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After making a splash at the box office, Makoto Shinkai’s latest anime leads to something you can pour into a sake cup.
All-you-can-drink beer costs just 600 yen (US$5.80), which will barely get you a single glass in many other Tokyo restaurants.
Because after a hard day at the office, there’s nothing like unwinding with a glass of bourbon and a chocolate-covered pretzel stick.
Mos Burger gives us one more reason to love it as we visit the Mos Bar in Tokyo’s Shibuya neighborhood.
Turns out there’s a simple way you assess whether you’re a happy drunk or a dangerous one, at least according to one Japanese Twitter user.
Incident at Japanese pub shows that manga and anime can make for dangerous conversation fodder, depending on who’s in earshot.
Tradition and community are great, but there’s one more thing this Nagano celebration gets a boost from.
It used to be all about the classy characters with awesome designs, but now the drunk sister is stealing the show.
We feel the effects of 3.1% alcohol just by eating a pack of the new premium range of chocolate “twigs”.
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