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Namco Tokyo pours drinks, serves Pacman parfaits, and plays game music into the night in Shinjuku.
Akihabara arcades aren’t dead yet! New six-floor game center opens in Tokyo otaku quarter next month
Prizes of both the anime and edible varieties can be yours even if you can’t make it to the arcade.
Sure, we humans are regular failures versus UFO catchers, but what about our primate cousins?
A UFO catcher that goes beyond plushies and figures.
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Discovery allows player to win an avalanche of prizes, provides catharsis for anyone who’s ever wanted to destroy the maddeningly difficult machines.
A trick of the light has Japanese social media checking every crane game for evil apparitions.
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Here’s your chance to breathe the rarefied air of AKB48, Japan’s highest-flying idol mega group.
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McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
All-you-can-drink Starbucks and amazing views part of Tokyo’s new 170 meter-high sky lounge
Studio Ghibli glasses cases let anime characters keep an eye on your spectacles
Super Nintendo World expansion gets delayed for several months at Universal Studios Japan
Starbucks reopens at Shibuya Scramble Crossing with new look and design concept
Kyoto’s 100 Demons yokai monster parade returns!
Hello Kitty/Yu-Gi-Oh crossover Happy Meal toys appear, but far, far away from Japan
A visit to the best UFO catcher arcade in the universe!
More foreign tourists than ever before in history visited Japan last month
Hey, Japanese taxi driver! Take us to your favorite restaurant in Tsuruga City!
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- McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
Disney princesses get official manga makeovers for Manga Princess Cafe opening in Tokyo- More foreign tourists than ever before in history visited Japan last month
- Starbucks reopens at Shibuya Scramble Crossing with new look and design concept
Beautiful new Final Fantasy T-shirt collection on the way from Uniqlo【Photos】
Is the new Shinkansen Train Desk ticket worth it?
Foreign English teachers in Japan pick their favorite Japanese-language phrases【Survey】- All-you-can-drink Starbucks and amazing views part of Tokyo’s new 170 meter-high sky lounge
Japanese convenience store packs a whole bento into an onigiri rice ball
We try out “Chan Ramen”, an underground type of ramen popular in the ramen community
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- McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
Studio Ghibli releases Kiki’s Delivery Service chocolate cake pouches in Japan
Japan’s bone-breaking and record-breaking roller coaster is permanently shutting down
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
Studio Ghibli unveils Mother’s Day gift set that captures the love in My Neighbour Totoro
Foreign passenger shoves conductor on one of the last full runs for Japan’s Thunderbird train
Domino’s Japan now sells…pizza ears?
New Japanese KitKat flavour stars Sanrio characters, including Hello Kitty
Kyoto creates new for-tourist buses to address overtourism with higher prices, faster rides
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Sales of Japan’s most convenient train ticket/shopping payment cards suspended indefinitely- McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
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
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
Princesses, fruits, and blacksmiths: Study reveals the 30 most unusual family names in Japan
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Kyoto’s 100 Demons yokai monster parade returns!
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A visit to the best UFO catcher arcade in the universe!
More foreign tourists than ever before in history visited Japan last month
Hey, Japanese taxi driver! Take us to your favorite restaurant in Tsuruga City!
The oldest tunnel in Japan is believed to be haunted, and strange things happen when we go there
Dodge the biggest problem of giving yourself a kanji name with these for-foreigner personal seals
Former employee shows us why a Starbucks “Tall Latte” is a sucker bet
Gacha capsule machines now dispense perfumes in Japan
We prepared our own delicious amberjack sashimi and realized how much money it saved us【Pics】
Tokyo Banana Curry adds capital’s souvenir sweet’s sweetness to roux, but not in Tokyo
Upskirt photos lead Japanese high school to redesign cheerleader uniforms
Father and son dissect a gachapon capsule toy machine to show us its magical insides【Video】
Japanese teen calls cops on man she thinks is holding a knife, turns out he just has old tech
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