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With rules regarding everything from tea to elevators, some new employees think it’s all too much.
From Cleopatra to Helen of Troy and Snow White to Little Red Riding Hood, now you can walk around with your favourite female idols under your clothing.
A Japanese photographer was fortunate enough to capture one of the most beautiful pictures of an airplane we’ve ever seen.
The official Ghibli Museum is closed for now, but look forward to a double dose of animated fun in July!
Move over water bottle panties, it’s time to dress up your drinks with a fashionable over-the-shoulder sweater that takes its styling cues from Beat Takeshi.
Good roast beef is a little hard to come by in Japan, and now we know why: This place is using it all themselves.
Traditional Japanese dessert flavours now come in delicious doughnut form—for a limited time only.
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