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Chill Your Sake In This Stylish Ice-like Drinking Vessel, Offered For a Limited Time Only
- Category:Gourmet
ROCKET NEWS
Do enjoy cold sake? Are you pleased by aesthetic design? Then we’ve found the perfect gift to treat yourself to!
Lovers of Japanese sake, more accurately called nihonshu in Japanese (the umbrella term “sake” actually refers to any alcoholic beverage), no doubt have their own favor...
Do enjoy cold sake? Are you pleased by aesthetic design? Then we’ve found the perfect gift to treat yourself to!
Lovers of Japanese sake, more accurately called nihonshu in Japanese (the umbrella term “sake” actually refers to any alcoholic beverage), no doubt have their own favor...
- February 9, 2016
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Disabled Workers Make Game for The Visually Impaired
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THE JAPAN NEWS
The Yomiuri Shimbun
An archaeological board game designed for the visually impaired and the sighted to play together has been completed by a game designer, the latest in a series of similar games.
Users of a workshop for people with severe multiple disabilities in Musashino, Toky...
The Yomiuri Shimbun
An archaeological board game designed for the visually impaired and the sighted to play together has been completed by a game designer, the latest in a series of similar games.
Users of a workshop for people with severe multiple disabilities in Musashino, Toky...
- February 8, 2016
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Three-hour Wait For Coffee at Trendy New Blue Bottle Coffee Tokyo Branch
- Category:Cafe
JAPAN TRENDS
Good things come to those who wait, they say.
But it’s bad news if you’re a hipster desperate to get your lips around a cup of black stuff from the latest trendy coffee shop in Tokyo.
The lines at Blue Bottle Coffee (“the Apple of the coffee shop world”) are so huge there are r...
Good things come to those who wait, they say.
But it’s bad news if you’re a hipster desperate to get your lips around a cup of black stuff from the latest trendy coffee shop in Tokyo.
The lines at Blue Bottle Coffee (“the Apple of the coffee shop world”) are so huge there are r...
- February 8, 2016
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Danbo Goes To War With These Cute/intimidating “Zero” Fighter Plane-inspired Designs
- Category:Souvenir
ROCKET NEWS
Toy maker Kaiyodo, famous for their ultra-detailed figures, recently released two new designs of their popular Danbo character which recall the WWII-era “Zero” Japanese fighter plane.
Danbo—whose name is a shortened version of danbooru, or cardboard in Japanese—is the super-cute robo...
Toy maker Kaiyodo, famous for their ultra-detailed figures, recently released two new designs of their popular Danbo character which recall the WWII-era “Zero” Japanese fighter plane.
Danbo—whose name is a shortened version of danbooru, or cardboard in Japanese—is the super-cute robo...
- February 6, 2016
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Tokyo’s First Airport-style Duty Free Store Opens in Ginza Mitsukoshi
- Category:Shopping
JAPAN TRENDS
Ginza Mitsukoshi has opened the first airport-style duty-free store in Japan. The only place in Japan that has previously been allowed to host such retail facilities outside of airports is Okinawa, which is home to a large number of United States military bases and is a popular des...
Ginza Mitsukoshi has opened the first airport-style duty-free store in Japan. The only place in Japan that has previously been allowed to host such retail facilities outside of airports is Okinawa, which is home to a large number of United States military bases and is a popular des...
- February 6, 2016
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Get Ready For a Cherry-blossom-flavored Spring With Sakura Butter Potato Chips From Calbee!
- Category:Cherry blossoms
ROCKET NEWS
We may be in the dead of winter here in Japan, but snack makers are already coming out with a taste of Spring.
That’s right, major snack company Calbee has recently announced a brand new limited edition potato chip flavor — Sakura Butter!
Sakura is always a favorite flavor in the ...
We may be in the dead of winter here in Japan, but snack makers are already coming out with a taste of Spring.
That’s right, major snack company Calbee has recently announced a brand new limited edition potato chip flavor — Sakura Butter!
Sakura is always a favorite flavor in the ...
- February 5, 2016
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Cirque Du Soleil Begins New Japan Tour
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO — The world-famous Cirque du Soleil kicked off its 13th tour of Japan on Wednesday, playing to a packed house at the Odaiba Big Top.
The new production TOTEM, which lives up to the high standards of its predecessors, is an evolution-themed performance that traces the fascina...
TOKYO — The world-famous Cirque du Soleil kicked off its 13th tour of Japan on Wednesday, playing to a packed house at the Odaiba Big Top.
The new production TOTEM, which lives up to the high standards of its predecessors, is an evolution-themed performance that traces the fascina...
- February 4, 2016
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Get Your Cute Fix Tor The Day With These Amazing Hamster Figures Created by Yumi Nakano
- Category:Gourmet
ROCKET NEWS
We certainly hope you enjoy looking at rows and rows of cute things, because that’s exactly what we have in store for you here!
Now, we know there are tons of really, really cute animal figures out there, but we’ve absolutely fallen in love with these hamsters produced by animal...
We certainly hope you enjoy looking at rows and rows of cute things, because that’s exactly what we have in store for you here!
Now, we know there are tons of really, really cute animal figures out there, but we’ve absolutely fallen in love with these hamsters produced by animal...
- February 3, 2016
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Elevate Your Next Subway Sandwich With The Great Taste of Yakisoba
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ROCKET NEWS
The Rocket News reporter Meg ventures waist-deep in carbs to discover a new way to enjoy Subway — and she may never turn back.
Even in Japan, the global sub chain Subway markets itself as a more health-conscious alternative to fast food. So, it was with a small pang of guilt tha...
The Rocket News reporter Meg ventures waist-deep in carbs to discover a new way to enjoy Subway — and she may never turn back.
Even in Japan, the global sub chain Subway markets itself as a more health-conscious alternative to fast food. So, it was with a small pang of guilt tha...
- February 2, 2016
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Fukushi a Near-lock For Rio
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THE JAPAN NEWS
The Yomiuri Shimbun
OSAKA — Kayoko Fukushi virtually secured a spot at this summer’s Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Sunday, winning the Osaka Women’s Marathon with the seventh-best time ever for a Japanese woman.
The 33-year-old finished in 2 hours 22 minutes 17 seconds, just under t...
The Yomiuri Shimbun
OSAKA — Kayoko Fukushi virtually secured a spot at this summer’s Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Sunday, winning the Osaka Women’s Marathon with the seventh-best time ever for a Japanese woman.
The 33-year-old finished in 2 hours 22 minutes 17 seconds, just under t...
- February 1, 2016
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