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Japan’s new portable handheld microwave shoots to the top of our cooking gadget wish list

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 12, 2023
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No cord, and no cold food either.

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• (awesome • clever • cooking • cooking gadgets • cool • food • gadgets • microwave • portable • technology)

Super Mario meets Godzilla in Tokyo skyline moment of serendipity

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 12, 2023

King of video games and king of the monster show up in the same place at the same time.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • Godzilla • movies • nintendo • Shinjuku Godzilla • Super Mario • The Super Mario Bros. movie • video games)

Japan’s other beautiful fuji, wisteria, are about to turn Ashikaga Flower Park into a wonderland

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 8, 2023

Flowers have begun blooming at gorgeous park in Tochigi.

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• Japan
• (Ashikaga Flower Park • awesome • beautiful • COK • flowers • Fuji • nature • Tochigi • wisteria)

Cup Noodles Breakfast brings American morning meal taste of pancakes and sausage to instant ramen

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 30, 2023

Even the distribution strategy is super-American.

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• Japan, USA
• (awesome • breakfast • cool • crazy • Cup Noodle • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • Noodles • pancakes • weird)

Gundam metaverse’s Gunpla scan/share system plans to connect fans from all countries and angles

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 29, 2023

System allows you to show off your customized anime robot models as 3-D versions in online community.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • Bandai Namco • cool • Gundam • Gundam models • Gunpla • metaverse • plastic models • robots)

What better way to fly to Japan than on the brand-new Pikachu Jet?

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 28, 2023

ANA’s Pokémon plane will be ready for international flights in time for the summer travel season.

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• Japan
• (Air travel • airplanes • All Nippon Airways • ANA • anime • awesome • cute • Pikachu • Pikachu Jet • Pokemon • travel • video games)

Ito En releases drinkable cold ramen in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Mar 24, 2023

Green tea specialists want us to drink spicy reimen this summer. 

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• Japan
• (awesome • canned drinks • cool • crazy • drinks • food • Ito En • Korea • korean food • Korean ramen • Nongshim • Noodles • ramen • reimen • spicy • spicy food • spicy ramen)

How would Pokémon Scarlet and Violet look with pixel art? Awesome. Japanese fan shows【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 21, 2023

And it’d sound great with the Nintendo DS sound suite too.

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• Japan
• (awesome • bitmap • cool • fan art • pixel art • Pokemon • Pokémon Black and White • Pokémon Scarlet and Violet • video • video games)

Master Lego builder’s Great Wave off Kanagawa making move across ocean for Hokusai event【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 10, 2023

Japan’s only Lego Certified Professional recreates Japan’s most famous painting.

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• Japan
• (art • awesome • COK • cool • Great Wave • Great Wave off Kanagawa • hokusai • Katsushika Hokusai • LEGO • Museum of Fine Arts Boston • museums • ukiyo-e • woodblock prints)

Stunning stop-motion samurai video “Hidari” is like nothing you’ve seen before【Video】

• Master Blaster
  Mar 9, 2023

Left is right.

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• Japan
• (animation • art • awesome • cinema • cool • crowdfunding • Hidari Jingoro • stop motion • video • woodworking)

Extreme budget travel! Can you do a good weekend trip to Taiwan with 50,000 yen (US$370)? – Part 2

• Dale Roll
  Feb 25, 2023

Part 2 of our low-cost adventure in Taipei.

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• Taiwan
• (awesome • budget travel • COK • cool • food • Go Hatori • low-budget • SNJO • Taipei • Taiwan • travel)

This hidden restaurant has amazing views of Tokyo Tower and nothing on the menu is over 10 bucks

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 25, 2023

Restaurant Port offers some of the best scenery and cheapest meals in Minato Ward.

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• Japan
• (awesome • COK • cool • food • hidden restaurants • Minato Ward • restaurants • SNJO • Tokyo Tower • travel • ward office)

Extreme budget travel! Can you do a good weekend trip to Taiwan with 50,000 yen (US$370)? – Part 1

• Dale Roll
  Feb 24, 2023

Go’s latest experiment to see how far he can stretch 50,000 yen on a vacation.

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• Taiwan
• (awesome • budget travel • COK • cool • food • Go Hatori • low-budget • SNJO • Taipei • Taiwan • travel)

Finally! Ridable Catbuses are being added to the Ghibli Park theme park

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 11, 2023

Japan’s biggest carmaker is building a fleet of eco-friendly feline EVs to help fans navigate the sprawling anime-themed destination.

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • anime • awesome • cars • Catbus • cool • EVs • Ghibli Park • Hayao Miyazaki • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • theme parks • Totoro • TOYOTA • travel)

Manga meat can be yours to eat in the real world with Manga Meat Bone kitchenware【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 6, 2023

Handmade Seto-yaki ceramics bring a touch of wild class to your manga-inspired meals.

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• Japan
• (anime food • anime.food.cooking • awesome • COK • cool • interior • kitchenware • manga • manga meat • tableware)

Japanese genius creates concept of the ultimate nap chamber

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 6, 2023

Who needs a bed when you can recreate Japan’s favorite place to take a nap?

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • funny • nap • sleep • sleeping on trains • trains)

Every PreCure magical girl ever now appearing on awesome anime digital mural in Tokyo【Pics, vid】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 1, 2023

The PreCure franchise celebrates its 20th anniversary while looking ahead to its newest arc.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • COK • cool • manga • PreCure • Pretty Cure • Shinjuku Station • SNJO • video)

Famichiki Pancake Steamed Buns take Japanese convenience store food to a whole other level

• Oona McGee
  Feb 1, 2023

We’ve never had fried chicken pancakes quite like this before.

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• Japan
• (awesome • chukaman • COK • convenience stores • Famichiki • Family mart • food • fried chicken • hotcakes • Morinaga • pancakes • review • SNJO • steamed buns • taste test)

Former women’s world boxing champion confronts molester on bus in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 26, 2023

Kumiko Shisa Ikehara couldn’t let him get away with it.

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• Japan
• (awesome • boxing • buses • chikan • crime • molesters • sports)

Pancake steamed buns coming to Japanese convenience stores, said to pair well with fried chicken

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 21, 2023

Family Mart has a way for to combine two of our favorite comfort foods and eat them with our hands.

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• Japan
• (awesome • chukaman • COK • convenience stores • Famichiki • Family mart • food • fried chicken • hotcakes • Morinaga • pancakes • steamed buns)

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