Excavator Pikachu and a few of his extinct pals want to teach us about real-world fossils.
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TeamLab’s Tea Time in the Soy Sauce Storehouse brings a whole new meaning to the term “tea light”.
Master katana craftsmen and anime mecha designer team up to will Evangelion to life in katana form.
Fans have met a lot of memorable characters in the video game series’ 30 years, which also means a lot of bittersweet farewells.
100 photos part of extremely specialized photography display that promises “peculiar immorality.”
The Jomon Tribe project delves into Japan’s prehistoric mystery with a stunning new photographic exhibition.
Notebook and diary planner posts from a Japanese artist offer a small peek into the inner lives of ordinary people.
The official Ghibli Museum is closed for now, but look forward to a double dose of animated fun in July!
A special art exhibition dedicated to important people in the life of poet and painter Yumeji Takehisa (1884-1934) is currently underway in Tokyo.
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1,600 empty seats at major Japanese gymnastics competition reserved by single unpaying person
Why does Japan’s most famous ocean legend end at this temple in the middle of the mountains?
Japan respectfully says goodbye to a single bamboo shoot in Kyoto
Strawberry mochi dumpling vending machine made our Japanese station dungeon crawl worth it
Spy x Family T-shirts from Uniqlo let you make your love of the anime an open secret【Photos】
Japan to begin accepting tourists from the U.S., three other countries this month
We visit Moominvalley Park for a press event, find it super melancholy, exactly as it should be
We accidentally buy some silkworm candy at Hokkaido’s Vending Machine Land
Which Japanese conveyer belt sushi chain has the best chutoro?【Taste test】
Man who gambled entire Japanese town’s COVID relief money arrested
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Let’s find out if mixing milk and a lemon-lime soda makes cream soda
Pizza Hut’s new Oreo pizza is like nothing we’ve ever eaten before
Meet the Japanese Colonel Sanders, who’s handsome…and passionate about fried chicken
Ghibli found out about the unofficial Ghibli cafe in Nagoya…then something very sweet happened
This simple picture of a stairway is worth a thousand words about Japanese culture
Man who accidentally received entire town’s COVID-19 relief money vanishes
A permanent One Piece-themed fitness gym is opening in Japan, now recruiting pirate trainers
Japan’s most meaningless road sign discovered, has Internet feeling lost
Sumo wrestler vs. 16-month-old toddler: The cutest match you’ll ever see【Video】
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Doraemon found buried at sea as scene from 1993 anime becomes real life【Photos】- Japan to begin accepting tourists from the U.S., three other countries this month
Hotel guest who boiled crabs in room’s kettle angry to have to pay for damages
We test out the portable shower backpack Amazon recommended to us (which also only has two stars)
Japanese woman receives Kobe beef croquettes after waiting nine years, and she was lucky.- Sumo wrestler vs. 16-month-old toddler: The cutest match you’ll ever see【Video】
American visits Japan, wonders why McDonald’s only sells beef bowls, not burgers
The new Bake Off Japan on Amazon Prime is everything we ever wanted (aka more Bake Off!)【Review】- Let’s find out if mixing milk and a lemon-lime soda makes cream soda
New “wet” potato chips revolutionise the snack industry in Japan
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Mandarin orange peels aren’t trash, they’re treasure! Three chimpi tips to reuse your mikan skins
Move over grilled cheese — we’ve discovered the tastiest toasted sandwich yet【Recipe】
One Punch Man manga artist’s amazing “practice” drawing is so good we think he might not be human
How to use the new floating hologram registers at 7-Eleven
Liev Schreiber’s son deemed “too beautiful” in Japan
Princesses, fruits, and blacksmiths: Study reveals the 30 most unusual family names in Japan
Top 10 anime women with biggest, most impactful breasts, voted by thousands of Japanese netizens
Japanese woman finds better way to make potato salad, we may not be able to go back to old style
Miss Universe 2021 Japan entry slammed for wearing “dead person’s kimono”
Mario isn’t number one? Nintendo plumber doesn’t win Super Mario series character popularity poll
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Japan to begin accepting tourists from the U.S., three other countries this month
We visit Moominvalley Park for a press event, find it super melancholy, exactly as it should be
We accidentally buy some silkworm candy at Hokkaido’s Vending Machine Land
Which Japanese conveyer belt sushi chain has the best chutoro?【Taste test】
Man who gambled entire Japanese town’s COVID relief money arrested
We try making red-bean rice using an ice cream bar【SoraKitchen】
Ghibli found out about the unofficial Ghibli cafe in Nagoya…then something very sweet happened
The results are in! One Piece World Top 100 characters chosen in global poll
Drawing a school girl leaping over a man firing a gun? There’s a reference book for that!
Two human beings set to marry Sanrio characters at Tokyo’s Hello Kitty theme park
Chinese bootleg invites us to learn about the wonderful world of anime legend…Guzuo Miyazaki?!?
Haku is…Chihiro’s dead brother? Studio Ghibli fans blown away by Spirited Away theory
Genuine Muramasa blade and Muromachi katana on display at Tokyo’s Touken Ranbu store【Photos】
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