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AI-generated swimsuit/lingerie model makes debut in Japan’s Weekly Playboy magazine【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  May 30, 2023
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“Even if she doesn’t actually exist, the love for her that sprouts in your heart is real.”

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• Japan
• (AI • AI images • Ai Satsuki • beautiful women • Shueisha • technology)

Curry house CoCo Ichibanya has 1,247 branches in Japan, but only one has this special topping

• Casey Baseel
  May 30, 2023

Tokyo’s biggest student town has a special CoCo Ichi menu item all its own.

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• Japan
• (coco ichi • coco ichibanya • COK • curry • curry rice • food • restaurants • SNJO • Waseda)

What’s it like to work as a hearse driver in Japan?【Interview】

• Master Blaster
  May 30, 2023

Making a living from driving the dead around.

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• Japan
• (Curious Job Interview • funeral • hearse • interviews • society • working in Japan)

Beautiful new line of Sailor Moon shoes feature “360-degree cuteness”【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  May 30, 2023

New line from anime-inspired fashion design house comes as anime movie series approaches its climax.

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• Japan
• (anime • fashion • manga • Mayla • pumps • Sailor Moon • Sailor Moon Cosmos • shoes)

Huge price hike for Japan Rail Pass triggers huge drop in foreign travelers who’ll buy it【Survey】

• Casey Baseel
  May 29, 2023

But that just might be part of JR’s plan.

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• Japan
• (COK • Japan Rail Pass • Japan Railways • JR • JR pass • shinkansen • trains • travel)

Ghibli Museum releases beautiful new line of anime art T-shirts, available for online orders【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  May 29, 2023

Shirts take inspiration from memorable sights at Tokyo’s Ghibli Museum, offered in both adult and kid sizes.

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• Japan
• (anime • Castle in the Sky Laputa • cool • fashion • Ghibli Museum • Hayao Miyazaki • My Neighbor Totoro • shirts • Studio Ghibli • t-shirts • Totoro)

Conveyor belt yakiniku: Our new favourite way to enjoy all-you-can-eat meat in Japan

• Oona McGee
  May 29, 2023

Yakiniku just got even more exciting.

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• Japan
• (all-you-can-eat • beef • COK • conveyor belt • conveyor belt restaurants • fast food • food • Gyukaku • kalbi • meat • Mr. Sato • restaurants • rice bowls • short ribs • SNJO • taste test)

Pokémon dress shirt brand is shutting down – Last chance to order is less than a month away

• Casey Baseel
  May 29, 2023

It’s not the Pokémon Company who’s pulling the plug, though.

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• Japan
• (anime • dress shirts • fashion • Original Stitch • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon Shirts • shirts • video games)

SoraNews24 formally apologizes for recent misunderstanding with crows in nearby park

• Master Blaster
  May 29, 2023

We eat crow and apologize to some crows.

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• Japan
• (apologies • bird nests • crows • Masanuki Sunakoma • safety • Tokyo • wildlife)

This fancy Shibuya hamburg shop is perfect for fans of Salisbury steak and…Ramen Jiro?

• Dale Roll
  May 28, 2023

And their hamburgs are the juiciest you’ve ever seen!

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• Japan
• (hamburg • hamburger steak • Jiro • meat • Nagoya • ramen jiro • salisbury steak • Shibuya • TKG • Tokyo)

We try five menu recommendations from a clerk at CoCo Ichibanya and almost fall in love

• Dale Roll
  May 28, 2023

It wasn’t the recommendations that blew us away so much as the clerk himself!

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• Japan
• (Clerk's Own-Pocket Recommendation • coco curry • coco ichibanya • curry • P.K. Sanjun • recommendations)

A night at the 114-year-old Nara hotel, where emperors, Einstein, and Audrey Hepburn stayed【Pics】

• SoraNews24
  May 28, 2023

Taisho-era hotel feels like an elegant museum that you can sleep in.

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• Japan
• (beautiful • COK • cool • Emperor • history • hotels • Imperial Family • Nara • Nara Hotel • SNJO • Taisho • Taisho Era • Taisho period • travel)

Street Fighter cafe now open in Tokyo for fans hyped and hungry for SF6 launch/lunches

• Casey Baseel
  May 27, 2023

Favorite foods and drinks of Street Fighter stars old and new on offer.

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• Japan
• (cafes • Capcom • drinks • food • restaurants • Street Fighter • Street Fighter 6 • themed cafes • themed restaurants • video games)

Our street food-skipping reporter learns he’s been doing Japanese festivals wrong his whole life

• Casey Baseel
  May 27, 2023

He’s one of the few people in Japan who made it to adulthood without trying one of the country’s most popular festival foods.

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• Japan
• (COK • festivals • food • Japanese festivals • Japanese street food • Matsuri • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • street food • yakisoba)

Koikeya giving snackers a chance to compare chips made from potatoes in 3 Japanese regions

• Master Blaster
  May 27, 2023

Taste all of Japan by tasting all of its potatoes.

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• Japan
• (Brand Potato Comparison • food • Koikeya • Nagasaki • Nagasaki Kogane • potato chips • potatoes)

Shakey’s American Pizza Tour totally ruins our Japanese reporter

• Oona McGee
  May 27, 2023

This all-you-can-eat deal is not for the faint-hearted.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • fried chicken • karaage • P.K. Sanjun • pizza • restaurants • review • Shakey's • SNJO • taste test)

Three drinks you should try at Starbucks right now, according to staff who work there

• Oona McGee
  May 27, 2023

Staff recommendations blew us away!

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• Japan
• (Clerk's Own-Pocket Recommendation • COK • drinks • Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccino • limited edition • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets • taste test)

Smartphone-abstinence cocktail created by Japanese restaurant to put focus on friends over phones

• Casey Baseel
  May 27, 2023

Restaurant came up with idea after poll showed majority of people are bothered by dining companions staring at their phones during meals.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • beautiful • clever • cocktails • COK • cool • drinks • food • phones • Smartphones • yakiniku)

Onitsuka Tiger now sells Shinkansen sneakers that cost more than a trip on the bullet train

• Oona McGee
  May 27, 2023

Slip your feet into three different styles designed to look like three different types of bullet train.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • fashion • Hyogo • Japanese trains • Onitsuka Tiger • shinkansen • shoes • sneakers • trains)

What it’s like to live in Tokyo’s least safe neighbourhood

• Oona McGee
  May 26, 2023

Five things our reporter noticed after moving from Tokyo’s safest area to its least safe one.

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• Japan
• (COK • daily life • daily life in Japan • lifestyle • moving • moving to Japan • neighborhood • renting • renting in Japan • safe areas • safety • SNJO • society • Tokyo)

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