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Yokohama ranks as most desirable city for living in Kanto for the second year in a row

• Dale Roll
  Mar 5, 2019
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What makes Japan’s second largest city beat out popular spots in Tokyo?

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• Japan
• (best places to live • Ebisu • Kanagawa • Kanto • Kichijoji • poll • Saitama • survey • Yokohama)

Tokyo-area love hotel’s sushi room allows you to consummate your relationship in a unique way

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 9, 2019

Satisfyingly sexy sushi room has foreign travelers writing thank-you letters to the staff.

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• Japan
• (crazy • food • hotels • Kawagoe • love hotels • Saitama • sushi • travel • weird)

Daily horde of commuters into Tokyo is larger than one of history’s fiercest conquering armies

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 10, 2019

Force from the north could have upset the balance of power in 4th century Europe.

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• Japan
• (COK • commuting • crazy • crowded • history • Huns • Saitama • society • Tokyo)

Ghibli moss art discovered along mountain road in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Dec 30, 2018

Totoro, Kiki, and No Face are just some of the characters who’ve emerged from the moss-covered wall.

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• Japan
• (anime • Castle in the Sky • Ghibli • Kiki's Delivery Service • Laputa • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • No Face • Princess Mononoke • Saitama • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Every night can be movie night at this awesome Japanese apartment building with its own theater

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 11, 2018

Stylish shared spaces let you go to the movies without leaving home.

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• Japan
• (apartments • awesome • cool • Living in Japan • movies • Saitama)

Tax donation program rewards people with exclusive seats to a spectacular aerial performance

• Koh Ruide
  Sep 3, 2018

You’re going to pay taxes anyway, so why not channel some of it into Saitama Prefecture and see a free stunt show?

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• Japan
• (aerobatics • furusato tax • performance • Saitama • tax exemption)

Japanese anime fans shocked by torii gate collapse at Washinomiya aka the Lucky Star Shrine

• Oona McGee
  Aug 14, 2018

Real-life location for the Lucky Star anime forever altered as iconic gate comes tumbling down.

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• Japan
• (anime • cosplayers • Japanese shrines • Lucky Star • manga • Saitama • shinto • shrines • Washinomiya Shrine)

New “social apartment” that comes with attached movie theater will open soon in Saitama

• Koh Ruide
  Aug 12, 2018

Fancy having a private 20-seat cinema at your doorstep? You can get exactly that for an affordable monthly rent of $525.

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• Japan
• (accommodation • Apartment • cinema • movie theater • Saitama)

Man released on drug charges because police wouldn’t let him use the toilet

• Master Blaster
  Jul 30, 2018

Officers found in violation of our inalienable right to go potty.

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• Japan
• (coercion • crime • Drugs • law • police • Saitama • stimulants • toilet)

Monday was the hottest day ever in Japan’s recorded history

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 23, 2018

Japan’s national and Tokyo temperature records fall on the same day as intense heat wave continues.

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• Japan
• (crazy • heat • hot • Kumagaya • Saitama • Tokyo • weather)

We visit Tokyo Station…outside of Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Jun 5, 2018

Travel off the beaten track to the capital’s little-known lookalike station.

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• Japan
• (architecture • COK • history • Japanese trains • Saitama • SNOJ • Tokyo Station • train stations • trains • travel)

Turn unwanted fat into next month’s rent at new exercise-themed sharehouse in Saitama

• Krista Rogers
  Jun 5, 2018

Gran Toda’s “Fat Purchasing Campaign” is certainly one of the best incentives to finally get into shape.
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• Japan
• (COK • cool • diet • exercise • fitness • Gran Toda • health • Living in Japan • Saitama • sharehouse)

Long-awaited Moomin theme park in Japan finally announces its planned grand opening

• Meg Murphy
  Apr 15, 2018

The much-anticipated park will resemble the original park in Finland and allow guests to explore the world of the beloved characters.

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• Japan
• (Metsa Village • Moomin • Moomin Valley Park • Saitama • theme park)

Why are people in their 20s moving outside of Tokyo to Yokohama and other areas?

• Krista Rogers
  Apr 2, 2018

Expert dishes on important factors that are leading young people to shun living in certain areas of the capital in favor of other suburban centers. 

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• Japan
• (Housing • poll • Saitama • survey • Suumo • Tokyo • Yokohama)

Starbucks opens up new coffeehouse in traditional Japanese building near Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Mar 5, 2018

Now you can enjoy your coffee with a side of Edo-style charm in this old castle town.

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• Japan
• (cafes • coffee • coffeehouse • Kawagoe • kura • Saitama • sightseeing • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • tourism • tradition • travel)

“Grilled corn” and “gyoza” flavored shaved ice sold at Saitama cafe

• Master Blaster
  Jul 21, 2017

This certainly doesn’t help the stereotype that Japan will put corn on top of anything.

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• Japan
• (corn • crazy • food • gyoza • kakigori • restaurants • Saitama • shaved ice • sweets • weird)

Move over revolving sushi – Japanese cafe floats desserts to you on a beautiful river counter!

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 20, 2017

Eatery delivers sweets, drinks with the elegant cooperation of flowing water.

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• Japan
• (cafes • food • Kaitenzushi • restaurants • revolving sushi • Saitama • sweets)

Penguin that fell in love with cardboard cutout anime girl now has his own drink for sale at zoo

• Scott Wilson
  May 21, 2017

Does it taste as bittersweet as unrequited love?

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• Japan
• (cute • drinks • Kemono Friends • love • penguins • Saitama • zoo)

Japanese zoo penguin falls in love with cutout of cute anime penguin girl

• Scott Wilson
  Apr 30, 2017

Humans aren’t the only ones who can have affections for 2-D characters.

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• Japan
• (cute • Kemono Friends • love • penguins • Saitama • zoo)

Which Japanese prefecture buys the most leopard print clothes?

• Master Blaster
  Mar 31, 2017

The answer is o-oh my god, not Osaka?!

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• Japan
• (fashion • leopard print • Osaka • Osaka Oba-chan • Saitama • survey • ZOZOTOWN)

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