokohama.

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• Japan
• (anime • art • awesome • COK • cool • cute • drones • Mark Is • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon Sun and Moon • Pokémon World Championships • Pokémon World Championships 2023 • SNO • technology • video • video games • Yokohama)

Human hair from India helps make Japanese buses more efficient

• Master Blaster
  Aug 15, 2023

Better living through hair.

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• India, Japan
• (buses • business • fare collection • hair • strange • technology • transportation)

Giant Pokémon appear in Yokohama sky in awesome drone art show at World Championships【Pics, vids】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 14, 2023

Pikachu and Poké-pals featured in amazing, adorable aerial display over Yokohama harbor.

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• Japan
• (anime • art • awesome • COK • cool • cute • drones • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon World Championships • Pokémon World Championships 2023 • SNO • technology • video • video games)

Prototype snacks One Hand On available in beef bowl and soba restaurant curry flavor【Taste Test】

• Master Blaster
  Aug 14, 2023

We get one hand on each One Hand On.

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• Japan
• (beef bowl • COK • curry • food • gyudon • Koikeya • One Hand On • snacks • SNJO • soba restaurant • taste test • weird)

Cruising around Gunkanjima, Japan’s otherworldly “Battleship Island”【Photos】

• SoraNews24
  Aug 14, 2023

Our Nagasaki native gets her first up-close look at the whole-island ghost town.

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• Japan
• (Battleship Island • COK • Gunkanjima • Hashima • Mariko Ohanabatake • Nagasaki • Nagasaki Prefecture • SNJO • tourism • travel • UNESCO World Heritage Site)

Restaurant Yoshibei is crazy in the best way: A pork cutlet set with a side of pork cutlet bowl

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 14, 2023

Pork cutlet so nice you get to eat it twice.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • crazy • food • katsu • katsudon • pork cutlet • restaurants • SNJO • tonkatsu)

Baskin Robbins Japan extends sales of its Happiness Box ice cream set due to popular demand

• Dale Roll
  Aug 14, 2023

It comes with everything you need to pretend your home is a Baskin Robbins!

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• Japan
• (Baskin Robbins • Baskin-Robbins Japan • COK • cute • food • ice cream • sweets)

Krispy Kreme teams up with famous Japanese snack and candy maker for unique donuts and drink

• Dale Roll
  Aug 14, 2023

These innovative sweets are exclusive to one part of Japan. Read More

• Japan
• (Aichi • candy • donuts • drinks • food • Kasugai • Krispy Kreme • Krispy Kreme Japan • Nagoya • snacks • sweets • weird)

McDonald’s Pokémon Happy Meal toys: Summer festival hit or miss?

• Oona McGee
  Aug 13, 2023

We find out whether the Pokémon Natsumatsuri Happy Set can really make you happy.

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• Japan
• (anime • cute • Happy Meal • Happy Meals • Japanese summer festival • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • natsu matsuri • Pikachu • Poké Ball • Pokemon • summer • summer festival • summer festivals • taiko • toys)

Is a weekend trip to Korea possible with just 50,000 yen (US$350)? – Part 2【Extreme budget travel】

• Dale Roll
  Aug 13, 2023

Day 1 was full of exciting experiences…what does Day 2 have in store? 

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• Japan, Korea
• (budget travel • cheap • COK • extreme budget travel • Go Hatori • Korea • Seoul • sightseeing • SNJO • South Korea • tourism • travel)

Banto, the fruit eaten by Son Goku in Journey to the West, is real, and we just ate it【Taste test】

• SoraNews24
  Aug 13, 2023

From the literary classic to our stomach.

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• Japan
• (banto • coiled peach • COK • crazy • flat peach • food • fruit • peaches • SNJO • taste test • weird)

Studio Ghibli releases new plush toy backpacks for adults and children

• Oona McGee
  Aug 12, 2023

Now you can take Totoro, Jiji, the Catbus, and Boh from Spirited Away on a new adventure!

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• Japan
• (anime • Boh • Catbus • cool • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • goods • Jiji • Kiki's Delivery Service • merchandise • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • shop • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Osaka Expo 1,000-yen coins go on sale for the low price of 13,800 yen

• Master Blaster
  Aug 12, 2023

It’s a steal any way you look at it.

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• Japan
• (2025 Osaka World Expo • coin collecting • Commemorative Coin • crazy • currency • Expo 2025 • money • Osaka City Mint • silver • weird)

New Legend of Zelda Boss is a canned coffee, gives you a chance at awesome jacket loot【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 12, 2023

Nintendo and Suntory team up to keep you caffeinated on your adventures in life.

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• Japan
• (BOSS • Boss coffee • canned coffee • coffee • cool • drinks • fashion • jacket • Legend of Zelda • nintendo • Suntory • Tears of the Kingdom • video games • Zelda)

Neo Shinjuku Atsushi: New cyberpunk restaurant bar serves post-apocalyptic food in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Aug 12, 2023

Like stepping into a futuristic world where everyone lives — and plays —  underground. 

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• Japan
• (bars • COK • cool • dystopia • dystopian • futuristic • izakaya • Japanese food • Japanese restauramts • Neo Tokyo • NEON • neon signs • new openings • restaurants • sci-fi • shinjuku • Tokyo)

Tokyo’s most famous video rental shop is shutting down

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 12, 2023

End of an era as Shibuya Scramble Tsutaya says goodbye to renting DVDs, CDs, and, yes, even VHS tapes.

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• Japan
• (physical media • Shibuya • Shibuya Scramble • Tsutaya • VHS • video rental • video rental shops)

Totoro, Soot Sprites ready to head outdoors with you in new Ghibli/Outdoor Products bag collab

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 11, 2023

Backpacks and pouches for the next time the classic anime inspires you to get out and explore nature.

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• Japan
• (anime • backpacks • bags • cool • cute • fashion • Hayao Miyazaki • makkurokurosuke • My Neighbor Totoro • Outdoor Products • Soot Sprite • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Mold growth and leakage possibly occurring on some Pikachu tails (dessert drinks), so don’t put them in your mouth

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 11, 2023

No sicknesses or injuries reported, but better safe than sorry.

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• Japan
• (anime • gross • Pikachu • Pikachu Sweets • Pikachu Sweets by Pokémon Cafe • Pokemon • recall • video games)

Is a weekend trip to Korea possible with just 50,000 yen (US$350)? – Part 1【Extreme budget travel】

• Dale Roll
  Aug 11, 2023

How far can Go make his budget stretch on a one-night stay? 

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• Japan, Korea
• (budget • budget travel • cheap • COK • extreme budget travel • Go Hatori • Korea • Seoul • sightseeing • SNJO • South Korea • tourism • travel)

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