“Betobeto-san” © 水木プロダクション (Mizuki Productions)
A parade of monsters is coming to Roppongi Hills this summer, and it sounds like a treat!
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Lots of different Pokémon featured on many different kinds of shirts and dresses make for plenty of variety for your wardrobe!
Radio calisthenics to encourage fitness are making a comeback with the help of a perpetually popular Pokémon.
Almost everyone takes their photos from right underneath the anime robot, but a little distance gives you a whole new perspective.
Childhood sweethearts find their promise might not be so easy to keep once they become adults.
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Totoro Catbus is now the best shape desserts, amazing Japanese macaron chef proves【Video】
Gigantic geyser erupts from Shinto shrine’s forest on the night before its summer festival【Video】
Yuzuru Hanyu launches own YouTube channel, fans flock to subscribe
We try Starbucks’ buzzworthy (and slightly gross) new cream pie to see how good it really is
Japan’s “station closest to the sea” lives up to its name【Photos】
You can wear the Princess Mononoke curse on your fingers with new Ghibli ring and accessory line
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Go shopping with our Japanese reporter as he experiences Costco in the U.S. for the first time
We fall in love with a bucket of Japanese custard pudding【Taste test】
The most expensive ice cream in Japan? Metallic soft serve frays the nerves of staff who make it
Foreign Lawson employees claim unfair treatment such as forced sushi and Christmas cake purchases
What’s the secret behind these three rice bowls?
Japan Weather Association creates new words to describe merciless summer heat
“My employees were killed.” Japanese pond owner breaks into tears after 3,000 fish die in robbery
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Studio Ghibli releases free bulletin board illustration to “use within the bounds of common sense”
Jimmy Choo designs limited edition Crystal Boots for Sailor Moon’s 30th anniversary
New Princess Mononoke accessory line has Kodama for your ears, wolves for your fingers【Photos】
Cases of people getting unwanted crabs skyrocketing in Japan, salmon too
The entire Pokémon Red and Blue Kanto region map, built as a 3-D diorama, looks amazing【Photos】
Princess Mononoke 25th anniversary lineup includes cute plushies, fierce magnets, expensive bowls
We visit izakaya in Thailand billed as “Middle Aged Man’s Paradise”, try food that’s illegal in Japan
Japanese curry rice appears at McDonald’s, but not in the country you’d expect
Burger King Japan’s all-you-can-eat challenge knocks us out of the ring
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Mandarin orange peels aren’t trash, they’re treasure! Three chimpi tips to reuse your mikan skins
Move over grilled cheese — we’ve discovered the tastiest toasted sandwich yet【Recipe】
One Punch Man manga artist’s amazing “practice” drawing is so good we think he might not be human
Sony’s wearable air conditioners selling like cold cakes in heat-stricken Japan
How to use the new floating hologram registers at 7-Eleven
Liev Schreiber’s son deemed “too beautiful” in Japan
Princesses, fruits, and blacksmiths: Study reveals the 30 most unusual family names in Japan
Japanese woman finds better way to make potato salad, we may not be able to go back to old style
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Yuzuru Hanyu launches own YouTube channel, fans flock to subscribe
We try Starbucks’ buzzworthy (and slightly gross) new cream pie to see how good it really is
Japan’s “station closest to the sea” lives up to its name【Photos】
You can wear the Princess Mononoke curse on your fingers with new Ghibli ring and accessory line
One Piece characters’ nationalities revealed, but fans have mixed opinions
Princess Mononoke’s Great Forest Spirit figure adds solemn Ghibli style to any home【Photos】
Very limited sale of glasses that can halt or reverse nearsightedness begin in Japan
This super easy cold Korean spicy ramen dish will make summer 100 times more delicious
A visit to Japan’s wasp nest art museum stings us with respect for the industrious insects【Pics】
Onigiri without the nigiri – Japan’s traditional rice balls get an update
We eat hoya sea squirts out of a can, enjoy a tasty regional delicacy from the comfort of home
These apartments are crazy-small even by Tokyo standards, and super-popular with young people
7-Eleven now has make-it-yourself smoothies in Japan, and they’re amazing
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