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New Donkey Kong area at Universal Studios Japan gets opening date, and it’s VERY soon【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 12, 2024 - Tweet
Donkey Kong creator Shigeru Miyamoto gives video tour of brand-new expansion to USJ’s Super Nintendo World.
- Japan
- (Amusement Parks • awesome • cool • Donkey Kong • Donkey Kong Country • nintendo • Shigeru Miyamoto • Super Mario • Super Nintendo World • theme parks • Universal Studios Japan • USJ • video • video games)
Japan’s newest life-size Gundam is finished, receives Shinto blessing in Osaka【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 25, 2024
RX-78F00/E Gundam strikes a pose ahead of opening of world’s fair.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • cool • crazy • Expo 2025 • Gundam • Gundam statue • life-size Gundam • manga • Osaka • shinto • video • world's fair)
This market is the birthplace of the “selfish” sashimi bowl, and it’s awesome【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 13, 2024
Let’s head to Hokkaido’s Washo Market for the original kattedon experience.
- Japan
- (awesome • COK • cool • donburi • fish market • food • Hokkaido • kattedon • Kushiro • sashimi • seafood • SNJO • sushi • tourism • travel • Washo Market)
Nintendo made an interactive alarm clock, and it’s awesome in so many ways【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 10, 2024
Motion-sensing Alarmo wants to make you feel like you’re waking up in the game worlds of Super Mario, Legend of Zelda, and more.
- Japan, USA
- (alarm clock • Alarmo • awesome • clever • cool • gadgets • Legend of Zelda • nintendo • sleep • Super Mario • video games • wellness)
Japanese design company creates world’s most badass…sewing supply box?!?【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 27, 2024
Kateika no Dragon’s Lourd Leger returns!
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • cool • crazy • dragons • gadgets • home economics • Kateika no Dragon • manga • sewing • video • werid)
Deep-fried matcha green tea and strawberry KitKats on a stick coming to Japan
- Casey Baseel
Sep 26, 2024
Japan continues to set the bar for inventive excellence in the field of KitKats.
- Japan
- (awesome • chocolate • COK • crazy • food • fried food • green tea • Japanese KitKats • katsu • KitKats • kushi katsu • Kushi Katsu Tanaka • matcha • sweets)
Huge life-size Porygon plushie is a way to reconcile with the most maligned Pokémon of all
- Casey Baseel
Sep 17, 2024
Plushie matches official Pokédex size specs.
Awesome Transformers 40th anniversary anime short created in famous studio team-up【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 13, 2024
Trigger teams up with top-talent studios and Bump of Chicken for a 40-year love letter to the entire Transformers franchise.
- Internet, Japan
- (anime • awesome • Bump of Chicken • cool • J-Pop • manga • music • Optimus Prime • Production IG • Studio Trigger • Takara Tomy • Transformers • video)
10-year-old Japanese girl is youngest person ever certified to prepare deadly poisonous blowfish
- Casey Baseel
Sep 5, 2024
”It was a good summer vacation.”
The heartwarming story of Japan’s “Weakling Gundam” and the fans who supported it in its hour of need
- Oona McGee
Aug 27, 2024
A roadside mecha with a touching backstory.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • COK • cool • cute • Fukushima • Gundam • Gundam statue • heartwarming • Hetare Gundam • life-size Gundam • manga • Mobile Suit Gundam • robots • SNJO • touching • tourist sites • travel • Weak Gundam • Weakling Gundam)
This Japanese pub with one-yen bottles of sake broke our brain and made our day
- Casey Baseel
Aug 25, 2024
We have no idea how this is possible, but we’re oh so happy it is.
- Japan
- (alcohol • awesome • bars • cheap • COK • cool • crazy • izakaya • nihonshu • pubs • restaurants • sake • SNJO)
First-look video of new Nintendo Museum shows off giant controllers fans can actually play games with!
- Casey Baseel
Aug 20, 2024
Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto gives up a sneak peek at the Kyoto video game museum that’s set to open before the end of the year.
- Japan
- (awesome • cool • crazy • Kyoto • museums • nintendo • Nintendo Museum • Shigeru Miyamoto • video games)
Amazing ukiyo-e art exhibit gives you the chance to step inside a woodblock print and snap photos
- Casey Baseel
Aug 15, 2024
Traditional and digital artwork combines for unforgettable images.
- Japan
- (art • art museums • awesome • beautiful • COK • cool • Hitohata • hokusai • museums • ukiyo-e • woodblock prints)
Amazing Swedish Totoro cosplay steals the show at World Cosplay Championship【Pics, video】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 6, 2024
Team Japan gets first overall victory in 12 years, but it’s a safe bet that no one will ever forget this Totoro.
- Europe, Japan
- (anime • awesome • cool • cosplay • crazy • Hayao Miyazaki • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • video • World Cosplay Championship • World Cosplay Summit)
Moving Howl’s Castle that actually walks once again available for Howl’s Moving Castle fans【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 5, 2024
Well, well, well, look who came walking back.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • cool • Donguri Kyowakoku • figures • Hayao Miyazaki • Howl's Moving Castle • Studio Ghibli • video)
Japan Railways now has giant robots performing maintenance work via VR-goggled operators
- Casey Baseel
Jul 23, 2024
Robo-workin’ on the railroad.
- Japan
- (awesome • COK • cool • Japan Railway Company • JR • JR West • robots • technology • trains • transportation • WEST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY)
Gigantic eight-floor anime figure shop skyscraper opening in Tokyo’s Akihabara this month
- Casey Baseel
Jul 12, 2024
The Akihabara Figure Tower lives up to its name.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • anime • awesome • Figure Tower • figures • otaku • Tokyo • video games)
Cup Noodles Campfire S’mores puts a weird new twist on instant ramen
- Oona McGee
Jul 8, 2024
New limited-edition flavour billed as the “campiest” yet.
- Japan, USA
- (awesome • cool • crazy • Cup Noodle • cup noodles • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • Noodles • ramen • s'mores • S'mores ramen • Walmart • weird)
Universal Studios Japan adding new Resident Evil attraction, little kids barred once again
- Casey Baseel
Jul 6, 2024
You’ll see zombies, chainsaw men, and Leon Kennedy inside the Resident Evil haunted house, but no little kids.
- Japan
- (awesome • biohazard • Biohazard Night of Heroes • Capcom • cool • halloween • Resident Evil Night of Heroes • Resident EvilUniversal Studios • Universal Studios Japan • USJ • video games)
Veterinarian’s office in suburban Japan has custom sign drawn by manga star Rumiko Takahashi
- Casey Baseel
Jun 29, 2024
She may be one of the biggest names in the manga/anime world, but Takahashi hasn’t forgotten her roots.
- Japan
- (animals • anime • awesome • cool • Maison Ikkoku • manga • Ranma 1/2 • Rumiko Takahashi)
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First-ever cafe on Tokyo Imperial Palace Garden grounds is now open
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New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
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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