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This is the logo for an upcoming slot machine called Wheel of Fortune.
As poi…

posted by  AkihabaraBot | 6 years, 8 months ago | 0 comments

If you were going to classify anime/manga mega-hit One Piece, you could call it a pirate story, and it’s also clearly an action/adventure treasure-hunting tale.
Heck, friendship is such a central the…

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Just last week we attended the first-ever Star Wars kabuki play, in which famed actor Ichikawa Ebizo portrayed the internal strife of fallen Force-user Kylo Ren.
But there’s now a new stage theatrica…

posted by  AkihabaraBot | 6 years, 8 months ago | 0 comments

Many of us thought some mysteries in Spirited Away would never be solved.
But now a letter from Studio Ghibli has surfaced giving us some incredibly detailed explanations!
Japanese Twitter user @0910…

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In this way the Rare Fish Festival (Mezurashi Sakana Fest) is like the Rams Head Live stage of the Maryland Deathfest.
Taking baby steps into this underground world of fish, we selected our reporter …

posted by  AkihabaraBot | 6 years, 8 months ago | 0 comments

On first impression, though, Togo Kinenkan’s complex is unassuming—we wouldn’t have been able to guess from first glance that there’s a posh tea salon inside!
The afternoon tea course has a 90-minute…

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The building’s exterior was already markedly different from Japanese love hotels.
It was much less discrete with “Love Hotel” prominently written in large letters above the entrance.
Upon entering th…

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Today, a statue of Hachiko stands in Shibuya, showing the dog patiently waiting.
Now, it’s that moment’s turn to be immortalized, with a new statue showing Hachiko as he’s rarely been depicted before…

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It’s been a little over a year now since the Tsukiji Fish Market relocated to Toyosu and officially closed their doors forever.
The site has since been demolished and the only thing that now remains …

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Last weekend will forever be known as The Great Fish Market Migration of 2018.
On the afternoon of October 6, 2018, Tokyo’s Tsukiji Fish Market held its final tuna auction and the market was shuttere…

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