Japan’s biggest and best figure and model show returns with VTubers, action heroes, and the kind of figure that makes us wish we had an extra two thousand bucks to spend.
Wonder Festival 2023
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- McDonald’s Japan’s new pancake pie is a taste sensation
- Red light district sushi restaurant in Tokyo shows us just how wrong we were about it
- Japanese city loses residents’ personal data, which was on paper being transported on a windy day
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- Ghibli Park now selling “Grilled Frogs” from food cart in Valley of Witches
- Two things to do, and two things not to do, when leaving a traditional Japanese inn
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- Foreigner’s request for help in Tokyo makes us sad for the state of society
- 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
- 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
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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
- Foreigner’s request for help in Tokyo makes us sad for the state of society
- 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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