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And this year’s biggest student trend in Japan? Apparently it’s okashi ryukku — rucksacks make from candy and snacks.
This year social media has been awash with pictures of what school kids (especially girls) have created out of bags of potato chips and other packets of candy and snac...

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We’re sure most of you have already seen photos of the little capybaras bathing in their own private onsen hot spring at the Izu Shaboten Park in Shizuoka, Japan.
Now with a little creative food play, you can put your very own capybara in hot water…and eat them too. But what are they...

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JAPAN TRENDS
Shibaura House is a community space in the Tokyo district of Shibaura, a neighborhood in the south of the city near the port. The stylish glass building is designed by Kazuyo Sejima and hosts private functions, as well as regular workshops and art events.
Sometimes these can be creat...

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Japan is already one of the safest countries in the world for humans, and now it seems it’s about to get a lot safer for turtles too…
The West Japan Railway Company and Suma Aqualife Park in Kobe have teamed up to make trains a whole lot safer for the slower, smaller, more-reptilian l...

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Japan’s two Sanrio theme parks are holding a one-day event on December 4 filled with shows, special events and your favorite characters. The best part is that it will cost you absolutely nothing to get in that day!
Sanrio Puroland in Tokyo and Harmonyland in Oita are two of the best p...

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 Are you hosting a large event with lots of guests? Maybe it’s time to call in AI Samurai to help with crowd control!
Artificial intelligence is one of those hot issues that sparks a lot of debate but is ultimately kind of amorphous. Even defining just what, exactly, AI is can be a fr...

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JAPAN TODAY
 OSAKA —Kansai Electric Power Co has applied to the nuclear regulatory body for permission to operate a reactor in western Japan beyond the government-mandated 40-year service period.
The power company asked the Nuclear Regulation Authority for approval to continue to run a unit built...

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Tokyo Skytree has a brilliant light display in store for four days only, and it’s designed to represent three of Japan’s signature dishes: tamago kake gohan (egg with rice), o-nabe (Japanese hot pot), and takikomi gohan (seasoned steamed rice).
The special light-up show, which runs fr...

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JAPAN TIMES
Despite being one of Japan’s most famous artists, it has been 14 years since Takashi Murakami has had a solo exhibition here. On the eve of his show, “Takashi Murakami: The 500 Arhats,” The Japan Times spoke with the artist to find out why it has taken so long and what he feels about ...

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JAPAN TRENDS
Occupying ground somewhere between design and urban anthropology, Tokyo Totem, A Guide to Tokyo is a newly released guidebook about Japan’s capital city and ever-inspiring whirlpool of images and adventures.
Published by Flick Studio in Tokyo, the guide is a project by Dutch “urbanis...

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