Lunar New Year

Year of the Dragon Pooh! Disney Japan’s plushies gets early Chinese zodiac changeover【Pics】

Eto Pooh drops early.

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Totoro and No-Face red envelopes are here to help celebrate Lunar New Year in Ghibli style【Pics】

Anime icons from Hayao Miyazaki films sure to be welcome at any Lunar New Year’s party.

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We sigh and swoon over the adorable Year of the Tiger Starbucks goods sold  in the rest of Asia

Don’t get us wrong, Starbucks Japan has great merchandise, but have you seen Starbucks Singapore?!

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Drink like an ox, eat like a horse! Five Japanese idiomatic phrases to celebrate Year of the Ox

From the relatable to the amoo-sing, there’re idioms for Japanese language learners of all skill levels.

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Starbucks Korea’s Year of the Dog puppy cupcakes look adorable, get stabbed in the face【Videos】

Videos show lunar New Year treats require a forceful stabbing that breaks hearts while making mouths water.

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Chinese comedians pitch brilliant boyfriend-rental service to fend off nagging parents 【Video】

The Lunar New Year is China’s biggest holiday and the time when most of the country travels back home in impressive numbers, prays for luck and of course spends some quality time with family who remind their adult children why they’re failing at life. And the Spring Festival, as it’s commonly called, can be an exceptionally annoying time for single 20- and 30-somethings whose more traditional parents gripe constantly about the lack of a significant other and the every-decreasing hope of a grandchild. A Chinese comedy group put out a video recently that offers single woman a solution to this headache—a company that rents out boyfriends to impress your parents and get them off your case until the next New Year holiday.

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