nostalgia

We try to buy a retro Japanese coin-operated arcade machine at this secondhand shop near Tokyo

A giant Pikachu beguiles us with its cute face and affordable price tag, but there’s one surprising hurdle to owning one.

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We check out the local flavors of the commonly confused Ome and Aomi areas of Tokyo in one day

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.

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We visit one of the last rooftop amusement parks in Japan and feel like we stepped back in time

Our reporter returns to a place of her childhood that’s still going strong after decades of operation. 

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Pizza Hut Japan serves up ’90s nostalgia by reissuing some favourites

Which ’90s pizza would you choose?

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Our Japanese team star in Takeshi’s Castle on Amazon Prime!

Watch our team of zany reporters run around in loincloths as they attempt to beat Beat Takeshi.

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Japanese sweets box from Amazon Japan is a treasure trove of dagashi nostalgia

A treasure chest filled with cute and nostalgic Japanese sweets!

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Former sake brewery in Japan gets a new life as…whatever the heck this is

Looking for a weird place to visit in Japan? This spot ticks all the boxes.

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Cup Noodle is taking us back to the Japan of the ‘80s and ‘90s with special ramen flavor revivals

Two beloved flavors from the Showa and Heisei periods make their triumphant return to the shelves!

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Dance the decades away with Travis Japan on their newly dedicated YouTube channel

The Johnnys’ Jr. group also feeds our love for nostalgic and classic J-Pop.

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Hold on to your rings! Sega announces a “must-see” 30-year anniversary broadcast for Sonic fans

Fans worldwide prepare to celebrate thirty years of the blue blur.

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Instant Tokyo nostalgia – Beautifully bittersweet brand-new video looks like it was shot 17 years ago

Walk through Shibuya and Harajuku feels like a stroll through a future past.

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111-year-old Japanese confectionery company disappears forever due to COVID-19

Local Japanese candy stores get ready for a bittersweet goodbye.

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Why are some people in Japan paying big money for an old cassette tape?

Cassettes are back in style in Japan in a big way, with new releases and people paying premiums for discontinued tapes.

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Pokémon anime will release its original soundtrack on CD for the first time in 10 years

The new Pokémon series may have the same original Japanese name, but it’s scored by a brand new composer.

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New Calpis Water bottle design can only be fully seen after you drink the contents

Keep refreshed and get a glimpse of Japanese high school life with these charming bottle designs.

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Where’d the time go?! Top anime series that finished ten years ago, ranked by Japanese netizens

Seriously, it’s been a long, long time since these series aired, and now we feel really old.

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This classic Japanese candy shop is a trove of nostalgic treats, sends us into the past【Photos】

We found a candy store/Showa-era time capsule in Fukuoka, and took lots of photos of its old-timey delights!

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Akihabara in the ’80s looked very different to Tokyo’s otaku mecca today【Video】

Stroll the streets of Electric Town at a time when computers and video games were just beginning to appear on the scene

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We are all Son Goku in this heartwarming, nostalgic Dragon Ball Z Kakarot commercial

Spike up your hair and ready your Kamehameha hands, it’s time to kick butt as Goku!

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Miniature purikura photo booth from Japan lets you feel like a Japanese schoolgirl from the ’90s

New palm-sized machine actually takes real purikura photos.

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