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Let’s visit a German castle… in Okinawa!
- Master Blaster
Dec 15, 2025 - Tweet
We go where washi dare.
- Europe, Japan
- (awesome • castles • cool • Germany • Japan travel • Marksburg Castle • Miyako Island • Miyakojima • museums • Okinawa • tourism • travel • Ueno German Cultural Village • weird)
Real-world Koraidon and Miraidon Pokémon are ready for their close-ups【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 9, 2025
We head to the Japan Mobility Show Kansai to take a closer look at the real, ridable Legendary Pokémon.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • cars • COK • cool • crazy • Honda • Koraidon • manga • Miraidon • motorcycles • Pokemon • Pokémon Scarlet and Voilet • SNJO • TOYOTA • video games)
New anime mecha figure’s pilot is…you!?!【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 7, 2025
Tokyo gift shop offers to put you in the cockpit of the very first anime mecha that had one.
- Japan
- (3-D Printing • 3-D scanning • anime • awesome • clever • cool • figures • manga • Mazinger Z • mecha • robots)
Nintendo releases Metroid-shaped ice cube/cooking tray and Samus arm cannon pillow【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 5, 2025
As newest Metroid game hits store shelves, Nintendo celebrates with cool and clever merch line.
- Japan
- (awesome • clever • cooking • cool • ice cube tray • Metroid • nintendo • Nintendo store • Nintendo Tokyo • pillows • sleep • video games)
Awesome jumbo PlayStation 1 and 2 cushions are warm fuzzy nostalgia that has to be won, not bought
- Casey Baseel
Nov 25, 2025
You’ll need skills at a different kind of game to get your hands on these video game plushies.
- Japan
- (awesome • Banpresto • COK.crane games • cool • cushions • interior • Mecha Mofu Gutto PlayStation • playstation • PlayStation 1 • PlayStation 2 • plushies • SNO • UFO catcher • video games)
Kyoto’s for-adults immersive samurai theme park announces opening date
- Casey Baseel
Nov 21, 2025
Renovations are almost finished for Toei’s Uzumasa Kyoto Village.
- Japan
- (Amusement Parks • awesome • cool • culture • Edo period • Eigamura • history • Kyoto • Kyoto Studio Park • movies • samurai • theme parks • Toei • Uzumasa Kyoto Village)
Real-world Nausicaa Ghibli anime glider completes its final flight in Japan【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 20, 2025
Artist behind 22-year project takes to the skies one last time on real-world version of Hayao Miyazaki flying machine.
- Japan
- (airplanes • anime • awesome • cool • crazy • glider • manga • Nausicaa • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind • Studio Ghibli • video)
Mega huge Mega Charizard Pokémon kites fly in the skies of Japan【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 12, 2025
Nagasaki even was fun for all fans of the franchise, but especially those who love Charizard’s mega evolution.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • Charizard • cool • kite • manga • Mega Charizard • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • video • video games)
Brand-new Pokémon park opens in Japan with larger-than-life-size Lapras【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 9, 2025
Lapras’ latest collaboration with the region it’s an ambassador for is now ready to receive fans and provide squeals of joy.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • cool • cute • Lapras • manga • Miyagi • outdoors • parks • Pokemon • video games)
New Kyoto experience package lets you film epic samurai battles with your friends
- Casey Baseel
Nov 3, 2025
Something a little more action-packed than the typical kimono stroll photo shoot.
- Japan
- (Arashiyama • awesome • COK • cool • history • Kyoto • photo shoot • samurai • samurai armor)
Japan’s mini VHS anime home video replicas are the newest blast of capsule toy nostalgia【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 30, 2025
Classic Clamp anime series has its home video release recreated in mini charm form.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • capsule toys • cassete • Clamp • COK • cool • gachapon • gashapon • Magic Knight Rayearth • manga • Rayearth • SNO • toys • vending machine toys • VHS)
Tokyo’s Haneda Airport is adding a giant Godzilla statue to its international terminal
- Casey Baseel
Oct 24, 2025
World’s largest indoor Godzilla statue will welcome and/or terrify visitors to Japan starting this winter.
- Japan
- (airports • awesome • cool • crazy • Godzilla • Haneda • Haneda Airport • Haneda Godzilla Global Project • Japan travel • kaiju • movies • tourism • travel • travel.tourism)
Gifu’s Edison cafe is a shining example of Japan’s Tokai morning culture
- Elliot Hale
Oct 17, 2025
Free toast with your coffee? How about an entire loaf of bread, ice cream, and a souvenir to take home?
- Japan
- (awesome • bread • cafe • cafes • coffee • COK • crazy • Gifu • Gifu Prefecture • morning menu • morning set • restaurants • SNJO • Tokai morning)
Godzilla and King Ghidorah fight it out inside this Tokyo hotel room that you can stay in【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 14, 2025
Godzilla’s greatest rival comes to challenge him for his Shinjuku crown.
- Japan
- (awesome • COK • cool • Ghidora • Godzilla • hotels • kaiju • shinjuku • SNJO • tourism • travel)
How to ride Japan’s awesome Pokémon Sandshrew Train【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 15, 2025
Finding this adorable train can feel like an RPG sidequest, but when the reward is this cute, we’re game.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • COK • cool • cute • manga • Pokemon • sandshrew • SNJO • Tottori • tourism • trains • travel • video games)
How to buy a cake in a gacha capsule from a vending machine in Japan
- Oona McGee
Aug 14, 2025
The most delicious gacha may also be Japan’s cutest.
- Japan
- (awesome • cakes • capsule toy machines • capsule toys • cool • gacha • gachapon • Osaka • weird)
Real-world Pokémon Koraidon motorcycle makes its first run in Japan【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 4, 2025
Legendary Pokémon visits legendary race circuit.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • cars • cool • Honda • manga • motorcycles • Pokemon • Pokémon Scarlet and Violet • Suzuka • suzuka circuit • video • video games)
Anime sword pizza coming to Pizza Hut with Fate/Grand Order crossover in China
- Casey Baseel
Aug 1, 2025
The Pizza of Promised Victory.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • crazy • Fate • fate grand order • fate/grand order • food • manga • pizza • Pizza Hut • Pizza Hut China • swords • weird)
Visiting Hokkaido’s adorable and awesome Asahikawa rice paddy art【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 28, 2025
Mascot characters, a hometown hero, and creative ice cream make this a great place to pull over in Japan’s northernmost prefecture.
- Japan
- (Asahikawa • awesome • COK • cool • cute • food • Hokkaido • rice • rice paddy art • SNJO • tambo art • travel.tourism.narture)
Gacha capsule toy machine you control with your brain/prayers created in Japan【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 27, 2025
Designers want Mushin Gacha in arcades, anime specialty shops, and character cafes.
- Japan
- (awesome • brain waves • capsule toy machines • capsule toys • cool • gacha • gachapon • technology • video • weird)
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