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Museum of poo opening in Japan, has living poo mascot that lays other living poos

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 14, 2019
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Colorful museum’s management promises “photogenic” experience and fun “shit game.”

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• (crazy • funny • gross • museums • poo • weird • Yokohama)

Kanagawa man arrested for unlawful licking of hair

• Master Blaster
  Feb 7, 2019

How many licks does it take to get to the center of a jail cell?

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• (assault • crime • disgusting • hair • licking • saliva • Shin-Yokohama Station • Yokohama)

Gigantic real-life Dragon Quest video game slime to appear in Japan this Christmas

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 19, 2018

The city of Yokohama adds an awesome, eight-meter (26.3-foot) tall attraction to convince people to come down from Tokyo for the afternoon.

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• (awesome • cool • Dragon Quest • dragon quest builders • Minato Mirai • Square Enix • statue • video games • Yokohama)

Japan’s upcoming full-sized MOVING Gundam statue gets a home, will debut in 2020

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 22, 2018

Full-scale anime mecha statue will move, but not in Tokyo.

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• (anime • awesome • cool • Gundam • Gundam Factory Yokohama • Gundam Global Challenge • Gundam statue • robots • Yokohama)

Pikachu Outbreak 2018 photos! Pikachus parade through Yokohama, bust out dance moves at night

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 14, 2018

In previous years, the famous and adorable Pokémon went to sleep when the sun went down, but this time they’re staying up late to party!

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• (anime • awesome • COK • cool • cute • Minato Mirai • Pikachu • Pikachu Outbreak • Pikachu Outbreak 2018 • Pokemon • SNO • video games • Yokohama)

First-ever Eevee outbreak is going on in Japan right now, and it’s awesomely adorable【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 13, 2018

Eevees appears en masse at the annual Pikachu Outbreak in Yokohama to grab their share of the Pokémon spotlight.

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• (anime • awesome • COK • cute • Eevee • event • Pikachu • Pikachu Outbreak • Pikachu Outbreak 2018 • Pokemon • SNO • video games • Yokohama)

Pikachu Outbreak 2018: World’s first Eevee march to join Pokémon summer celebrations in Japan!

• Oona McGee
  Jul 19, 2018

Because the only thing better than seeing 1,500-plus Pikachus is seeing a squad of Eevees at the same time.

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• (anime • COK • Eevee • Pikachu • Pikachu Outbreak • Pikachu Outbreak 2018 • Pokemon • video games • Yokohama)

Pikachu Outbreak 2018 announced for Yokohama, and this time the party continues into the night!

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 23, 2018

Special after-dark Pokémon parade means fans will want to stick around all day to see the 1,500-plus Pikachus.

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• (anime • Minato Mirai • Pikachu • Pikachu Outbreak • Pikachu Outbreak 2018 • Pokemon • video games • Yokohama)

Why are people in their 20s moving outside of Tokyo to Yokohama and other areas?

• Krista Rogers
  Apr 2, 2018

Expert dishes on important factors that are leading young people to shun living in certain areas of the capital in favor of other suburban centers. 

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• (Housing • poll • Saitama • survey • Suumo • Tokyo • Yokohama)

Japan’s Sushiro revolving sushi chain stops revolving with conveyor-less food court branch

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 22, 2018

Ramen, draft beer, and sake also on the menu at branch that’s part of a trend of de-mobilizing sushi.

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• (food • Kaitenzushi • restaurants • revolving sushi • sushi • Sushiro • Yokohama)

Survey picks the eight best Tokyo-area neighborhoods to live in, and number one isn’t in Tokyo

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 2, 2018

Tokyo’s much-ballyhooed Kichijoji only makes it to number-three, while an outsider with easy access to Tokyo takes the top spot.

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• (apartments • COK • Kanagawa • Kanto • Living in Japan • ranking • society • survey • Tokyo • Yokohama)

Foreigner visiting Japan? Don’t forget to get your free-to-use smartphone from Kanagawa

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 31, 2018

One more reason to visit beautiful Kanagawa, just a 30-minute train ride from downtown Tokyo.

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• (foreigners in Japan • free • Hakone • Kamakura • Kanagawa • Smartphones • travel • Yokohama)

Passengers evacuate train during typhoon after it gets hit by lightning and fills up with smoke

• Oona McGee
  Oct 23, 2017

This video shows what happens inside a train when lightning strikes a carriage.

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• (Japanese trains • lightning • news • storms • trains • Typhoon Lan • typhoons • weather • Yokohama)

Vending machine that serves handmade gyoza found in Yokohama!

• Master Blaster
  Sep 5, 2017

This restaurant-machine fusion is one small step for vending, one giant leap for vending-machine-kind.

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• (chinese food • gyoza • Lonsanbo • vending machines • Yokohama)

We straight-up eat a beetle at possibly Japan’s craziest restaurant

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 25, 2017

And no, it does not taste like chicken.

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• (beetles • bugs • COK • crazy • food • gross • Kabutomushi • restaurants • SNJO • weird • Yokohama)

Mewtwo makes long-awaited Pokémon GO debut in Yokohama fan event

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 15, 2017

The most sinister Pokémon of all crashes the Pikachu Outbreak festivities.

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• (Mewtwo • Pikachu • Pikachu Outbreak • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • video games • Yokohama)

World’s largest Pikachu and Poké Ball appear on Ferris wheel in Japan【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 10, 2017

It takes a big Poké Ball to catch a giant Pokémon.

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• (anime • awesome • cool • Ferris weel • Pikachu • Pikachu Outbreak • Pikachu Outbreak 2017 • Poké Ball • Pokemon • video • video games • Yokohama)

Stingray devours tank-mate squid at Japanese aquarium, shows what nature is really like 【Video】

• Scott Wilson
  Aug 10, 2017

And you thought living with your roommate was awkward.

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• (animals • aquariums • nature • Som • squid • stingray • video • Yokohama)

Pikachu blimp, Meowth hot air balloon lift off in Japan for Pikachu Outbreak 2017【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 9, 2017

Pokémon in the sky in Yokohama!

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• Japan
• (awesome • cute • Meowth • Minato Mirai • Pikachu • Pikachu Outbreak • Pikachu Outbreak 2017 • Pokemon • team rocket • video • Yokohama)

Kimono to keep, dressing service, unlimited beer, one of Japan’s best views all in one package

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 19, 2017

Unbeatable deal in Yokohama includes full-course meal and your choice from over one hundred yukata and obi sash patterns.

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• (all you can drink • beer • beer gardens • Kanagawa • kimono • restaurants • travel • Yokohama • yukata)

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