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Google Assistant guides visitors to haunted house in central Tokyo
It’s still several weeks until the cosplay madness of Halloween is upon the city but it seems that Tokyo is already getting into the spooky mood with some help from Google. The tech giant opened a...
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Kou-an glass tea house by Tokujin Yoshioka returns, touring to Saga and then...
Tokujin Yoshioka’s Kou-an glass tea house was a huge success when it was shown in Kyoto in 2015. If you missed your chance to see it then or if you want to experience it again, it will be touring Japan...
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Talking Animal Ears Tissue Dispenser transforms Kleenex into interactive...
Why should a household item be dull when it can be cute and fun? The Talking Animal Ears Tissue Dispenser is a collaboration between tissue brand Nepia and Takara Tomy Arts. Nepia’s most famous product...
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Tokyo Pokémon cafe gets ready for Halloween with new ghoulish menu
Tokyo’s first permanent Pokémon cafe opened in March this year in the central district of Nihonbashi. After welcoming patrons for several months, it’s time for the cafe to change its menu to suit the...
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Vent (and mute) your anger with the Sakeboard Shouting Jar
Japanese corporations are notoriously punishing environments for employees, especially junior members of the team. Long hours, pointless meetings, fax machines, afterwork compulsory shindigs, karoshi...
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Streetwear designer Hiroshi Fujiwara collaborates with Pokémon for new...
Renowned Japanese streetwear designer Hiroshi Fujiwara has chosen an unusual new brand for his later collaboration: Pokémon. The Nintendo franchise will team up with Fujiwara for the Thunderbolt...
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Cartier opens luxury Juste un Clou convenience store in Omotesando, Tokyo
They say everything in Omotesando is twice as expensive (if not more) than the rest of Tokyo. Here’s further proof if any was needed. Luxury brand Cartier has opened a special pop-up convenience store...
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New Kirby character cafe in Tokyo features unique food dishes and drinks
Fans of the Nintendo game character Kirby can rejoice at a new dining establishment in Tokyo aimed squarely at them. The Tokyo Skytree’s Solamachi mall will once again host a Kirby pop-up cafe, opening...
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Enjoy a drink of Totoro-design craft beer illustrated by Hayao Miyazaki
Microbreweries and craft beer is big in Japan right now, with lots of new beers popping up all over the country alongside plenty of drinkeries, especially in Tokyo. One of the more unusual recent...
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Japanese Twitter user creates amazingly detailed ship sculpture out of...
Japan’s long traditions of craftsmanship and so-called monozukuri manifests in the modern age in various ways, from its automobiles to its latte art. There are some more avenues for that spirit of...
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Photographer captures amazing images of central Tokyo as ghost town before...
Typhoon Trami (Typhoon No. 24) brought intense winds to Tokyo on the night of September 30th, though damage was worse outside the city, including three reported fatalities. The capital wasn’t taking...
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Wear Space: Panasonic creates wearable blinkers to aid concentration
Whether you are a digital nomad or a millennial trying to swot for an exam, one of the problems with the tech age is that there are so many more distractions now. How can we concentrate in this...
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Novera talking mirror provides romantic companionship to lonely women
The Novera is a mirror that talks to women and provides romantic companionship. The mirror, apparently only available as a prototype right now, has a sexy male voice that will compliment and chat with...
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Artist collective Chim Pom opens body-themed installation “human restaurant”...
The artistic collective Chim Pom (or Chim↑Pom) will open a “Ningen Restaurant” (human restaurant) in Shinjuku’s Kabukicho district for two weeks in the soon-to-be-demolished Kabukicho Book Center...
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Onsen Ryokan Yuen Shinjuku to offer Hakone hot spring experience in the heart...
A hot spring (onsen) in Shinjuku? After the opening of the “super spa” luxury bathhouse Thermae-yu in Kabukicho in 2015, Shinjuku will get a new hot spring resort facility in the form of Onsen Ryokan...
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Hello Kitty trains to run on Keio and Shinjuku Line in Tokyo from November
If you loved the Hello Kitty Shinkansen bullet train, then you will adore the new Toei Shinjuku Line trains. Operator Keio will deck out certain Shinjuku Line trains in a Hello Kitty theme, starting...
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Tokyo Tower in My Room by Sega Toys is perfect scale replica of Tokyo landmark
Tourism is booming in Japan right now and looks set to continue that way, at least until the 2020 Olympic Games. One of the prime sightseeing destinations in the capital is, of course, Tokyo Tower, the...
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Cashierless artificial intelligence retail kiosk opens at station in Tokyo
JR East has opened a cashierless retail kiosk on the platform of Akabane Station in Tokyo where the shopping experience is fully run by artificial intelligence. Unmanned retail outlets are nothing new...
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Neko-jasuri Cat Groomer is a pet fur brush inspired by metal files
While the birth rate is Japan is declining, the nation’s obsession with pets shows no signs of abating. This has led to a vast catalog of pet toys and items — ranging from the outright bizarre to the...
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Halloween street party in Shibuya, Tokyo, turns into near-riot with vandalism...
The tolerance for Halloween in Tokyo may be on a knife edge after some revellers in Shibuya caused vandalism and overturned a vehicle, resulting in arrests over the weekend. Halloween has developed in...
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