Otaku event in Tokyo becomes the main stage for this season’s hottest anime, manga and video game characters.
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Three popular limited express train models get a semi-digital, semi-analogue watch makeover!
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Ghibli’s Princess Mononoke teams up with Foxfire for outdoor apparel collaboration【Photos】
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Mario Kart Happy Meal toys arrive at McDonald’s Japan, and SoraNews24 has the whole set!【Photos】
Flying dango: Unique tourist site where Japanese sweets are flown to you over a gorge
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After cancelling Halloween, Tokyo’s Shibuya neighborhood cancels New Year’s Eve too
Japanese job-quitting service contacted by other job-quitting service because employee wants to quit
New Ghibli papercraft kit gives you a little Princess Mononoke forest on your desk【Photos】
Tokyo restaurant isn’t kidding about the name of its overflowing rare wagyu-ju【Photos】
Beautiful Japanese garden green tea crepes waiting in Tokyo’s historical Asakusa neighborhood
Ghibli Park debuts first winter illumination display with Howl’s Moving Castle theme
Tokyo park’s sea of clouds, nighttime illumination, and cosplay days make now perfect time to visit
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Nintendo’s controller capsule toys are so cool, even the machine you buy them from is awesome【Pics】
Tokyo Disneyland loses top-attendance crown for Japanese theme parks for second year in a row- Ghibli Park debuts first winter illumination display with Howl’s Moving Castle theme
Pringles releases a limited-edition sweet flavour in Japan
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- One of Japan’s most beautiful hot spring towns announces new limits on number of day trippers
- Ghibli’s Princess Mononoke teams up with Foxfire for outdoor apparel collaboration【Photos】
- After cancelling Halloween, Tokyo’s Shibuya neighborhood cancels New Year’s Eve too
- Japanese job-quitting service contacted by other job-quitting service because employee wants to quit
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McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
Foreign tourists on Shinkansen bullet train break suitcase etiquette, angering local passengers
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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
Japanese convenience store Family Mart announces abolishment of eat-in spaces
Princesses, fruits, and blacksmiths: Study reveals the 30 most unusual family names in Japan
Life-size vibrating Legend of Zelda Master Sword for sale from Nintendo【Photos】
Studio Ghibli releases free-download board game — Here’s how to play it without reading Japanese
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American jackass tourist arrested after carving name into gate at Tokyo’s Meiji Shrine【Video】
Domino’s Japan has all-you-can-eat pizza isn’t an Internet rumor, but it is hard to find
Burger King Japan creates Kyoto Whopper, its most Japanese burger ever, with Kyoto rice merchant
Hanahana are some of the most elegant and expensive sparklers ever made
Line of foreign tourists leads us to Akihabara’s meatiest fatty ramen【Taste test】
Watch out! Pokémon Fusion gets a lot more real with some wicked fan art【Photos】
100 years of Japanese women’s hair and makeup trends in less than a minute and a half【Video】
Haku is…Chihiro’s dead brother? Studio Ghibli fans blown away by Spirited Away theory
Beautiful Japanese garden green tea crepes waiting in Tokyo’s historical Asakusa neighborhood
Low price, free booze and curry, late check-out, and great location — Akihabara capsule hotel has it all
Disney princesses get official manga makeovers for Manga Princess Cafe opening in Tokyo
Chikawa beats out Evangelion and Super Mario to win Japan Character Award 2022
A talk with the man who helped bring Studio Ghibli to the west, Steve Alpert【Interview】
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