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The dream of riding Final Fantasy Chocobos is coming to Tokyo VR centers
- Casey Baseel
Apr 24, 2026 - Tweet
Final Fantasy XIV VR experience will give you the chance to prove you’re the kweh-kist Chocobo jockey around.
- Japan
- (awesome • Chocobo • Chocobos • cool • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy XIV • Square Enix • Tyffon • Tyffonium • video games • VR • XR)
See 400 years of Osaka’s history in 10 minutes at housing museum’s new VR exhibit
- Master Blaster
Jun 30, 2025
You can’t keep a good city down.
- Japan
- (COK • Hirano-dori • history • museums • Osaka • Osaka Castle • Osaka Museum of Housing and Living • Sakai-suji • tourism • travel • VR)
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.
- Japan
- (COK • eyesight • health • Kwansei Gakuin University • myopia • psuedomyopia • science • short-sightedness • video games • VR)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba VR roller coaster ride and more return to USJ early next year
- Krista Rogers
Dec 5, 2023
Missed the AR attraction the first time around? Now you’ll have another chance to “Set your heart ablaze”!
- Japan
- (attraction • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train • limited time • Osaka • return • revival • ride • roller coaster • USJ • VR)
Why go to Tokyo Game Show 2023, when it can come to you as a VR game itself?
- Master Blaster
Sep 21, 2023
Finally, I can attend a convention in my underwear and not be asked to leave.
- Japan
- (conventions • events • metaverse • Tokyo Game Show • Tokyo Game Show 2023 • video games • virtual reality • VR)
Giant wearable baby head, huge randoseru backpack part of empathy-boosting art exhibit in Japan
- Casey Baseel
Aug 4, 2022
Would you appreciate being told “Go outside and play!” after carrying an 18.9-kilogram (41,7-pound) backpack on your commute?
- Japan
- (art • COK • cool • crazy • exhibitions • kids • Parenting • parents • randoseru • society • VR • weird)
Convenience store robot pilots wanted, wages start at 1,450 yen per hour
- Master Blaster
May 30, 2022
Get in the damn stockroom, Shinji!
- Japan
- (convenience stores • employment • remote working • robots • technology • Telexistence • Tokyo • VR)
VR compatible butter “The Sushi Device” on sale now
- Master Blaster
Mar 31, 2022
Unfortunately, no one can be told what The Sushi Device is. You have to see it for yourself.
- Japan
- (ASMR • butter • Butter Device • Canoble • food • metaverse • National Department Store • sushi • technology • The Sushi Device • VR)
VR metaverse of Akihabara Station being made by JR East, netizens scoff at early quality
- Katie Pask
Mar 12, 2022
“This looks like something from a PlayStation 2 game,” one netizen commented.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • Akihabara Station • cool • Hikki • Japan Railways • JR • metaverse • technology • Tokyo • trains • Virtual Market • virtual reality • VR)
Japan’s most state-of-the-art vintage Showa clothing shop opens online
- Master Blaster
Mar 8, 2022
The future of vintage clothing is here!
- Japan
- (3D modelling • clothing • digitization • fashion • metaverse • shopping • Showa Era • Showa Vintage Clothing Store SU-MIX • Steampunk Digital • technology • VR)
Lawson convenience store sets up shop in Japan’s Parareal Akihabara metaverse
- Master Blaster
Dec 1, 2021
Those stores really are everywhere.
- Japan
- (convenience stores • Lawson • metaverse • otaku • Parareal Akihabara • technology • Virtual Market • virtual reality • Vket • VR)
New Monster Hunter attraction at Universal Studios Japan lets you hunt monsters in VR
- Casey Baseel
Nov 1, 2021
Free-walk VR game gives you your choice of Monster Hunter weapons to swing as you track and fight Velkhana.
- Japan
- (Amusement Parks • awesome • Capcom • COK • cool • Monster Hunter • theme parks • Universal Cool Japan • Universal Studios Japan • USJ • VR)
VR photography exhibit held in virtual reality by Japan’s Virtual Rights organization
- Master Blaster
Sep 7, 2021
VR event was a virtual feast for the eyes.
- Japan
- (culture • events • exhibit • Japanese Red Cross Society • NPO • photography • technology • virtual reality • Virtual Reality Photo Award 2021 A • Virtual Rights • VR)
Experience Akihabara Station in a VR world, then ride the train to a virtual marketplace!
- Dale Roll
Aug 21, 2021
This digital recreation is super realistic!
- Japan
- (Akihabara • Akihabara Station • cool • digital media • JR East • technology • Virtual Market • virtual reality • VR)
Experience a job putting dandelions on sashimi for eternity in new VR game!
- Master Blaster
Jun 14, 2021
Easily the most sophisticated sashimi dandelion simulator to date.
- Internet, Japan
- (chrysanthemum • dandelion • food • Oculus Quest • sashimi • video games • VR • VR Sashimi Tanpopo • work)
New virtual reality attraction allows thrill-seekers to bungee jump off Tokyo Tower
- Ingrid Tsai
Apr 29, 2021
Introducing a place where both the real and the virtual Tokyo landscape converges.
- Japan
- (bungee jumping • observation decks • thrill rides • Tokyo • Tokyo Tower • virtual reality • VR)
One of Japan’s best ramen chains now has a VR game that lets you cook their noodles【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 19, 2021
Strap on your VR headset and get set for a virtual visit to tonkotsu ramen specialist Ichiran.
- Japan
- (food • Ichiran • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • tonkotsu ramen • video • video games • VR)
Japanese company develops motion simulator seat for home use
- Master Blaster
Oct 2, 2020
Is ass-play the next frontier of gaming?
- Japan
- (Antseat • flight simulators • game peripherals • motion simulator • racing games • video games • VR • Wizapply)
Japanese convenience store chain begins testing remote controlled robot staff in Tokyo
- Master Blaster
Aug 29, 2020
Don’t be alarmed if you see a pair of optic sensors peeking from behind the beverage rack.
- Japan
- (business • convenience stores • Family mart • Model-T • robots • technology • Telexistence • video • VR)
Grab your broomstick and enroll in Little Witch Academia with this new game
- Katie Pask
Aug 19, 2020
Take to the skies with Akko and her friends in this new virtual reality game!
- Japan
- (anime • cute • Little Witch Academia • occulus rift • technology • video games • virtual reality • VR • witch • witches)
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Kyoto temple bans visitors from wearing kimono
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12-year-old British girl who went missing in Tokyo found safe after visiting anime sites around Yokohama
7-year-old boy left behind on Mt. Fuji by his own dad
Japan’s final Penguin Suica train cards have already shipped, and when they’re gone, they’re gone
Sushi Bus: Japan’s first conveyor-belt bus lets you eat sushi while sightseeing around Tokyo
Studio Ghibli unveils new anime calendars and diary planners for 2027
Study finds hundreds of people in Indonesia legally named after Naruto, Inuyasha, other anime stars
Japan approves foreign resident visa renewal fee increases of up to 967 percent, starts soon
Japan tripled its departure tax to fund tourism but is using the money on cherry blossoms and bears
Solo travel in Japan: Hidden beer garden in Tokyo is a haven for single visitors- Kyoto temple bans visitors from wearing kimono
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
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Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
Japanese ninja certification exam attracts 131 candidates from Japan and abroad
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Legendary Pokémon statues installed in downtown Tokyo, will be there through the fall
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