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Everyone notices the girlish clothes, but those with a trained eye have also spotted the boyish wings.
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New retro museum in Tokyo is like a time portal back to the Showa era【Photos】
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Studio Ghibli releases Kodama forest spirits from Princess Mononoke to light up your home
Japanese gamer furniture company creates cabinets just for collectible trading card gamers【Pics】
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Sailor Moon and others teach foreign tourists Japanese etiquette in Manga Manners art series
Secret stairs at Tokyo Station dungeon come with a serious warning
Japan’s 160-year-old Great Wisteria of Tochigi is now in full bloom, ready for visitors【Photos】
Ghibli Forest Spirit towel series will delight and/or freak out visitors to your home【Photos】- A close encounter with a dangerous criminal on a Shinkansen bullet train in Japan
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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?- [Deleted] Article written for April Fool’s Day 2018
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Studio Ghibli releases free-download board game — Here’s how to play it without reading Japanese
Nintendo history you can feel – Super NES, N64, and GameCube controllers become capsule toys
Doraemon found buried at sea as scene from 1993 anime becomes real life【Photos】
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Weaving history, art and innovation together in a new range of Japanese yukata
Man spotted on train near Tokyo Disneyland with sticker saying he gropes women every day
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Norwegian rocker with insane vocal range covers anime songs and more【Videos】
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Welcome to Japan’s smallest natural mountain, where you get a climbing certificate at the summit
Cat cosplay collars form Japan turn your kitty into Sailor Moon in everything but name【Photos】
Squid-themed ice cream comes to Baskin-Robbins Japan, but it’s OK because it’s a Nintendo tie-in
Japan has an awesome one-person bento box rice cooker, and here’s what we made with ours
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Baskin Robbins’ Halloween ice cream treats are chillingly adorable
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