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Kubipan Soccer — the hot new sport set to sweep the nation… maybe
- Katie Pask
Dec 14, 2021 - Tweet
We play soccer with our pants up to our necks and battle some childhood demons along the way.
- Japan
- (Ahiruneko • football • funny • kubipan • Mr. Sato • pants • Seiji • Seiji Nakazawa • soccer • sport • sports)
A chance to experience what goes into making Japan’s Chitose Lake Shikotsu Ice Festival
- Krista Rogers
Dec 14, 2021
Winter enthusiasts will gain a deeper understanding of the behind-the-scenes efforts involved with this breathtaking Hokkaido festival.
- Japan
- (art • beautiful • Chitose • Chitose Lake Shikotsu Ice Festival • cool • experience • Hokkaido • hotels • illumination • Shikotsu-Toya National Park • snow • travel • winter)
New Japanese hotpot restaurant directs you to melt an adorable bear like a movie villain
- Katy Kelly
Dec 14, 2021
If you go down to Kuma-chan Onsen today, you’re in for a big surprise…
- Japan
- (bear • bears • cute • Hokkaido Menkoi Nabe Kuma-chan Onsen • hot springs • hotpot • Kuma-chan Onsen • morbid • nabe • Restaurant • SNJO)
Final Fantasy XIV x Isetan collection includes moogle soap, job bracelets, and crystal candy
- Krista Rogers
Dec 14, 2021
Square Enix MMORPG collaborates with Tokyo department store and international brands for fashion and food items.
- Japan
- (accessories • fashion • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy XIV • food • goods • Isetan • Moogle • pop-up shop • Square Enix • video games)
We enjoyed Saitama’s finest hot springs, saunas, and views for less than 3,000 yen
- Shannon
Dec 14, 2021
Looking for a cheap self-care destination? This could be it.
- Japan
- (cheap travel • hot springs • Iruma City • onsen • Saitama • sauna • SNJO)
This Tokyo apartment building uses feng shui in its design to make for very lucky living spaces
- Dale Roll
Dec 14, 2021
With bright color schemes and unusual room designs, this complex would be a unique place to live!
- Japan
- (#starringjohncho • Apartment • architecture • design • feng shui • Kami-Shakujii • religion • Shijin So-o • social apartments • Tokyo)
Japan’s Kanji of the Year announced for 2021, and it’s a familiar choice
- Casey Baseel
Dec 14, 2021
This isn’t the first time for this character to be chosen as the representative for the year, and it probably won’t be the last either.
- Japan
- (COK • culture • Japanese language • kanji • kanji of the year • linguistics)
We celebrate Christmas with the worst tree we could find
- Master Blaster
Dec 14, 2021
It’s not the size of the tree that matters, but the balls that hang from it.
- Japan
- (Amazon Japan • Christmas • Christmas decorations • Christmas tree • Masanuki Sunakoma • shopping)
We Put A Bowl of Tonkotsu Ramen into a Rice Ball: Japan’s new demonic combini temptation
- Casey Baseel
Dec 13, 2021
Pork-stock ramen in onigiri form sounds like a covetous convenience store snack that would require dark powers to create.
- Japan
- (COK • convenience stores • food • Japan Railways • JR East • NewDays • Noodles • onigiti • ramen • rice balls • SNJO • staitons • taste test • tonkotsu • trains)
This entire Japanese meal was made with 6 kinds of bugs and some caterpillar poo
- Master Blaster
Dec 13, 2021
Insect food the way it should be.
- Japan
- (alcohol • Bugs Farm • chazuke • Chuchazuke • edible insects • food • giant water bug • Konchu Sour • ramen • SNO)
Why do Japanese hot spring inns give you tea and sweets at check-in? For your own safety
- Casey Baseel
Dec 13, 2021
It may not be the only reason, but part of the plan is that green tea and wagashi will help keep you safe during your stay.
- Japan
- (baths • COK • drink • food • green tea • health • hospitality • hot springs • hotels • inns • onsen • ryokan • sweets • tea • travel • wagashi)
Japanese teenager tries to look cool for a girl, gets punished by the universe/wild animal
- Casey Baseel
Dec 13, 2021
Moonlight motorcycle ride for two gets an unexpected third wheel, then things continue to get worse
- Japan
- (crazy • crime • funny • motorcycles • weird • wild boars • youth)
Is Japanese canned sushi everything we ever dreamed of? We try it out
- Shannon
Dec 13, 2021
Of all the things that can be canned, is canning sushi worth it?
- Japan
- (canned food • canned sushi • delicious • Mr. Sato • Shugei • sushi • weird)
Crazy cheap hotel in Tokyo comes with a crazy catch【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 13, 2021
This hotel room costs less than a deluxe bowl of ramen, but you’d better come prepared.
Sushi Crepes: Will Harajuku’s newest weird food craze catch on in Tokyo?
- Oona McGee
Dec 13, 2021
Conveyor belt restaurant chain restyles itself to fit the Harajuku aesthetic.
- Japan
- (crepes • food • Harajuku • Japanese food • Kurazushi • Mr. Sato • SNJO • sushi • sweets • taste test)
Leading maid cafe chain to open largest location in history in Akihabara
- Master Blaster
Dec 12, 2021
Maid cafes are coming back in a big way.
- Japan
- (@Home Cafe • Akiba Culture Zone • Akihabara • business • COVID-19 • maid cafes • pandemic • Tokyo)
The leaves aren’t the only things changing in this beautiful series of photos from Nagano
- Casey Baseel
Dec 12, 2021
Family photos show the cycle of the seasons and a new beginning.
With Comiket returning, so is its anime-posters-for-otaku-blood blood drive
- Casey Baseel
Dec 12, 2021
Donors get three posters this year, which helps us estimate the value of otaku blood.
- Japan
- (anime • blood • blood drive • charity • Comiket • Comiket 2021 • Comiket 99 • donation • manga • otaku • Red Cross)
Osaka Metro unveils new “spaceship” design trains
- Master Blaster
Dec 12, 2021
A new hope for the subway of Osaka.
- Japan
- (30000 Series • 400 Series • Expo 2025 • Osaka • Osaka Expo 2025 • Osaka Metro • Subway • trains)
Amigara Fault for cars?! Tunnel in Okayama just barely big enough for vehicles to fit through
- Scott Wilson
Dec 11, 2021
It was made for me… and my car.
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
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