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One topic dominated conversations in Japan this year, and now it’s officially the most significant single kanji character of the past 12 months.

Japan
(culture • Japanese language • kanji • kanji of the year • linguistics • Reiwa)

Historical katana dessert knives turn your sweet snacks into a delicious duel【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Dec 10, 2019

One of Japan’s best katana-collection museums recreates its swords in miniature form for you to cut up your desserts with.

Japan
(awesome • COK • cool • culture • history • Katana • SNJO • sweets • swords • wagashi)

This crazy tower in a Japanese park promises a message form aliens, so we went to get one【Travel】

Casey Baseel
Dec 9, 2019

Will our UFO-chasing reporter finally get the answers he’s been looking for since the alien encounter he says he had in high school?

Japan
(aliens • burial mounds • COK • crazy • culture • funny • history • Kofun • Mito • parks • SNJO • travel • UFOs • weird)

Disney’s Japanese New Year’s plushies and figures are ready to make oshogatsu cuter than ever

Casey Baseel
Dec 7, 2019

Mickey, Minnie, Pooh, and even Baymax turn into traditional symbols of good luck and the Chinese Zodiac to help ring in 2020.

Japan
(Chinese zodiac • culture • cute • daruma • Disney • Disney Store • kagami mochi • Mickey Mouse • New Year's • New Year's 2020 • oys • plushies • Year of the Mouse)

Buildings used for the emperor’s Daijosai ceremony are open for public viewing until December 8

Krista Rogers
Dec 6, 2019

Now’s your last chance to see structures that can’t be seen again until the ascension of the next emperor.

Japan
(culture • Emperor • Emperor Naruhito • Emperor of Japan • Imperial Palace • Reiwa • shinto • shrines • Tokyo)

A visit to Tokyo’s luckiest, kitty-est lucky cat temple: Gotokuji【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Dec 2, 2019

Like the samurai lord who visited 400 years ago, we get beckoned to this suburban temple by its feline charm.

Japan
(Beckoning cats • cats • COK • culture • cute • history • maneki-neko • SNJO • temples)

Star Wars becomes a kabuki play as we attend Kairennosuke and the Three Shining Swords in Tokyo

Casey Baseel
Nov 29, 2019

Japan’s biggest kabuki star becomes Kylo Ren, and here’s how you can watch the performance yourself.

Japan
(awesome • COK • cool • culture • kabuki • Kylo Ren • movies • SNO • stage plays • Star Wars • video)

Wannabe science fiction writer graffitis centuries-old Kyoto temple for extremely weird reason

Casey Baseel
Nov 27, 2019

Baffling justification still gets him arrested.

Japan
(COK • crime • culture • graffiti • Kyoto • Ryoanji • temples • vandalism • weird)

KFC Japanese New Year’s cards give you free fried chicken to start 2020 off right!

Casey Baseel
Nov 18, 2019

KFC gets into Japan’s nengajo tradition in a finger-licking way.

Japan
(awesome • cool • culture • fast food • food • free food • fried chicken • KFC • nengajo • New Year's • New Year's cards)

Can a Japanese person look good in one of those for-foreigner souvenir kimono? Mr. Sato finds out

Casey Baseel
Nov 18, 2019

Gift shop kimono are almost nothing like the real thing, but can Mr. Sato’s fashion aura transcend national boundaries?

Japan
(COK • culture • fashion • foreigners in Japan • hanten • happi coat • kimono • Mr. Sato • SNJO • souvenirs)

Is it OK to bite through your ramen noodles while slurping them in Japan? Internet debates

Casey Baseel
Nov 16, 2019

Slurping is the norm in a Japanese noodle house, but is it OK to bite off your ramen if it’s more than you can chew?

Japan
(COK • culture • etiquette • food • manners • Noodles • ramen • society)

Beautiful kimono-cloth Pikachu doll is latest creation from century-old Tokyo doll maker【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Nov 14, 2019

Techniques developed in Kyoto hundreds of years ago make Pikachu as beautiful as he is adorable.

Japan
(anime • COK • cool • crafts • culture • cute • dolls • kimekomi dolls • kimekomi ningyo • Mataro • Pikachu • Pokemon • veautiful • video games)

Want tickets to the Star Wars kabuki play? Here’s how you can win a pair for free

Casey Baseel
Nov 7, 2019

You can see kabuki Kylo Ren for free if the Force, and some luck, are with you.

Japan
(culture • Ichikawa Ebizo • kabuki • stage plays • Star Wars)

U.S. Marine Corps posts sympathetic message over burned Shuri Castle, Twitter debate ensues

Krista Rogers
Nov 6, 2019

Did this one particular response cross a line?

Internet, Japan, USA
(culture • fire • history • military • Naha • Okinawa • Shuri Castle • U.S. Marine Corps • World War II)

Crowdfunding campaign opens to rebuild fire-ravaged Shuri Castle, raises over 290 million yen

Casey Baseel
Nov 5, 2019

Governor of Okinawa gives hoped-for target date for repair of symbol of Okinawa.

Japan
(castles • crowdfunding • culture • donation • fire • history • Naha • Okinawa • Shuri Castle)

Fire breaks out near Japan’s Shirakawa-go World Heritage site【Videos】

Casey Baseel
Nov 5, 2019

Hidden sprinkler defense system activates to help protect beautiful traditional thatched-roof farmhouses.

Japan
(archetecture • culture • fire • history • Shirakawa-go • travel • UNESCO World Heritage sites • video)

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