Gundam nabe, anyone? In these colder months locals in Japan tend to indulge in some nicely warming nabe hot pots. But perhaps just plain ol' regular ingredients like onions, mushrooms and so on ...
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Flash mobs have been happening around the world for a few years now and they are finally starting to take off in Japan. The recent Kawasaki Halloween cosplay parade included one, and Japanese ...
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Forget Hayao Miyazaki, apparently the next force in Japanese anime is a German carmaker. Mercedes-Benz has produced NEXT A-Class, a short anime film celebrating the Japanese launch of the A-Class ...
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Well, here's a partnership we should have seen coming... In what cynics might decry as mere geek pop culture tailored for the Brutus-reading, CINRA.net-browsing Tokyo hipster, Hiroki Azuma -- the ...
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Traditional Japanese wrestling design multipurpose container
The Japan Sport Council has selected the winning architect for building the new National Stadium Japan. There were 46 entries from architects around the world in the first stage, of which 11 were ...
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Kawasaki Halloween 2012 happened yesterday (Sunday, October 28), the annual Halloween-themed cosplay extravaganza in the Kanagawa city just outside Tokyo. With some 3,500 people appearing in ...
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We've been a fan of Yuri Suzuki's work for a while now. The Japanese designer is a bit of a globe-trotter, though he is largely based in the UK. He's also a toughie to pin down. A sound artist? A ...
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(With apologies for the second film-related post in as many days.) Kicking off tomorrow is the 25th Tokyo International Film Festival. This year's line-up includes everything from Cirque du ...
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Koji Wakamatsu, one of the giants of Japanese cinema, has sadly and suddenly died after being struck by a taxi while crossing a street in Shinjuku. He was 76 and still very active. Like many of ...
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Okay, folks. We've found the funnest thing to do in Tokyo right now and best of all, it's right in the center and it's even artistic. Head on down to the Louis Vuitton store on Omotesando, where ...
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We recently heard about how one down and out old love hotel got a face lift and a whole new lease of life. Tokyo Style CC, a company which organizes building renovations, chose a love hotel in ...
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What happens when the eroticism of Kabukicho meets the tech boffins of robotics industry and the cosplay and otaku cultures of Harajuku and Akihabara? You get the Robot Restaurant, built at a ...
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