We’re used to eating Japanese rice cakes at New Year’s but this is our first time trying one on a hamburger.
Tokyo (Page 69)
The underground train operator has commissioned several real-time translation megaphones to facilitate communication with foreign customers.
Despite the Tokyo chill, things are heating up at one of the city’s most popular comic conventions.
Uses bear meat sourced from Kyoto and Aomori, said to have more refined taste than foreign varieties.
Take a look at Tokyo’s underground tunnels from the driver’s seat of a train in this awesome new music video.
Gojyo Taxi is hoping that the ability to evolve pig-tailed magic girls in their cars will boost usage, and “hope” is a wonderful thing.
Because nothing says “high-class” more than the company of cats.
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This beloved sleeper train might be off the rails now but it’s still bringing joy to guests from all around the world.
Even with three station attendants shoving passengers in to pack them like sardines, this guy remains cool as a cucumber.
Change your pocketfull of change into a fistfuls of cool souvenirs from your trip to Japan.
![Limited time Your Name anime-themed cafes to open in Tokyo and Nagoya in January! [Pics]](https://soranews24.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2016/12/yournamemain.png?w=640 "Limited time Your Name anime-themed cafes to open in Tokyo and Nagoya in January! [Pics]")
There’s just something about seeing your favorite anime movie scenes take the form of delicious food that makes you want to go back again and again.
There’re a lot of reasons to want to visit Shinjuku Kakekomi Gyoza, but their importance goes even beyond the vast range of savory dumplings.
The magical rides include mysterious “invisible” ghosts chasing the carriage, which can be seen by passers-by.
Come for the fried food and alcohol, stay for the traditional Japanese winter comfort cuisine.
There’s a fine line between having enough Japanese touches to feel authentic, and having so many it starts to feel fake.
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