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Chiyoda City Mayoral Candidate Wants You to Know He Loves Japan, War Criminals
Teruki Goto is an independent candidate who broke up his metal band, took a Myspace portrait of himself in his bath robe and decided to run for mayor. His platform includes the increasingly common...
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10 Tips for Sticking it to the Man and Winning on UFO Catchers
By Kat CrosbieThere was a period of my life (around 2009-2010) during which I had a serious addiction to UFO catchers. I’ve only just managed to start playing them again this year in moderation – it...
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Neko Jalala: We Finally Visit an Akihabara Cat Cafe
Things don’t get much more Japanese than cat cafes, places where people pay to drink coffee in a room crammed with cats. Like many aspects of Japanese culture, the idea originates elsewhere (in this...
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12 Crazy Things You Can Buy at Don Quijote: Part 1
After the popularity of “12 Crazy Things You Can Buy in a Japanese Convenience Store” we decided to bring you another installment, this time looking at a Tokyo institution well-known for its...
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12 Crazy Things You Can Buy at Don Quijote: Part 2
The second part of our look at crazy things you can buy at Don Quijote. For part 1 click here.Misshapen, Sulky Darth MaulAfter seeing the sith lord battle Obi-Wan in The Phantom Menace you can now...
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Pictures: A Tokyo Cat Cafe
Photographs by Cal Widdall & Chris SaarnaWe recently wrote about our trip to Neko Jalala Cat Cafe in Akihabara (click here for the post if you haven’t read it) but only included a couple of...
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Doujinshi: Indie Comics That Leave Nothing to the Imagination
This post comes courtesy of our friends at Tokyo Cheapo, whose tattered, threadbare clothing often leaves nothing to the imagination.While outside Japan Marvel and DC fans are getting into a lather...
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