Created through extensive interviews with a real-life Mama-san, A.I. Yoshiko is here for when you need a caring ear.
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A.I. Japanese bar Mama-san is ready to listen to your troubles at her virtual bar
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Casey Baseel
Jul 10, 2021 - Tweet
- Japan
- (A.I. • artificial intelligence • bars • cool • Mama-san • technology • weird • Yofuku no Aoyama)
- Japan
- (bars • beer • COK • drinks • highball • Japanese whisky • Kyoto • Kyoto Station • new openings • Osake no Museum • SNJO • Whiskey • whisky)
Anime figure stolen from otaku bar, owners have thief on video but give him chance to come clean
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Casey Baseel
Nov 3, 2020
Once again, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is part of a real-life struggle between the good and evil to be found in the human heart.
“Please don’t use our tubs for getting drunk” pleads Japanese maker of plastic wash tubs
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Dale Roll
Oct 22, 2020
The makers of Kerorin tubs, the yellow plastic tub used in Japanese bath houses, say they’re not meant for food or drinks.
We visit a new Tokyo bar where nobody speaks and writing is the only way to communicate
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Oona McGee
Aug 26, 2020
In amongst the noise and bright lights of Shinjuku’s Kabukicho is a quiet oasis where you can hear the sound of pencil on paper.
Japanese pubs in Tokyo, Osaka now have special seats for online drinking party customers
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Casey Baseel
Jul 9, 2020
Special one-person seats for when your party has to be online, but you don’t want to have it at home.
- Japan
- (alcohol • Amataro • bars • COK • coronavirus • food • izakaya • pubs • restaurants)
New light-up Japanese bar sign capsule toys make drinking at home feel like a night on the town
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Casey Baseel
Jul 8, 2020
- Japan
- (bars • capsule toys • clever • COK • cool • gachapon • interior • magnets • vending machine toys)
Japanese Twitter user’s plan to open virtual beautiful hostess bar hits major snag【Video】
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Casey Baseel
Apr 10, 2020
Everything starts out fine, but it turns out it’s impossible for this beautiful hostess to drink.
- Japan
- (bars • beautiful women • crazy • funny • girls bars • hostess bars • video • Zoom)
Confirmed coronavirus patient in Aichi told to go home, goes bar hopping instead
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Master Blaster
Mar 7, 2020
I’m sorry sir, you have a highly contagious and deadly pathogen. Now get out of here you little scamp!
Get your Insta on with pop-up bar’s sakura pool and sakura-flavored sake【Photos】
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Eli Pang
Feb 22, 2020
- Japan
- (alcohol • bars • cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2020 • cool • Instagrammable • sake • sakura • sakura 2020 • Shibuya • Tokyo)
- Japan
- (alcohol • bars • COK • host clubs • hostess clubs • Mr. Sato • SNJO)
We visit a Yokohama bar for some Star Wars cocktails, get served by a world class bartender
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Dale Roll
Dec 31, 2019
- Japan
- (bars • bartenders • cocktails • Darth Vader • Kylo Ren • mixology • Star Wars • Tomoyuki Hojo • Yokohama)
Transform your fridge into a Japanese nightscape with light-up snack bar signboard magnets
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Oona McGee
Dec 27, 2019
- Japan
- (bars • capsule toys • COK • gacha toys • gachapon • Kitan Club • magnets • snack bar • SNJO • souveinrs • toys)
Akihabara bar’s secret menu beer is a massive treat in the world’s biggest otaku culture center
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Casey Baseel
Dec 23, 2019
- Japan
- (Akihabara • awesome • bars • beer • big food • COK • crazy • restaurants • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • Tokyo • ura menu • Yodobashi Camera)
Crazy Tokyo bar rewards you with free drinks for accurate ax throwing, offers shuriken option
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Casey Baseel
Dec 11, 2019
Reeast Room is “a theme park where you can do things that you’re normally not allowed to.”
The true, and truly weird, story of the time our hostess-bar-loving reporter went out for a drink, and couldn’t come back.
- Japan
- (aiseki lounge • bars • COK • crazy • crime • hostess bars • SNJO • weird)
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