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Official Spirited Away cookbook teaches how to make food from the Ghibli anime classic
Japan’s 10 most beautiful hydrangea spots to visit【Photos】
Foreign tourists outnumber Japanese ones at Kyoto hotels for first time ever
JR’s new overnight sleeper train will connect Tokyo and northern Japan, is private cabin-only
Chiikawa Park opens next month in Tokyo’s Sunshine City shopping complex
McDonald’s Japan’s Very Hungry Caterpillar Happy Meal toys are very cute【Photos】
Tabasco Japan says you should add hot sauce to your beer, but are they right?【Taste test】
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Space World Station becomes the most misleading station name in Japan
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Support Japan’s real-world Totoro Forest with special Studio Ghibli collection
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What is kasshayaki, the Japanese street food only one prefecture is lucky enough to love?
Bento bankruptcies increasing as Japan’s boxed lunch shops struggle in the new dining landscape
Studio Ghibli umbrellas bring anime joy to Japan’s rainy season
Tokyo travel hack: How to enjoy a free sightseeing boat tour around Tokyo Bay
Why you should be worried if someone calls you “Uehara-san” in the Japanese workplace
This Hakata hotel is worth a little extra thanks to its all-you-can-eat steak breakfast buffet- Japan’s 10 most beautiful hydrangea spots to visit【Photos】
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No more using real katana for tourism activities, Japan’s National Police Agency says
Uniqlo releasing first-ever Pokémon T-shirts inspired by Trading Card Game artwork【Photos】
New retro museum in Tokyo is like a time portal back to the Showa era【Photos】
“Bumping men” are a uniquely Japanese class of criminals that are hard to deal with- JR’s new overnight sleeper train will connect Tokyo and northern Japan, is private cabin-only
Perfect instant ramen eggs every time! Cup Noodle’s Nissin creates Shirotama Maker kitchen gadget
Live-action Netflix One Piece Chopper shows face for first time – What do fans in Japan think?- Support Japan’s real-world Totoro Forest with special Studio Ghibli collection
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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
Japanese convenience store Family Mart announces abolishment of eat-in spaces
Studio Ghibli releases Kodama forest spirits from Princess Mononoke to light up your home
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
The top 10 annoying foreign tourist behaviors on trains, as chosen by Japanese people【Survey】
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McDonald’s Japan’s Very Hungry Caterpillar Happy Meal toys are very cute【Photos】
Tabasco Japan says you should add hot sauce to your beer, but are they right?【Taste test】
Japan’s wildest Seijinshiki Coming-of-Age ceremony celebrates new adults in Kitakyushu 【Photos】
Burger King Japan adds a Pickleball Burger to the menu… but what’s so pickleball about it?
Space World Station becomes the most misleading station name in Japan
Sausage stepping in for increasingly expensive octopus at takoyaki stands around Japan
How to properly eat a traditional Japanese tonkatsu meal
Japanese yokai spirits enter the modern era in Nagoya’s new digital art experience
Daiso DIY dessert! 100 yen store’s super-easy mochi sweets kit is our new hero
We visit the full-scale Evangelion statue in Kyoto and particularly delight in the food tie-ins
You can own Spirited Away’s cursed witch’s contract seal in real life【Photos】
We try roasted horseshoe crab in Thailand, regret our choice yet strangely long for more
Osaka granny idol group Obachaaan is here to cheer you up in newest song “Overpower”
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