The official Udon Prefecture ambassador takes part in special events at the airport where you can also win fabulous prizes.
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Realtime 2-D character creation software is a game-changer for artists and non-artists alike.
With a library of over 350 items, you can craft an original model even if you aren’t an artist! So we did.
Five different kinds of fortune-telling combined with digital art sounds like a great time!
This little device could almost always be found in cafés in Japan throughout the latter part of the Showa Period (1926-1989).
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