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What if Resident Evil was a 1970s anime? It’d look like this, Capcom shows in official video【Vid】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 20, 2023
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Honestly, we want a whole season of Resident Evil Masterpiece Theater.

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• Japan
• (anime • Capcom • crazy • funny • Heidi • Nippon Animation • Resident Evil • Resident Evil 4 • video • video games • weird • World Masterpiece Theater)

Sega celebrates graduation season with chalkboard art of iconic video game characters

• Krista Rogers
  Mar 20, 2023

A touching video clip culminates with some famous well-wishers sending a special message to this year’s graduating class.

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• Japan
• (art • chalk • education • graduation • moving • Persona • Puyo Puyo • Ryu ga Gotoku • Sega • Sonic • touching • video • video games • Yakuza: Like a Dragon)

Powering up our instant noodles with Nissin Cup Noodle’s instant tempura and abura-age【Taste Test】

• Shannon
  Mar 20, 2023

Was it able to fulfill our dreams as much as fill our stomachs?

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• Japan
• (abura-age • COK • Donbei • food • instant noodles • Nissin • Noodles • SNJO • soba • taste test • tofu • udon)

A haunted house for the information age opens in Tokyo for a limited time

• Master Blaster
  Mar 20, 2023

Possibly the most well-lit spook house in the world.

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• Japan
• (art exhibits • COK • crazy • Darkness • haunted houses • kaibunsho • MyLab Shibuya • scary • Shibuya • Tokyo)

7-Eleven’s new whipped cream sandwich takes Japanese convenience store food to a whole new level

• Oona McGee
  Mar 20, 2023

Join us as we try this weird sandwich, and find out why it’s even better without fruit.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • conbini • conbini food • convenience store • convenience store food • convenience stores • cream • cream sandwich • fast food • food • fruit • fruit sandwiches • Japanese convenience stores • kombini • konbini • sandwiches • SNJO • strawberries and cream • strawberry • taste test)

Starbucks’ Japanese rival Tully’s offers a sweet customization option that sets them apart

• SoraNews24
  Mar 19, 2023

Little-known add-on opens up a world of possibilities.

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• Japan
• (cafes • coffee • COK • drinks • food • ice cream • restaurants • SNJO • sweets • Tully's Coffee)

Here’s why it’s worth lining up for this street food donut from a Taiwanese night market

• Dale Roll
  Mar 19, 2023

Donuts might be low on your priority list when visiting Taiwan, but we highly recommend you try this one.

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• Taiwan
• (donut • street food • Taiwan • Taiwanese night market • Taiwanese street food • Yui Imai)

Tokyo park lighting up with gorgeous digital cherry blossom art display this spring

• Dale Roll
  Mar 18, 2023

And the event extends beyond the cherry blossom season!

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • digital art • NAKED Inc. • park • projection mapping • sakura • shinjuku • Shinjuku Gyoen • spring)

Retro PlayStation bags and accessories take you back to the ’90s without breaking the bank

• Katie Pask
  Mar 18, 2023

Celebrate your love for Sony’s flagship home console with these cute (and cheap!) accessories.

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• Japan
• (39 Mart • accessories • cute • playstation • PS One • Sony • technology • Thank You Mart • video games)

Kagawa Prefecture becoming Slowpoke Paradise this spring

• Master Blaster
  Mar 18, 2023

So…much…Slowpoke.

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• Japan
• (Ayagawa • buses • food • hotels • Kagawa • Pokemon • shopping • Slowpoke • Slowpoke Park • travel • udon • Yadon • Yadon Koen)

Starbucks Japan’s new parfait cake has to be seen to be believed

• Oona McGee
  Mar 18, 2023

W0w. Just…wow.

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• Japan
• (American • cakes • COK • cool • diner • food • limited edition • parfait • retro • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • taste test)

McDonald’s adds a Japanese daifuku pie to its menu for a limited time

• Oona McGee
  Mar 17, 2023

It’s sweets over flowers this sakura season.

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• Japan
• (Ado • asmi • cool • deep fryer • fast food • food • french fries • funny • McDonald's • music • TikTok • weird)

Koto is a local favorite in Iruma, Saitama, for its large food portions, so we check it out

• Master Blaster
  Mar 17, 2023

You’ll have to work your way up to take on the final form of their service.

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• Japan
• (baumkuchen • food • ginger pork • Iruma • koto • large portions • Masanuki Sunakoma • restaurants • rice • Saitama)

Starbucks Japan now has its first-ever Cola Frappuccino, but is it any good?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 17, 2023

We find out if this retro American diner experience is all it’s cracked up to be. 

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• Japan
• (American • coffee • COK • cool • diner • drinks • food • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • K. Masami • limited edition • retro • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • taste test)

We visit a “harbor” in Saitama where we eat an enormous bowl of fresh sashimi over rice

• Dale Roll
  Mar 17, 2023

Who says you can’t get good seafood in a landlocked prefecture?

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• Japan
• (fresh fish • huge food • kaisen-don • Kawajima • Masanuki Sunakoma • Saitama • sashimi • seafood • sushi)

Giant 1,431-square meter arcade and bar opening in downtown Tokyo from Bandai Namco

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 17, 2023

Namco Tokyo pours drinks, serves Pacman parfaits, and plays game music into the night in Shinjuku.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • Arcades • Bandai • Bandai Namco • bars • crane games • drinks • game centers • Kabukicho • Namco • Namco Tokyo • Pacman • parfaits • shinjuku • sweets • video games)

Japan’s number-one cosplayer Enako cosplays as Valorant character in amazing transformation

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 17, 2023

Enako’s newest cosplay is taking fans’ breath away.

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• Japan
• (beautiful women • cosplay • cosplayers • Enako • Valorant • video games)

Pompompurin teams up with yummy sweets brand for adorable dog-shaped puddings, cakes and pastries

• Dale Roll
  Mar 16, 2023

Get ready for Pompompurin Pudding!

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• Japan
• (cake • cute • cute food • limited time only • pom pom purin • Pompompurin • pudding • Sanrio • sweets)

Take a trip back in time with an Edo Period-style hanami at the Oedo Fukagawa Sakura Festival

• Katie Pask
  Mar 16, 2023

One of Tokyo’s most scenic cherry blossom viewing spots has a lot more to offer than just space for a picnic!

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• Japan
• (beautiful • cherry blossom • festival • hanami • Oedo Fukagawa Sakura Festival • sakura • Tokyo)

Instant tempura and abura-age from Cup Noodle maker Nissin coming to power up your noodle meals

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 16, 2023

Donbei Delicious Toppings can even be used without noodles.

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• Japan
• (abura-age • Cup Noodle • Donbei • food • instant noodles • kakiage • Nissin • Noodles • tempura • tofu)

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