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Winner of laser shuriken battles will take home prizes including ninja sake and ninja rice.
The castle closest to Tokyo expands its English explanations and adds a Fuma ninja clan infiltration experience.
Survey results stretch all the way from Hokkaido in the north to Okinawa in the south, with several awesome stops in between.
Tokyo is still waiting for its sakura to start blooming, but Hirosaki Castle, in the frozen north, is already beautifully pink.
Desire for historically faithful reconstruction clashes with accessibility for wheelchair users.
Fans of handsome swimming boys anime Free! don’t think gardeners should be free to plant sakura wherever they want.
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A Pokémon glitch no one discovered in 18 years has been found…by a pet fish in Japan?!?【Videos】
Parasite movie releases free official wallpapers to download as backgrounds for video calls
Taiwanese pianist adds busty cosplay to her performance, instantly gets five million views【Videos】
Man sheds half his body weight, looks like a handsome model in just one year
Akihabara saying goodbye to landmark as giant Sega arcade announces it’s closing for good
Top 10 anime women with biggest, most impactful breasts, voted by thousands of Japanese netizens
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Strange Japanese job ad asks to “deliver a pork-egg onigiri” from Okinawa to Tokyo twice per day
The dream of playing smartphone games on packed Tokyo commuter trains comes true thanks to Thanko
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