Bringing you yesterday's news from Japan and Asia, today.
Full Screen Mario
For those too young to have owned an NES or too old and lazy to dust yours off, Super Mario Bros. is now playable in your web browser thanks to Full Screen Mario, an open source (and completely free!) browser game created by Josh Goldberg. And not only can you squish Goombas and revisit your favorite place to get infinite 1-UPs, but you can even create your own custom levels.
The top 10 annoying foreign tourist behaviors on trains, as chosen by Japanese people【Survey】
Bear breaks into house in Japan, quickly begins spending winter exactly like Japanese people do
Studio Ghibli cooking/housework aprons are here to lend some cheer to chores【Photos】
Genuine Muramasa blade and Muromachi katana on display at Tokyo’s Touken Ranbu store【Photos】
Starbucks Japan reveals new winter holiday goods to wrap up 2024
Spirited Away train station and submerged tracks attract Ghibli fans around Japan
Survey says osechi New Year’s food differs according to each region in Japan
Beautiful Starbucks in Kyoto blends into its traditional landscape in more ways than one
How to make epic pancakes with your Japanese rice cooker
Pokémon’s Ash Ketchum is crazy strong, can easily carry creatures twice his body weightBear breaks into house in Japan, quickly begins spending winter exactly like Japanese people doStarbucks Japan reveals new winter holiday goods to wrap up 2024
Ramen restaurant etiquette reminder follows altercation with angry couple: One person, one bowl
After being snatched up by scalpers, Sailor Moon chocolate returns in officially marked-up complete box
Japanese train station vending machine has the best souvenirs for rail otaku
Starbucks Japan releases cute new zodiac goods for Year of the Snake
Station of despair: What to do if you get stuck at the end of Tokyo’s Chuo Rapid Line
Tokyo’s Super Mario Christmas decoration displays are super cool【Photos】
McDonald’s Japan announces Evangelion burger line, releases crazy anime video for them【Video】
Sailor Moon and J-pop mega-star Ayumi Hamasaki team up for collaboration, pre-defeat scalpers
Possessing Harry Potter’s Sword of Godric Gryffindor is now illegal in Japan
J-pop mega star Ado reveals she’s been living in the U.S., may not understand language acquisition
Uniqlo announces first-ever collaboration with horror manga master Junji Ito【Photos】Bear breaks into house in Japan, quickly begins spending winter exactly like Japanese people do
Starbucks Japan is calling it quits with paper straws
Japan’s most popular castle raising ticket prices by up to 200 percent for non-local tourists
Japanese company develops classy heavy metal band frames for glasses
Furikake rice seasoning sales are soaring, which is bad news for Japan as a whole
This downtown Tokyo cafe is like a time machine that takes you back 50 years into the pastStation of despair: What to do if you get stuck at the end of Tokyo’s Chuo Rapid Line
McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
Foreign tourists on Shinkansen bullet train break suitcase etiquette, angering local passengersPossessing Harry Potter’s Sword of Godric Gryffindor is now illegal in Japan[Deleted] Article written for April Fool’s Day 2018
Japanese government to make first change to romanization spelling rules since the 1950s
Foreigner’s request for help in Tokyo makes us sad for the state of society
Japanese convenience store Family Mart announces abolishment of eat-in spaces
Life-size vibrating Legend of Zelda Master Sword for sale from Nintendo【Photos】
Princesses, fruits, and blacksmiths: Study reveals the 30 most unusual family names in Japan
Studio Ghibli releases free-download board game — Here’s how to play it without reading Japanese
Spirited Away train station and submerged tracks attract Ghibli fans around Japan
Survey says osechi New Year’s food differs according to each region in Japan
Beautiful Starbucks in Kyoto blends into its traditional landscape in more ways than one
How to make epic pancakes with your Japanese rice cooker
Pokémon’s Ash Ketchum is crazy strong, can easily carry creatures twice his body weight
Special warm face masks for winter go on sale in Japan, and we test them out
We tried Korea’s way-too-big King Tonkatsu Burger at Lotteria 【Taste Test】
We sample the deep sea fish and more at this delectable sushi restaurant in Shizuoka Prefecture
Haku is…Chihiro’s dead brother? Studio Ghibli fans blown away by Spirited Away theory
Sapporo Zoo sells “lion-ripped jeans,” “beaver-gnawed coasters” and more to stay open amid COVID
An up-close look at one of Japan’s five Ryuseito swords, forged from meteorites【Photos】
New Japanese KitKat flavour, Sugar Butter Tree, is like cracking a chocolate tree branch
Starbucks Japan releases a new Frappuccino that looks and tastes like a floral bouquet