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Looking for a hotel in Japan? Skip the ryokan and stay in this castle instead!
- Casey Baseel
Jul 13, 2019 - Tweet
Seaside stronghold in Nagasaki is looking for guests, and might let you stay for free.
Modern samurai fashion brand Wazigen Shizukuya’s summer collection makes old-meets-new splash
- Krista Rogers
Jul 2, 2019
The latest summer collection of our favorite modern samurai kimono offers a range of functionally fashionable garments.
- Japan
- (clothing • cool • fashion • hakama • kimono • Kyoto • samurai • style • summer • Wazigen Shizukuya)
Japanese artists anthropomorphise national flags into samurai characters for 2020 Tokyo Olympics
- Oona McGee
Jun 27, 2019
See what your country and national flag look like as a samurai warrior!
- Japan
- (2020 Olympics • anime • anthropomorphization • anthropomorphized characters • anthropormorphism • art • artists • flags • Olympics • samurai • social media • sports • Tokyo Olympics)
A visit to Japan’s cat beautiful, quirky, and touching cat temple, Unrinji【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 25, 2019
Often-overlooked temple in one of Japan’s most best sightseeing towns was inspired by the story of a deeply devoted samurai cat.
We get a haircut by a stylist who cuts with katanas and fire at “Samurai Salon” in Spain
- Krista Rogers
Jun 6, 2019
Our reporter travels all the way to Spain to meet an artistic hair stylist whose technique is a little sharper than usual.
- Europe, Japan
- (Alberto Olmedo • awesome • cool • crazy • fire • hair • hair stylist • haircut • Katana • Madrid • salon • samurai • Spain • swords)
Samurai Bottle Helmets are here to fiercely and elegantly adorn your bottles of booze
- Krista Rogers
May 29, 2019
These sleek ornaments are perfect for a history buff interested in legendary warriors of the Sengoku period of Japanese history.
Modern samurai fashion advances into spring with new releases from Shibuya’s Wa Robe
- Casey Baseel
Mar 29, 2019
Updated hanten coats and hakama pants for men and women are ready for your next fashion campaign.
Talented illustrator gives cast of Dragon Ball characters amazing samurai warlord makeovers
- Koh Ruide
Mar 25, 2019
We never thought a sword-wielding Goku and ninja Trunks would look so cool.
- Internet
- (artist • deviantART • Dragon Ball • Goku • illustrator • samurai • Vegeta)
Kamakura Warrior Tour now offering T-shirts that are the spitting image of real samurai armor
- Krista Rogers
Mar 13, 2019
Now’s your chance to snag a samurai armor-inspired T-shirt during your next visit to Kamakura, a beautiful day trip destination from Tokyo.
- Japan
- (armor • clever • cool • fashion • history • Kamakura • Kamakura Warrior Tour • samurai • shirts • t-shirts • travel)
Japanese samurai swords unsheathed for martial arts event but not everything goes to plan 【Video】
- Oona McGee
Mar 4, 2019
Video compilation goes viral for capturing some stunning slices and surprising fails.
- Japan
- (iaido • Japanese swords • martial arts • samurai • swords • video)
Samurai C-3PO is the Japanese warrior droid we’ve all been waiting for
- Oona McGee
Feb 11, 2019
Complete with gold armour and topknot.
- Japan
- (Bandai • C-3PO • collectibles • cool • figurines • Movie Realisation • samurai • Star Wars • Tamashii Nations)
New samurai jackets, shirts and pants bring traditional Japanese fashion back to the streets
- Oona McGee
Dec 8, 2018
Designed and made in Japan by experienced kimono makers, this new collection comes with a host of cool hidden extras.
New line of modern samurai fashion for fall/winter will make you warm and cool
- Casey Baseel
Nov 4, 2018
Whether you’re going completely old school or just want a touch of swordsman chic, Japanese fashion label Trove has you covered.
Food fight(ers)! Japanese artist turns food samples into fantastic instant noodle samurai
- Richard Simmonds
Sep 1, 2018
These plastic warriors are trawling for a brawling, cruising for a bruising, and sampling for a trampling.
- Japan
- (art • cool • Donbei • funny • instant noodles • Nissin • Noodles • samurai • soba • udon • weird)
Japanese kimono parka combines traditional fashion with modern streetwear
- Oona McGee
Aug 20, 2018
Popular Japanese cosplayer models the new hoodie with kimono sleeves in three different colours.
- Japan
- (crowdfunding • fashion • hanten • Japanese clothes • kimono • Mocolle • parkas • samurai)
New extra-warm outdoor kimono will make your samurai camping stylish and comfortable this autumn
- Casey Baseel
Aug 6, 2018
You and your bushido buddies heading into the wild this fall? Then don’t forget your camping kimono.
Samurai sword hunt begins as storm washes away blacksmith’s warehouse in Gifu Prefecture
- Casey Baseel
Jul 11, 2018
Police assemble task force after 40 blades are lost in flooding.
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Samurai trash collectors clean streets of Tokyo in dramatic fashion 【Videos】
- Oona McGee
Jun 13, 2018
If you dare to litter in Tokyo, you’d better watch out, because there’s a team of fearsome samurai warriors ready to admonish you.
Spider-Man’s black costume goes back to the past in this awesome samurai/ninja figure【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
May 18, 2018
Just your friendly Sengoku period fuedal fief Spider-Man.
- Japan
- (cool • figures • Marvel • Meisho Manga Realization • Ninja • samurai • Spider-Man • Superheroes • Tamashi Nations • toys)
This amazing suit of samurai armor is made of five-yen coins, and you can make your own too【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 27, 2018
Beautiful mother/son work of art meets a bittersweet end at the hands of the one enemy it can’t defeat.
- Japan
- (armor • art • awesome • coin craft • coins • cool • crafts • five-yen coin • samurai)
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