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Enjoy An Augmented Reality Date with Hatsune Miku at Special Pop-up Cafe Event

  • Category:Experience
JAPAN TRENDS
 
Between the dolls, robots and maids, there are plenty of substitutes for real-life dating partners in Japan. A notable few of them, however, will (or can) speak with you, and fewer yet will serenade you.
Filling this void is au Sendai’s BLUE LEAF CAFÉ, which is running a limited-ti...

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Cream Puffs Filled with Sushi-rice Cola Now On Sale

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ROCKET NEWS
 
There is a limited chance to try out Kurazushi’s latest transmogrification of vinegared rice.
Let’s travel way back in time to the summer of the year two-thousand and sixteen. It was the end of an era as the final VCR in the world rolled off the assembly line. Many predicted a brash...

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Muji To Open Hotel in Ginza in Spring 2019

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
There is a major shortage in hotel rooms as Tokyo continues to experience a tourism boom. This has led to all sorts of novelties, from Airbnb’s advance in the local market to even love hotels converting into regular accommodation. It has also inevitably resulted in many new hotel t...

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Piko Taro Creates Summer Soundtrack for Kids with The Perotto Ice Pop DJ Licking Music Toy

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Our favorite Japanese comedian of the moment, Piko Taro, is continuing to capitalize on his Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen fame by promoting the Perotto Ice Pop DJ Licking Music Toy.
This is another example in the ongoing “food toy” trend we have witnessed for some time now, led by Takara...

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Virtuoso Drums The Entire Game of Street Fighter II, Shows Us Its Music Was Actually Pretty Good

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Dainashi shows the stamina of a warrior as he drums the extremely high tempo theme songs to every stage.
Because I’m an old fart now, I can fondly remember playing the original Street Fighter IIin the arcades. However, in that environment I could only really make out the sound effec...

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Privately Developed Rocket to be Launched on July 29

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — An observation rocket developed by start-up Interstellar Technologies Inc. is scheduled to blast off from a launch site in Taiki, Hokkaido, in the morning of July 29, the company said Thursday.
It will be the first time for a rocket developed by a private com...

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Vote For Your Favorite Tokyo 2020 Olympics License Plate Design

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
And then there were five. Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has selected five finalists for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics license plate design contest. Now the ministry is asking for your help in narrowing down the competition to one.
Between...

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Teen Fujii Makes Historic Shogi Moves

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
The amazing performance of a 14-year-old shogi player is wowing not only shogi fans, but also people throughout Japan.
Sota Fujii has established a new shogi record of consecutive wins, beating his opponents for 29 straight matches since his debut in December. The streak was fina...

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Japanese Tea Shop Introduces $16-a-scoop Matcha Ice Cream, Has Good Reason For Eye-popping Price

  • Category:Gourmet
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Not just any green tea is good enough to become Daijinsho Matcha ice cream.
As such an integral part of Japan’s beverage culture, green tea usually isn’t prohibitively expensive. Grocery store cooler sections are stocked with plastic bottles of pre-made green tea that sell for 100 y...

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Abe, Moon Hold First Meeting, Agree to Revive Shuttle Diplomacy / Gap Remains on Comfort Women Issue

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
HAMBURG — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Moon Jae In agreed on Friday that their countries will revive shuttle diplomacy, in which both leaders regularly visit each other’s nations, and affirmed they will promote future-oriented cooperation.
During an about ...

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