Gundam
If your town is getting a new Gunpla factory, it only makes sense that it get a full-size Gundam statue too, right?
Anno working with other key members of the Evangelion and FLCL staff on a brand-new Gundam series full of teenage girl angst and robot team battles.
Human-sized Gundams fighting on the streets of Tokyo aren’t as strange as some of the signage behind them.
Studio Ghibli bathhouse owner, other anime characters recreated in snow and ice at annual Hokkaido event.
System allows you to show off your customized anime robot models as 3-D versions in online community.
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Rental grandma service growing in Japan, can help cook or break up with boyfriends
Japanese hotel offering sports car touge tours, no Japanese-language ability required
What happens when you seek refuge from the summer heat at Ikea in Shinjuku
How to turn cold McDonald’s fries into the best hash browns you’ve ever tasted
Japan’s cooling body wipe sheets want to help you beat the heat, but which work and which don’t?
Japan Airlines is giving away free domestic flights to international tourists
Japanese Twitter user illustrates the difference between schoolgirl uniforms in major cities
Hachiji juppun mae – A Japanese phrase that even Japanese people can’t agree on the meaning of
Super Mario and Baskin-Robbins release a power-up ice cream collection in Japan
Naked man found sitting inside locker at Japanese train station
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We deeply regret going into this tunnel on our walk in the mountains of Japan
60th Anniversary Sanrio Exhibition opens this month to celebrate the Japanese culture of cute
Summer in Japan doesn’t sound like summer in Japan right now- Rental grandma service growing in Japan, can help cook or break up with boyfriends
Uniqlo is fed up with shoplifters, so it’s adding a new element to how it’ll deal with thieves
Japan to make foreign driver’s license conversions more difficult, exclude tourists from eligibility- Japan Airlines is giving away free domestic flights to international tourists
Japanese airlines offer discounted fares to international tourists
One of the coolest restaurants in Tokyo isn’t actually always in Tokyo — Dining on the Tokyo Restaurant Bus
Lucifers Japanese street gang holds official disbanding ceremony inside police station
Monthly
- We deeply regret going into this tunnel on our walk in the mountains of Japan
Major Japanese hotel chain says reservations via overseas booking sites may not be valid
Sailor Moon Museum will finally make its outside-Japan debut- 60th Anniversary Sanrio Exhibition opens this month to celebrate the Japanese culture of cute
- Summer in Japan doesn’t sound like summer in Japan right now
- Rental grandma service growing in Japan, can help cook or break up with boyfriends
Japanese airlines, including JAL and ANA, enacting new mobile battery carry-on rules this month
New unlimited-ride JR Japan rail pass is perfect for a laid-back trip in east and northeast Japan- Uniqlo is fed up with shoplifters, so it’s adding a new element to how it’ll deal with thieves
There’s a new museum in Japan, but almost all of its location is a secret
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Survey asks foreign tourists what bothered them in Japan, more than half gave same answer
Foreign tourists on Shinkansen bullet train break suitcase etiquette, angering local passengers
Possessing Harry Potter’s Sword of Godric Gryffindor is now illegal in Japan
Japan’s deadliest food claims more victims, but why do people keep eating it for New Year’s?
Japanese convenience store Family Mart announces abolishment of eat-in spaces- We deeply regret going into this tunnel on our walk in the mountains of Japan
Studio Ghibli releases Kodama forest spirits from Princess Mononoke to light up your home
Studio Ghibli releases free-download board game — Here’s how to play it without reading Japanese- Major Japanese hotel chain says reservations via overseas booking sites may not be valid
Nintendo history you can feel – Super NES, N64, and GameCube controllers become capsule toys
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Japan Airlines is giving away free domestic flights to international tourists
Japanese Twitter user illustrates the difference between schoolgirl uniforms in major cities
Hachiji juppun mae – A Japanese phrase that even Japanese people can’t agree on the meaning of
Super Mario and Baskin-Robbins release a power-up ice cream collection in Japan
Naked man found sitting inside locker at Japanese train station
Banto, the fruit eaten by Son Goku in Journey to the West, is real, and we just ate it【Taste test】
Shakey’s is back! All-you-can-eat pizza chain returns to downtown Tokyo’s Shinjuku
Japanese airlines offer discounted fares to international tourists
Eevee Evolutions captured in silver & gold necklaces
We both do and do not recommend hiking to Tokyo’s beautiful mountain beer garden in midsummer
We try Tapioca Beer, the drink that everyone’s raving about in Japan right now
Attendees to Expo 2025 hit record numbers despite record numbers of bugs
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