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Pokémon photo spots popping up in center of Japan’s third-biggest city for Japan Railway event

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 23, 2025
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Osaka Station area gets the Lumiose City treatment and challenges Pokémon fans to complete Mega Evolution rally walk puzzle for prizes.

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• Japan
• (anime • Japan Railway Company • JR • JR West • manga • Osaka • Osaka Station • Pokemon • Pokémon Legends Z-A • stamp rallies • stations • tourism • trains • travel • video games • walking rallies • WEST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY)

Giant 3-D anime boobs appear on giant 3-D video billboards in Japan【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 19, 2025

Honestly some pretty clever visual trickery going on in ad for video game that knows exactly what it is.

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• Japan
• (3-D billboard • ads • anime • Brown Dust II • crazy • manga • video • video games • weird)

Final Fantasy IX gets its own pop-up store in Osaka and Tokyo for 25th anniversary

• Master Blaster
  Jun 19, 2025

Final Fantasies grow up so fast, don’t they?

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• Japan
• (Daimaru • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy IX • Marunouchi • Osaka • pop-up stores • role-playing games • shopping • Tokyo • Umeda • video games)

Dragon Quest’s Slime is now a geisha (and delicious)

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 13, 2025

Dragon Quest Walk’s Kyoto strolls inspire collaboration with local confectioner that’s been in business for more than 300 years.

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• Japan
• (COK • Dragon Quest • Dragon Quest Slime • dragon quest walk • food • nama yatsuhashi • Shogoin • slime • SNJO • sweets • video games • yatsuhashi)

Real-world Pokémon Diamond and Pearl! Playing with Japan’s Pokémon Fossil Excavation Kits【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 11, 2025

Activity kits turn tables into the Sinnoh Underground and adult Pokémon fans into happy little kids again.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • cool • fossils • manga • Pokemon • Pokemon Center • Pokémon Diamond and Pearl • SNJO • toys • video games)

AR sport Hado added to Shizuoka high school curriculum

• Master Blaster
  Jun 11, 2025

Shoot fireballs for your health!

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• Japan
• (AR • gym class • Hado • health • PE class • schools • sports • technology • video games)

Pokémon Cafe’s new Mega Charizard curry plate is a work of art in more ways than one

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 1, 2025

Pokémon Cafes in Tokyo and Osaka welcome Mega Evolutions back as main dishes, desserts, and drinks in the buildup to Pokémon Legends: Z-A.

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• Japan
• (anime • Charizard • curry • drinks • food • latte art • manga • Pokemon • Pokémon Cafe • restaurants • themed restaurants • video games)

VR found to restore severe short-sightedness in Japanese study

• Master Blaster
  May 31, 2025

Soon your mom might yell at you to stare at those darn video games more.

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• Japan
• (COK • eyesight • health • Kwansei Gakuin University • myopia • psuedomyopia • science • short-sightedness • video games • VR)

Japanese esports player removed from US tournament after joking with customs agent

• Master Blaster
  May 27, 2025

Looks like international travel is no joking matter.

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• Japan, USA
• (COK • Combo Breaker • esports • gaming • Kobayan • Street Fighter • Street Fighter 6 • travel • video games)

Krispy Kreme releases Pac-Man doughnuts in Japan… but are they any good?

• Oona McGee
  May 27, 2025

Celebrating Pac-Man’s birthday in the Tokyo neighbourhood where he was born.

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• Japan
• (Bandai Namco • donuts • doughnuts • food • Krispy Kreme • Krispy Kreme Japan • Namco • pac-man • Shibuya • SNJO • sweets • taste test • Tokyo • video games)

More huge life-size Eevee Pokémon evolution plushies are coming to take over your home【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  May 26, 2025

The second generation of 1:1-scale stuffed animals remind us that little Eevees grow into great big Eeveelutions.

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• Japan
• (anime • crazy • Eevee • Eevee evolutions • Eeveelutions • Espeon • life-sized • manga • plushies • Pokemon Center • Umbreon • video games)

New Pokémon x Ippudo collaboration has Pikachu on board as ramen chef

• Oona McGee
  May 21, 2025

Exclusive goods only available at one Pokémon Center in Japan.

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• Japan
• (anime • cute • food • Fukuoka • goods • hakata • Hakata Ippudo • Hakata ramen • Ippudo • Japanese food • manga • merchandise • Noodles • Pokemon • Pokemon Center • ramen • video games)

Title of Super Mario movie sequel briefly revealed, sounding very familiar, then gets removed

• Casey Baseel
  May 15, 2025

Producers update statement to hide by-name mention of the hotly anticipated sequel for Nintendo’s hero, but the name they let slip makes a lot of sense.

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• Global, Japan
• (movies • nintendo • Super Mario • Super Mario Bros. • Super Mario Bros. movie • Super Mario Bros. Movie sequel • video games)

Pokémon Ditto Cup uses Transform to turn into jiggly gelatin, rice, sand, and infinite possibilities

• Krista Rogers
  May 13, 2025

If you can’t beat ’em, Ditto ’em.

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• Japan
• (+d • anime • cooking • cute • ditto • food • gelatin • H Concept • Koncept • manga • Metamon • mold • Pokemon • video games)

Krispy Kreme Japan has Pac-Man donuts to celebrate video game star’s 45th birthday

• Casey Baseel
  May 13, 2025

Making “waka-waka” noises as you eat them is optional, but very tempting.

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• Japan
• (Bandai Namco • donuts • doughnuts • food • Krispy Kreme • Krispy Kreme Japan • Namco • pac-man • sweets • video games)

New squirrel-cheek boob-adjacent video game is all about the nuts, includes “sensitive mode”

• Casey Baseel
  May 12, 2025

Magical Nut Ikuno isn’t quite what it looks like, but still very much what it seems like.

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• Japan
• (anime • crazy • funny • Magical Nut Ikuno • manga • Qureate • video games • weird)

Pokémon Sleep’s sleep-promoting eats step into the real world with Japanese nutritionist recipes

• Casey Baseel
  May 10, 2025

Recipes let you eat like Snorlax so you can sleep like Snorlax.

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• Japan
• (anime • cooking • curry • food • health • manga • nutrition • Pokemon • Pokémon Sleep • sleep • Snorlax • video games • wellness)

A look at the cosplay of the 2025 Osaka Comic Con

• Master Blaster
  May 8, 2025

Capes, canes, cowls, and crazy crotches converged at this Comic Con.

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• Japan
• (anime • cartoons • Comics • cosplay • events • manga • movies • Osaka • Osaka Comic Con 2025 • video games)

Nintendo might record what you say and show friends in Switch 2 GameChat

• Casey Baseel
  May 8, 2025

Uh, hey, Mario, are you listening in on us?

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• Global, Japan
• (GameChat • nintendo • Nintendo Switch 2 • Switch 2 • video games)

Super Mario T-shirts make an encore appearance at Uniqlo as part of UT Archives【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  May 1, 2025

Uniqlo brings back a selection of their greatest Mario T-shirt hits.

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• Japan
• (fashion • Mario Kart • nintendo • shirts • Super Mario • t-shirts • Uniqlo • UT • UT Archive • video games)

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