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100-year-old brush shop in Tokyo sells a Japanese body brush that’s painfully good

Mr Sato treats his skin to a beauty product that’s surprisingly painful. 

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Expensive Japanese nail clippers: Are they worth it?

Precision quality from a city known for its blacksmithing techniques. 

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Japanese temple shop sells special shumai dumplings…with no meat in them

You won’t find shumai like this anywhere else.

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300-year-old Tokyo comb company sells 30,000-yen wooden hair combs—Are they worth it?

And if you’d rather have a 60,000-yen comb, this Asakusa shop has some of those too.

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Pizza Hut campaigns to become an Osakan konamon food

Just because it is, doesn’t mean it is.

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Death Spray from Japan causes buzz online for powerful ability to cut ties with bad energy

Spray it at work and the company is doomed, spray it on the desk of a colleague and they’ll be transferred…this is a spray that’s not to be messed with.

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How should you use the small hiroen in a Japanese ryokan hotel room?

Answering a question that’s puzzled travellers for decades.

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Wear samurai armor while playing video games? That’s an option at this Japanese inn【Video】

Hokkaido ryokan lets you suit up in lamellar to play Dance Dance Revolution and Out Run.

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Move aside, moon-viewing burgers — KFC Japan has a Tsukimi Twister on the menu!

We try the tart and the Twister that’s on everyone’s lips right now.

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KFC Japan’s new Tsukimi Moon-Viewing burger range includes two new surprises

The moon rises on another Japan-exclusive collection, and it looks to be the best one yet.

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We learned how to make a calligraphy brush from the masters of Kumanofude in Hiroshima

Who better to learn from than the very best?

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Keanu Reeves teams up with Suntory for new series exploring Japanese whisky and monozukuri【Video】

“An Exploration of Monozukuri with Keanu Reeves” takes us on a fascinating deep dive into Japanese craftsmanship, with Roman Coppola and the Hollywood star who was “staggered” when he first tasted Hibiki. 

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What it’s really like to live in a women’s dormitory at a Japanese university

Firsthand account reveals it’s not all pillow fights and gossip sessions.

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Maybe Japanese pilgrims were right about beating the heat all along

Mr. Sato scores a nice hat trick.

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Japan’s new Spacia X train is like travelling in a luxury aircraft

And no, this doesn’t have anything to do with Elon Musk.

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What ever happened to Premium Friday? Japanese government looks set to pull the plug

Not so premium now, are you, Friday?

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Tokyo’s coolest open-air museum gets even cooler with hot summer nights event

Edo Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum wants to take you back in time to an old-school summer festival.

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Japanese train goes viral for Nara deer decorations

Rub shoulders with Japan’s sacred deer on this very special mode of transport.

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Super expensive sushi restaurant super cheap beef bowl chain team up to create Unagyu Burger

Teruzushi and Matsuya come together for a broader interpretation of Japan’s summertime eel-eating tradition.

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1,032 statues, and one thing too many people miss, at this Kyoto temple

And it was his first time visiting, too!

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