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Full-size replica of the sword that can defeat darkness also plays music from the hit video game franchise.
Fight like a ninja in a samurai town, with sword-fighting experience at Kyoto Toei movie studio park
Learn Japanese katana techniques from movie actors and film your own sword-fight in an Edo setting.
Warrior underwear loved by Robert De Niro, Billy Joel, and Madonna’s dancers are now available to purchase.
81-year-old owner/designer builds what he sees in his dream, want visitors from overseas to experience his maze.
Final Fantasy VII’s villain gets a foxy makeover as he forcibly recommends a meal for his rival.
Studio Ghibli bathhouse owner, other anime characters recreated in snow and ice at annual Hokkaido event.
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Tokyo DisneySea’s new Fantasy Springs area: Peter Pan’s Never Land has the best ride of all
Japan’s video rental giant now rents wigs, so we tried them out【Photos】
2nd line of Casio watch rings hits Japanese capsule machines and we got the secret one!
Japanese man tells friend to wear suit to wedding party, so he comes as Mobile Suit Gundam
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Life-size vibrating Legend of Zelda Master Sword for sale from Nintendo【Photos】
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New Tokyo restaurant charges higher prices to foreign tourists than Japanese locals
Japanese public toilet becomes a tourist attraction in Tokyo
Tokyo’s famous Lost in Translation hotel is closed
Studio Ghibli releases art crystal puzzles and folding umbrellas for rainy season in Japan
Studio Ghibli releases new mug and tumbler collection featuring Jiji and Totoro- Mt. Fuji-blocking screen installed as response to bad tourist manners to be in place by next week
Cool capsule toys recreate how Japan navigated trains in pre-smartphone days【Photos】
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Japanese ramen restaurants under pressure from new yen banknotes
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Sales of Japan’s most convenient train ticket/shopping payment cards suspended indefinitely
Sold-out Studio Ghibli desktop humidifiers are back so Totoro can help you through the dry season
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
Tokyo’s most famous Starbucks is closed
Doraemon found buried at sea as scene from 1993 anime becomes real life【Photos】
One Piece characters’ nationalities revealed, but fans have mixed opinions
We asked a Uniqlo employee what four things we should buy and their suggestions didn’t disappoint
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2nd line of Casio watch rings hits Japanese capsule machines and we got the secret one!
Japanese man tells friend to wear suit to wedding party, so he comes as Mobile Suit Gundam
Lots of Japanese parents want their kids to work for Nintendo, but not just for the money, survey says
Mt. Fuji-blocking screen installed as response to bad tourist manners to be in place by next week
What makes this new Japanese convenience store chain better than 7-Eleven?
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Japanese woman stumbles on the power of the infamous “gaijin seat” phenomenon during flight
Ghibli theme park will have Totoro playroom, Kiki’s house, and let you work Irontown’s bellows
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The world’s biggest Muji store opened in Hiroshima, and we went to check it out!
Coca-Cola Japan unveils new cherry blossom sakura design bottle for 2018
Old-school titillation: A trip to one of Tokyo’s few surviving “telephone clubs”
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