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Movement started by Japanese soccer fans spreads beyond Japanese team’s opponents and group, could be changing the face of sports fandom.
Design manages to be bold and unique while still providing a surprising amount of coverage. Plus, a closer look at the shinbi spokesmodel.
Tired of sleepless nights from your cute kitty pushing you around the bed? Here’s a quick and clever solution.
Following victory by Japan, Colombian fans take part in a Japanese tradition.
Booze fans pass the time in a quintessentially Japanese way, while their younger counterparts opt for a more athletic method.
Recreation of magical pendant from Hayao Miyazaki classic couples with elegantly detailed music box.
Six patterns skirt Tokyo Disneyland’s no-cosplay rule, feature characters as famous as Mickey and as forgotten as Clarice.
If you dare to litter in Tokyo, you’d better watch out, because there’s a team of fearsome samurai warriors ready to admonish you.
With mosquito season here, Japanese Twitter learns a quick and easy way to deal with the pests.
Take a trip back in time and into feline cuteness with this new cat cafe in one of Tokyo’s most history-rich neighborhoods.
Who’s going to win? Bowser-bashing plumber with super powers or the best tennis player in the world?
White rice goes head to head with jelly in the sharpest blade stakes, but only one can win.
Newest offerings from hyper-popular brand Mocolle are a convenient, cozy way to cosplay at home.
Monkeys with typewriters can write Shakespeare but can machines create anime as well as humans?
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We deeply regret going into this tunnel on our walk in the mountains of Japan
Studio Ghibli releases Kodama forest spirits from Princess Mononoke to light up your home
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