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US$12,000 Final Fantasy figure is so amazingly beautiful it just might be worth the price【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 25, 2022
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If you’re gonna drop 1.485 million yen on a video game figure, this is the one to do it on.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • crazy • expensive • figures • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VI • video • video games • Yoshitaka Amano)

Never waste time arguing about what to eat for dinner again with Japan’s Six Noodle Dice【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 24, 2022

It’s not a gamble when all of the outcomes are delicious.

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• Japan
• (awesome • capsule toys • clever • cool • dice • food • Noodles • ramen • soba • udon)

Ultraman title logo generator set up online by McDonald’s Japan

• Master Blaster
  Apr 23, 2022

What’s old is Shin again!

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• Internet, Japan
• (Chicken Tatsuta • cool • fast food • kaiju • McDonald's • movies • Shin Ultraman • tokusatsu • Ultraman)

Japanese oden maker revolutionises the way we eat at home…with a few adjustments

• Oona McGee
  Apr 21, 2022

New kitchen gadget lets you live out your 7-Eleven oden dreams at home. 

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• Japan
• (COK • cooking gadgets • cool • drinks • gadgets • izakaya • kitchen gadgets • oden • review • SNJO)

Yoshi transformation hoodie gives you the stylish look of Super Mario’s dino pal【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 21, 2022

Japanese fashion brand teams up with Nintendo for Colorful Yoshi Collection roomwear line.

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• Japan
• (cool • cute • fashion • Gelato Pique • hoodies • nintendo • roomwear • Super Mario • video games • Yoshi)

How origami changed the life of a Japanese woman in the U.S.

• Oona McGee
  Apr 20, 2022

A lesson in how to overcome your fears and change your destiny.

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• Japan, USA
• (cafes • cool • crafts • culture • expat • expat life • heartwarming • origami • paper craft • society • traditional Japanese craft • twitter • U.S. • United States)

Godzilla turns your signature into King of the Signatures with kaiju personal seals in Japan【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 20, 2022

Multiple generations of Godzilla and his friends and foes can be part of your signature.

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• Japan
• (awesome • COK • cool • Godzilla • hanko • kaiju • mothra • movies • personal seals • Shin Godzilla)

Here’s what happens when you mix all 53 kinds of Muji curry into one crazy super curry【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 19, 2022

When choosing what type of Muji instant curry to eat today, the answer we came up with in the SoraKitchen is “All of them.”

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• Japan
• (awesome • COK • cooking • cool • crazy • curry • food • funny • instant curry • instant food • muji • Mujirushi • SNJO • SoraKitchen)

Japan’s thrill ride theme park finds new way to terrify: A slide over twice as tall as a Gundam

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 19, 2022

Fuji-Q Highland decides its Mt. Fuji observation platform isn’t quite scary enough.

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • awesome • cool • crazy • fuji-q highland • Mt. Fuji • roller coasters • theme parks • thrill rides)

Girlfriend shows Gundam fan an extremely clever new way to photograph the life-size mech in Tokyo

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 16, 2022

Almost everyone takes their photos from right underneath the anime robot, but a little distance gives you a whole new perspective.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • flowers • Gundam • Gundam statue • life-size Gundam • photography • robots • Unicorn Gundam)

Japanese sightseeing train offers amazing luxury…for prices starting at 1.3 million yen per room

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 14, 2022

Multi-day journeys are both an elegant and an expensive way to see the wonders of Kyushu.

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• Japan
• (cool • crazy • expensive • hotels • JR Kyushu • Kyushu • Luxury • trains • travel)

This Tokyo cafe won’t let you inside unless you’re a writer or translator with a deadline looming

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 13, 2022

And they won’t let you go home until you meet your writing goal for the day.

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• Japan
• (cafes • cool • crazy • restaurants • weird • writing)

Tiny 60-year-old shop in one of the busiest parts of Tokyo has an important lesson to teach us

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 12, 2022

It’s been right there at the Shibuya Scramble intersection for decades.

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• Japan
• (amaguri • chestnuts • COK • cool • food • Mr. Sato • Shibuya • Shibuya Scramble • SNJO • sweets • Tokyo)

Solo sukiyaki! Cook-in-the-counter hot pot is newest way to treat yourself to great food in Tokyo

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 11, 2022

Yakiniku Like wants to make sukiyaki something you can eat even if none of your friends are in the mood.

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• Japan
• (clever • COK • cool • food • hot pot • restaurants • SNJO • sukiyaki • yakiniku • Yakiniku Like)

Japan’s Top 7 alternative “Regional Burgers”

• Master Blaster
  Apr 11, 2022

Taste your next travel destination with one of these bold and beautiful burgers.

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• Japan
• (burgers • COK • cool • crazy • food • gotochi burgers • hamburgers • ramen • ranking • regional burgers • travel • weird)

Clever, cool, possibly emotionally scarring Pokémon cosplay greets freshmen at Tokyo college【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 10, 2022

Welcome to art college, says Arceus.

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• Japan
• (anime • Arceus • cool • cosplay • crazy • entrance ceremony • funny • nyugakushiki • Pokemon • video games • weird)

Save time AND water by turning your shower into a bath with this nifty Japanese gadget

• Katie Pask
  Apr 9, 2022

Relax while you wash with this innovative shower head!

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• Japan
• (bath • bathing • baths • clever • cool • Makuake • SHIN-ON • showers • technology)

‘90s J-pop/drama star Ryoko Hirosue stars in amazing McDonald’s Japan vid…with her younger self

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 8, 2022

Maji de kawannai!

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• Japan
• (ads • cool • crazy • fast food • food • Hirosue Ryoko • J-Pop • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • video)

The good, the bad, and the ugly of a vending machine sushi meal in Tokyo【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 8, 2022

OK, so technically the “ugly” part is our fault.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • food • SNJO • sushi • taste test • vending machines)

Osaka Metro to test stores where you can pay with your face, even with a mask

• Master Blaster
  Apr 8, 2022

What are robbers supposed to do now?

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• Japan
• (cool • facial recognition • food • NEC • Osaka • Osaka Metro • pop-up shops • shopping • subways • technology • trains)

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