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All the excitement of your cat pawing up a storm at its litter box with none of the mess to clean up!
Handwritten note from a Japanese granddad turns out to be heartwarming…and strangely heartbreaking at the same time.
Our natural instinct is to open up our Gashapon capsules ASAP, but it’s not so simple here.
Akihabara arcades aren’t dead yet! New six-floor game center opens in Tokyo otaku quarter next month
Instead of a plastic ball you’ll throw away, these Totoro capsules are something you’ll treasure as much as what’s inside them.
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Before all of Japan had gacha machines, Kyoto had fukudama, and the coffeehouse chain is helping make sure the city still does.
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