Does your country have everything you need? If it doesn’t, usually the internet can provide for you. But in some specific cases, there are certain products or contraband that just aren’t allowed in a particular country. Here’s a list of 15 things that are currently not allowed, or weren’t allowed at some point!
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- McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
- All-you-can-drink Starbucks and amazing views part of Tokyo’s new 170 meter-high sky lounge
- Studio Ghibli glasses cases let anime characters keep an eye on your spectacles
- Studio Ghibli releases new action figures featuring Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind characters
- Katsudon vs. tonkatsu vs. katsu sandwich – What’s the best way to eat pork cutlet in Japan?
- We try out “Chan Ramen”, an underground type of ramen popular in the ramen community
- Super Nintendo World expansion gets delayed for several months at Universal Studios Japan
- McDonald’s Japan releases a pancake pie for new retro kissaten coffeeshop series
- More foreign tourists than ever before in history visited Japan last month
- We know the human names of Dragon Ball’s Androids 17 & 18!
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- McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
- More foreign tourists than ever before in history visited Japan last month
- Disney princesses get official manga makeovers for Manga Princess Cafe opening in Tokyo
- All-you-can-drink Starbucks and amazing views part of Tokyo’s new 170 meter-high sky lounge
- Starbucks reopens at Shibuya Scramble Crossing with new look and design concept
- Beautiful new Final Fantasy T-shirt collection on the way from Uniqlo【Photos】
- Is the new Shinkansen Train Desk ticket worth it?
- Foreign English teachers in Japan pick their favorite Japanese-language phrases【Survey】
- Studio Ghibli glasses cases let anime characters keep an eye on your spectacles
- Beautiful Sailor Moon manhole cover coasters being given out for free by Tokyo tourist center
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- McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
- Studio Ghibli releases Kiki’s Delivery Service chocolate cake pouches in Japan
- Japan’s bone-breaking and record-breaking roller coaster is permanently shutting down
- 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
- Domino’s Japan now sells…pizza ears?
- New Japanese KitKat flavour stars Sanrio characters, including Hello Kitty
- One of Tokyo’s most famous meeting-spot landmarks is closing for good
- Kyoto creates new for-tourist buses to address overtourism with higher prices, faster rides
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- Sales of Japan’s most convenient train ticket/shopping payment cards suspended indefinitely
- McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
- 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
- Princesses, fruits, and blacksmiths: Study reveals the 30 most unusual family names in Japan
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- We try out “Chan Ramen”, an underground type of ramen popular in the ramen community
- Super Nintendo World expansion gets delayed for several months at Universal Studios Japan
- McDonald’s Japan releases a pancake pie for new retro kissaten coffeeshop series
- More foreign tourists than ever before in history visited Japan last month
- We know the human names of Dragon Ball’s Androids 17 & 18!
- “Let’s Speak North Korean!”
- There’s a new world’s largest anime robot statue, and it’s not in Japan【Photos】
- Drawing a school girl leaping over a man firing a gun? There’s a reference book for that!
- Kyoto curry bread comes with a very special filling
- A trip to hell on Japan’s ‘vomit ship’: Is it as bad as everyone says it is?
- Ghibli Park Catbus picks up passengers for first time, with a very special number plate 【Videos】
- 10 crazy pizzas from Japan
- Message to foreigners at Japanese convenience store sparks controversy online
- Haku is…Chihiro’s dead brother? Studio Ghibli fans blown away by Spirited Away theory
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