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Sega’s old arcade right outside Akihabara Station is closing, taking takeout cafe stand with it

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 12, 2022
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Another summer, another closure announcement for a landmark Tokyo arcade.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • Arcades • closing • closure • GiGO • Sega • video games)

Chowing down on dirt-cheap gyoza and insane portions at Fukuoka’s Gyoza Supermarket Pub

• Krista Rogers
  Aug 12, 2022

Despite gyoza taking the center stage at this restaurant, something else on the menu provided the biggest shock of all.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • cheap • COK • drinks • food • Fukuoka • gyoza • izakaya • lemon sour • Masanuki Sunakoma • pubs • restaurants • SNJO)

Japanese street fashion magazine Men’s Knuckle throws last punch, ends crazy photo caption legacy

• Dale Roll
  Aug 12, 2022

So long, Men’s Knuckle!

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • fashion • funny • magazine • magazines • Men's Knuckle • society • weird)

World’s first Takoyaki Guitar created in Japan, features a gas grill and octopus balls

• Oona McGee
  Aug 12, 2022

The best-sounding takoyaki you’ll ever hear.

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• Japan
• (cool • electric guitar • food • guitar • instruments • Iwatani • Japanese food • Kansai • music • Osaka • Sae Banjoya • takoyaki • takoyaki guitar • weird • Yamano Music)

Princess Mononoke’s Great Forest Spirit figure adds solemn Ghibli style to any home【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 12, 2022

Even 25 years after the release of the Hayao Miyazaki classic, no other Ghibli character can match the deer god’s presence.

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• Japan
• (anime • Donguri Kyowakoku • figures • Great Forest Spirit • Hayao Miyazaki • interior • Princess Mononoke • Studio Ghibli)

Gigantic geyser erupts from Shinto shrine’s forest on the night before its summer festival【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 11, 2022

The way it looks, sounds, and smells all have people paying attention to this amazing display of the force of nature.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • festivals • hot springs • onsen • shrines • video • weird)

Totoro Catbus is now the best shape desserts, amazing Japanese macaron chef proves【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 11, 2022

We’re not sure if we want to ride it or eat it, but we do know that we love it.

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• Japan
• (anime • Catbus • cooking • food • Hayao Miyazaki • macrons • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • sweets • video)

Travis Japan, the hot Japanese boy band winning hearts through America’s Got Talent【Video】

• Krista Rogers
  Aug 11, 2022

We spotlight the J-Pop group that’s now based in the U.S. and is taking over with their charismatic performances on America’s Got Talent and more.

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• Japan, USA
• (America's Got Talent • Anime Expo • boy bands • J-Pop • Johnny & Associates • Johnnys’ Jr. • music • SNO • Travis Japan • video • World of Dance Championships)

Top coplayer Enako lingerie cosplays new line of One Piece intimate apparel【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 11, 2022

One Piece Film: Red teams up with Peach John to create lingerie sets for Nami, Robin, and Uta, plus Shanks pajamas for guys and girls.

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• Japan
• (anime • beautiful women • cosplay • cosplayers • Enako • fashion • lingerie • manga • One Piece • One Piece Film: Red • pajamas • Peach John • roomwear)

Yuzuru Hanyu launches own YouTube channel, fans flock to subscribe

• Master Blaster
  Aug 11, 2022

He totally landed that debut video.

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• Japan
• (figure skating • sports • video • YouTube • YouTubers • Yuzuru Hanyu)

Man with homemade firebomb detained by police outside U.S. embassy in Tokyo

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 11, 2022

Shokumu shitsumon stop uncovers incendiary device.

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• Japan
• (arson • bomb • COK • crime • embassy • gunpowder • police stops • shokumu shitsumon • U.S. Embassy)

Tokyo’s Nakano adds rock and disco to its annual summer bon dance【Videos】

• SoraNews24
  Aug 10, 2022

The neighborhood that invented the Obon Jovi dance is back with a new set list of rock and disco hits.

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• Japan
• (bon dance • Bon Jovi • bon-odori • COK • culture • festivals • music • Nakano • Obon • SNJO • video)

Shaved ice? No thanks – we’re having a shaved milkshake at this Japanese cafe instead!【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 10, 2022

And naturally we’re getting a fist-sized purin pudding as a topping.

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• Japan
• (big food • cafes • COK • crazy • food • milkshake • purin • restaurants • shaved ice • SNJO • sweets)

McDonald’s adds Doraemon exclusives to its menu in Japan【Taste test】

• Oona McGee
  Aug 10, 2022

Anime tie-up inspired by the flavours of a Japanese summer festival.

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• Japan
• (anime • choco banana • COK • Doraemon • fast food • food • manga • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • milkshakes • pie • Ramune • SNJO • summer festivals • sweets • taste test)

Eating every kind of cold noodle dish from Family Mart to stave off the summer heat【Taste test】

• Dale Roll
  Aug 10, 2022

‘Tis the season for cold noodles!

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• Japan
• (COK • cold noodles • convenience store • convenience stores • Family mart • food • hiyashi chuka • hiyashi men • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • soba • somen • taste test • udon)

Japan’s “station closest to the sea” lives up to its name【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 10, 2022

”Blue ocean” is part of this station’s name, and they’re not kidding.

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• Japan
• (beautiful • COK • cool • Niigata • Ocean • sea • SNJO • stations • trains • travel)

Very limited sale of glasses that can halt or reverse nearsightedness begin in Japan

• Master Blaster
  Aug 10, 2022

A pair of truly “corrective” lenses?

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • eyesight • glasses • health • myopia • nearsightedness • technology)

This super easy cold Korean spicy ramen dish will make summer 100 times more delicious

• Shannon
  Aug 9, 2022

Not all spicy food has to be hot; sometimes, it’s refreshing!

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• Japan
• (cold noodles • delicious • food • Japanese summer • korean food • recipe • shin ramen • Shin Ramyun • summer recipe)

Watermelon-looking rice balls go on sale in Tokyo, bring Mr. Sato bitter memories of regret

• Master Blaster
  Aug 9, 2022

Some seeds you can’t spit out.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • crazy • Mr. Sato • onigiri • rice balls • SNJO • watermelon • weird • Yunotani)

Go shopping with our Japanese reporter as he experiences Costco in the U.S. for the first time

• Krista Rogers
  Aug 9, 2022

Feeling like a large child with king-sized candy bar dreams, he entered a whole new world of delight with a few big surprises.

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• Japan, USA
• (COK • Costco • culture shock • food • P.K. Sanjun • Seattle • SNJO • travel • USA)

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