If you’re gonna drop 1.485 million yen on a video game figure, this is the one to do it on.
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The collection comes in a set of six binders so you can display all 4,368 of your tickets easily.
Use whatever words you like on your pendant and stud it with your Pokémon symbol of choice!
You could eat restaurant curry multiple times for the price of this single-serving vacuum pack.
Cassettes are back in style in Japan in a big way, with new releases and people paying premiums for discontinued tapes.
Take-out from expensive restaurant in the most expensive part of Tokyo hurts the wallet, thrills the taste buds.
This “phantom” loo roll is so popular it sells out every time it’s released to the public.
Die-hard fans of the series can once more sleep in Mari Ohara’s bed, dry off with her monogrammed towels, and take her room key home as a souvenir.
Kappazushi is usually a friend to our budget…and maybe it still is with the Mega-size Crab and Salmon Roe Sushi Rice Bowl.
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Ghibli found out about the unofficial Ghibli cafe in Nagoya…then something very sweet happened
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Man who accidentally received entire town’s COVID-19 relief money vanishes
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Man who got entire town’s COVID relief money believed to have lost it all at online casinos
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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
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
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New “wet” potato chips revolutionise the snack industry in Japan
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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
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Top 10 anime women with biggest, most impactful breasts, voted by thousands of Japanese netizens
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We accidentally buy some silkworm candy at Hokkaido’s Vending Machine Land
Vending machine noodle ice cream: A retro icon in Japan brings joy to a new generation
Eating sushi…from a vending machine? We try Toyama Prefecture’s local delicacy, masuzushi
Urusei Yatsura anime remake’s first preview video looks good, sound even better, reveals premier
We visit Moominvalley Park for a press event, find it super melancholy, exactly as it should be
From pop culture to fashion, rise of South Korea sees a marked influence on Japanese teenagers
Barbie head shoes: the new craze making heads turn in Harajuku
Gaming toilet design could be Japan’s greatest bathroom contribution since washlet bidets
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Beautiful Starbucks in Kyoto blends into its traditional landscape in more ways than one
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