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Honda releases official doggy wheel accessories, Shiba Inu shift selectors for your car【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 5, 2021 - Tweet
Kawaii canine car style.
Star Wars and Tamagotchi team-up for the R2-D2 Tamagotchi virtual pet【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 5, 2021
Your love and care can help the droid learn over a dozen skills as he interacts with other Star Wars characters.
- Japan
- (Bandai • cool • cute • movies • R2-D2 • robots • Star Wars • Tamagotchi • toys • video • virtual pets)
Canadian reporter in Tokyo impressed by the transportational efficiency of Japan’s mama chari
- Casey Baseel
Aug 2, 2021
Who needs a car when you can fit this many kids on your chari when running errands?
- Canada, Japan
- (2020 Olympics • 2021 Olympics • bicycles • chari • cool • mama chari • Olympics • Parenting • parents • society • Tokyo Olympics)
New Shinkansen bullet train design revealed for Nagasaki extension
- Casey Baseel
Aug 2, 2021
Kamome will let travelers figuratively fly to west Kyushu.
- Japan
- (bullet train • cool • JR • JR Kyushu • Kyushu Shinkansen • Nagasaki • shinkansen • travel)
How big (small?) is the smallest Great Buddha statue in Japan? Let’s visit and find out【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 1, 2021
We’re not quite sure what to expect when we head out on a day trip from Tokyo to see the Great Buddha of Kamagaya.
- Japan
- (art • COK • cool • culture • funny • Great Buddha • history • Kamagaya • SNJO • statues • travel)
Okayama prefecture to receive its first Pokémon-themed manhole covers【Pics】
- Ingrid Tsai
Jul 31, 2021
Okayama? More like Pokéyama!
- Japan
- (anime • COK • cool • cute • Kurashiki • Lucario • manhole covers • Okayama • Pokéfuta • Pokemon • travel • video games)
Pokémon’s impossible-to-buy-bike now exists in real life, still can’t be bought, must be won【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 30, 2021
The one million-Pokémon Dollar bike that drove you crazy as a kid is back.
- Japan
- (AiraWear • anime • bicycles • bikes • cool • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon Red and Blue • video games)
7-Eleven Japan creates official “how to open a rice ball” video to help overseas travelers【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 30, 2021
Latest example of great customer service in Japan comes in response to visiting journalist’s call for help.
- Japan
- (2020 Olympics • 2021 Olympics • 7-Eleven • awesome • conveneinece stores • cool • food • how to • Olympics • rice balls • Tokyo Olympics • video)
What did Japanese curry taste like 150 years ago? This instant curry pack lets you find out
- Casey Baseel
Jul 30, 2021
It’s like a time travel adventure for your mouth.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • culture • curry • food • history • instant curry • Meiji Period • SNJO • taste test)
Country kimono! Project completes set of over 200 designs for every nation at Tokyo Olympics【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 30, 2021
After four years, the Kimono Project is complete.
- Global, Japan
- (beautiful • cool • culture • fashion • Imagine Oneworld • internationalism • kimono • Kimono Project)
President of France meets with manga, video game royalty in Tokyo【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 29, 2021
Head of state also picks up an amazing One Piece souvenir that any fan would treasure.
- Europe, Japan
- (AKIRA • anime • awesome • cool • Dark Souls • Eiichiro Oda • Emmanuel Macron • Fairy Tail • france • Hidetaka Miyazaki • Hiro Mashima • Katsuhiro Otomo • manga • Naomi Kawase • One Piece • politicians • politics • video • video games)
Gigantic Gundam steals the show at the Tokyo Olympics triathlon
- Casey Baseel
Jul 28, 2021
Some of the world’s greatest athletes hang a left at the life-size anime robot in their race for Olympic gold.
- Japan
- (2020 Olympics • 2021 Olympics • anime • awesome • COK • cool • Gundam • Gundam statue • Gundam Unicorn • life-size Gundam • odaiba • Olympics • robots • sports • Tokyo Olympics • Unicorn Gundam • video)
Casio partners with Pac-Man for a new but vintage-looking digital watch
- Krista Rogers
Jul 28, 2021
Relive the thrill of this classic arcade game every time you need to tell the time.
- Japan
- (Bandai Namco • Casio • cool • digital • new product • pac-man • video games • watchess)
Tokyo’s new frozen ramen vending machines are brain-breakingly amazing【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 27, 2021
Ramen Stock 24 baffles our minds and delights our souls.
- Japan
- (awesome • COK • cool • food • frozen food • Nakano • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • taste test • vending machines)
Daiso has awesome, and super-affordable, background boards for your anime figure photos!【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 27, 2021
Japan’s favorite 100 yen shop helps solve an otaku problem (two if you count leaving us with more cash to buy new figures).
The crazy ordeal of putting together Japan’s 366-piece sushi plastic model kit【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 24, 2021
Every single grain of rice is its own individual piece.
Google made a free-to-play ninja cat RPG to celebrate the Tokyo Olympics, and it’s awesome!
- Casey Baseel
Jul 23, 2021
The Google Doodle for the Tokyo Olympics’ start offers retro fun, insight into Japanese culture, and a skateboarding tanuki.
- Internet, Japan
- (2020 Olympics • 2021 Olympics • awesome • clever • cool • culture • cute • Google Doodle • Olympics • retro games • sports • Tokyo Olympic • video games)
Mythical Japanese beast statues fly through air on copter ride back to Nagoya Castle home【Videos】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 23, 2021
Kinshachi head back to the roof after spending the last few months on the ground.
Japanese retro gamer completes collection of every Nintendo Famicom cartridge ever released【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 22, 2021
Collection of over 1,000 games cost far less than you might expect.
- Japan
- (awesome • collection • complete • cool • crazy • famicom • NES • nintendo • Nintendo Entertainment System • retro games • video games)
The young girl starring in this cool retro-style McDonald’s Japan video is actually 62 years old!
- Casey Baseel
Jul 22, 2021
McDonald’s Japan celebrates its 50th birthday by recreating the scene on opening day at its first restaurant in Tokyo.
- Japan
- (ads • beautiful women • cool • fast food • food • hamburgers • history • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • moving • retro • touching • video)
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Two Tokyo neighborhoods to gather on bridge and shift their recognized border through tug-of-war
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Pachinko parlor operator arrested for not obscuring the act of gambling well enough
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Pokémon Company announces first-ever permanent Pokémon store to open outside Asia- Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
- Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
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Chainsaw robots helping keep trains running safely in east Japan [Video]
New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
Studio Ghibli creates illustrated Kyoto sightseeing map, available at any 7-Eleven Japan store
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
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Starbucks Japan releases new drinkware and goods for Valentine’s Day
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Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
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