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Your Name studio produces Pokémon short anime celebrating first World Championship held in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 24, 2023
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Pokémon Masters from around the world gather in Yokohama in gorgeous promotional video.

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• Japan
• (anime • CoMix Wave Films • Pokemon • Pokémon World Championships • video • video games • Yokohama)

How much difference does the choice of mold make in fermenting food?

• Master Blaster
  Jul 24, 2023

Two companies, both alike in miso, in fair Okazaki where we lay our scene.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • food • haruka takagi • hatcho miso • Kakukyu • koji • Maruya Hatcho Miso • Miso • Okazaki • soy beans • taste test)

Japanese train goes viral for Nara deer decorations

• Oona McGee
  Jul 24, 2023

Rub shoulders with Japan’s sacred deer on this very special mode of transport.

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• Japan
• (art • beautiful • culture • deer • design • Japanese trains • Kintetsu • Kintetsu Railway • Nara • Nara deer • trains • travel • twitter)

Bonten Kaoru green soy beans win 2nd National Edamame Championship in Ehime

• Master Blaster
  Jul 24, 2023

The judges were full of beans for this event.

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• Japan
• (agriculture • beans • competitions • edamame • food • Japan Vegetable Sommelier Association • National Edamame Championship)

Japan’s new Ice Cream Fondue Pizza promises the great taste of ice cream and mushrooms together!

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 24, 2023

An adventure for your stomach from Japan’s low-key crazy pizza maniacs.

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• Japan
• (Aoki's Pizza • crazy • food • Häagen-Dazs • ice cream • pizza • sweets • weird)

This budget hotel near Tokyo Dome has one of the best breakfast buffets in the city

• SoraNews24
  Jul 23, 2023

An affordable luxury that’s a great way to start your day of Tokyo travel.

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• Japan
• (breakfast • buffet • business hotels • COK • Dormy Inn • food • hotels • restaurants • SNJO • Tokyo • tourism • travel)

Japan’s cat robot waiter now available to build at home with blocks

• Oona McGee
  Jul 23, 2023

Eat your heart out, Lego!

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• Japan
• (Bellabot • cats • COK • cute • funny • Gusto • restaurants • robot waiter • robots • Seiji Nakazawa • shopping • Skylark • SNJO • toys)

Indian curry restaurant worker in Tokyo warms our heart with amazingly sweet customer service

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 23, 2023

”Hey, mister, you were here the other day too, weren’t you?”

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• Japan
• (COK • curry • customer service • food • indian curry • moving • restauants • SNJO • touching • Yuichiro Wasai)

English-language Reddit falls in love with curry restaurant– Can it win our taste tester’s heart?

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 22, 2023

Joto Curry comes from Osaka to Tokyo, and then to our stomach.

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• Japan
• (COK • curry • curry rice • food • Joto Curry • reddit • Reddit restaurants • restauranrs • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO)

New vending machines sell products from iconic Japanese stores

• Oona McGee
  Jul 22, 2023

It’s never been easier to shop at one of these famous stores.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • drink • food • Japanese vending machines • Kinokuniya • Loft • Seijo Ishi • souvenirs • vending machines • weird)

Are high-end convenience store rice balls really packed with more ingredients?

• Oona McGee
  Jul 22, 2023

We settle a konbini debate once and for all!

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • Family mart • food • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • Lawson • onigiri • rice balls • SNJO • taste test)

Beautiful full reprints of every past Studio Ghibli anime movie program can be ordered online

• SoraNews24
  Jul 22, 2023

Now it’s never too late to get your hands on these once theater-only pieces of Ghibli memorabilia.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • Studio Ghibli)

Crafting an easy hands-free umbrella with a few ordinary household items

• Master Blaster
  Jul 22, 2023

Hey! Hands off that umbrella!

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• Japan
• (DIY • hands free • hangers • Masanuki Sunakoma • umbrellas)

Studio Ghibli releases amazing new My Neighbour Totoro merchandise in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jul 21, 2023

Bus stop clock and light-up diorama are two of the highlights in this stunning new range.

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• Japan
• (anime • clothes • COK • Donguri Kyowakoku • fashion • Ghibli • merchandise • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Ghibli Park announces opening dates for new areas

• Oona McGee
  Jul 21, 2023

Never-before-seen images reveal what we can expect to see at Mononoke’s Village and the Witch’s Valley.

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • anime • cool • Earwig and the Witch • Ghibli • Ghibli Park • Howl's Moving Castle • Kiki's Delivery Service • Princess Mononoke • Studio Ghibli • theme parks • tourist sites • travel)

New 55-second cup ramen makes instant noodles more instant

• Oona McGee
  Jul 21, 2023

Advancements in the instant ramen world makes eating them even easier.

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• Japan
• (cup noodles • cup ramen • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Japanese food • Noodles • ramen • review • SNJO • taste test)

Make Studio Ghibli anime food with official recipe book from Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jul 21, 2023

Ghibli’s Dining Table lets us taste the meals eaten by our favourite characters.

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• Japan
• (anime • anime food • books • cooking • cool • cute • food • Ghibli • Laputa: Castle in the Sky • movies • recipes • Studio Ghibli • themed food)

What does a Burger King Whopper with nothing but 20 slices of cheese taste like?

• Oona McGee
  Jul 21, 2023

We recreate The Real Cheese Burger in Japan. 

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• Japan
• (Burger King • burgers • cheese • cheeseburger • crazy • fast food • food • food hack • hamburgers • review • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taste test • Thailand • weird)

Studio Ghibli’s new Kiki’s Delivery Service Tomica makes us rethink toy cars

• Oona McGee
  Jul 21, 2023

A surprising mode of transport. 

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• Japan
• (anime • anime merchandise • cute • figurine • Ghibli • Jiji • Kiki's Delivery Service • merchandise • rare • rare finds • Studio Ghibli • Takara Tomy • tomica • toy cars • toys)

Celebrate “Educational Candy Day” with a traditional Japanese game made of candy

• Master Blaster
  Jul 20, 2023

It’s okay to play with your food if it’s educational.

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• Japan
• (candy • educational candy • Educational Candy Day • goldfish scooping • kingyo-sukui • Kracie • Scoop Goldfish • Sukutte Kingyo)

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