August, 2016
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If you like delicious dumplings, cold beer, and having plenty of cash left in your wallet, you need to eat here.
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The flavour is so delectable it ranks in the top three favourites for Japanese ice cream lovers.
If you are searching for a new angle to represent yourself, can we interest you in some straight lines?
For a limited time, one restaurant in Tokyo is serving up curry that’s just as good as the noodles it’s famous for.
Encountering Pokémon in real life via Pokemon GO is cool. Lapras on the edge of extinction due to poaching? Not so much.
Seriously, kids these days, right?
Be careful when breaking out this one; sometimes the person you’re pitying doesn’t want your pity.
With their cute sets of extra paws, these hilarious cats look like furry catbuses come to life!
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