And poses from Kill Bill’s fight choreographer ensure you’ll look fearsome when you get there.
The kanji with the most strokes – you may run out of ink before you finish writing some of these.
If you haven’t heard the background music enough playing Pokémon GO, here’s a new piano version for you!
Baseball tournament officials defend the ban on female students as a necessary measure to help protect their safety.
After looking at the brilliant gold leaf covering the World Heritage-listed temple, you can now eat it too, in a beautifully presented ice cream cone.
The world’s first elevated bus that glides over the top of moving cars began its first test run today in Hebei province, China.
Former Ghibli producer Hirokatsu Kihara gave an interview with Dazed magazine, and some of his insights paint the famous studio in a negative light.
The Okada Theater was swept away in 2011, but Pokémon GO players are still visiting its location, and learning a little about this tsunami-ravaged city in the process.
Artists from around the country took part in the project, which sees Pikachu saying thank you in forty different ways.
Photos show just how much the capital of Japan and the King of the Monsters have grown in 60 years.
The attention to detail and sheer beauty of each piece shines through as if made by descending Angels.
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