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Travel-broadened Japanese Twitter users share their stories of culture shock and pleasant surprises.
Japan’s traditional art of paper-folding turns out to be useful in the kitchen too.
Kodo drummers help modern technology blend with one of Japan’s most traditional instruments.
Want to make katana for a living? Hope you don’t mind not getting paid a single yen for the next five years.
Join us as we attempt to unravel the cultural enigma of the chicken-eel that goes “Mooooooo!!”
Full array of 366 hana komon, each with its own associated meaning and symbolism, is on offer.
Chairman singles out two aspects of Japanese traditional culture that people of other nations “wouldn’t understand.”
One of Japan’s most beautiful and important katana is proving popular with history buffs and young ladies alike.
What better way to convince your spouse to stop cheating than by hiring a “friend” to tell them to quit?
Hundreds of origami components make up each of these beautiful “Trees of Cranes.”
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Red light district sushi restaurant in Tokyo shows us just how wrong we were about it
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Japanese ramen restaurants under pressure from new yen banknotes
Beautiful Red and Blue Star luxury trains set to be Japan’s new Hokkaido travel stars
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Non-ramen Ramen Restaurant Stars: The quest begins at Tokyo’s Oreryu Shio
Sandwiches fit for a sumo served up in Osaka【Taste Test】
Starbucks Japan adds a Motto Frappuccino to the menu for a limited time
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Studio Ghibli releases new action figures featuring Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind characters
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Studio Ghibli glasses cases let anime characters keep an eye on your spectacles- Tokyo Tsukiji fish market site to be redeveloped with 50,000-seat stadium, hotel, shopping center
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Studio Ghibli releases Kiki’s Delivery Service chocolate cake pouches in Japan
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- Japanese ramen restaurants under pressure from new yen banknotes
New Japanese KitKat flavour stars Sanrio characters, including Hello Kitty- All-you-can-drink Starbucks and amazing views part of Tokyo’s new 170 meter-high sky lounge
More foreign tourists than ever before in history visited Japan last month
New Pokémon cakes let you eat your way through Pikachu and all the Eevee evolutions
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Sales of Japan’s most convenient train ticket/shopping payment cards suspended indefinitely
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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Japan’s massive matcha parfait weighs 6 kilos, contains hidden surprises for anyone who eats it
Non-ramen Ramen Restaurant Stars: The quest begins at Tokyo’s Oreryu Shio
Sandwiches fit for a sumo served up in Osaka【Taste Test】
Starbucks Japan adds a Motto Frappuccino to the menu for a limited time
McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
Man spotted on train near Tokyo Disneyland with sticker saying he gropes women every day
Gacha capsule machines now dispense perfumes in Japan
Akihabara pop-up shop sells goods made by Japanese prison inmates
In downtown Tokyo, we talk to a guy who says he’s from Orion’s belt, get called an “idiot”
The best Japanese cosplayers from Day 4 of Winter Comiket 2019【Photos】
Japanese people list 10 ingredients they never, ever want to find in their miso soup
The 5 best Japanese bento to buy at Kyoto Station
Japanese pizza chain releases gold leaf pizza for 40,000 yen
Five uninhabited Japanese islands you can buy right now
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