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Camp like a samurai with the new Outdoor Kimono from Japanese apparel brand Snow Peak

• Oona McGee
  Apr 18, 2018
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Now you can enjoy the great outdoors with the comfort and style of an outdoor warrior.

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• (apparel • camping • cool • fashion • kimono • outdoors • samurai • Snow Peak)

Japanese fashion brand Trove releases first-ever unisex range of modern samurai coats and pants

• Oona McGee
  Mar 19, 2018

You don’t have to be a man to dress like a cool samurai warrior this season.

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• Japan
• (clothes • coats • cool • fashion • genderless fashion • hakama • haori • jackets • kimono • samurai • Trove • Wa Robe)

Narita Airport starts free cultural event series with kimono-wearing, manga creator experiences

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 28, 2018

The Tokyo-area’s much-maligned international air hub is giving us a new reason to actually enjoy going there.

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• Japan
• (airports • cool • culture • kimono • manga • Narita • Narita Airport • Ninja • samurai • travel)

Samurai road rage as man attacks motorist with replica samurai sword on Japanese expressway

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 23, 2018

Tailgating incident isn’t exactly the sort of duel of honor told about in tales of yore.

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• Japan
• (cars • crazy • crime • driving • Katana • road rage • samurai • swords • weird)

Hayao Miyazaki says Studio Ghibli once stood up to Harvey Weinstein with a Japanese samurai sword

• Oona McGee
  Feb 22, 2018

According to Hayao Miyazaki, the act meant “I defeated him”.

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• Japan, USA
• (anime • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • hollywood • Japanese sword • Katana • movies • samurai • samurai sword • Studio Ghibli • swords • Toshio Suzuki)

This Valentine’s Day, wow your special someone with boozy samurai warlord chocolates!

• Dale Roll
  Jan 25, 2018

They’re tasty, pretty, educational, AND contain liquor, so they’re guaranteed to please!

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• Japan
• (chocolate • Japanese food • Japanese history • liquor • sake • samurai • sengoku era • valentine chocolate • Valentine's Day)

Batman Ninja anime’s awesome preview video is every bit as crazy cool as the concept sounds【Vid】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 5, 2017

Batman shows he’s equally comfortable taking part in a tea ceremony or trying to cut Samurai Warlord Joker down with a katana.

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• (anime • Batman • Batman Ninja • DC • Ninja • samurai • Superheroes • video)

Cute cat can’t care about culture as it ignores “Do not enter” sign on samurai house in Fukushima

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 18, 2017

Feudal warriors’ home fails to intimidate fearless feline.

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• Japan
• (Aizuwakamatsu • cats • culture • cute • Fukushima • funny • history • museums • samurai)

We visit Japan’s only specialty toothpick store to buy products steeped in 300-year-old history

• Oona McGee
  Oct 4, 2017

When samurai needed toothpicks during the Edo period, this store had everything they were looking for.

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• Japan
• (Edo period • samurai • shopping • shops • souvenirs • Tokyo • toothpicks)

Japanese ninja, samurai and courtesans star in new Red Bull ad set in the Edo period 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Sep 18, 2017

Travel back in time to feudal Japan with an epic new clip featuring music by the Yoshida Brothers.

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• Japan, USA
• (ads • commercials • Edo • Edo Wonderland • energy drinks • freerunning • Japanese commercials • Jason Paul • Ninja • Parkour • Red Bull • samurai • travel • Yoshida Brothers)

Captain Japan? Marvel’s Captain America reimagined as samurai warrior in awesome new figure

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 4, 2017

The living embodiment of the throwing star and stripes.

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• Japan
• (awesome • Bandai • Captain America • cool • figures • Marvel • Premium Bandai • samurai • superhero)

Katana of four of Japan’s greatest samurai turned into gorgeous scissors

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 24, 2017

Merciless warlords and noble reformers serve as inspiration.

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• Japan
• (beautiful • cool • history • Katana • samurai • scissors • Seki • swords • weird)

Japan is running out of swordsmiths, and a strict apprenticeship requirement is a big reason why

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 15, 2017

Want to make katana for a living? Hope you don’t mind not getting paid a single yen for the next five years.

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• (art • culture • history • Katana • samurai • swords)

Samurai chef serves ramen with a side of history at awesome restaurant in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 23, 2017

Ramen and samurai, two of Japan’s biggest cultural icons, combine forces.

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• (awesome • cool • food • Hokkaido • ramen • restaurants • samurai • Sapporo • weird)

Kyoto’s modern samurai fashion label unveils summer lineup for fashion warriors

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 16, 2017

New designs and cool fabrics are part of the updated apparel arsenal.

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• (cool • fashion • history • kimono • samurai • Wazigen Shizukuya)

Samurai armor for pets turns your animal companions into adorable dogs and cats of war【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 13, 2017

Awwwww, who’s a good little bushido boy?

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• (animals • armor • cats • cool • cosplay • cute • dogs • history • pets • samurai)

“Shogun sound” toilet hack covers the sound of your pooping with samurai battle cries【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  May 19, 2017

Cry “Havoc!” and let slip the poops of your butt.

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• Japan
• (cool • funny • history • Japanese toilets • samurai • Toilets • video)

Samurai style for the rainy season! Wooden samurai bokuto sword umbrella goes on sale in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  May 17, 2017

Unique design should be a hit with fashionistas and history buffs, and also hides a subtle anime cosplay secret.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • cosplay • fashion • gintama • Katana • samurai • swords • umbrellas • wood)

Modern samurai coats from Japan keep you cool in summer with new styles and fabrics

• Oona McGee
  May 2, 2017

Enjoy samurai-inspired fashion year-round with this new lineup of lightweight Japanese-style garments.

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• (coats • cool • fashion • hanten • haori • jackets • kimono • samurai • Trove • yukata)

Sword of one of Japan’s last samurai discovered in house in America

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 30, 2017

Progressive samurai was denied his dream of crossing the ocean, but his tanto still made it to California.

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• Japan, USA
• (culture • history • Katana • Meiji Restoration • samurai • swords • Yoshida Shoin)

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