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Is it a musical instrument? Is it a coffee maker? Or just a wacky Rube Goldberg machine?
Well, it’s kind of all three.
 
At the Nescafe Harajuku cafe from December 2nd until December 25th, visitors can experience a unique contraption created by music artist Shuta Hasunuma.
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The global coffee house chain is squeezing one more star ingredient into their beverage lineup before the end of the year.
Starbucks Japan has had a flurry of delicious new releases in the past couple of months, with baked apple dessert drinks, Christmas Frappuccinos and a surprise ...

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Also, the unexpected appearance of “Santa Pikachu.”
The gameplay of the mainline Pokémon video games is neatly divided into two elements. First you search for/catch Pocket Monsters, then you use them in battles to improve their combat capabilities.
It’s not so surprising that develo...

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Japan Airlines said it has started offering passengers replicas of the happi jackets worn by the members of The Beatles when they disembarked from a JAL plane on a landmark visit to Japan in 1966.
The replicas commemorate the 50th anniversary of the legendary British rock band’s ...

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Japanese artist and design extraordinaire Tokujin Yoshioka will create a new prism-themed installation at Shiseido Gallery in central Tokyo.
Once again Yoshioka is returning to his regular preoccupation: the relationship between natural phenomenon, in this case light and rainbows, ...

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Cold Stone is offering a heartwarmingly sweet holiday deal.
With a huge variety of appealing flavors both traditional and inventive, Cold Stone’s ice cream is just about universally loved. If there’s one drawback, though, it’s that the chain’s treats are a bit on the pricy side, sta...

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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and visiting Russian President Vladmir Putin held talks on Thursday evening to seek common ground on the longstanding issue of the northern territories and set a course for the conclusion of a peace treaty between the two nations.
The meeting took place ...

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The magical rides include mysterious “invisible” ghosts chasing the carriage, which can be seen by passers-by.
Bandai Namco’s Pac-Man arcade game sure has come a long way since it was first released in Japan 36 years ago. The simple, yet addictive gameplay, where players guide a rou...

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A Moomin theme park will open in Saitama, on the outskirts of Tokyo, in spring 2019.
Moominvalley Park will join a “Scandinavian village” theme park set to open in autumn 2018 as part of metsä, a new development in the picturesque Lake Miyazawa area of Hanno City, Saitama.
 
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TOKYO — Makoto Shinkai’s anime hit “your name.” is not a conflict-driven film. Sure, there are misunderstandings and disagreements within its narrative, but the characters don’t show much in the way of emotions that could be classified as true animosity.
And yet, “your name.” contin...

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