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A fully recreated Showa-style living room, with a modern surprise, awaits retro-seeking visitors.
Mysterious warehouse is a secret destination that’s yet to be discovered by overseas tourists.
New take on a ’70s classic will have you questioning the line between plain bread and doughnut.
A giant Pikachu beguiles us with its cute face and affordable price tag, but there’s one surprising hurdle to owning one.
A tiny part of a kanji is all that separates these place names in written form, but there’s a much bigger difference in their respective atmospheres.
Our reporter returns to a place of her childhood that’s still going strong after decades of operation.
Watch our team of zany reporters run around in loincloths as they attempt to beat Beat Takeshi.
Two beloved flavors from the Showa and Heisei periods make their triumphant return to the shelves!
Cassettes are back in style in Japan in a big way, with new releases and people paying premiums for discontinued tapes.
The new Pokémon series may have the same original Japanese name, but it’s scored by a brand new composer.
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Final Fantasy and Shinkansen announce collaboration with in-train audio play, SD art and merch
Online survey sheds light on prefectural personality rankings of Japanese people
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Mr. Sato accosts award-winning actor Hideaki Ito【Interview】
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