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Snoop Dogg’s cookbook gets a rebrand in Japan
- Oona McGee
Feb 4, 2022 - Tweet
“From Crook to Cook” just doesn’t have the same catchy appeal here as it does overseas.
- Japan, USA
- (American • books • cookbook • food • marketing • music • musicians • rapper • recipe • recipes • Snoop Dogg • translation)
64-page book about panda butts selling out fast in Japan
- Master Blaster
Jan 18, 2022
I like pan-da butts and I cannot lie.
World Masterpiece Theater classic anime series gets lifestyle/fashion line in Japan
- SoraNews24
Dec 20, 2021
Anime versions of Anne of Green Gables, Dog of Flanders, and more inspire stylish and adorable designs.
- Japan
- (anime • Anne of Green Gables • books • Dog of Flanders • Felissimo • literature • World Masterpiece Theater)
We book a night in a bookshelf at Book and Bed in Shinjuku
- Oona McGee
Dec 17, 2021
Bookstore hotel is heaven for bookworms in Tokyo.
- Japan
- (accommodation • books • capsule hotels • cheap accommodation • COK • cool • hostels • hotels • reading • shinjuku • SNJO • Tokyo • travel • weird)
Famous Japanese writers get a new life as cats in weird gacha capsule toy range
- Oona McGee
Dec 6, 2021
Ever wondered what literary greats like Natsume Soseki and Osamu Dazai would look like as felines?
- Japan
- (animals • books • capsule toys • cats • cool • cute. cats • figures • gacha • literary genius • literature • Natsume Soseki • Osamu Dazai • reading • weird • writers • wtf)
We stumble across hidden gems at Paris branch of Japanese second-hand bookstore Book Off in Paris
- Krista Rogers
Nov 2, 2021
Japan’s biggest chain of used books and other media blends right in with the City of Lights.
- Europe, Japan
- (Book Off • books • COK • culture • france • Ikuna Kamezawa • Junkudo • paris • shopping • SNJO • travel)
Manga author isn’t so sure about stereotypical image of the timid girl who loves reading books
- Casey Baseel
May 7, 2021
Bookworms are also warriors, he says.
Female cast of One Piece takes center stage with One Piece Novel Heroines
- SoraNews24
Apr 19, 2021
Short story collection follows four heroines on side adventures.
Haruki Murakami never uses social media, bluntly explains why
- Casey Baseel
Mar 5, 2021
World-famous Japanese author has no fear of missing out.
- Japan
- (books • COK • funny • Haruki Murakami • literature • social media • society • Uniqlo)
Haruki Murakami, Uniqlo team up for T-shirt line saluting Japan’s most celebrated modern author
- Casey Baseel
Mar 2, 2021
1Q84, jazz, and cats are all part of the collection.
- Japan
- (books • fashion • Haruki Murakami • literature • shirts • t-shirts • Uniqlo)
Does changing your smartphone lock to 8376 bring good luck, as one Japanese book title suggests?
- Master Blaster
Jan 21, 2021
We try to harness the magical power of a new passcode.
- Japan
- (8376 • books • luck • numerology • PIN • Shiuma • Smartphones • superstition)
Yoshiki’s first photo book in 28 years becomes bestseller in Japan
- Master Blaster
Dec 2, 2020
Looks like he’s still got it.
- Japan
- (books • Handsome men • J-Pop • music • musicians • photography • X Japan • X&Y • Yoshiki)
Book Off running low on books: Japanese used book chain begs customers to sell them books
- Dale Roll
Sep 4, 2020
If you bring in your unwanted books, you could enter to win some great prizes!
- Japan
- (ad campaign • Book Off • books • commercial • funny • interesting • secondhand shop • used books)
Should Japanese schools stop making kids write book reports? Twitter debates
- Casey Baseel
Jul 6, 2020
Teacher says book reports just make kids hate books, but some say they’re vital to developing important lifelong skills.
New Studio Ghibli anime coming this winter is first CG feature planned by Hayao Miyazaki
- Casey Baseel
Jun 3, 2020
Hayao Miyazaki has read British novel inspiration “cover-to-cover five times,” will once again team up with son as director.
- Japan
- (anime • books • CG • Diana Wynne Jones • Earwig and the Witch • Goro Miyazaki • Hayao Miyazaki • Studio Ghibli)
New Weathering With You art book comes with free anime backgrounds for video conference calls
- Oona McGee
May 21, 2020
Long-awaited collection of background art includes official merchandise for use in both the real and virtual worlds.
- Japan
- (anime • backgrounds • beautiful • books • COK • Makoto Shinkai • merchandise • movies • video conference • Weathering with You)
A talk with the man who helped bring Studio Ghibli to the west, Steve Alpert【Interview】
- Master Blaster
Apr 25, 2020
An inside look at Studio Ghibli at a crucial time in its history.
- Japan
- (animation • anime • books • Disney • Hayao Miyazaki • interview • movies • Princess Mononoke • SNO • Steve Alpert • Studio Ghibli • Tokuma Shoten)
How to resurrect a water-damaged book: Japanese bath fan’s freezer life hack
- Casey Baseel
Apr 9, 2020
”Return by Death.”
- Japan
- (baths • books • clever • COK • cool • life hacks • Re: Zero • water damage)
Hideo Kojima thinks there’s a better way to spend your coronavirus free time than playing games
- Casey Baseel
Mar 18, 2020
Director of Metal Gear Solid and Death Stranding recommends putting down the analog sticks in order to do something else as you hunker down at home.
- Japan
- (books • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • death stranding • Hideo Kojima • Metal Gear Solid • video games)
Can you guess which world children’s literature stars these awesome “anime” characters are?
- Casey Baseel
Dec 24, 2019
From The Chronicles of Narnia to Anne of Green Gables, Japanese children’s book publisher’s artwork shines.
- Japan
- (anime • Anne of Green Gables • awesome • books • COK • cool • illustration • manga • The Chronicles of Narnia)
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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
Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
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Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
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