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Universal Studios Japan also gives hints about Yoshi ride, Bowser Jr. boss battle attraction, and punching park’s question mark blocks.
One of our own reporters has a go at making a personal Halloween-themed mask for USJ’s newest event.
Park finally has a timetable to let us start racing Mario Karts, punching question blocks, and eating Luigi’s hat.
Feel like you’re in the world of the latest Doraemon movie on this new VR roller coaster ride!
How much longer are we going to have to wait for the world’s first Nintendo theme park zone?
Amusement park association wants quiet thrill rides, no hugs as part of post-coronavirus closure reopenings.
Electropop outfit Galantis and pop singer Charli XCX made a Mario-influenced bop to promote USJ’s latest land!
Look forward to real-life takes on Peach and Bowser’s castles, Mario Kart themed attractions and more!
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Brand-new caper for anime’s greatest thief is latest installment of Universal Cool Japan project.
How could you when the haunted room is filled with bloodstains, cobwebs, severed limbs, and a hidden switch that’ll whisk you into a nightmare world?
Just like when the anime heroine came back from the dead, Sailor Moon the Miracle 4-D isn’t going down so easily.
Hint: It’s a surprise collaboration with another hit Japanese franchise with a lunar theme!
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Airships, crystals, Cid, and even Chocobo popcorn buckets are part of the tie-up between the theme park and video game giants.
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Red light district sushi restaurant in Tokyo shows us just how wrong we were about it
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Green tea ice cream from Nara combines everything we love about the city into one cute dessert
We try out “Chan Ramen”, an underground type of ramen popular in the ramen community
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- McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
- Foreigner’s request for help in Tokyo makes us sad for the state of society
Studio Ghibli releases Kiki’s Delivery Service chocolate cake pouches in Japan
New definition of “Japanese whiskey” goes into effect to prevent fakes from fooling overseas buyers
Our Japanese reporter visits Costco in the U.S., finds super American and very Japanese things
Studio Ghibli unveils Mother’s Day gift set that captures the love in My Neighbour Totoro- Japanese ramen restaurants under pressure from new yen banknotes
- All-you-can-drink Starbucks and amazing views part of Tokyo’s new 170 meter-high sky lounge
More foreign tourists than ever before in history visited Japan last month
New Pokémon cakes let you eat your way through Pikachu and all the Eevee evolutions
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Sales of Japan’s most convenient train ticket/shopping payment cards suspended indefinitely
Sold-out Studio Ghibli desktop humidifiers are back so Totoro can help you through the dry season
Japanese government to make first change to romanization spelling rules since the 1950s
Ghibli founders Toshio Suzuki and Hayao Miyazaki contribute to Japanese whisky Totoro label design
Doraemon found buried at sea as scene from 1993 anime becomes real life【Photos】
Tokyo’s most famous Starbucks is closed
One Piece characters’ nationalities revealed, but fans have mixed opinions
We asked a Uniqlo employee what four things we should buy and their suggestions didn’t disappoint
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Ghibli Park now selling “Grilled Frogs” from food cart in Valley of Witches
Green tea ice cream from Nara combines everything we love about the city into one cute dessert
We try out “Chan Ramen”, an underground type of ramen popular in the ramen community
Beautiful Red and Blue Star luxury trains set to be Japan’s new Hokkaido travel stars
The oldest tunnel in Japan is believed to be haunted, and strange things happen when we go there
Final Fantasy’s Yoshitaka Amano illustrates exclusive Japan-only Magic: The Gathering card
Anime girl English teacher Ellen-sensei becomes VTuber/VVTUber and NFT
Fried sandwiches arrive in Tokyo, become hot topic on social media
Tokyo company’s HQ has indoor rice paddies, grows more than 200 types of vegetables【Video】
“Hey, Japanese taxi driver, take us to the best seafood joint in Otaru!”
Jamaican-style ramen in Kyoto: A cross-cultural hit, or just jerking your taste buds around?
Japanese black curry “experiment” takes place at an unlikely restaurant branch in Tokyo
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