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Goodbye, Megaweb! Downtown Tokyo’s coolest car museum is closing for good【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 30, 2021 - Tweet
An amazing collection of cars in a free museum is about to figuratively drive off into the sunset.
- Japan
- (cars • closing • COK • cool • history • History Garage • Megaweb • museums • odaiba • SNJO • Tokyo • TOYOTA)
Which Japanese convenience store has the best premium pork buns?
- Oona McGee
Dec 30, 2021
This steaming hot showdown between Family Mart, Lawson and 7-Eleven produces a very surprising result.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • COK • convenience stores • Family mart • food • Lawson • Mini Stop • nikuman • pork buns • SNJO • steamed buns • taste test)
Japan’s year-end Kohaku song battle rumored to end soon
- Master Blaster
Dec 30, 2021
Is 72 years long enough for this TV tradition?
- Japan
- (J-Pop • Kohaku • Kohaku Uta Gasen • music • New Year's • New Year's Eve • NHK • Oshogatsu • red and white • Terunobu Maeda • TV)
There’s a Tokyo vending machine that sells love in a can (or a shot at it)
- Casey Baseel
Dec 30, 2021
And here we were thinking cans of hot green tea were amazing.
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • dating • konkatsu • matchmaking • romance • vending machines • weird)
Sustainable Otaku Goals: A framework to help you avoid fan burnout
- Casey Baseel
Dec 30, 2021
And also to avoid becoming the reason for someone else’s burnout.
Nissin’s New Year lucky box is packed with instant noodle surprises
- Oona McGee
Dec 29, 2021
Kicking the year off right with a Cup Noodle extravaganza!
- Japan
- (Cup Noodle • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2022 • Fukubukuro Roundup 2022 • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • lucky bag • Lucky Bag Roundup 2022 • Nissin • Nissin Cup Noodle • Noodles • ramen • SNJO)
Japan chooses to go to the moon
- Casey Baseel
Dec 29, 2021
Prime minister declares goal of a Japanese astronaut becoming the first non-American to walk on the lunar surface.
- Japan
- (Artemis Project • astronauts • COK • cool • moon • science • space)
American businessman promises urgent flights of potatoes to Japan to ease French fry shortage
- Casey Baseel
Dec 29, 2021
A golden ray of salty hope shines from across the Pacific.
- Japan, USA
- (COK • fast food • food • french fries • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • potato • shortage)
Pokémon-themed doughnut lucky bag is filled with sweet surprises
- Oona McGee
Dec 29, 2021
Mister Donut makes us feel like the very best, like no one ever was this New Year.
- Japan
- (anime • COK • cute • donuts • doughnuts • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2022 • Japanese New Year • Lucky Bag Roundup 2022 • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2022 • Mister Donut • New Year's • Pikachu • Pokemon • SNJO)
Free anti-embarrassment bags to be handed out at Comiket
- Casey Baseel
Dec 29, 2021
Hazukashikunaibukuro hope to make the train ride home from Japan’s biggest otaku art gathering a little less awkward.
- Japan
- (anime • clever • Comiket • Comiket 2021 • Comiket 99 • doujin • doujinshi • manga • otaku)
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl game music is now free to enjoy or download for a limited time
- Krista Rogers
Dec 29, 2021
149 tracks from the games, including background music and sound effects, can now become the epic background playlist for your daily life.
- Japan
- (free • music • nintendo • Pokemon • Pokémon Diamond and Pearl • Pokémon DP Sound Library • video games)
Sega builds “world’s fastest gaming PC,” is giving it away for free (processor speed unknown)【Vid】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 29, 2021
Video backs up claim that this is the fastest PC ever made (by one metric), and also possibly the craziest.
- Japan
- (computers • cool • crazy • funny • gaming PCs • PC • RC cars • Sega • technology • video • video games • werid)
2021’s top stories in anime, manga, and Studio Ghibli news 【SoraNews24 Year in Review】
- SoraNews24
Dec 29, 2021
Sexy voice actors, the end of Evangelion, and a message from Studio Ghibli founder Hayao Miyazaki.
- Japan
- (anime • Castle in the Sky • Evangelion • Hayao Miyazaki • Laputa • manga • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • voice actors • voice actresses • year in review • Year in Review 2021)
Domino’s Pizza and Japanese American football go head-to-head to see who has the better Rice Bowl
- Master Blaster
Dec 29, 2021
A pizza chain and sports league clash on the field of social media.
- Japan
- (American football • Domino's Pizza Japan • food • football • pizza • Rice Bowl • sports • vote • weird • X-League)
Tokyo police admit to losing 38 citizens’ personal data…that was stored on floppy disks
- Casey Baseel
Dec 29, 2021
Data for 2021 investigation was provided on format most people stopped using more than a decade ago.
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • crime • floppy disk • funny • police • technology • Tokyo Metropolitan Police • weird)
Get huge discounts on Japanese hotels… provided you’re a space alien (or claim to be one)
- Katie Pask
Dec 29, 2021
Say “I’m an alien” when you check in to get cheaper rates!
- Japan
- (aliens • crazy • discount • funny • hot springs • hotels • Oita • onsen • space • travel • uchujin • UFO • weird • wtf)
Attempted murder at a Japanese train station
- Oona McGee
Dec 28, 2021
Suspect says stranger “was in my way”.
- Japan
- (arrests • crime • Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • news • police • railway tracks • Saitama • train stations • trains)
Japan picks the 100 greatest games of all time in Video Game General Election
- Casey Baseel
Dec 28, 2021
Decades-spanning list goes all the way back to classics from the 8-bit era.
- Japan
- (COK • Dragon Quest • Final Fantasy • Legend of Zelda • nintendo • Pokemon • ranking • Super Mario • survey • Video Game General Election • video games)
Will we win a 75,000-yen tub of caviar from this Japanese vending machine?
- Oona McGee
Dec 28, 2021
Putting our faith in the gacha gods at a new store dedicated to weird vending machines in Tokyo.
- Japan
- (caviar • COK • food • gacha • gacha vending machine • Japanese vending machines • Mr. Sato • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo • vending machines • weird)
We make a pair of gloves that are super-effective against playing Pokémon GO in the cold
- Katy Kelly
Dec 28, 2021
All the joy of tossing balls unencumbered by chunky gloves, while keeping the rest of your digits toasty warm.
- Japan
- (fashion • gloves • Go Hatori • mobile gaming • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • smartphone • SNJO)
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Pokémon Company announces first-ever permanent Pokémon store to open outside Asia
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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
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Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
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