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Starbucks releases a colour-changing Frappuccino in Japan

New secret ball makes the magic happen in this limited-edition beverage.

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Demon Slayer anime studio creates crossover video with Major League Baseball【Video】

Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts granted Hashira-like powers by Ufotable.

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Japan has coin-operated public rice-polishing machines, and they’re super easy to use

A quick, easy, and cool way to turn genmai into white rice…or shichibuzuki.

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Japan’s new ID photo booths give you a virtual boyfriend/girlfriend, tsundere included

Dating sim/photo booth hybrids feature a variety of anime lover archetypes, voice acting.

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A real-world Pokémon that people can actually ride is on the way from Honda【Video】

Motorcycle-like Legendary Pokémon is being brought to life by Japan’s top bike builder.

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Family Mart becomes Family Nyart with new range of sweets for Cat Day in Japan

Japanese convenience store chain serves up the cutest treats for cat lovers.

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Japanese motor home is like a time machine to a bubble era Tokyo private bar, on sale now【Photos】

It’s like someone opened a 1980s Ginza lounge in the back of a motor home.

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More life-sized Gundams? Plans underway for another Japanese city to get full-scale anime robot

If your town is getting a new Gunpla factory, it only makes sense that it get a full-size Gundam statue too, right?

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Udon soup-scented bath salts from Kagawa are flying off the shelves and into bathtubs everywhere

Be careful that you don’t start drinking your bath water by mistake or you’ll find yourself in even hotter water.

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Potential-measuring techno crystals, mist that doesn’t get you wet to be part of Osaka Expo 2025

Wait no m0re for The Land of Nomo.

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The secret method for making Evangelion plugsuit anime noises has been revealed (and preserved)

Studio Khara shows, literally, how Eva’s creators made the sounds that the anime’s iconic pilot suits made.

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Japanese curry bread achieves new Guinness World Record at Sapporo Snow Festival

Proof that karepan and snow are a match made in heaven.

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Black Thunder grab event in Tokyo gets you a fistful of chocolate bars for less than 30 cents

How many of these iconic Japanese chocolates can we grab for 40 yen?

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Space and time get all jumbled up in the Showa-style Cafe de Paris in Tokyo

Coffee and sandwiches are all relative.

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Initial D wet wipe cases and bento boxes drift into Japan, available at Narita Airport too

Let the Eurobeat intensify as anime’s most famous street racing series helps you stay clean and stay fed.

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Ruru Cafe Shibuya wows customers by serving coffee and sweets on unique water tables

A new Tokyo hotspot, where your meal looks like it’s floating on water.

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The Japanese Valentine’s treats that look like chocolates but taste like the ocean

Move over chocolates. Nothing says “I love you” more than a heart full of fish paste.

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Japan’s wagyu heart-shaped steaks are the perfect alternative to Valentine’s Day sweets【Photos】

Japanese beef is beloved for its flavor and tenderness, and it can be really cute too.

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7-Eleven Japan’s most popular product with foreign tourists is…a unique chocolate gummy

Sweet treat flies under the radar for locals, but becomes a massive hit with overseas visitors.

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7-Eleven pancakes become a hit with American tourists in Japan

There’s a unique way Americans like to eat this convenience store sweet.

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