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Lucky Bags (Page 6)
Popular retail chain Yodobashi Camera sets the bar high with their “Tablet Computer Dreams i” New Year’s gift box.
Lucky bags always make January a great time to go shopping in Japan, but it’s the prime dojinshi-buying time for a very different reason.
With a simple wish to start your year off with some tasty donuts, Krispy Kreme delivers big in this year’s bag.
Totoro from My Neighbour Totoro and Jiji from Kiki’s Delivery Service are the stars of the show this year.
With so many products to choose from, this is one of the most personalised lucky bags on the market this year!
The premium Belgian chocolatier brings us quality over quantity with their $46 fukubukuro.
These perfect poster boys pose for a self-chosen GAP collection that costs less than 10 bucks per item!
She didn’t get a Pokémon shirt or a Machamp belt. Instead she got something far, far stranger.
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Starbucks releases special matcha Frappuccino made with Japan’s first matcha leaves of the year
Practical Zelda Tears of the Kingdom merch is here to be Hyrule-helpful in your daily life【Pics】
Tokyo’s beckoning cat temple asks foreign tourists to stop writing on the beckoning cats they buy
Japanese public toilet tours become popular with foreign tourists in Tokyo
Hidden history, retro cafes, and a shoe shrine on Asakusa bus loop【Tokyo Loop Buses】
Lots of Japanese parents want their kids to work for Nintendo, but not just for the money, survey says
Japan’s video rental giant now rents wigs, so we tried them out【Photos】
Map of Mexican restaurants across Japan created by Mexican embassy
2nd line of Casio watch rings hits Japanese capsule machines and we got the secret one!
McDonald’s Japan’s new Peach Frappe is pretty as a peach, but is it any good?【Taste test】
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Life-size vibrating Legend of Zelda Master Sword for sale from Nintendo【Photos】
Yes, our new smartphone looks like at least two Studio Ghibli anime characters, Sharp says- 2nd line of Casio watch rings hits Japanese capsule machines and we got the secret one!
Japanese man tells friend to wear suit to wedding party, so he comes as Mobile Suit Gundam- Starbucks releases special matcha Frappuccino made with Japan’s first matcha leaves of the year
Mt. Fuji-blocking screen installed as response to bad tourist manners to be in place by next week
Japanese public toilet becomes a tourist attraction in Tokyo
Studio Ghibli releases new mug and tumbler collection featuring Jiji and Totoro
New Tokyo restaurant charges higher prices to foreign tourists than Japanese locals
Studio Ghibli releases art crystal puzzles and folding umbrellas for rainy season in Japan
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McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
Foreigner’s request for help in Tokyo makes us sad for the state of society- Life-size vibrating Legend of Zelda Master Sword for sale from Nintendo【Photos】
- Yes, our new smartphone looks like at least two Studio Ghibli anime characters, Sharp says
- New Tokyo restaurant charges higher prices to foreign tourists than Japanese locals
“Mt. Fuji convenience store” issues apology for bad tourist manners, adds multilingual signs- 2nd line of Casio watch rings hits Japanese capsule machines and we got the secret one!
Tokyo’s famous Lost in Translation hotel is closed
Japanese ramen restaurants under pressure from new yen banknotes
Bad tourist manners at Mt Fuji Lawson photo spot prompts Japanese town to block view with screens
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- McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
Sales of Japan’s most convenient train ticket/shopping payment cards suspended indefinitely
Sold-out Studio Ghibli desktop humidifiers are back so Totoro can help you through the dry season
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
Ghibli founders Toshio Suzuki and Hayao Miyazaki contribute to Japanese whisky Totoro label design
Tokyo’s most famous Starbucks is closed
Doraemon found buried at sea as scene from 1993 anime becomes real life【Photos】
One Piece characters’ nationalities revealed, but fans have mixed opinions
We asked a Uniqlo employee what four things we should buy and their suggestions didn’t disappoint
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Lots of Japanese parents want their kids to work for Nintendo, but not just for the money, survey says
Japan’s video rental giant now rents wigs, so we tried them out【Photos】
Map of Mexican restaurants across Japan created by Mexican embassy
2nd line of Casio watch rings hits Japanese capsule machines and we got the secret one!
McDonald’s Japan’s new Peach Frappe is pretty as a peach, but is it any good?【Taste test】
Japanese man tells friend to wear suit to wedding party, so he comes as Mobile Suit Gundam
Kusaki Marino: A Japanese family restaurant where you bow your head and enter like a samurai
Yes, our new smartphone looks like at least two Studio Ghibli anime characters, Sharp says
What do you eat when you catch a cold? We asked 11 of our Japanese reporters
Anthropomorphized anime warships game inspired by prewar Japanese tourism poster?!
Japanese woman stumbles on the power of the infamous “gaijin seat” phenomenon during flight
Three tips to be a better karaoke singer, from a professional singer-songwriter
How do you split two apples for three people using one knife? Japanese Twitter’s violent ideas
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