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Is the magical Flying Ball that’s trending on Japanese TikTok as easy to use as it looks?
- Katie Pask
Oct 17, 2022 - Tweet
Social media makes it look like a piece of cake, but how will our reporter handle his magical ball?
- Japan
- (awesome • flying ball • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • technology • TikTok • tiktok trends • toys)
New giant Pokémon plushie is so big it looks like it could eat you【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 14, 2022
Pokémon merch doesn’t get more accurately named than the Big Garchomp Cushion.
Studio Ghibli creates amazing crossover illustration for Twitter Japan
- Casey Baseel
Oct 14, 2022
Stars from 11 different Ghibli anime take to the skies in celebratory group shot.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • cool • Ghibli Park • Hayao Miyazaki • My Neighbor Totoro • Ponyo • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • twitter • Twitter Japan)
Ghibli Park benches spark debate in Japan
- SoraNews24
Oct 13, 2022
One person’s cute anime flourish is another person’s hostile design.
- Japan
- (anime • art • awesome • Catbus • controversy • cool • design • Ghibli Park • Hayao Miyazaki • museums • My Neighbor Totoro • Nagoya • news • No Face • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • twitter • whisper of the heart)
150 Pokémon will be hiding in major Japanese train stations this fall, waiting for fans to find them
- Casey Baseel
Oct 10, 2022
Gen-1 Pokémon help mark 150-year milestone for trains in Japan.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • cool • East Japan Railway Company • JR East • Pikachu • Pokemon • shinkansen • stations • trains • travel • video games)
Yes! Ramen soup in heated cans coming to Japanese vending machines and convenience stores
- Casey Baseel
Oct 8, 2022
Sure, canned coffee is great and all, but this is what we’re really craving.
- Japan
- (awesome • convenience stores • cool • crazy • drinks • food • hot canned drinks • Ippudo • Japan Railways • JR • JR East • New Days • ramen • tonkotsu • vending machines)
Japanese arcade has special UFO catcher/crane games that guarantee you’ll win【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 7, 2022
Victory is within your grasp!
- Japan
- (Arcades • awesome • claw game • COK • cool • crane game • game centers • Namco • SNO • UFO catchers)
Mega Anya joins 3-D Anya on giant video billboards as Spy x Family continues Tokyo takeover【Vid】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 6, 2022
Anime Anya and manga Anya are both adorable in their own unique, and gigantic, ways.
- Japan
- (3-D billboard • anime • Anya • awesome • COK • cool • cute • giant video screen • manga • Shibuya • shinjuku • SNJO • Spy x Family • video • video billboards)
Japanese restaurant chain now serving perfect recreations of Studio Ghibli food【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 6, 2022
And it’s located conveniently close to the Studio Ghibli theme park.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • cool • food • Ghibli food • Ghibli Park • izakaya • restaurants • Studio Ghibli)
Ninja vs. samurai night battle to take place at Japanese castle ruins, 100 combatants needed
- Casey Baseel
Oct 4, 2022
Applications now open to do battle for glory and prizes when night falls on one of Japan’s most famous ninja towns.
A beautiful, bittersweet interspecies anime romance that’s also an instant noodle commercial【Vid】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 30, 2022
Kitsune udon and kitsune girl star in the latest gorgeous anime video from Nissin.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • cool • Donbei • Eisaku Kubonouchi • instant noodles • kitsune udon • Nissin • udon • video)
All-ages Catbus, real-world Spirited Away office part of new Studio Ghibli museum exhibit【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 29, 2022
If you can’t get one of the limited number of Ghibli Park tickets, the Ghibli Exhibition will still give you a taste of the magic.
- Japan
- (anime • art • awesome • Catbus • cool • Ghibli Exhibition • Ghibli Park • Hayao Miyazaki • museums • My Neighbor Totoro • Nagoya • No Face • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • whisper of the heart)
Japanese town’s Pikachu, Eevee mailboxes are awesome, and there’s another Pokémon to see too【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 24, 2022
Three Pokémon species are ready to send your mail on its way in this city south of Tokyo.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • COK • cool • cute • Eevee • mailbox • Pikachu • Piplup • Pokemon • post office • SNO • travel • video games • Yokohama)
Two Sega fans get married in Japan, win at weddings with awesome Mega Drive wedding cake【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 23, 2022
An edible Sega tower of power to mark the start of married life.
- Japan
- (awesome • cake • cool • Genesis • Mega Drive • Sega • Sega CD • sweets • video games • wedding cake • weddings)
The Berserk art exhibition: A powerful, and hopeful, experience for fans of the dark fantasy manga
- Casey Baseel
Sep 22, 2022
Our Berserk-loving reporter finds something to smile about while still dealing with the sadness of the series creator’s death.
- Japan
- (anime • art • awesome • Berserk • COK • cool • exhibition • figures • Kentaro Miura • manga • moving • Prime 1 Studio • SNJO • touching)
Tokyo’s miracle makeover hairstylist is back with customer who came from eight hours away【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 19, 2022
It’s a long way from Ishikawa to Shibuya, but was the overnight bus trip worth it?
- Japan
- (awesome • cool • Diece Shibuya • hair • hair salons • haircut • hairstyling • makeover • video)
Resident Evil survival horror maze opens at Universal Japan as part of Halloween horror event
- Casey Baseel
Sep 9, 2022
Resident Evil 2 serves as inspiration for mission-based maze as zombie circus troupe takes over other part of the park for dancing.
- Japan
- (Amusement Parks • awesome • cool • halloween • Resident Evil • Resident Evil 2 • scary • theme parks • Universal Studios Japan • USJ • video games)
Japanese hotel gives you a beer tap in your room, 10 liters of craft beer to drink for free
- Casey Baseel
Sep 6, 2022
That works out to 17-plus pints per night.
- Japan
- (alcohol • awesome • beer • cool • craft beer • crazy • drinks • hotels • Shizuoka • travel • West Coast Brewing)
Maguro mountain! Giant sashimi bowls of this Ginza restaurant are even bigger than promised
- Casey Baseel
Sep 3, 2022
Why did we eat this mountain? Because it was there.
- Japan
- (awesome • big food • COK • crazy • food • maguro • Mr. Sato • restaurants • sashimi • SNJO • sushi • tuna)
Japanese town that spent 25 million yen in COVID money on giant squid statue says it paid off big
- Casey Baseel
Aug 31, 2022
Gigantic squid statue has given a huge boost to the economy, city claims.
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Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
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