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Eating out / Kagurazaka Sweet Parlor Serves Richly Flavored Zoni Soup

  • Category:Gourmet
THE JAPAN NEWS
 
The Yomiuri Shimbun
Zoni soup containing mochi is the perfect dish to convey the history of Kinozen, a cafe in Tokyo’s Kagurazaka district that is famous for its anmitsu and matcha-flavored Bavarian cream.
Kinozen’s zoni features clear dashi broth and two squares of grilled, ligh...

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Let’s Go To The Museum / Railway Fans Live Out Train Fantasies

  • Category:Experience
THE JAPAN NEWS
 
By Nana Ando / The Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer
At the entrance of Keio Rail-Land in Hino, Tokyo, I found automatic ticket-vending machines that look just like the ones you would see at a train station. After getting a ticket and inserting it into an admission machine, I was welc...

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Takayuki Ohira’s Megastar Class Brings a Million Stars Into Your Home

  • Category:Souvenir
JAPAN TRENDS
 
The latest creation by world-renowned planetarium designer Takayuki Ohira is the Megastar Class, a compact and silent star-gazing device that projects a million stars in 180 degrees in all directions, complete with diurnal motion set to the 35th parallel north.
 
Available in white...

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Get Asahi Super Dry Beer In a Spring Sakura Package For a Limited Time!

  • Category:Cherry blossoms
ROCKET NEWS
 
It’s still in the middle of winter in Japan, but beer bottles and cans from Asahi are already dressing up for sakura-filled spring!
Asahi Breweries has recently released their line of “Asahi Super Dry Special Package” beer, which will come in specially designed spring-themed packagi...

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New Death Note Movie Coming In Autumn This Year, Main Cast Revealed!

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ROCKET NEWS
 
The main cast and other details for Death Note 2016 have been announced!
Last September, we brought our first report on the new live action Death Note movie, and now we have some updates — including the actors who will be playing the main cast!
 
The previous two-part Death Note mov...

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Cabinet Minister Looks at Possible Suspensions Over Politically Biased Broadcasts

  • Category:Other
JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO — Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Sanae Takaichi said Tuesday that broadcast stations could be ordered to cease operations in the event they repeatedly present politically biased broadcasts in violation of the country’s domestic law.
The measure could be implement...

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Someone Is Making New Hello Kitty Flip Phone in 2016!

  • Category:Souvenir
ROCKET NEWS
 
Tired of the battle between iOS and Android? Time to get a Hello Kitty flip phone!
2016 is shaping up to be a pretty good year technology-wise, though apparently no one told Ola Inc. that we’re already in the second decade of the 21st century. The Japanese company recently announced...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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