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We play soccer with our pants up to our necks and battle some childhood demons along the way.
Winter enthusiasts will gain a deeper understanding of the behind-the-scenes efforts involved with this breathtaking Hokkaido festival.
Square Enix MMORPG collaborates with Tokyo department store and international brands for fashion and food items.
With bright color schemes and unusual room designs, this complex would be a unique place to live!
This isn’t the first time for this character to be chosen as the representative for the year, and it probably won’t be the last either.
Pork-stock ramen in onigiri form sounds like a covetous convenience store snack that would require dark powers to create.
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Draw like a Studio Ghibli anime artist with exclusive watercolour set approved by Hayao Miyazaki
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Japanese cat island reveals all its cats will soon be gone
New Japanese Food Sample Making Cafe opens in Asakusa, Tokyo
The perks of drinking root beer at A&W in Japan
Disney young adult novels get new beautiful shojo anime-style covers for Japan
Some of the best Japanese fried chicken in Japan comes from this shack in the middle of nowhere
Japan’s super-cheap corn snacks apologize for second-ever price increase in 45 years
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Studio Ghibli releases free-download board game — Here’s how to play it without reading Japanese
Studio Ghibli lets you cosplay as Howl from Howl’s Moving Castle with cosy anime fashion range
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Starbucks teams up with the oldest of Japan’s Six Ancient Kilns to create a Bizen ware coffee mug
Japanese government suspends plan to pay Tokyo women 600,000 to move away to get married
One of Tokyo’s most beautiful gardens gets its own moon for moon-viewing season
Starbucks Japan unveils new limited-edition Frappuccino for autumn
Matsushima restaurant offers all-you-can-eat sashimi in as many ways as you can dream it【Photos】
Super budget-friendly retro Tokyo hotel feels like having your own 1960s Asakusa apartment
Support Hayao Miyazaki’s real-world Totoro forest with hoodies featuring exclusive anime art
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Foreign tourists on Shinkansen bullet train break suitcase etiquette, angering local passengers
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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
Princesses, fruits, and blacksmiths: Study reveals the 30 most unusual family names in Japan
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We go looking for the best natto (fermented soybeans) in all of Japan【Taste test】
Super-cheap, super-convenient rice-cooking mug is a new kitchen gadget all-star from 3 Coins
Eat Japanese prison food at this unique cafeteria in Abashiri
We check out the local flavors of the commonly confused Ome and Aomi areas of Tokyo in one day
A visit to the best UFO catcher arcade in the universe!
An ode to Japan’s musical trucks and the wondrous things they sell
The perks of drinking root beer at A&W in Japan
7-Eleven now has make-it-yourself smoothies in Japan, and they’re amazing
Tokyo has a new vending machine where everything inside is free【Photos】
Mos Burger x Dassai sweet sake collaboration expands with new rice burgers and a konjac drink
Kyoto temple suffering from littering tourists claiming not to understand Japanese verbal warning
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