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Amazing rental service lets you take the conveyor belt out of the sushi restaurant and back to your home!
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Impressive meal that’s easy to make, thanks to this handwritten recipe from a gacha capsule toy machine.
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American visits Japan, wonders why McDonald’s only sells beef bowls, not burgers
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Pizza Hut’s new Oreo pizza is like nothing we’ve ever eaten before
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One Punch Man manga artist’s amazing “practice” drawing is so good we think he might not be human
How to use the new floating hologram registers at 7-Eleven
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Top 10 anime women with biggest, most impactful breasts, voted by thousands of Japanese netizens
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