Whether you're looking for electronics, hardware, anime, games, or anything remotely geeky, you'll find it in Akihabara, a bustling shopping district in Tokyo, Japan. Located just north of Tokyo Stat…
The train makes only two stopsone when a lone high-school student leaves for school and the other when she returns.
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banzaitokyo
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Vending machines in Japan are not only common but growing in numbers rapidly. Every street corner has a vending machine, and you might be surprised by the items they sell. Most of them sell drinks, b…
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Yubi
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And this time, it looks like he's coming to New York. Note: This article contains content some readers might find objectionable. The follow up to 2013's (short for "Hentai Kamen" or "M…
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banzaitokyo
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My husband Matt and I finally cross the threshold of the Enju-no-ma room at the Ryokufuso, a traditional Japanese inn in rural Iwate prefecture, several hours north of Tokyo. We've come by bullet tra…
When you were a wee one, did you dream of being a doctor or a lawyer when you grew up? Or maybe something even more ambitious like an astronaut? How about a shamaness-queen? Almost 2000 years ago, Qu…
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banzaitokyo
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A Japanese software company has released an app that makes a Dancing Ninja video using face photos. The user's face is fitted to a ninja's body. The ninja will also blink and move his/her mouth! The …
the 4 artists tasked with creating the worlds smallest bento
Stop me if youve heard this one before. A watchmaker, a surgeon, a chef and a diorama artist are sitting around together. Each is a …
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RamenRyan
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Before all my past linguistics professors start to wail and compose angry comments, lets get that deliberately sensationalist title out of the way: Really, no language is harder than any other langu…
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banzaitokyo
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