Unko: Japan’s weird obsession with poop-themed stuff
Japan’s a country where you can experience a singing, light-up toilet… and squat over a hole in the ground… in
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Otaku Life
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The ‘roku-yon’ rocks on: a look back at our fave classic Nintendo 64 games
Nintendo’s 64. A 5th-gen console sneakily marketed to perfection, that didn’t disappoint on the graphics and gameplay demands of that
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Make the Switch: how to order from the Nintendo Store Japan with DEJAPAN
Some nights, after work, we sit at a bar and wonder why we never bought Nintendo stock back in the
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Star Wars Meishou Movie Realization figures: think they’re pretty damn cool, you will
Our realisation: if these characters showed up in the movies, the story would’ve played out real differently. Introducing the Star
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Infinite mode: Japan’s love of retro gaming
Every human generation grows up with a videogame console generation. We’ll show you our age – most of the DEJAPAN
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GEOCRAPER: build a Japanese city in your bedroom
Okay, so we laughed at the name too. The full name’s ‘Urban Development Expansion Trading Figure Geocraper’, which is even
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Charaction Cubes: your fave characters, with multiple twists
Well, it’s a great way to discover ‘new dimensions’ in characters you know and love… Go on then, what’s a
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Become an online shopping shinobi: Japanese ninja goods
Remember that fake news story about a Japanese city taking ninja applications? Over 100 people (from 20+ countries!) sent their
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Hey, waifu, I’m home: Gatebox, the kawaii 3D virtual assistant
We know you’ve thought about it. About what your life’d be like if you had a waifu waiting at home.
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Eat, pray, love, zoom, sprint, laugh: the best My Hero Academia quirks to have in real life
In the real world, when you call a person ‘quirky’, you mean they’re kinda… weird. Like a manic pixie dream
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