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Skyscraper sized Pokémon cards to appear in Tokyo all year long in Tocho projection mapping event

Tokyo’s 242.9-meter (797-foot) city hall will be lit up with Pokémon cards starting this spring.

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Crazy-cheap Tokyo lunch: All-you-can-eat curry rice for 220 yen (US$1.40)!

We go looking for faults in this sounds-too-good-to-be-true Ikebukuro offer.

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Is Sapporio’s Snow Festival awesome enough to be worth visiting even if you hate the snow? [Pics]

Can Hokkaido’s annual outdoor art event charm a Tohoku girl who’s always been lukewarm on winter travel?

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New Family Mart cinema opens inside Japanese airport

Japan’s first permanent cinema in an airport is called the Family Mart Lovers Theatre…but why?

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Huge Evangelion Unit-01 head appearing in lights in Japan to celebrate anime’s 30th anniversary

The Minato Mirai neighborhood is looking extra futuristic with Eva light-up and fireworks.

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Naruto jerseys coming to Major Leage Baseball theme nights, Hello Kitty to take over a field

The Brewers believe it!

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This gigantic judo dojo-sized hotel room will make you feel like royalty, but it’s disappearing soon

There’s plenty of space to stretch out, but not much time to spare if you want to have this unique Japan travel experience.

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Pokémon popcorn buckets coming to Japan’s first-ever permanent Pokémon theme park zone

Shhh…Snorlax is sleeping, and munching.

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Studio Ghibli releases new “komorebi” plush toys from Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away

Three anime characters bring a dash of magic with them into the real world.

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36th Annual International Snowball Fight Competition to be held in Uonuma this February

The quick and the damp.

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Immersive ukiyoe exhibition in Osaka adds some scented flair

Classic woodblock prints are animated and paired with perfume for a multi-sensory art experience.

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Hokkaido has an Ice Festival that’s less famous than the Snow one, but beautiful in its own way

A fantasy realm of sculpted ice appears every year in Chitose and lasts for weeks..

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Studio Ghibli’s kodama ready to leave the Princess Mononoke forest as a squeezable keychain【Pics】

This kodama is looking to see the world beyond its hometown trees with you.

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Princess Mononoke magnets return just in time to treat yourself to awesome anime decorations

They couldn’t make it in time for Christmas, but we’re glad these Studio Ghibli stars are here now.

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Cyberpunk anime meets traditional culture in Ghost in the Shell gold leaf Japanese changing screens

Ghost in the Shell on the byobu.

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Start saving room now – Japanese grocery store’s biggest sushi roll yet is coming for Setsubun

The “super-thick” ehomaki is a luxurious way to ensure good luck for your home and family in the coming year.

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Final Fantasy and Shinkansen announce collaboration with in-train audio play, SD art and merch

There ain’t no gettin’ offa this bullet train we’re on, till we get to…Nagoya.

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Let’s visit a German castle… in Okinawa!

We go where washi dare.

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Real-world Koraidon and Miraidon Pokémon are ready for their close-ups【Photos】

We head to the Japan Mobility Show Kansai to take a closer look at the real, ridable Legendary Pokémon.

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New anime mecha figure’s pilot is…you!?!【Photos】

Tokyo gift shop offers to put you in the cockpit of the very first anime mecha that had one.

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