Inventors will be offering free scan sessions at Comiket, Japan’s largest otaku gathering.
The combination deal features six of the chain’s most popular flavors best enjoyed while hibernating in the warmth of home at the year’s end.
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Dramatic and delicious teaser shows off Japan’s newest plan to protect itself from the hungry kaiju.
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Now there’s even more to love about our crazy cheap house in the mountains north of Tokyo.
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