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A special ingredient from Japan’s southwestern Kumamoto prefecture transforms Japan’s most traditional cooking essential into something new.
The newest addition to the menu of the sweet life, or a crackpot idea that’ll leave you feeling salty?
Manufacturer says its just the thing to soothe “gentlemen’s” bodies and souls.
Pompompurin isn’t quite as cute when he’s hungering for your brains, but you can save him in this mission-based Sanrio Puroland horror event.
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Accessorized nails make even your X-rays a fashionable photo shoot.
Includes a room where you can adjust its “scare factor” and one that lets you speak with the deceased.
Wearing this won’t make you already dead, but you might be so embarrassed you’ll wish your head would explode.
This shrine has built up a reputation for granting wishes, but not in the way you want it to.
Game is officially published by KFC, promises a romance that will make you want to lick your fingers.
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