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Super-cheap Online Shopping – Can you make a capsule hotel look cool with a 365-yen aurora light?

Masanuki wants to recapture the sci-fi excitement of capsule hotels, but he doesn’t want to spend much money doing it.

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Where’d those amazing Godzilla shoes seen at the Academy Awards come from, and can you buy them?

Small Japanese fashion brand gets a big boost in interest following Godzilla’s historic Oscar win.

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Pizza Hut Taiwan serves up a slam dunk with…an edible basketball and hoop

You don’t get to taste pizzas like this every day.

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Dr. Pepper fans create online map of Japan cataloging everywhere you can buy the divisive drink

DP Lovers wants to help you fill your soda craving prescription.

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We get our hands on a model of a popular Japanese bus, complete with moving doors

Adults and kids alike will love it.

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Dragon’s Maze: Japan’s built-by-hand giant labyrinth that gets bigger and harder every year

81-year-old owner/designer builds what he sees in his dream, want visitors from overseas to experience his maze.

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Cherry blossom taxi tours are a great way to save steps and see sakura in Tokyo and its neighbors

Sakura season is short, and Sanwa Koutsu wants to help you see as much of it as you can.

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An overnight trip on the Sunrise Izumo, Japan’s awesome Tokyo-Shimane sleeper train【Photos】

Mr. (and Mrs.) Sato ride the overnight rails back to his hometown on one of Japan’s coolest cross-country travel options.

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Pokémon travel gear lineup includes transformable pillows to keep your neck comfy and heart happy

If you’re taking a trip, Pikachu and some of his pals want to tag along.

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Ninja Soba Goemon: A Japanese restaurant that’s like a ninja hideout

Because shadow warriors need to eat noodles too. 

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Fox-boy Sephiroth really wants Cloud to eat some noodles in new Donbei/Final Fantasy video【Video】

Final Fantasy VII’s villain gets a foxy makeover as he forcibly recommends a meal for his rival.

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Does Japan’s “Stinky but Tasty” tonkotsu ramen live up to its name?

We blind taste one of the most unusual instant noodles on the market.

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Japanese manhole covers become a hit with foreign tourists in off-the-beaten path Tokyo area

Street lids are now some of the city’s most unusual tourist sites, and there’s a way you can take them home as free souvenir cards.

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Suika Game can now help you stay in shape with new exercise version of the smash-hit game【Video】

Why be a couch potato when you can be a fruit exerciser instead?

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Japan’s life-size moving Gundam is closing soon, and the last tickets are about to go on sale

Mobile Suit Gundam: goodbye.

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This fully-functioning tiny trailer house is cheaper than buying an average Tokyo condo

It’s not just for camping; it’s got all the hookups you need for living.

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How to make a massive five-layer lasagna…in your rice cooker【SoraKitchen】

The quest to eat all of the cheese in our office continues.

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Japan’s Baby Bird Reincarnation sofa bed — So cozy you won’t want to go back to being a human?

It’s really hard to see a reason to ever get out of this thing.

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Funny signs in Japan: 7-Eleven enters the ring with a humorous notice for drivers

A clever way to draw attention to an off-the-beaten-path Japanese convenience store location. 

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Rare vending machine at Japan’s oldest shrine sells…divine crepes!

Holy ground for parishioners and vending machine lovers at this off-the-beaten path destination. 

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