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Japan has stopped printing its current yen bills, Mt. Fuji only element to be retained in new set

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 12, 2022
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A changing of the yen guard for everything except Japan’s tallest mountain.

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• (art • cool • culture • Great Wave off Kanagawa • hokusai • money • ukiyo-e • yen • yen bills)

Best place for street food in Japan? New eating alley in Shinjuku is an Asian foodie’s paradise

• Oona McGee
  Nov 11, 2022

Take a look inside Ryu no Miyako Inshokugai, the newest restaurant complex you need to know about.

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• Japan
• (Asian food • awesome • COK • cool • food • food stalls • Japanese food • Mr. Sato • restaurants • review • Ryu no Miyako Inshokugai • shinjuku • Shinjuku Higashiguchi Yokocho • SNJO • street food • taste test • Tokyo • yokocho)

The surprising truth about the new Tokyo Cacao Japanese KitKat

• Oona McGee
  Nov 11, 2022

Special regional variety is not all it seems. 

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• Japan
• (cacao • chocolate • COK • cool • food • Japanese chocolate • Japanese KitKats • Kit Kats • KitKats • Nestle • new • Ogasawara • ogasawara islands • regional KitKats • review • SNJO • souvenirs • sweets • taste test • Tokyo cacao • Tokyo islands)

Pokémon Poké Ball rice balls are coming to 7-Eleven Japan!

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 10, 2022

Three new onigiri are coming out at the exact perfect time for Pokémon fans.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • anime • convenience stores • cool • food • onigiri • Pikachu • Poké Ball • Pokemon • rice balls • video games)

Japan’s moving life-size Gundam statue adds new Witch from Mercury sequence to its move set

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 9, 2022

Yokohama’s mobile suit expands its mobility to salute the latest Gundam TV anime.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • Gundam • Gundam statue • life-size Gundam • Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury • moving Gundam • robots • Witch from Mercury • Yokohama)

This Tokyo event is like a real-world Dragon Ball World Martial Arts Tournament

• Dale Roll
  Nov 7, 2022

We half-expected Goku to show up midway through!

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• Japan
• (COK • combat sports • cool • karate • martial arts • mixed martial arts • MMA • SNJO • sports)

Daiso releases shoulder bag series for every prefecture in Japan with surprising trivia facts

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 7, 2022

Cute designs teach us which prefecture of Japan grows the most bonsai trees and which has the most Shinto shrines.

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• Japan
• (100 yen shops • 100-yen stores • bags • cool • culture • cute • Daiso • fashion • prefectures • tote bags)

Super Mario teams up with G-Shock for a salute to old-school gaming tenacity【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 7, 2022

But for Mario veterans the scene is also a call to be careful.

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• Japan
• (Casio • cool • fashion • G-Shock • nintendo • Super Mario • Super Mario Bros. • video games • watches)

What?!? Turns out kids eat for free at one of Japan’s best ramen chains, and hardly anyone knew

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 5, 2022

We already loved Ichiran, and now we love it even more.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • food • free • Ichiran • kids • ramen • restaurants)

Tokyo’s new Dragon Capital restaurant complex looks like fairy tale, sounds like dream come true

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 5, 2022

17 awesome-looking restaurants under one roof in the heart of the city.

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• Japan
• (awesome • COK • cool • food • restaurants • shinjuku • Tokyo)

Japan’s laziest, least motivated train station ticket gate charms the Internet【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 5, 2022

It’s not Kurashiki’s most famous attraction, but it might be its most unique.

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• Japan
• (cool • crazy • Kurashiki • stations • train stations • trains • transportation • travel • weird)

Dragon Ball Z Friezapod cushion chair on sale from Bandai Namco

• Master Blaster
  Nov 5, 2022

You too can be as snug as an intergalactic conqueror in a pod.

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• (anime • chair • cool • crazy • cushion • Dragon Ball Z • Frieza • Friezapod • furniture • interior • Premium Bandai • weird)

Taking a trip through time at Chiba’s Showa-era yankee-style fashion shop【Photos】

• Dale Roll
  Nov 4, 2022

And we were tempted to custom order an embroidered silk jacket while we were at it!

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• Japan
• (Chiba • COK • cool • fashion • Galfy • Kisarazu • Showa • SNJO • weird • Yankee)

EarthBound retold in Rube Goldberg machine style by amazing CG artist【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 2, 2022

Creator of classic SNES RPG offers praise to talented fan.

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• Japan
• (awesome • CG • clever • cool • Earthbound • Mother 2 • nintendo • Rube Goldberg machine • video • video games)

The Ring’s Sadako haunts one of Japan’s favorite hot springs for Halloween

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 1, 2022

Sadako outbreak included free admission for cosplayers.

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• (cool • crazy • hot springs • movies • onsen • Sadako • scary • The Ring • Yunessun)

The best cosplayers from Day One of the Ikebukuro Halloween Cosplay Festival

• Oona McGee
  Oct 31, 2022

Japanese anime characters rub shoulders with some surprising faces in Tokyo’s famous otaku neighbourhood.

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• (anime • beautiful women • COK • cool • cosplay • cosplay costumes • cosplayers • costumes • cute • halloween • Ikebukuro • Ikebukuro Halloween Cosplay Festival • Sailor Moon • SNJO • video games)

How to dispose of pizza boxes: Life hack from Japanese garbage man goes viral online 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Oct 31, 2022

This unusual tip will shrink your boxes, making them much easier to handle.

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• Japan
• (advice • COK • cool • food • garbage • hack • life hack • pizza • pizza boxes • recycling • rubbish • SNJO • trash • weird)

The Japanese convenience store with a secret DJ booth in the basement

• Oona McGee
  Oct 31, 2022

“Record Conveni” is the coolest combini in town!

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• Japan
• (COK • combini • convenience stores • cool • interview • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • music • old records • record shop • records • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • Tokyo • weird • Yamazaki • Yamazaki Baking Company • Yamazaki Y Shop)

Domino’s serves up Pokémon Halloween pizza for a limited time

• Oona McGee
  Oct 29, 2022

Plus a free set of special Pokémon cards with every order.

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• Japan, Korea
• (COK • cool • cute • Domino • Domino's • fast food • food • halloween • pizza • Poké Ball • Pokemon • pokemon cards • SNJO • Soon Pyon's • taste test • weird)

Totoro night sky fashion bags are back in second round of Ghibli’s Tokyo fashion brand team-up

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 28, 2022

My neighbor Port-oro.

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• Japan
• (anime • bags • COK • cool • cute • fashion • Hayao Miyazaki • My Neighbor Totoro • Porter • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

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