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New Japanese beer brings out flavours of Kansai specialties like takoyaki and okonomiyaki

Oona McGee
Jun 8, 2016
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The new drink is said to pair well with famous dishes from the region.

Food & Drink, Japan, Lifestyle
(Asahi • beer • Kansai • okonomiyaki • Osaka • takoyaki)

Japan’s largest ferris wheel to open in Osaka featuring glass walls and floors and VIP carriages

Oona McGee
Jun 3, 2016

With spectacular views both day and night, you’ll definitely want to add this destination to your itinerary for your next trip to Japan.

Japan
(Amanohashidate • amusement park • cool • dating • Expo City • Ferris wheel • fun • Osaka • tourism)

Travel to Nakanoshima Station this month for a unique drinking and dining experience

KK Miller
Jun 3, 2016

Love beer? Love trains? Here’s your chance to combine the two for four special nights.

Culture, Entertainment, Food & Drink, Japan, Lifestyle
(beer • drinking • izakaya • Nakanoshima • nihonshu • Osaka • train stations)

Nyaran the travel mascot cat goes edible and the results melt our hearts!

Kay
May 31, 2016

From cakes to rice rolls, these delicious looking food items inspired by popular mascot cat Nyaran are almost too cute to eat!

Cats, Cute, Food & Drink, Japan
(cakes • cat • cute • food • Osaka • sweets)

Junior high student shut down 444 school websites to “remind teachers they are incompetent”

Master Blaster
May 15, 2016

This month Osaka Prefectural Police pressed charges against a 16-year-old boy for a first-of-its-kind cyber attack in Japan.

Internet, Japan
(anonymous • crime • DoS attack • education • hacking • Osaka)

“Escape from the Abandoned Blood Lab II” event to be held in Osaka

Master Blaster
Apr 24, 2016

No money is needed to take part in this survival game — all the organizers want is that precious blood of yours.

Japan
(blood donation • escape game • Horror • Kuroneko Cube • Osaka • Red Cross)

These photos show how Japanese architecture has changed over the last 100 years

Preston Phro
Apr 11, 2016

Japanese commenters aren’t so impressed with modern cityscapes, but are they just being nitpicky?

Culture, Internet, Japan
(history • Kyoto • Nara • old photos • Osaka • Tokyo)

Japanese publisher groups protest “agreement” to cover up adult magazines in convenience stores

Casey Baseel
Apr 7, 2016

Organizations don’t want bare-all periodicals to have to hide under obscuring plastic covers.

Japan
(convenience stores • crime • Family mart • freedom of speech • law • magazines • Osaka • youth)

Newly opened restaurant in Osaka boasts a new evolution of okonomiyaki

KK Miller
Apr 1, 2016

Your mind will say, “How beautiful,” but your stomach will say, “Let’s eat!”

Food & Drink, Japan
(okonomiyaki • Osaka • restaurants • teppanyaki)

Japanese police departments show comedic and dramatic sides while luring new graduates

Master Blaster
Apr 1, 2016

Police departments in Osaka, Fukuoka, Oita, and Tokyo are reminding potential recruits that a career in law enforcement promises drama, power, mystery and yes, monkeys.

Japan
(Fukuoka • Oita • Osaka • police • recruitment posters)

Tokyo and Osaka’s Sailor Moon Crystal Cafes to feature new Outer Senshi drinks and desserts!

Jamie Koide
Mar 31, 2016

For a short period starting next month, anime cafe Anion Station will be celebrating the new season of Sailor Moon Crystal with another round of drinks and desserts, this time in honor of Sailor Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto!

Anime & Manga, Food & Drink, Japan
(Anion Station • cafes • events • limited time • Osaka • Sailor Moon Crystal • Tokyo)

All the coolest Cosplay from the annual Nipponbashi Street Festival in Osaka!【Pics】

Evie Nyan
Mar 23, 2016

It’s Cosplay time as the Nipponbashi Street Festival hits Osaka (and Twitter) again this year!

Anime & Manga, Japan
(anime • cosplay • Nipponbashi • Osaka • otaku • photos • Street Festa)

Illegal mosaic-free porn business busted after earning over US$1M in revenues

Master Blaster
Feb 12, 2016

Osaka police recently uncovered a booming mail-order business servicing the entire nation with pornographic DVDs which lacked the legally required pixellation over actors’ genitalia.

Japan
(censorship • crime • DVD • mosaic • Osaka)

Get a behind-the-scenes look at how Pocky is made in this short clip of the Glico factory 【Video】

Krista Rogers
Feb 8, 2016

Take an inside peek into the production process of Pocky, the beloved Japanese snack which has found its way into supermarkets around the world.

Japan
(Glico • manufacture • Osaka • Pocky • snacks • video • YouTube)

We visit the Suntory Yamazaki Distillery, the newly-renovated, boozy paradise

Mike
Feb 2, 2016

The whisky distiller, famous for upstaging Scottish standbys to be crowned “Best Whisky in the World” in 2014, recently renovated their open-to-the-public facilities. We figured it was as good an excuse as any for a tour and tasting!