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Be rest assured that the first law of alchemy, equivalent exchange, won’t be applicable here.
Game on and drink up at this Tokyo cafe where the staff are so friendly they’ll fight you.
Hot spring town ryokan lets guests try out the experience of owning a cat so they can learn if they want a permanent pet of their very own.
Glorious backgrounds for your favorite characters even if the contents of your wallet are less than epic.
Earthquakes don’t exist in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, but we can use it to explain how to keep safe in real life!
You might think it’s dumb, but after watching the “how it’s made” video, you just might want one after all!
The AI-network can change any landscape into a sun-bleached breezy anime backdrop while retaining key details.
Historic ramen restaurant Rairaiken starts serving ramen again in a very appropriate location.
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Japanese city loses residents’ personal data, which was on paper being transported on a windy day
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More foreign tourists than ever before in history visited Japan last month
New Pokémon cakes let you eat your way through Pikachu and all the Eevee evolutions
Disney princesses get official manga makeovers for Manga Princess Cafe opening in Tokyo
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Sales of Japan’s most convenient train ticket/shopping payment cards suspended indefinitely
Sold-out Studio Ghibli desktop humidifiers are back so Totoro can help you through the dry season
Japanese government to make first change to romanization spelling rules since the 1950s
Ghibli founders Toshio Suzuki and Hayao Miyazaki contribute to Japanese whisky Totoro label design- Foreigner’s request for help in Tokyo makes us sad for the state of society
Doraemon found buried at sea as scene from 1993 anime becomes real life【Photos】
Tokyo’s most famous Starbucks is closed
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Japanese city encouraging visitors and locals to cosplay as ninja for annual Ninja Festa
Haku is…Chihiro’s dead brother? Studio Ghibli fans blown away by Spirited Away theory
Orange Juice Crisis ’24 – Japan’s OJ supplies drying up
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Kyoto bans tourists from geisha alleys in Gion, with fines for those who don’t follow rules
History’s largest force of Samurai Colonel Sanders deploying to KFC Japan branches
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Japanese Internet shocked by map showing Japan is as big as Europe
Japan’s ultra-classy overnight bus gives you your own sleeping pod【Photos】
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