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Creepy shrine video has Japanese Internet wondering where it is, if it leads to alternate world

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 29, 2022
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It even feels like it has its own “Don’t come in here” warning alarm.

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• Japan
• (alternate world • creepy • isekai • scary • shrines • video)

“Adult anime” geta new meaning with McDonald’s Japan ad from Fist of the North Star creator【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 29, 2022

”Enjoy being an adult!”

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• Japan
• (anime • burgers • cool • fast food • Fist of the North Star • food • hamburgers • manga • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Samurai Mac • Tetsuo Hara • video)

Live-action Hunter x Hunter stage play is first in almost 20 years, reveals in-costume cast【Vid】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 17, 2022

Star of adaptation of hit anime/manga wasn’t even born the last time there was a Hunter x Hunter stage play.

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• Japan
• (anime • Hunter x Hunter • Live action • manga • stage play • video)

Drunk Japanese politician in trouble for doing pullups inside moving train【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 17, 2022

Says he has no memory of why he thought that’d be a good idea.

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• Japan
• (crazy • politicians • trains • video • weird)

Ash and Pikachu are stepping down as the main characters of the Pokémon anime【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 16, 2022

The “final chapter of Ash and Pikachu’s story” is starting, and after it’s done the Pokémon anime is getting two new protagonists.

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• Japan
• (anime • ash • Ash Ketchum • Pikachu • Pokemon • Satoshi • video • video games)

Super Nintendo World USA announces opening date at Universal Studios Hollywood【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 15, 2022

Nintendo’s amusement park expansion expands outside Japan for the first time.

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• Japan, USA
• (Amusement Parks • nintendo • Super Mario • Super Nintendo World • theme parks • Universal Studios • Universal Studios Hollywood • video • video games)

Man jumps in front of Tokyo Disneyland parade, gets tackled to sound of Christmas music【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 15, 2022

Cast members spring into action in surreal moment for parkgoers.

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• Japan
• (Christmas • COK • crazy • crime • Disneyland • parade • Tokyo Disney Resort • Tokyo Disneyland • video • weird)

Live-action Spy x Family stage reveals its four Anyas!【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 14, 2022

Spy x Family’s littlest star is a role so big it has four actresses.

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• Japan
• (anime • Anya • Live action • manga • musical • musicals • Spy x Family • stage play • video)

85-year-old great-grandmother from Hiroshima is Japan’s newest virtual YouTuber/idol【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 10, 2022

And it’s all thanks to her “idiot grandchild.”

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• Japan
• (anime • elderly • Idols • manga • seniors • video • virtual YouTubers • VTubers • YouTubers)

First live-action Spy x Family stage play video previews more in-costume cast members【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 10, 2022

Stage play gives first looks at Yuri and Fiona.

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• Japan
• (anime • Live action • manga • musical • musicals • Spy x Family • stage play • video)

Japanese fish that beat Pokémon Sapphire are retiring from video game streaming【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 9, 2022

End of the line for the gamer fish that became some of the very best.

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• Japan
• (animals • anime • cool • fish • Mutekimaru • pets • Pokemon • Pokémon Sapphire • video • video games)

Clever trick gives Gundam duel on Tokyo’s 3-D billboard some of its coolest visuals yet【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 9, 2022

It’s always cool when two iconic mobile suits throw down, but it’s especially awesome this time.

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• Japan
• (3-D billboard • anime • awesome • Char's Counterattack • cool • Cross Shinjuku Vision • Gundam • Gundam Evolution • shinjuku • video • video billboard • video games)

It’s pretty amazing buses in this Japanese town don’t crash into this mountain every day【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 28, 2022

Nagasaki bus drivers handle hairpin with centimeters to spare.

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• Japan
• (buses • cars • cool • crazy • Nagasaki • transportation • video)

Cup Noodles Fried Rice: Super-easy recipe will make you a potluck or campsite hero【SoraKitchen】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 22, 2022

Instead of making Cup Noodle itself your meal, you can make a gorgeous, delicious meal using Cup Noodle.

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• Japan
• (COK • cooking • cup noodles • food • fried rice • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Ken's Outdoor Cooking • ramen • SNJO • SoraKitchen • video)

Japanese cop tells wild boar “I’ll shoot ya” if it comes closer, boar wisely heeds warning【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 22, 2022

Officer protects citizens without the use of deadly force.

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• Japan
• (animal control • animals • boars • funny • police • video • weird • wild boars)

Amazing time-lapse-style video shows 150-year history of the growth of train stations in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 17, 2022

Points of light shine bright, and sometimes disappear, in this fascinating look at the last century and a half.

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• Japan
• (cool • history • stations • time-lapse • train stations • trains • video)

Anime shop offering 300,000-yen reward to anyone who can help them catch graffiti vandals in video

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 12, 2022

“We’re not going to take this lying down and just cry ourselves to sleep.”

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• Japan
• (anime • crime • graffiti • Mandarake • manga • Osaka • Reward • vandalism • video)

Rice bran, the skincare product used by Japanese women for centuries and now Chloë Grace Moretz

• Katie Pask
  Nov 10, 2022

The American actress chatted to Vogue Magazine about her beauty secrets, with one in particular thrilling Japanese fans.

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• Japan, USA
• (beauty • celebrities • Chloe Grace Moretz • Japanese make-up • make-up • movies • rice • rice bran • skincare • traditional skincare • video)

How to befriend a famous Pokémon Go YouTuber? Challenge them to a Pokémon Pancake battle【Video】

• Katie Pask
  Nov 4, 2022

SoraNews24 Reporter Ikuna wants to battle… for friendship!

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• Japan
• (anime • cooking • cute • Ikuna Kamezawa • pancakes • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • SNJO • sweets • taste test • video • video games • YouTuber)

EarthBound retold in Rube Goldberg machine style by amazing CG artist【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 2, 2022

Creator of classic SNES RPG offers praise to talented fan.

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• Japan
• (awesome • CG • clever • cool • Earthbound • Mother 2 • nintendo • Rube Goldberg machine • video • video games)

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