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Flying beef bowls?!? Yoshinoya completes drone delivery of its signature gyudon【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 11, 2021
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Medical workers get to enjoy a hot Yoshinoya lunch without leaving their hospital.

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• (beef bowls • COK • cool • drones • food • gyudon • video • Yoshinoya)

New Silent Theater in Tokyo lets you lounge on couches with headphones while watching movies

• Dale Roll
  Jun 6, 2021

A huge screen, comfy sofas, and no noise complaints? A dream come true!

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• Japan
• (clever • cool • Daikanyama • movie theaters • movies • sofas • Tokyo • weird)

Full-color anime art wall appears in Tokyo station as Jujutsu Kaisen returns to Shibuya【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 4, 2021

Cast of occult hit shares hallway with characters from other popular manga.
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• (anime • awesome • cool • Jujutsu Kaisen • manga • mural • Shibuya • Shibuya Station • stations)

Japanese hotel transforms into airsoft arena after going out of business during pandemic

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 4, 2021

Yokohama’s New City gets a new lease on life.

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• (airsoft • capsule hotels • COK • cool • crazy • hotels • survival game • weird • Yokohama)

Huge life-size Slowpoke Pokémon plushie wants to hang out in your home, but you have to act fast

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 3, 2021

Lovably laid-back Pocket Monster is only available for a limited time.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • big • cool • crazy • interior • plushie • Pokemon • Slowpoke • video games)

“Drinkable pistachios”: A nutty matcha lover’s dream beverage

• Oona McGee
  May 31, 2021

Pistachio and matcha are a match made in green tea heaven! 

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• Japan
• (cafes • cool • drinks • green tea • latte • matcha • Omotesando • pistachio • taste test • Tokyo)

Don Quijote opens new sake and sweets stores at Tokyo Station

• Oona McGee
  May 28, 2021

Famous discount chainstore dedicates one store to sweets and one to drinks, with popular products for tourists.

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• (COK • cool • Don Quijote • Donki • food • shopping • shops • snacks • SNJO • souvenirs • sweets • Tokyo Station • weird)

100 One Piece taxis hitting the streets of Tokyo to salute the hit manga’s latest milestone

• Casey Baseel
  May 27, 2021

Luffy is going to be the king of the cabs.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • manga • One Piece • taxis • Tokyo)

Reserve your own spot on an uninhabited Japanese island for an unforgettable camping experience

• Katy Kelly
  May 27, 2021

This isn’t just camping. This is advanced, survival-mode camping.

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• Japan
• (camping • cool • exciting • Iki • island • Nagasaki • Survival • uninhabited • uninhabited island • vacation)

Coca-Cola’s green tea cubes are an awesome new way to make Japan’s favorite drink【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  May 26, 2021

More convenient than a tea bag, and with less trash to throw away too.

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• Japan
• (clever • Coca-Cola • Coca-Cola Japan • COK • cool • drinks • green tea • SNJO • tea)

This hotel in the mountains of Japan has an awesome hi-tech ski/snowboard simulator【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  May 24, 2021

Family-run Nagano inn that’s been in business for more than 50 years has a very modern, very cool amenity.

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• (cool • crazy • hotels • Nagano • Shiga Kogen • skiing • snowboarding • sports • technology • travel • video)

Have a Super Mario Summer with Nintendo’s newest line of outdoor leisure products

• Dale Roll
  May 22, 2021

Spruce up your at-home camping with these awesome Mario goods!

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• Japan
• (barbecue • camping • cool • fun • goods • Mario • nintendo • summer • Super Mario • Super Mario Bros. • video games)

Gigantic Attack on Titan anime titan appears at shopping mall in Japan【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  May 21, 2021

Eren, Levi, and the Colossal Titan terrify, delight unexpecting passersby.

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• Japan
• (anime • Attack on Titan • awesome • COK • cool • crazy • manga • Minato Mirai • SNO • Yokohama)

Retro game dream — A massive collection of 99.36 percent of every Game Boy game ever released

• Casey Baseel
  May 21, 2021

Collector approaches achievement of 100-percent completion.

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• Japan
• (awesome • collection • cool • crazy • Game Boy • nintendo • retro games • video games)

Can’t have a pet in your home? This purring cat cushion is the purr-fect substitute

• Dale Roll
  May 19, 2021

Have a pet without having a pet in the form of the Meowever Cushion.

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• Japan
• (animals • cats • cool • cushions • cute • Felissimo • interior • Makuake • pets • toys)

Shinjuku Bento surprises us with historic ingredient from the samurai era

• Oona McGee
  May 19, 2021

Unusual ekiben takes us back in time with a hot ingredient. 

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• Japan
• (bento • boxed lunches • COK • cool • Edo • Ekiben • food • shinjuku • SNJO • station bento • stations • taste test • trains)

Official Studio Ghibli x Pixar image causes a buzz online

• Oona McGee
  May 16, 2021

Fans wonder if this is a cryptic sign that a dream collaboration between the two animation companies is on the horizon. 

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • Hayao Miyazaki • Inc. • John Lasseter • monsters • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Pixar • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Now you can become a cute virtual avatar with just the power of your voice

• Katie Pask
  May 15, 2021

Voice avatar listens to your voice, repeats it back with outstanding accuracy.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • cute • DeNA • https://dena.com/jp/press/4735 • nanakoe nina • technology • virtual avatar • VTuber)

Japanese gaming grandpa is tearing up virtual track at age 93【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  May 15, 2021

After stepping away from a life spent in cars, he’s reunited with the real-world ride he owned and loved in his youth.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cars • cool • elderly • seniors • video • video games)

A sound you hear all the time in Monster Hunter was made with a Japanese schoolkid’s backpack

• Casey Baseel
  May 15, 2021

The sounds Kamura Hunters hear also include a common vegetable you might have in your fridge right now.

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• Japan
• (backpacks • clever • cool • funny • Monster Hunter • Monster Hunter Rise • randoseru • video games)

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