Tokyo’s robot town! (J-life video).
Have you been to Tokyo’s robot town? No, me neither – but lucky for us, our man in Japan, John
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Japan’s best vending machine restaurant? (J-Life video).
Our man in Japan, Joe Hattab, visits what might just be Japan’s best vending machine restaurant, aka the Jihanki Shokudo
Read MoreA day in the life of a Japanese manga creator (video doc).
In Japan, the bods who create manga are known as Mangaka. This short informative video documentary follows one such Tokyo-based
Read MoreAll-Japan Pillow Fighting Tournament (J-Life).
In Japan, pillow-fighting is a big-money serious extreme sport – so welcome to Ito, the home of the 6th All-Japan
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Japanese mascots from hell?
Yuru-chara are cute Japanese mascot characters – and every organisation in Japan has one, however unlikely. They also offer a
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Japan’s strangest video game arcade is closing: boo-hoo (news).
We can hardly believe it at SFcrowsnest Towers, Japan’s cyberpunk and oddly dystopian amusement arcade, Anata no Warehouse, in Kawasaki,
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