To celebrate its 30 years in the business, the Kaiyodo Figure World exhibition is being held in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro district.
Roughly 2,000 figures are on display, admission is free, and as if that was…

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K’s first pick was the Texas McMuffin.
Now it was time to pack his bags and head north for the Idaho McMuffin.
Again, it shared only a few key components with its brother burger, namely the cheese, p…

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That’s where Tokyo-based Rose Sheep comes in.
For a fee, Rose Sheep, which was founded two years ago, will dispatch one of its employees to sleep beside you.
16 hours would be a dangerously long time…

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Living with your spouse and two kids in Japan’s former capital sounds nice, but is it affordable?
While individual budgets vary, a general rule of thumb for “How much money do I need to earn for a de…

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Even though the prefecture is home to barely a million residents, Oita has not one, but two famous hot spring resorts.
The high praise for Beppu’s Hyotan Onsen isn’t the result of a single evaluator …

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”Shitty and creepy” Fate fan turns out to be not such a bad guy after all.
This month’s big theatrical anime release in Japan was the lengthily titled Fate/stay night: Heaven’s Feel I. presage flower…

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By Amelie Marie Nishizawa Dec 21, 2019 3 min readJapan certainly has a formidable culinary history, but the no.1 edible invention has got to be sushi ( 寿司 （ すし ） ).
Sushi Fun FactsBefore it was all p…

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Come with us as we browse the shelves and eat at the restaurant inside this vegan wonderland.
Now, Japanese convenience stores are heading into unventured territory, with a brand new type of konbini …

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KYODO NEWS - 2 hours ago - 13:19 | All, JapanJapan Airlines ranked the highest in passenger satisfaction among carriers flying from North America to Asia in 2019, a recent study by J.D.
The new study…

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The very first PlayStation console was released in 1994, a whopping 25 years ago.
And now GU, one of Japan’s most popular casual clothing stores, is closing out the year with a line of items designed…

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