Japan (Page 588)
Who needs a boring coin purse when you can surprise shoppers at the cash register by popping the lid on your miniature rice cooker?
Roland also has a “must-have” hangover cure that can be yours for just a little over 100 bucks.
There’s a method to their madness, though, with different themes for different rooms, and one anime-safe space remaining.
Shigesato Itoi talks about the connection between real-life experience, human emotion, and video games.
Far from their traditional association with burnt rubber, squealing brakes and gritty endurance, tires lend a spot of delicate geometry to these kimono prints.
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The made-in-Japan celebration is picking up steam around abroad too.
Creators of One Piece, Naruto, and My Hero Academia got together at friend’s place to get tipsy, created piece of manga history while they were at it.
With the power of special effects and video editing, and awesome martial arts skills, you, too, can be a traffic cone master!
A Shiba dog shows the world that not all dogs are sloppy and messy as it savors homemade food by owner.
Reika Saiki is here to evolve traditional kawaii cuteness into a new form: mukikawa.
The common opinion is that anime’s tales of male-on-male romance are written just for girls, but one study says otherwise.
Perspectives are a tricky thing leading up to the production of One Thousand Paper Cranes.
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This is Japan’s, and the world’s, first capsule hotel, and you can still stay there
Japan has nearly 4 million abandoned homes, but where and why?
We save money on crotchless jeans from Japanese brand Beams by making our own
One of Japan’s oldest castles now lets travelers spend night on the grounds, drink in its keep
Japanese cosplayer creates amazing outfit: Sailor Moon’s transformation sequence!【Photos】
Two things to do, and two things not to do, when leaving a traditional Japanese inn
FUK COFFEE?!? Japanese cafe has a perfectly innocent reason for its startling-looking name
Bad tourist manners at Mt Fuji Lawson photo spot prompts Japanese town to block view with screens
This ice cream spoon uses your body heat to get the perfect scoop, costs more than most desserts
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Foreigner’s request for help in Tokyo makes us sad for the state of society- Bad tourist manners at Mt Fuji Lawson photo spot prompts Japanese town to block view with screens
McDonald’s Japan’s new pancake pie is a taste sensation- One of Japan’s oldest castles now lets travelers spend night on the grounds, drink in its keep
- Two things to do, and two things not to do, when leaving a traditional Japanese inn
- FUK COFFEE?!? Japanese cafe has a perfectly innocent reason for its startling-looking name
Studio Ghibli unveils new goods that tip the hat to The Cat Returns
Studio Ghibli unveils massive T-shirt collection featuring top anime movie characters
Starbucks at Shibuya Scramble Crossing reopens, but is it really bigger and better than before?
Japanese-style accommodation at the new Premium Dormy Inn hotel in Asakusa will blow your mind
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McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods- Foreigner’s request for help in Tokyo makes us sad for the state of society
New definition of “Japanese whiskey” goes into effect to prevent fakes from fooling overseas buyers
Our Japanese reporter visits Costco in the U.S., finds super American and very Japanese things
Japanese ramen restaurants under pressure from new yen banknotes
All-you-can-drink Starbucks and amazing views part of Tokyo’s new 170 meter-high sky lounge- Bad tourist manners at Mt Fuji Lawson photo spot prompts Japanese town to block view with screens
More foreign tourists than ever before in history visited Japan last month- McDonald’s Japan’s new pancake pie is a taste sensation
New Pokémon cakes let you eat your way through Pikachu and all the Eevee evolutions
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- McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
Sales of Japan’s most convenient train ticket/shopping payment cards suspended indefinitely
Sold-out Studio Ghibli desktop humidifiers are back so Totoro can help you through the dry season
Japanese government to make first change to romanization spelling rules since the 1950s- Foreigner’s request for help in Tokyo makes us sad for the state of society
Ghibli founders Toshio Suzuki and Hayao Miyazaki contribute to Japanese whisky Totoro label design
Doraemon found buried at sea as scene from 1993 anime becomes real life【Photos】
Tokyo’s most famous Starbucks is closed
One Piece characters’ nationalities revealed, but fans have mixed opinions
We asked a Uniqlo employee what four things we should buy and their suggestions didn’t disappoint
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Japanese cosplayer creates amazing outfit: Sailor Moon’s transformation sequence!【Photos】
Two things to do, and two things not to do, when leaving a traditional Japanese inn
FUK COFFEE?!? Japanese cafe has a perfectly innocent reason for its startling-looking name
Bad tourist manners at Mt Fuji Lawson photo spot prompts Japanese town to block view with screens
This ice cream spoon uses your body heat to get the perfect scoop, costs more than most desserts
Maid cafe manager who dated one of his maids says he was kidnapped and beaten by the yakuza
Japanese-style accommodation at the new Premium Dormy Inn hotel in Asakusa will blow your mind
This just in: Yawning bunnies are terrifying! 【Photo Gallery】
Cast of this summer’s live-action Naruto stage play looks more awesome than ever in new photos
Japanese Twitter shows reality of living in snowy Hokkaido, and it’s magical
Haku is…Chihiro’s dead brother? Studio Ghibli fans blown away by Spirited Away theory
Four moments when Japan’s single men are glad they’re not married
Daiso can help you beat the heat this summer with DIY fruity Suika and Melon Bars【Taste test】
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