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Awesome Zelda cosplayer gets help from Smash Bros. creator Sakurai to solve costume problem【Vid】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 19, 2024 - Tweet
Director reveals a clever secret about Link’s scabbard for the Master Sword.
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Kura Sushi adds new cake party train to conveyor belts at select restaurants
- Oona McGee
Nov 19, 2024
The perfect way for sushi lovers to celebrate a birthday.
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History’s highest sumo wrestling and geisha dance to take place at Tokyo Skytree observation deck
- Casey Baseel
Nov 17, 2024
Early-morning and late-night events are aimed at visitors with an interest in high places and rich culture who also have deep pockets.
- Japan
- (cool • culture • geisha • Skytree • Sumo • sumo wrestlers • sumo wrestling • Tokyo Skytree • tourism • travel)
Mickey Mouse in now a transforming robot created by the designer of Gundam【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 16, 2024
Mickey, ikimasu?
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Tokyo park’s sea of clouds, nighttime illumination, and cosplay days make now perfect time to visit
- Casey Baseel
Nov 14, 2024
Unkai appearing daily in Machida.
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- (beautiful • cool • cosplay • cosplayers • fall colors • fall leaves • nature • parks • red leaves • sea of clouds • unkai)
79-year-old Japanese granny who fell in love with Initial D sports car finds perfect new owner【Vid】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 13, 2024
After 25 years, her RX-7 is going home.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • cars • cool • Initial D • Mazda • moving • RX-7 • seniors • touching • video)
New Donkey Kong area at Universal Studios Japan gets opening date, and it’s VERY soon【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 12, 2024
Donkey Kong creator Shigeru Miyamoto gives video tour of brand-new expansion to USJ’s Super Nintendo World.
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- (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)
Off-the-beaten-tourist-track observatory tower in Tokyo has great views of the city…for free!
- Casey Baseel
Nov 9, 2024
A tower that’s also a hall, and a ship.
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- (COK • cool • Funabori • observation deck • observatory • SNJO • tourism • tower • Tower Hall Funabori • travel • view)
These Tamagotchi will take care of you, because they’re cool multi-balm cases【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 7, 2024
It’s like they’re saying thanks for all the times you remembered to feed them.
- Japan
- (balm • clever • cool • cosmetics • cute • digital pets • gadgets • Tamagotchi • virtual pets)
Japanese samurai randoseru backpack lets you carry the bushido spirit with you wherever you go
- Oona McGee
Nov 5, 2024
Award-winning warrior knapsack now available for sale.
- Japan
- (art • backpacks • bags • Bushido • cool • craftsmanship • cute • fashion • Katsushika Hokusai • leather • Murase Kabanko • randoseru • samurai • school • students • Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji • ukiyoe • unique)
Sip with Snorlax – Clever drinkware design creates Pokémon in your glass with every pour【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 3, 2024
Goodglas is back with a very good glass for Pokémon fans.
- Japan
- (anime • clever • cool • cute • drinking glasses • drinkware • glassware • interior • manga • Pokemon • Snorlax • video games)
Overwhelmed by modern social media? Japanese company is bringing back pagers with an emoji-twist
- Casey Baseel
Nov 2, 2024
Sega’s emojam wants to keep messages short and sweet, plus within your circle of close friends.
- Japan
- (clever • cool • emojam • gadgets • pagers • Sega • social media • society • technology)
Nintendo’s controller capsule toys are so cool, even the machine you buy them from is awesome【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 30, 2024
Holding a GameCube controller again for the first time in years brings back a rush of memories.
- Japan
- (capsule toys • COK • cool • Gamecube • nintendo • Nintendo 64 • Nintendo Kyoto • Nintendo Osaka • Nintendo Tokyo • retro games • SNJO • Super Famicom • Super NES • video game controllers • video games)
Wearable blankets blessed by 1,100-year old Shinto shrine on sale in Japan, surprisingly affordable
- Casey Baseel
Oct 29, 2024
Blessed Wearable Blankets all receive prayers that wearers will pass their entrance exams.
- Japan
- (blanket • cool • cozy • culture • education • entrance exams • fashion • robe • roomwear • shinto • shrines • warm • wearable blanket • weird)
New game on Nintendo Switch requires players to act drunk for superpowers
- Master Blaster
Oct 29, 2024
Be the hero you deserve, but not the hero you need right now.
- Japan
- (alcohol • cool • crazy • Dizzy Hero • funny • nintendo • nintendo switch • SNO • Takuhiro Miyazawa • video games • weird • YoppaRaising)
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.
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- (anime • awesome • cool • crazy • Expo 2025 • Gundam • Gundam statue • life-size Gundam • manga • Osaka • shinto • video • world's fair)
We get our hands on Starbucks Japan’s miniature collection and its tiny matcha Frappuccino【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 24, 2024
Well, technically we get our fingers on this new batch of lovingly detailed, incredibly small Starbucks fare that focuses on to-go orders.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • cute • drinks • food • Frappucinos • Japanese Frappucinos • miniature • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)
Starbucks releases a tiny Matcha Frappuccino as part of new miniatures collection in Japan
- Oona McGee
Oct 24, 2024
Small in scale but big on cuteness.
- Japan
- (cool • cute • desserts • drinks • Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccino • limited edition • matcha • matcha frappuccino • miniatures • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets)
Japanese arcades now have crane games where you can win sweet potatoes then roast them in-store
- Casey Baseel
Oct 22, 2024
Will sweet potatoes won taste twice as sweet as sweet potatoes earned?
- Japan
- (Arcades • cool • crane games • crazy • food • sweet potatoes • UFO catchers • weird • yaki imo • yakiimo)
How to power up the coolest cheap souvenir from Nintendo’s official shop with a trip to Daiso
- Casey Baseel
Oct 22, 2024
Let’s a-go to Nintendo Kyoto and then Daiso!
- Japan
- (Animal Crossing • clever • COK • cool • crafts • Daiso • DIY • erasers • nintendo • Nintendo Kyoto • Nintendo official store • Nintendo Osaka • Nintendo Tokyo • Pikmin • SNJO • Splatoon • Super Mario • video games)
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