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Samurai backpacks from Kyoto combine lamellar tradition, awesome style, and modern functionality

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 30, 2019
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Craftsmen in Japan’s ancient capital put time-honored techniques to use for contemporary bags, wallets, and more.

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• Japan
• (accessories • armor • awesome • backpacks • bags • cook • fashion • Kyoto • leather • samurai • wallets)

Pikachu himself visits SoraNews24’s Tokyo office for the best workday EVER【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 29, 2019

A surprise visit, and challenge, from the world-famous Pokémon mascot.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • COK • cute • Pikachu • Pokémon Rumble Rush • Pokémon Scramble SP • SNOJ • video games)

Edible fireworks? Japanese confectioner creates incredible sweets out of super-soft mochi【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 27, 2019

Signs of the seasons, from rainbows to cherry blossoms, have never looked as good, or tasty, as these breathtaking nerikiri desserts.

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• Japan
• (awesome • beautiful • cherry blossoms • cool • fireworks • food • nerikiri • sakura • sweets • wagashi)

Japanese Pirates of Caribbean fan skips Jack Sparrow costume in picture-perfect recreation【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 26, 2019

We’re not sure if this counts as cosplay, but it looks exactly like the Disney pirate tale.

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• Japan
• (awesome • crazy • dance • Dinsey • Disneyland • funny • Pirates of the Caribbean • robots • video • weird)

Kyoto’s awesome fire ramen: A one-of-a-kind dining experience our reporter Mai just tried【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 26, 2019

Bring your appetite and courage to Menbaka Ichidai.

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• Japan
• (awesome • COK • cool • crazy • fire • Fire Ramen • food • Kyoto • Mai • Menbaka Ichidai • Noodles • restaurants • scary • SNOJ)

This hotel has one of the coolest katana collections in Japan, and admission is totally free【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 20, 2019

Centuries of samurai history are on display, and we’ll teach you what to look for in appreciating the beauty of a Japanese sword.

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• Japan
• (awesome • beautiful • COK • cool • culture • history • hotels • Katana • Mie • museums • samurai • SNOJ • swords • travel)

Like heights? 231-meter (758-foot) skyscraper in Tokyo opens a zipline course on its roof

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 19, 2019

Zipline of the Heavens promises to be hell on earth for anyone with a fear of heights.

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• Japan
• (awesome • COK • cool • crazy • Heights • Ikebukuro • scary • skyscrapers • Sunshine 60 • Sunshine City • zipline)

Looking for a hotel in Japan? Skip the ryokan and stay in this castle instead!

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 13, 2019

Seaside stronghold in Nagasaki is looking for guests, and might let you stay for free.

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• Japan
• (awesome • castles • cool • history • hotels • Nagasaki • samurai • travel)

Here’s what happens if an otaku holds on to 30 years of issues of Japan’s biggest manga magazine

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 12, 2019

This superfan will never be short of reading material.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • crazy • manga • otaku • Shonen Jump • Weekly Shonen Jump)

Japan now has crab fish paste sticks that taste like soda

• Oona McGee
  Jul 10, 2019

Why drink soda when you can add it to salads and sandwiches instead?

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• Japan
• (awesome • COK • cooking • cool • crab • drinks • fish sticks • food • kamaboko • kanikama • Ramune • soda • sweets)

Japanese mom keeps cool, lays down hot, hilarious drum beat to scare off cockroach invader【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 9, 2019

Mom has no fear, plenty of rhythm.

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• Japan
• (awesome • bugs • cockroachs • cool • crazy • drums • funny • moms • video)

This beautiful Starbucks just outside Tokyo has an aural connection to Japan’s samurai past【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 3, 2019

Your eyes will love the traditional Japanese garden, but keep your ears open for a sound that’s been marking life in this town for centuries.

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• Japan
• (awesome • beautiful • COK • cool • culture • Edo period • gardens • history • Kawagoe • Saitama • SNOJ • Starbucks • travel)

Gun-dam, these are some crazy-looking anime robot-style cooking knives from Japan【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 30, 2019

Ever wanted to prepare dinner with a replica of Gundam’s heat hawk mecha weaponry? Now you can.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cook • cooking • crazy • cutlery • Gundam • heat hawk • knives • robots • Zaku)

Snorlax Bead Sofa is the awesomely cozy living room furniture every Pokémon fan needs【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 18, 2019

Paired with a Poké Ball Ottoman, Japanese furniture maker’s newest item looks so amazingly cozy we may imitate Snorlax and never get up again.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • crazy • cute • furniture • interior • Kabigon • Poké Ball • Pokemon • Snorlax • video games)

How to make awesome Japanese curry in five minutes without using instant packs or even a stove

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 18, 2019

Too lazy to really cook, but too gourmet for instant food? Our reporter Go finds a solution.

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• Japan
• (awesome • clever • COK • cooking • cool • curry • food • Go Hatori • microwave • SNOJ)

Japanese cat uses epic photobombing skills to ruin anime viewing experience, make Internet’s day

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 9, 2019

Attack on owner’s Attack on Titan session is perfectly timed and a triple success.

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• Japan
• (animals • anime • Attack on Titan • awesome • cats • crazy • cute • funny • pets)

This isn’t a Harry Potter photo – it’s an incredible colored pencil portrait from a Japanese fan!

• Shannon McNaught
  Jun 6, 2019

Even magic couldn’t make this picture look any better.

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• Japan
• (art • artist • awesome • colored pencils • drawing • Harry Potter • illustration • portrait)

We get a haircut by a stylist who cuts with katanas and fire at “Samurai Salon” in Spain

• Krista Rogers
  Jun 6, 2019

Our reporter travels all the way to Spain to meet an artistic hair stylist whose technique is a little sharper than usual. 

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• Europe, Japan
• (Alberto Olmedo • awesome • cool • crazy • fire • hair • hair stylist • haircut • Katana • Madrid • salon • samurai • Spain • swords)

Pokémon Master Ball engagement ring case is sure to help you catch your beloved’s heart

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 1, 2019

Poké-pop the question with this beautiful handcrafted case from Japan’s Pokémon wedding jeweler.

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• Japan
• (accessories • anime • awesome • cool • cute • marriage • Pikachu • Pokemon • rings • U-Treasure • video games • weddings)

Godzilla drops the CG, straps on the suit for awesome old-school tribute video【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  May 29, 2019

Just before the release of the King of the Monsters’ latest CG slugfest, a team of practical effects geniuses take the kaiju back to his roots.

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• Japan
• (awesome • Boss coffee • cool • Godzilla • Haruo Nakajima • kaiju • movies • practical effects • Suntory • video)

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