Final Fantasy XIV x Isetan collection includes moogle soap, job bracelets, and crystal candy

Square Enix MMORPG collaborates with Tokyo department store and international brands for fashion and food items.

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We enjoyed Saitama’s finest hot springs, saunas, and views for less than 3,000 yen

Looking for a cheap self-care destination? This could be it.

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This Tokyo apartment building uses feng shui in its design to make for very lucky living spaces

With bright color schemes and unusual room designs, this complex would be a unique place to live!

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Japan’s Kanji of the Year announced for 2021, and it’s a familiar choice

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.

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We celebrate Christmas with the worst tree we could find

It’s not the size of the tree that matters, but the balls that hang from it.

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We Put A Bowl of Tonkotsu Ramen into a Rice Ball: Japan’s new demonic combini temptation

Pork-stock ramen in onigiri form sounds like a covetous convenience store snack that would require dark powers to create.

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This entire Japanese meal was made with 6 kinds of bugs and some caterpillar poo

Insect food the way it should be.

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Why do Japanese hot spring inns give you tea and sweets at check-in? For your own safety

It may not be the only reason, but part of the plan is that green tea and wagashi will help keep you safe during your stay.

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Japanese teenager tries to look cool for a girl, gets punished by the universe/wild animal

Moonlight motorcycle ride for two gets an unexpected third wheel, then things continue to get worse

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Is Japanese canned sushi everything we ever dreamed of? We try it out

Of all the things that can be canned, is canning sushi worth it?

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Crazy cheap hotel in Tokyo comes with a crazy catch【Photos】

This hotel room costs less than a deluxe bowl of ramen, but you’d better come prepared.

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Sushi Crepes: Will Harajuku’s newest weird food craze catch on in Tokyo?

Conveyor belt restaurant chain restyles itself to fit the Harajuku aesthetic. 

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Leading maid cafe chain to open largest location in history in Akihabara

Maid cafes are coming back in a big way.

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The leaves aren’t the only things changing in this beautiful series of photos from Nagano

Family photos show the cycle of the seasons and a new beginning.

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With Comiket returning, so is its anime-posters-for-otaku-blood blood drive

Donors get three posters this year, which helps us estimate the value of otaku blood.

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Osaka Metro unveils new “spaceship” design trains

A new hope for the subway of Osaka.

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Amigara Fault for cars?! Tunnel in Okayama just barely big enough for vehicles to fit through

It was made for me… and my car.

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Mister Donut caters to Piplup fans with kid-safe plates and promo card sets

If you love this little penguin Pokémon, go get yourself some donuts!

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All-boys’ high school in Japan has mandatory grooming lesson, teaches about skincare, hairstyling

125-year-old Tokyo school wants its boys to think of proper grooming as part of their “gentlemen’s education.”

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Nearly half of Japanese women in survey have an idol singer or anime crush

And the vast majority want to look good when they go to see them.

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