Hokkaido business will age your alcohol under the sea, let you watch it via smartphone

Age your wine in an octopus’s garden in the shade.

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Leek ice cream is Japan’s newest must-try local specialty

With “Enjoy Good Happy” as the tagline, this new dessert is destined for great things.

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Osaka street food becomes a Tokyo noodle topping with the Deluxe Takoyaki Soba【Taste test】

Our native Osakan tries out this unusual combo.

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New book teaches Japanese people English to help out foreign travelers

Publisher wants to help make it easier to help.

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Domino’s Japan now sells…pizza ears?

Shining a spotlight on a pizza part that’s usually unloved and discarded.

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Akihabara’s awesome pako ramen restaurant is closing, but there’s still time for one last bowl

We head to Akiba for one last ramen supper at the Meat Building.

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Beautiful new line of Cardcaptor Sakura shoes are here to capture your fashion-loving heart【Pics】

Three designs based on three iconic anime magical girl costumes.

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Complaints against foreign go-kart drivers increase in Tokyo

Police want to crack down on traffic incidents caused by visitors on go-karts.

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We found a giant slab of konnyaku jelly and tried turning it into a giant slab of steak

When we see big food, we just can’t help but see it as a challenge

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Tokyo police arrest two men for theft of 4.98 million-yen Yu-Gi-Oh! card

The Heart of the Cards had the law on its side.

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Transforming some instant noodles to pizza with Shin Ramyun [SoraKitchen]

Instant noodles instantly become pizza.

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One of Shohei Ohtani’s endorsement deals looks pretty awkward right now【Video】

MUFG downplays part of its partnership with the baseball star following his interpreter’s gambling scandal.

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Pizza Hut’s new coriander pizza contains more cilantro than ever before!

Pakuchi pizza is now a forest, but it’s only in leaf for a limited time.

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One of Tokyo’s most famous meeting-spot landmarks is closing for good

Goodbye. Shinjuku Alta.

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Dragon Ball theme park, bigger than Tokyo Disneyland, announced, but not for Japan【Video】

Dragon Ball Theme Park will be built in a different part of the world from where the global anime/manga hit was born.

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Mister Donut releases most intense matcha doughnut ever, in conjunction with Kyoto tea specialist

Death by green tea is a good way to go. 

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What’s it like living with an unusual name in Japan? We talk with a super-rare Mr. Heianzan

This Okinawan singer has a last name so rare, only 1 every 90,000 people in Japan have it! 

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Japan’s bone-breaking and record-breaking roller coaster is permanently shutting down

Sayonara, Do-Dodonpa.

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Studio Ghibli releases The Boy and the Heron doll that never, ever gives up

Anime character delivers a lesson in resilience with a dash of Ghibli magic.

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Kyoto creates new for-tourist buses to address overtourism with higher prices, faster rides

A win-win idea that’s long overdue.

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