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The best Pokémon music video of all time is here, thanks to Bump of Chicken and Bones【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 30, 2020
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Two new Trainers take a walk through 20 years of Pokémon protagonists in a glistening nostalgia trip.

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• (anime • awesome • Bump of Chicken • cool • J-Pop • music • Pikachu • Pokemon • video games)

Weirdest plastic model ever – A 1:1-scale Cup Noodle, including the ramen and toppings【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 30, 2020

Sure, you’ve made instant ramen before, but never like this.

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• Japan
• (Best Hit Chronicle • COK • cool • crazy • Cup Noodle • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • models • Nissin • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • weird)

Japan has a “Totoro Tree” that looks just like the Studio Ghibli anime star【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 30, 2020

Kosugi no Osugi isn’t just cute, it’s sacred too.

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• (anime • beautiful • cool • cute • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • My Neighbor Totoro • nature • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • travel • trees)

Grand opening date announced for Japan’s new moving life-size Gundam anime robot

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 30, 2020

We finally know when we’ll be able to get up close and personal with Yokohama’s 18-meter (59-foot), 25-metric ton (55,500-pound) mobile suit.

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• (anime • awesome • cool • Gundam • Gundam Factory Yokohama • Gundam statue • life-size • life-size Gundam • robots • RX-78 Gundam • Yokohama)

Eat Japanese street food at home with this amazing sweet potato maker

• Oona McGee
  Sep 29, 2020

Enjoy the seasonal flavour of a stone-roasted yakiimo from the comfort of your kitchen!

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• (cooking • cool • food • interior • kitchen gadgets • kitchen goods • one person • SNJO • sweet potato • yakiimo)

Soft serve ice cream robots create the perfect cone in under 40 seconds【Video】

• Shannon
  Sep 29, 2020

Would you prefer dog-made or dino-made ice cream?

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• Japan
• (cool • delicious • desserts • ice cream • Japanese robot • Robotic Connections • Soft Cream Robot • soft serve ice cream)

Gundam can now be part of your signature in Japan with Mobile Suit Gundam personal seals【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 26, 2020

But could you really trust a signature endorsed by Char Aznable?

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • Gundam • hanko • inkan • personal seals • Premium Bandai)

Happy Halloween! Now eat your eyeball mochi

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 26, 2020

It’s the gooey filling that really makes them delicious.

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• Japan
• (cool • daifuku • food • gross • halloween • Kaitenzushi • Kura Sushi • Kurazushi • mochi • revolving sushi • scary • sweets)

Studio Ghibli anime art appears in new ad campaign: What if our mugs were used in Ghibli films?

• Oona McGee
  Sep 25, 2020

Japanese company tests the bounds of “common sense” by using Ghibli art to advertise their wares. 

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• Japan
• (advertising • anime • Arrietty • art • cool • free downloads • free images • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • marketing • movies • mugs • Ponyo • spirited away • Studio Ghibli)

Princess Kaguya dioramas let you decorate your home with art of Ghibli’s uniquely beautiful anime

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 25, 2020

Five scenes from the anime that looks like no other are waiting for you to recreate them.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • dioramas • interior • Isao Takahata • movies • Princess Kaguya • Studio Ghibli • The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter • The Tale of the Princess Kaguya)

What’s going on in this crazy beautiful picture of Mt. Fuji?

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 24, 2020

It’s aliens, right?

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• Japan
• (awesome • beautiful • clouds • cool • crazy • Mountains • Mt. Fuji • photography • science)

How to make a beautiful matcha cheesecake using a microwave, toaster oven, and hardly any effort

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 24, 2020

A gorgeous and delicious world of sweets is waiting for even the most inexperienced home chefs.

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• Japan
• (beautiful • cakes • Cheesecake • clever • cooking • cool • food • green tea • ice cream • matcha • sweets)

Studio Ghibli images go viral for perfectly depicting the life of a housewife

• Oona McGee
  Sep 24, 2020

Hilarious captions with viral hashtag help everyone “Learn about housewife work through Ghibli”.

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• Japan
• (anime • Arrietty • art • caption • cool • free downloads • free images • funny • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • LOL • movies • Ponyo • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Tales from Earthsea • viral hashtag)

Japanese houses that cost just US$28,000 thrill the Internet, also break its heart

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 24, 2020

“If I can get a house for the same price as a car, I’m buying the house.”

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• (awesome • cheap • cool • crazy • houses • Ibaraki • Living in Japan)

Street footage from Hollywood movie “Tokyo Joe” shows post-war Shibuya colourised by AI 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Sep 24, 2020

Originally used as the background for Humphrey Bogart’s close-up, these Japanese folks are now having their time in the spotlight.

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• (black and white • cool • culture • DeOldify • history • hollywood • Hollywood movies • Humphrey Bogart • movies • old video • Shibuya • Showa • Tokyo • Tokyo Joe • video)

Company uses empty buses to create giant maze after tours drop due to COVID-19【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Sep 23, 2020

A very different kind of bus tour for tourists.

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• Japan
• (bus tour • buses • business • clever • COK • cool • coronavirus • COVID-19 • Hato Bus • marketing • maze • Tokyo • tours • travel • video)

This downtown Tokyo video rental shop still has 6,000 VHS tapes, will rent you a VCR too【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 22, 2020

Right in the middle of one of Japan’s trendiest neighborhoods is a celebration of old-school media.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • crazy • movies • Shibuya • technolocy • Tokyo • Tsutaya • VCR • VHS • video rental • weird)

Life-size Gundam statue in Japan can now move, and it looks incredible【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 21, 2020

18-meter (59-foot) anime robot now in motion in Yokohama.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • Gundam • Gundam statue • life-size • life-size Gundam • robots • RX-78 Gundam • video • Yokohama)

Studio Ghibli animator reveals the secret food eaten by Chihiro’s parents in Spirited Away

• Oona McGee
  Sep 21, 2020

19-year mystery solved with startling revelations from the person who drew it. 

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• Japan
• (animation • anime • art • cool • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • Hiromasa Yonebayashi • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • twitter)

Studio Ghibli releases 400 images from eight movies free to download online

• Oona McGee
  Sep 20, 2020

Surprise gesture of goodwill comes with an amusing caveat from producer Toshio Suzuki. 

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• Japan
• (anime • Arrietty • art • cool • free downloads • free images • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • Ponyo • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Tales from Earthsea)

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