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This gummy-based roast beef sauce recipe is sure to make an impact on your dinner guests
- Master Blaster
Nov 17, 2022 - Tweet
We’re going on the assumption that there’s no such thing as a bad impact.
- Japan
- (candy • easy recipe • gummies • Kaju Gumi • roast beef • sauce)
These gigantic SD Demon Slayer plushies definitely aren’t chibi【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 17, 2022
Massive, and massively cute, stuffed Demon Slayers to share your home with.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • big • crazy • cute • Demon Slayer • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba • interior • Kimetsu no Yaiba • manga • plushies)
Amazing time-lapse-style video shows 150-year history of the growth of train stations in Japan
- Casey Baseel
Nov 17, 2022
Points of light shine bright, and sometimes disappear, in this fascinating look at the last century and a half.
- Japan
- (cool • history • stations • time-lapse • train stations • trains • video)
We go to a 7-Eleven in Aomori and find a surprising “one per family” item on the shelf
- Dale Roll
Nov 17, 2022
This is a popular food in the city of Hachinohe, but is it as good as its popularity warrants?
Live-action Spirited Away stage play is finally available for on-demand streaming
- Casey Baseel
Nov 17, 2022
Couldn’t make it to the theater to see the adaptation of the Studio Ghibli anime masterpiece? Now you can watch it from home.
- Internet, Japan
- (anime • COK • Hayao Miyazaki • Kanna Hashimoto • Live action • spirited away • stage plays • streaming • Studio Ghibli)
Man shoots fireworks through crowd at Shibuya Scramble Crossing 【Video】
- SoraNews24
Nov 17, 2022
It’s amazing no one was hurt during the unexpected fireworks display.
- Japan
- (arrests • fireworks • news • police • Shibuya • Shibuya crossing • Shibuya scramble crossing • shocking • SNJO • Tokyo • videos)
Pokémon/Puma team-up provides Poké-style from soles of your feet to top of your head【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 16, 2022
Pikachu and the original starter Pokémon are joined by the Puma puma.
- Japan
- (anime • Bulbasaur • Charmander • fashion • Pikachu • Pokemon • Puma • shoes • sneakers • squirtle • starter Pokémon • video games)
It’s a race against time with Amazon Japan’s lowest-rated hourglass
- Master Blaster
Nov 16, 2022
The hour is upon us.
- Japan
- (Amazon • Amazon lowest-rated • hourglass • Masanuki Sunakoma • product reviews • shopping • time)
Urusei Yatsura Cafe to open in four cities in Japan as part of celebration of Lum’s return【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 16, 2022
Food and drinks offer the same mix of romance and physical pain as the hit anime, exclusive merch to also be offered for sale online.
- Japan
- (anime • cool • food • manga • restaurants • Rumiko Takahashi • themed restaurants • Urusei Yatsura)
Tasting Korea’s sweet that looks like a copy of a remix of a copy of a Japanese sweet but isn’t
- Casey Baseel
Nov 16, 2022
The case of Toppo vs. Nude Pepero and Pepero vs. Pocky.
- Japan
- (chocolate • COK • food • Glico • knockoffs • Lotte • Pepero • Pocky • snacks • SNJO • sweets • taste test)
Perfectly recreated 1960s Japanese apartment lets museum visitors go back to mid-Showa era【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 16, 2022
Matsudo Museum recreates Tokiwadaira Danchi, and a day in the life of old-school Japan.
Mandarake used bookstore branches banned from selling adult entertainment items for 180 days
- Casey Baseel
Nov 16, 2022
Ruling by Public Safety Commission targets Tokyo shops that sold pornography with “obscene material.”
Gunma Prefecture’s mascot brought in an estimated 71.3 billion yen last year
- Shannon
Nov 16, 2022
That’s a pretty popular horse.
- Japan
- (cute • Gunma • Gunma-chan • Horse • Japanese mascots • mascot character)
J-Pop group Travis Japan’s worldwide major debut single “Just Dance!” dances into the charts
- Krista Rogers
Nov 15, 2022
The group’s debut single performs exceptionally well on the U.S. music charts as its members look collectively towards the future.
- Japan, USA
- (Capitol Records • Johnny & Associates • Just Dance! • major debut • music • streaming • Travis Japan • worldwide)
The 2022 Soraniwa Music Festival: A day of music, laughter, and family atmosphere
- Krista Rogers
Nov 15, 2022
After previously taking part in all kinds of prep work, Seiji finally experiences the culmination of his fellow team members’ hard work and dreams.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • family • Kanagawa • moving • music • music festival • nature • outdoor • Sagamihara • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • Soraniwa • touching)
Family Mart’s new Staminaman is like a delicious stamina-don pork bowl in the palm of your hand
- Casey Baseel
Nov 15, 2022
The combini hero we need and deserve.
- Japan
- (COK • convenience stores • Family mart • food • garlic • meat buns • pork bowls • Stadonya • stamina-don • steamed buns)
Enter the Upside Down from Tokyo — we visit the Stranger Things pop-up cafe in Shibuya
- Katie Pask
Nov 15, 2022
Stranger Pronto is a must for all fans of the hit Netflix series.
- Japan
- (cafe • cool • food • Netflix • pop-up cafe • Pronto • Shibuya • SNJO • Stranger Things • Tokyo)
Don’t uninstall that Covid-tracking app yet, warns Japanese government
- Master Blaster
Nov 15, 2022
It can’t even go away properly.
- Japan
- (apps • cocoa • contact tracing • coronavirus • COVID-19 • Ministry of Health Labor and Welfare • uninstall • update)
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet starter Pokémon appear on Tokyo’s giant 3-D billboard【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 15, 2022
Sprigatito, Fuecoco, and Quaxly show up in Shinjuku ahead of the new Pokémon games release date.
- Japan
- (3-D billboard • anime • Cross Shinjuku Vision • Fuecoco • nintendo • Pokemon • Pokémon Scarlet and Violet • Quaxly • Sprigatito • starter Pokémon • video games)
The 12 Days of Universal Studios Japan’s winter holiday attractions 【Photos】
- Master Blaster
Nov 15, 2022
These 12 things are a lot better than french hens and lords a-leaping.
- Japan
- (holidays • Jujutsu Kaisen • Minions • Monster Hunter • Osaka • Super Mario • Super Nintendo World • theme parks • Universal Studios • Universal Studios Japan • USJ • video games • winter)
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- Pachinko parlor operator arrested for not obscuring the act of gambling well enough
- Continuing cyberattacks hit Japanese arcade hard [Photos]
- Starbucks Japan reveals this year’s lucky bag, but you’ll have to act fast to get one
- Princess Mononoke was going to look totally different, new Studio Ghibli artbook shows
- Liquid croissant coffee is coming to Japanese stores this month
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Liquid croissant coffee is coming to Japanese stores this month
Continuing cyberattacks hit Japanese arcade hard [Photos]
Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
Pachinko parlor operator arrested for not obscuring the act of gambling well enough
Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
Princess Mononoke was going to look totally different, new Studio Ghibli artbook shows
Starbucks Japan reveals this year’s lucky bag, but you’ll have to act fast to get one
First-ever cafe on Tokyo Imperial Palace Garden grounds is now open
Godzilla becomes a Japanese randoseru backpack, as do two of his greatest rivals [Photos]
Japan’s free stock image site of muscular men doing whimsical and mundane things reveals rankings
Weekly
- Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America- Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
Life-size Monster Hunter dragon statues to be built at Japanese shopping mall
Modern exosuits are opening up ancient Japanese castle climbs to everyone
Evangelion announces collaboration with Hard Rock Cafe
Studio Ghibli homeware brand’s faux oil lamp brings light, smiles, and Kiki’s Jiji to your home
Cold Stone is closing its final branch in all of east Japan, but it’s going down singing
Starbucks Japan unveils new Christmas goods for 2026, with exclusive holiday surprises
Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
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Pokémon Company announces first-ever permanent Pokémon store to open outside Asia- Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
- Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
- Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
What’s it like to stay in a Japanese container hotel?- Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
Chainsaw robots helping keep trains running safely in east Japan [Video]
New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
Tokyo train station will play Godzilla theme song as new departure melody
Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
Yearly
Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
Studio Ghibli has a new anime out, and there’s only one place in the world where you can see it
Starbucks Japan releases new drinkware and goods for Valentine’s Day
Starbucks Japan releases new sakura goods and drinkware for cherry blossom season 2026
Japan’s newest Shinkansen has no seats…or passengers [Video]
Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
Japanese ninja certification exam attracts 131 candidates from Japan and abroad
Salomon releases Japan-exclusive Mt. Fuji hiking gear that doubles as an amazing souvenir
Japan reportedly adding Japanese language skill requirement to most common foreigner work visa
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