Instead of catching his good side, she turned him into a beautiful blur. Is there anything cuter than when little kids get really enthusiastic about their parents’ hobbies? You can try to cultivate interests in your kids early on, but hearing them express “I want to try that too!” by themselves is a sure-fire way […]
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This is how Oda Nobunada and the Shinsengumi would remove the tags from their T-shirts. Back in Japan’s feudal period, a samurai never left home without his sword. It was a violent era, and there was no telling when he might be forced to defend his life or honor with cold steel. Nowadays, though, when […]
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Nine-year-old boy gives a new meaning to the term ‘Happy Meal’! Many of us have had to adapt our eating patterns since the outbreak of coronavirus. Some people have started getting creative in the kitchen, cooking up things they’d never dream to make before the pandemic hit. For those who miss meals from their favourite […]
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No, Elvis is not dead. He just went home to shelter in place. While Western audiences may know Tommy Lee Jones best for his titular performance as K in the Men in Black franchise, in Japan he’s also well-known for appearing in a series of commercials since 2006 for Suntory’s Boss coffee brand. Dubbed “Uchuujin […]
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Sorry, Gundam won’t be seeing you this summer. Though things are slowly starting to get back to normal in Japan, the effects of the coronavirus pandemic are going to linger at least throughout the summer. Mt. Fuji is closed for the entire climbing season, for example, and now comes sad news for fans of anime […]
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Swords that slash with arcs of fire are possible in real life, and awesome. So by this point, I think we’re all in agreement that katana are pretty cool, right? However, there’s a bit of a problem that sometimes dulls their awesomeness. For a lot of us growing up in the modern era, we’ve grown up […]
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Alright, now hear me out on this one… In early March of this year, an often overlooked traditional Japanese monster known as a “yokai” became an overnight sensation for its purported ability to ward off epidemics. Named Amabie, it once told a human in 1846 that if an epidemic were to ever break out, then […]
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