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You could be living in this Osaka house that’s legally named after anime’s greatest assassin
- Casey Baseel
Sep 20, 2018 - Tweet
Golgo 13 has spent his life putting bullets in people, and now you can put your life in him.
Lupin III anime attractions with original stories coming to Universal Studios Japan theme park
- Casey Baseel
Sep 20, 2018
Brand-new caper for anime’s greatest thief is latest installment of Universal Cool Japan project.
- Japan
- (anime • lupin III • manga • Osaka • theme parks • Universal Cool Japan • Universal Studios Japan • USJ)
How much has changed in Japan one week after Naomi Osaka’s victory in the 2018 U.S. Open?
- Koh Ruide
Sep 17, 2018
Japan is now experiencing “Naomi Fever” throughout the country.
- Japan
- (Naomi Osaka • Nissin • Osaka • sponsorship • tennis • tonkatsu)
Osaka World Expo “Fist” statue stirs controversy for being “incredibly gaudy”
- Master Blaster
Sep 15, 2018
Some angered over Osaka’s three-finger-ring-fever in its bid for the World Expo 2025.
Thousands trapped as typhoon floods Osaka airport runway, sends tanker crashing into only bridge
- Casey Baseel
Sep 5, 2018
Typhoon makes Kansai International’s runway indistinguishable from the ocean around the island, turns 5.7 million-pound boat into instrument of havoc.
- Japan
- (accident • airplanes • Kansai International Airport • KIX • Osaka • storm • travel • typhoon • Typhoon Jebi • video • weather)
Typhoon Jebi hits too close to home, wreaks havoc on my Osaka neighborhood【Videos】
- Master Blaster
Sep 5, 2018
Until Jebi pounded into Osaka, I realized I’d never really experienced a typhoon before.
Powerful typhoon turns downtown Osaka into a ghost town【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 5, 2018
As Typhoon Jebi approaches the downtown area, everyone else wants to get out of it.
Typhoon Jebi hits Japan, blows away cars, roofs, and building facades 【Pics & Videos】
- Oona McGee
Sep 4, 2018
Part of the roof at Kyoto Station also fell in as staff scrambled for safety.
- Japan
- (Kansai • Kyoto Station • news • Osaka • twitter • Typhoon Jebi • typhoons • weather)
Japanese net users react to the results of the 2018 Global Liveability Index
- Krista Rogers
Aug 21, 2018
Two Japanese cities made this year’s list of the Top Ten Most Liveable Cities in the World.
“Once In Your Life In Osaka” is this year’s song of the summer 【Video】
- Oona McGee
Aug 16, 2018
If you love Osaka, you’ll love it even more after watching this music video.
- Japan
- (bon-odori • cool japan • Kansai • music • music video • Obon • Osaka • tourism • travel • video)
Bug hunt! Some areas offering rewards for alien beetles threatening Japan’s cherry blossoms
- Master Blaster
Aug 9, 2018
Municipalities and prefectures are hoping they can stop the dreaded red-necked longhorn beetle before they get out of hand.
- Japan
- (aromia bungii • cherry blossoms • environment • insects • invasive species • Kamakiri Sensei • Osaka • red-necked longhorn beetle • Sakai City • Teruyuki Kagawa • Tokushima • ume)
Bicyclist in Osaka gets 2,000 yen from random middle-aged woman for working hard and looking cute
- Casey Baseel
Aug 6, 2018
Roadside largesse from complete stranger inspires others to share stories of unexpected generosity in Japan’s famously money-loving city.
Working at Osaka shrimp company has only one rule: Don’t do any work that you don’t want to do
- Master Blaster
Aug 2, 2018
Working hours at this shrimp processing and packaging plant are outlined as: “Whenever the heck you feel like it.”
- Japan
- (business • employment • flexible schedule • labor • Osaka • seafood • work)
9 million yen awarded to convenience store from man for over 11,000 hours of unauthorized parking
- Master Blaster
Jul 29, 2018
But will a man who ignored years of warnings bother heeding a court order?
Surreally amazing Osaka sunset has some seeing the gates of hell, others heaven on Earth【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 27, 2018
Unfiltered video is like a scene from a Makoto Shinkai anime or a terrifying horror movie, depending on your perspective.
- Japan
- (awesome.cool • beautiful • Makoto Shinkai • Osaka • Sunset • video • your name.)
Take on Godzilla yourself in virtual reality at new attractions in Osaka and Tokyo
- Master Blaster
Jul 21, 2018
New VR Zone attraction lets you take on Godzilla in an attack chopper… Good luck with that.
- Japan
- (Godzilla • kaiju • Osaka • Shin Godzilla • Tokyo • Umeda • video • video games • virtual reality • VR • VR Zone)
Gyoza Hot Dog: Japan’s new must-try local street food
- Oona McGee
Jul 20, 2018
The Japanese city famous for eating takes its local food game to another level.
- Japan
- (Dotonbori • food • gyoza • Gyoza No Ohsho • hot dogs • Osaka • Osho • street food • travel)
Japanese train passenger records journey that looks like a scene from a Makoto Shinkai anime film
- Oona McGee
Jul 11, 2018
People around the country are in awe of the clip, which was taken without the use of filters or any editing software.
- Uncategorized
- (anime • Hankyu • Japanese trains • Makoto Shinkai • Osaka • trains • twitter • videos)
Cat cafe video shows reaction of felines before, during and after an earthquake in Japan
- Oona McGee
Jul 7, 2018
Video shows the cats panicking before the tremors start.
- Japan
- (animals • cat cafe • cats • earthquakes • Osaka • Osaka earthquake • pets • video)
Osaka theme park to provide fake insta-friends for your Instagram photos
- Master Blaster
Jul 2, 2018
Extras will be on-hand to provide the image of a social life for your image-based social network.
- Japan
- (actors • Amusement Parks • friends • Hirakata Park • Osaka • social media)
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