new era
Quirky classic Nintendo video game inspires fashionable caps and gigantic plushie of franchise’s mascot creature.
It was a bit like having your friends over for a party with your mum telling you to be quiet from the other room.
With the imperial Heisei era over and the Reiwa period just beginning, this is the phrase to use.
From jumping off bridges to waiting in ten-hour long queues, there are plenty of ways to welcome in a new era.
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A visit to the best UFO catcher arcade in the universe!
Beautiful Starbucks in Kyoto blends into its traditional landscape in more ways than one
Akihabara pop-up shop sells goods made by Japanese prison inmates
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Tokyo company offers foot massages from cute VR anime girls, but given by real-life men【Photos】
Studio Ghibli’s The Boy and the Heron gets North American screening date in September
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