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”You can reduce your food costs to zero for the rest of your life” says popular iekei-style ramen restaurant.
Pandemic is changing how haunted houses work in Japan, but the terrifying show will go on.
Passport holders in Japan now have a miniature gallery of the works of Hokusai, the country’s most famous traveling painter.
Beautiful selections from Super Mario World, The Legend of Zelda, and more stir the heart and the nostalgia too.
It takes a bit of tinkering, but the handheld that was Nintendo’s cool new tech in 1998 can still keep you cool today.
Once he was just a junior high kid who drew a Mega Man robot, but now he’s one of the most beloved comic artists in the world.
Just because you’re sheltering in place doesn’t mean you can’t treat yourself to the good food.
And of course, we got the ‘extra meat’ topping, because the only thing better than meat is MORE meat.
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Red light district sushi restaurant in Tokyo shows us just how wrong we were about it
Japanese ramen restaurants under pressure from new yen banknotes
Tokyo Tsukiji fish market site to be redeveloped with 50,000-seat stadium, hotel, shopping center
McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
Pokémon Sleep camping suite and guestrooms coming to Tokyo Hyatt along with giant Snorlax burgers
Better than Apple EarPods? Our 100 yen shop earphone showdown finds a true champion
We tried Korea’s way-too-big King Tonkatsu Burger at Lotteria 【Taste Test】
All-you-can-drink Starbucks and amazing views part of Tokyo’s new 170 meter-high sky lounge
Secret Kitchen bento serves Japanese flowers, birds, wind and moon in a box, but is it worth it?
Sakura tree falls on man at Sannenzaka near Kiyomizu temple in Kyoto 【Breaking News】
Weekly
- McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
- All-you-can-drink Starbucks and amazing views part of Tokyo’s new 170 meter-high sky lounge
More foreign tourists than ever before in history visited Japan last month
Starbucks reopens at Shibuya Scramble Crossing with new look and design concept
Studio Ghibli releases new action figures featuring Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind characters
French Fries Bread in Tokyo’s Shibuya becomes a hit on social media
Studio Ghibli glasses cases let anime characters keep an eye on your spectacles
Is the new Shinkansen Train Desk ticket worth it?
New private rooms on Tokaido Shinkansen change the way we travel from Tokyo to Kyoto
Beautiful Ghibli sealing wax kits let you create accessories and elegant letter decorations【Pics】
Monthly
- McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
Studio Ghibli releases Kiki’s Delivery Service chocolate cake pouches in Japan
New definition of “Japanese whiskey” goes into effect to prevent fakes from fooling overseas buyers
Our Japanese reporter visits Costco in the U.S., finds super American and very Japanese things
Studio Ghibli unveils Mother’s Day gift set that captures the love in My Neighbour Totoro
Domino’s Japan now sells…pizza ears?
New Japanese KitKat flavour stars Sanrio characters, including Hello Kitty- All-you-can-drink Starbucks and amazing views part of Tokyo’s new 170 meter-high sky lounge
- More foreign tourists than ever before in history visited Japan last month
New Pokémon cakes let you eat your way through Pikachu and all the Eevee evolutions
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Sales of Japan’s most convenient train ticket/shopping payment cards suspended indefinitely- McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
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
Ghibli founders Toshio Suzuki and Hayao Miyazaki contribute to Japanese whisky Totoro label design
Doraemon found buried at sea as scene from 1993 anime becomes real life【Photos】
Tokyo’s most famous Starbucks is closed
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
Princesses, fruits, and blacksmiths: Study reveals the 30 most unusual family names in Japan
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Better than Apple EarPods? Our 100 yen shop earphone showdown finds a true champion
We tried Korea’s way-too-big King Tonkatsu Burger at Lotteria 【Taste Test】
All-you-can-drink Starbucks and amazing views part of Tokyo’s new 170 meter-high sky lounge
Secret Kitchen bento serves Japanese flowers, birds, wind and moon in a box, but is it worth it?
Sakura tree falls on man at Sannenzaka near Kiyomizu temple in Kyoto 【Breaking News】
Cardcaptor Sakura Chinese Cafe opens in Tokyo, coming to other cities with special merch【Pics】
Android app allegedly allows users to find and hire muscle to beat up whomever they want
Can you become a martial artist after six months of online karate classes? Let’s find out
Haku is…Chihiro’s dead brother? Studio Ghibli fans blown away by Spirited Away theory
Drink a beer at Tokyo Station for 12 cents a day
We talk about everything except music with visual kei rock legends Fantastic Circus【Interview】
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