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Anime game girl helps make Tokyo ramen restaurant famous, chef becomes her fan

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 23, 2020
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Akihabara noodle joint becomes sacred ground for fans of voice actress game.

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• (Akihabara • anime • cool • Noodles • otaku • ramen • restaurants • video games)

New dress shirt patterns, masks, bandanas on sale to commemorate new Pokémon movie release

• Katie Pask
  Nov 22, 2020

Designs include shirt with Pikachu getting swallowed whole. 

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• (anime • bandanas • clothes • cool • cute • dress shirts • fashion • masks • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon Shirts)

Demon Slayer inspires us to build an old-timey Japanese puzzle box of our own

• Katy Kelly
  Nov 22, 2020

If you need a project with an anime Taisho-period twist, try crafting your own puzzle box!

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Can’t make it to the Ghibli Museum? Then build your own with this awesome papercraft kit【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 21, 2020

And yes, there’s a tiny Totoro working the ticket booth!

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Japanese green tea vending machine has a puppet show that tells the story behind the drink

• Oona McGee
  Nov 21, 2020

The Oi Ocha Karakuri machine is something you have to see to believe.

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Studio Ghibli releases 250 more free-to-download/use images from five films, and Totoro is here!

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 20, 2020

The stars of Hayao Miyazaki’s late ‘80s/early ‘90s hits join the free-image party.

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Japanese rental house comes with craziest amenity ever: a full-size bus

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 20, 2020

Relator says island home is great choice for telecommuters.

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Japanese overtime work culture captured in new dice collection

• Oona McGee
  Nov 20, 2020

Roll the dice with employees apologising in the windows of office tower blocks late at night.

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Nintendo’s Kirby is ready to warm your body and heart as a USB heater plushie【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 19, 2020

Kirby’s newest power: keeping you cozy through the winter!

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• (cool • cute • heater • Kirby • nintendo • plushies • video games • warm)

Japanese dance gamer finds wife who’s “too understanding” of his hobby, awesome video shows

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 18, 2020

Magic at the arcade as world champions dance an amazing dual-play.

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• (awesome • cool • dance games • marriage • music games • rhythm games • video • video games)

Giant temple in mountains of Japan is also one of its most impressive tapioca bubble tea cafes

• Shannon
  Nov 18, 2020

What better way to end a temple visit than with an ice-cold tapioca bubble tea?

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• (bubble tea • COK • cool • SNJO • tapioca • temples • travel • weird)

Japan’s new carriable one-person hot pot maker is our newest cooking gadget obsession

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 17, 2020

The makers of the portable bento box rice cooker are back to help get us through the winter.

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• (COK • cooking • cooking gadgets • cool • food • gadgets • hot pot • SNJO • Thanko)

Japanese snack company Calbee unveils new edible sleep aid strips

• Krista Rogers
  Nov 17, 2020

The snack food giant takes its next step towards manufacturing foodstuffs of the future by harnessing the powers of nature. Read More

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• (Calbee • COK • cool • food • sleep • sleep aid • snacks • supplement • weird)

Portable PlayStation 4 created by genius in Japan【Videos/Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 16, 2020

Just as the PlayStation 5 arrives in homes, this PlayStation 4 s ready to go wherever you want to take it.

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• (awesome • cool • Playstation 4 • technology • video games)

Can’t put your smartphone down when you’re eating? This clever plate has a solution【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 14, 2020

Because no matter what’s for lunch or dinner, it shouldn’t be served with a side of stress.

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• (clever • cool • food • plate • Smartphones • tableware)

Japan’s new Pokémon donuts are here, so let’s eat Pikachu, Chansey, and some Poké Balls【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 14, 2020

It’s time to catch ‘em all at Mister Donut!

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• (cool • cute • donuts • food • Mister Donut • Pikachu • Pokemon • sweets)

New Xbox Series X fits perfectly with a classic Nintendo system, gamer in Japan finds【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 12, 2020

Looks like you can add Microsoft’s new console to your shelf without putting away one of your old toys.

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• (cool • funny • Gamecube • nintendo • video games • weird • Xbox • Xbox Series X)

Akihabara’s otaku shrine celebrates PlayStation 5 launch with ethereal one-night event

• Oona McGee
  Nov 12, 2020

The PS5 is welcomed into the world at a Japanese shrine with a long history of protecting electronics.

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• (Akihabara • anime • cool • festival • games • gaming • Kanda • Kanda Myojin Shrine • otaku • PlayStation 5 • projection mapping • shrine • shrines • Sony • video games)

A team of fish in Japan has beaten Pokémon Sapphire【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 10, 2020

After thousands of hours, they are now the very best, like no fish ever were.

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• (animals • awesome • cool • crazy • fish • funny • Mutekimaru Channel • pets • Pokemon • Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire • video • video games)

This crazy Pokémon pseudo-sleeping bag is the perfect place to do absolutely nothing【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 10, 2020

Metapod is here to help you do what it does best: not a single thing.

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• (anime • cool • crazy • interior • plushies • Pokemon • sleeping bag • video games • weird)

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