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Spice up your drinking parties with Tipsy Bar Games based on popular izakaya food

• Dale Roll
  Nov 18, 2022
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Or keep them at home for game night!

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• Japan
• (family friendly • fun • funny • games • izakaya • Mega House • party games • tabletop games)

Slowpoke takes center stage at special collaborative festival at Takamatsu Airport this October

• Krista Rogers
  Sep 27, 2022

The official Udon Prefecture ambassador takes part in special events at the airport where you can also win fabulous prizes.

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• Japan
• (fun • Kagawa • Pokemon • Slowpoke • Takamatsu Airport • tourism • travel • Yadon)

Three great indoor date spots (plus a bonus!) in Tokyo, for when the weather just won’t cooperate

• Dale Roll
  Jul 25, 2022

These are interesting places that will keep you cool and dry, no matter the weather outside!

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• Japan
• (attractions • Chiyoda • date ideas • fun • gallery • Planetarium • rainy weather • things to do in Tokyo • Tokyo)

Dedicate your savings to your oshi of choice with this new buildable offertory box

• Krista Rogers
  Jul 23, 2022

Pay homage to your favorite character or idol (“oshi”) while building your bank.

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• Japan
• (anime character • favorite • fun • idol • money • oshi • oshi offertory box)

Turn your bad drawings into gorgeous anime and manga characters!

• Oona McGee
  Jan 26, 2022

Realtime 2-D character creation software is a game-changer for artists and non-artists alike.

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• Japan
• (anime • art • cool • cute • fun • illustration • manga • Pixiv • programming • Software • virtual YouTubers • VRoid Studio • VTuber)

Japanese toilet piggy bank proves Japan has the best toys

• Oona McGee
  Jan 18, 2022

Flushing money down the toilet has never been more entertaining!

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• Japan
• (children • cool • fun • Japanese magazines • Japanese toilets • learning • magazines • poop • reading • SNJO • toilet humor • Toilets • toys • weird)

New adorable, two-color Vulpix airplane will take you to Hokkaido, not even for a limited time

• Dale Roll
  Nov 11, 2021

Get ready for a new Pokémon-themed airplane!

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• Japan
• (airdo • airplane • cute • flying • fun • Hokkaido • Pokemon • travel • vulpix)

Japanese art site Pixiv now lets you make your own 3-D model for free, and in English!

• Katy Kelly
  Nov 8, 2021

With a library of over 350 items, you can craft an original model even if you aren’t an artist! So we did.

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• Japan
• (3-D art • anime • cool • cute • fun • Pixiv • Software • virtual YouTubers • VRoid Studio • VTuber • YouTuber)

We throw a bubble party at our cheap countryside house in Japan【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Nov 2, 2021

A soap bubble guru is born at the SoraHouse.

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• Japan
• (bubbles • cheap • COK • country life • countryside • crazy • Daiso • fun • games • houses • Living in Japan • property • renovation • rural • slow life • SNJO • SoraHouse • video)

What happens when our team starts renovating our cheap countryside house in Japan?

• Oona McGee
  Oct 30, 2021

The SoraHouse becomes a playhouse for our reporters.

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• Japan
• (cheap • COK • crazy • fun • games • houses • Living in Japan • renovation • rural • slow life • SNJO • SoraHouse • swing)

New Pokémon PON name stamp collection lets you stamp your name on anything

• Dale Roll
  Sep 4, 2021

Choose from one of the original 151 Pokémon, and customize it however you like!

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• Japan
• (cute • cute stamps • fun • gift • hanko • name stamps • Pokemon • Pokémon PON • pokemon stamps)

100-yen shop furniture: we made a balloon bed you can actually sleep on for less than four bucks

• Scott Wilson
  Aug 22, 2021

Surprisingly simple and surprisingly durable.

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• Japan
• (100 yen shops • 100 yen store • balloons • beds • DIY • fun • furniture • Puniko Inoude)

Tokyo’s newest micro pig petting zoo and cafe doubles as a community outreach center

• Dale Roll
  Aug 19, 2021

Play with adorable pigs, relieve stress, and support a great cause!

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• Japan
• (Akiruno • animal cafe • animals • cute • fun • micro pigs • petting zoo • pig cafe • pigs • therapy animal • Tokyo)

Have an AI tell your fortune using depth psychology at a new interactive art exhibit in Shibuya

• Dale Roll
  Aug 7, 2021

Five different kinds of fortune-telling combined with digital art sounds like a great time!

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• Japan
• (art exhibition • cool • digital art • fortune • fortune-telling • fun • interactive art • NAKED Inc. • Shibuya • Tokyo)

Walking Bingo: A clever alternative to adventure games like Pokémon GO

• Oona McGee
  Jul 22, 2021

How many everyday Japanese icons can you find on a neighbourhood stroll?

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• Japan
• (activities • activities for kids • art • bingo • exercise • fun • games • Tokyo • travel • unusual • walking)

Will Yomiuriland’s Pokémon Wonder attraction be a good place to play Pokémon GO? We investigate

• Dale Roll
  Jul 8, 2021

And how is Pokémon Wonder, anyway?

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• Japan
• (adventure • fun • nature • P.K. Sanjun • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • Pokémon Wonder • Yomiuri Land)

Popular snack Ottotto celebrates upcoming Pokémon game with special Pokémon-shaped crackers

• Dale Roll
  Jun 25, 2021

“Catch ’em all” in an online Pokédex, plus win special prizes!

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• Japan
• (cute • fun • giveaway • Morinaga • Ottotto • Pokemon • Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl • snacks • yum)

Bandai releases a retro item with zodiac signs in gachapon capsule toy form…but what is it?

• Krista Rogers
  Jun 8, 2021

This little device could almost always be found in cafés in Japan throughout the latter part of the Showa Period (1926-1989).

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• Japan
• (capsule toy • fortune-telling • fun • gachapon • luck • miniature • omikuji • retro • roulette • Showa • vending machine • zodiac signs)

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)

Hello Kitty x Choju Giga “Frolicking Animals” dishware based on the world’s oldest manga is here

• Krista Rogers
  May 11, 2021

Hello Kitty has fallen down the rabbit hole into a world of whimsical animals in this gorgeous line of ceramics from an established Kyoto shop.

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• Japan
• (animals • anthropomorphic • ceramics • Choju-Giga • Choju-jinbutsu-giga • collaboration • dishware • fun • Hello Kitty • Kyoto • picture scrolls • Sanrio • Tachikichi • whimsical)

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