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Preorders now open for Samurai Teddy Bears made by classic German toy maker Steiff
Super snazzy samurai armor-wearing teddy bears will be ready for your next Children’s Day display!
- Japan
- (armor • Children's Day • collectible • Date Masamune • display • helmet • samurai • Steiff • teddy bear)
Sephiroth in real life? How to unsheathe a massive 6.8-foot samurai sword
- Oona McGee
Sep 20, 2021
It’s not every day you get to see moves like this outside of anime and video games.
- Japan
- (crazy • Final Fantasy • funny • martial arts • samurai • samurai sword • Sephiroth • swords • twitter • video • viral videos • weird)
Muji adds Japanese haori samurai coats to their casual wear collection
- Oona McGee
Sep 17, 2021
Perfect for modern-day warriors.
- Japan
- (clothes • fashion • haori • kimono • muji • Mujirushi • Mujirushi Ryohin • samurai • tradition • traditional Japanese clothing)
Samurai, ninja, and anime butlers join dinosaur staff at Tokyo’s “Weird Hotel”【Photos】
- Oona McGee
Aug 30, 2021
Say hello to the future of contact-free check-in.
- Japan
- (accommodation • anime • COK • contactless • cool • Date Masamune • dinosaurs • Henn na Hotel • holograms • hotels • Idols • Miyagi • Ninja • projection mapping • samurai • Sendai • technology • travel • video games • weird)
Recreating the greatest betrayal of the samurai era with the Honnoji Incident papercraft kit【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 7, 2021
Over 400 years ago, a temple in Kyoto suddenly became the site of a battle that would change Japanese history forever.
- Japan
- (Akechi Mitsuhide • COK • crafts • history • Honnoji • Honnoji Incident • Kyoto • Oda Nobunaga • papercraft • samurai • Sengoku period • SNJO • temples • Yasuke)
It’s like the samurai era never ended at this beautiful Japanese mountain town
- Casey Baseel
May 14, 2021
Nagano village was once a major stop on the Kyoto-Edo route, and the neighborhood looks much the same centuries later.
Tokyo’s angriest ghost gets a brand-new grave for his millennium-old severed head【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
May 12, 2021
So far so good, as no one has mysteriously died since the renovation finished.
How a samurai’s quest for revenge created one of Tokyo’s best cafes, and it’s still open
- Casey Baseel
May 7, 2021
Not far from Akihabara you’ll find Amanoya, but it wouldn’t be there if not for an assassination.
- Japan
- (amazake • cafes • cool • crazy • culture • drinks • Edo period • history • Kanda • Kanda Myojin • kanda shrine • restaurants • samurai • sweets • Tokyo)
The time farting lead to murder and the fall of one of Japan’s great samurai clans
- Casey Baseel
May 4, 2021
Japan’s Chiba Prefecture was once ruled by a samurai whose death was flatulence-related.
- Japan
- (Chiba • COK • crazy • farting • Farts • funny • gross • history • samurai • Sengoku period • weird)
KFC’s Colonel Sanders is becoming a samurai in Japan this week
- Casey Baseel
Apr 28, 2021
A Kentucky twist on a Japanese tradition.
- Japan
- (Children's Day • cool • culture • fast food • food • funny • Kentucky Fried Chicken • KFC • Kodomo no Hi • samurai • weird)
High fashion and kimono: Kyoto’s Wazigen Shizukuya ushers in new kimono couture for Spring 2021
- Ingrid Tsai
Apr 20, 2021
Swagger through town with the latest from this premier kimono brand.
- Japan
- (cool • fashion • hakama • kimono • men's fashion • samurai • Wazigen Shizukuya)
Japanese watch brand Seiko collabs with Evisen Skateboards, surprises watch and sushi lovers
- Ingrid Tsai
Apr 10, 2021
Out of all the motifs to come out in this collab, there was one which completely blindsided us.
- Japan
- (accessories • cool • Evisen Skateboards • fashion • samurai • Seiko • skateboards • sushi • tuna • watches • weird • wristwatches)
Ghost of Tsushima live-action Hollywood movie on the way, Japanese Twitter reacts
- Casey Baseel
Mar 26, 2021
The U.S.-made PlayStation samurai epic starts a second life as a feature film.
- Japan
- (Ghost of Tsushima • history • Live action • movies • samurai • Sony • Sony Pictures • video games)
Cursed sites of Tokyo: A love shrine with 7 mysteries and a vengeful samurai ghost
- Oona McGee
Mar 9, 2021
Dark details you won’t find in travel guides to Japan.
- Japan
- (culture • ghosts • history • legends • religion • samurai • scary • shinto • shrines • society • spirits • temples • Tokyo)
We build miniature Japanese samurai warrior armour out of metal
- Oona McGee
Dec 24, 2020
This palm-sized warrior tries our patience in all sorts of ways.
- Japan
- (armor • armour • art • COK • craft • diorama • model kits • models • samurai • samurai armor • SNJO • traditional Japan)
A Japanese vending machine perfect for samurai
- Oona McGee
Dec 8, 2020
If vending machines existed in the Edo Period, they would’ve looked like this.
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- (Coca-Cola • COK • cool • history • Iwami Ginzan • Japanese vending machines • samurai • SNJO • tourism • tourist site • tourists • tradition • traditional Japan • vending machines • world heritage sites)
Samurai’s severed head moved in Tokyo, earthquake occurs at his body in Ibaraki
- Oona McGee
Dec 2, 2020
“More care than a nuclear weapon” required to restore the burial mound dedicated to Japan’s most vengeful spirit.
- Japan
- (ghosts • Ibaraki • legends • Masakado • Otemachi • real estate • samurai • scary • shrines • society • spirits • Taira no Masakado no Kubizuka • temples • Tokyo • urban landscape)
Eat like a samurai from the warring states period with new range of canned meals from Japan
- Oona McGee
Nov 17, 2020
Meals of military commanders faithfully reproduced for the modern era.
- Japan
- (Akechi Mitsuhide • bento • canned food • COK • food • historical food • Japanese food • Oda Nobunaga • samurai • Sengoku)
Send a mini Japanese army in the mail using these unique message cards
- Katie Pask
Sep 16, 2020
Because who doesn’t look forward to receiving a battalion of samurai in the mail?!
- Japan
- (awesome • battle • culture • history • samurai • sekigahara • Sengoku • stationary)
Samurai face mask covers are here to serve during the pandemic
- Oona McGee
Sep 11, 2020
Channel a samurai from the Warring States Period, when masks were worn to protect the face from swords and arrows.
- Japan
- (armor • armour • COK • coronavirus • COVID-19 • face masks • fashion • mask covers • masks • samurai • samurai armor • Samurai Warriors • Sengoku period • warriors)
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