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A chance encounter at a Tokyo fish market fills us with intrigue/dread, and things don’t get any less scary when we tear it open.
You can’t get this new treat in Starbucks’ home country or the land of Frappuccino plenty, but we just tried it for ourselves.
If a mask is like underwear for your face, why settle for something rough, cheap, and boring?
The animals are the symbol of the city, but our local reporter is worried they might be migrating away.
“Donburi” usually refers to dishes eaten over a bowl of rice, so how could this concept possibly work?
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Deer are appearing in Osaka City, may have wandered there from Nara[Video]
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Abuse Cafe Japan: We get abused by waitresses in maids’ uniforms at Tokyo’s viral pop-up diner
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Nakagin Capsule Tower’s rare “pink capsules”, formerly used in the sex industry
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