While they might look appealing to visitors, according to residents, these suburbs can be hell to live in.
Human and virtual sommeliers help customers pick out the perfect beer, wine, or sake in “bar with no menu.”
Surprisingly, discovering their partner in the arms of another lover is not at the number-one spot on this list.
The word “Game Boy” doesn’t appear in alleged document, but there’s no mistaking that image for anything else.
Japan’s favorite chocolate pretzel snack is set to add some sweet sophistication to your next occasion to crack open a bottle of red.
Product’s claims to make breasts five times bigger prove to be every bit as dramatic as they say.
It’s easy to see why Erika Karata has become a sensation in Japan in just a few short years.
Anyone who has ever picked up a controller and squealed around the track in Nintendo’s Mario Kart has probably thought about how amazing it would be to get to do it in real life.
Clean, new and with lots of available extras, this is a fantastic option for savvy travellers.
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