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All the excitement of your cat pawing up a storm at its litter box with none of the mess to clean up!
Handwritten note from a Japanese granddad turns out to be heartwarming…and strangely heartbreaking at the same time.
New set of Saizeriya gacha turns from ‘let’s collect them all‘ into ‘this feels like torture‘.
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Giant 100-meter-long Super Mario mural is coming to Kyoto
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Howl’s Moving Castle is now a die-cast car in Studio Ghibli anime toy line, and Calcifer too!【Pics】
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Stay in a Japanese hotel room…with a train inside it!
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Studio Ghibli and Uniqlo team up for line of beautiful T-shirts and bags, but not in Japan【Pics】
Japanese vending machine is the only one of its kind in Japan, dubbed the “phantom machine”
Become snoozing Pikachu Snorlax with new Pokémon Sleep line from Japan’s coziest sleepwear brand
One Piece characters’ nationalities revealed, but fans have mixed opinions
Studio Ghibli cookbook teaches how to make beautiful, super-easy Laputa Levistone candies【Recipe】
Japanese convenience store apologizes for putting Meatballs in meatball packages, issues recall
Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki gives up driving, donates beloved car to Ghibli Park
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Sales of Japan’s most convenient train ticket/shopping payment cards suspended indefinitely
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New Studio Ghibli humidifiers breathe anime magic into your home
Message to foreigners at Japanese convenience store sparks controversy online
How do you split two apples for three people using one knife? Japanese Twitter’s violent ideas
We asked a Uniqlo employee what four things we should buy and their suggestions didn’t disappoint
Princesses, fruits, and blacksmiths: Study reveals the 30 most unusual family names in Japan
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Amazing exhibition of Japan’s legendary “cursed katana” is going on right now【Photos】
Japanese teacher shares surprising reason why the kanji for crow has one less line than bird
Hello Kitty hot spring lets you fill two spots at once on your Japan bingo card
Talking about takoyaki got us thinking…why can’t you use squid instead of octopus?【SoraKitchen】
The secret of Starbucks Japan’s Chocolate Chunk Cookie: It’s not made by Starbucks!
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Mr. Sato attempts to battle his butt forest with Japan’s affordable Osu! Ass Hair Trimmer
Possibly the cutest hotel rooms in the world – Hello Kitty themed rooms to open in Tokyo
Newest Gundam anime robot model kit is made with green tea leaves, smells like green tea
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