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Salamander soup?!? We try “giant salamander rice with green tea” in Kyoto

Meg Murphy
May 11, 2017
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This “salamander” swims in a bowl of tasty broth with white tapioca “eggs”.

Japan
(cool • food • gross • Kyoto • ochazuke • salamanders • weird)

Coffee shop that exists out of time found in Osaka, has super cheap pancakes!

Master Blaster
May 10, 2017

Although bleak and scary on the outside, on the inside Maruya is the epitome of reliability and value.

Japan
(cafes • cool • food • Maruya • Osaka • restaurants • weird)

To eat or to play? Do both with a somen noodle slider from Japan!

Richard Simmonds
May 9, 2017

No need to resolve the timeless dilemma when meal-time comes, as you can do both at the same time, and all in the comfort of your own home!

Japan
(cool • food • Noodles • slide • somen • toys)

Just-married Japanese gamers’ quest for love ends with Final Fantasy/Dragon Quest-themed wedding

Casey Baseel
May 8, 2017

Creative celebration includes a tip of the hat to one more beloved Japanese RPG franchise too.

Japan
(cool • Dragon Quest • Earthbound • Final Fantasy • marriage • mother • video games • weddings)

Awesome website allows you to make your own Dragon Ball character, battle other fighters

Casey Baseel
May 6, 2017

Don’t let a lack of artistic skill stop you from creating the ultimate anime martial artist!

Internet, Japan
(anime • art • cool • Dragon Ball • manga)

Modern samurai coats from Japan keep you cool in summer with new styles and fabrics

Oona McGee
May 2, 2017

Enjoy samurai-inspired fashion year-round with this new lineup of lightweight Japanese-style garments.

Japan
(coats • cool • fashion • hanten • haori • jackets • kimono • samurai • Trove • yukata)

Wait, anime IS like reality? How to recreate Ghibli’s Spirited Away “name-stealing” magic【Video】

Casey Baseel
May 2, 2017

You don’t need Hayao Miyazaki-level drawing skills or magical powers, as long as you’ve got some basic office/school supplies.

Japan
(anime • cool • Hayao Miyazaki • magic • magic tricks • spirited away • Studio Ghibli)

These aren’t drawings – They’re amazingly painted anime models that look totally 2-D!【Photos】

Casey Baseel
May 1, 2017

Labor of love makes the latest Gundam mecha look like something from anime’s heady hand-drawn peak.

Japan
(anime • awesome • cool • Gundam • Iron-Blooded Orphans • models • optical illusion • robots)

Bonrama combines Japanese bonsai-style scenery and railroad tracks to spiff up your room

Koh Ruide
May 1, 2017

You can now own a little part of Japan to have in your own room!

Japan
(beautiful • bonsai • cool • cute • dioramas • miniatures)

Free onsen! Kyushu resort shipping hot spring water to homes across Japan in thank-you program

Casey Baseel
Apr 28, 2017

Travelers have been visiting Beppu for its natural baths for years, but now the onsen is coming to them instead.

Japan
(Beppu • cool • earthquakes • free • hot springs • Kyushu • Oita • onsen • travel)

Japanese theme park now offering fake thugs you can “beat up” to impress your girlfriend【Video】

Casey Baseel
Apr 27, 2017

Flash mob scenarios include one seemingly inspired by anime hit Your Name.

Japan
(acting • Amusement Parks • cool • flash mob • funny • Hirakata Park • Osaka • theme parks • video • weird • your name.)

Pretty in pink: Sakura curry available in Japan for a limited time

Meg Murphy
Apr 26, 2017

Not quite ready to say goodbye to the cherry blossoms? Then it’s time to enjoy some sakura curry.

Japan
(cherry blossoms • cool • curry • food • pink • sakura • weird)

Cosplayer makes impressive replica of a remote bomb from Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Meg Murphy
Apr 25, 2017

It looks just like the real thing, without the risk of explosion.

Japan
(cool • cosplay • Legend of Zelda • nintendo • video games • Zelda Breath of the Wild)

Japanese AI app features robot that can communicate like a “real girlfriend”

Anime News Network
Apr 21, 2017

The Japanese smartphone application and artificial intelligence engine SELF, which features a highly-detailed female robot named Ai Furuse, has just added upgraded conversation functionality, promising, “communication close to that of a real girlfriend or partner.”