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‘Side quests and paid DLC’: add videogame merch from Japan to your inventory

DEJAPAN Staff / September 28, 2017

Think about your favourite videogames of all time. (We’ll wait, go on.) How many of them were made in Japan? […]

DEJAPAN Staff / September 25, 2017

100-yen stores in Japan are like pound shops in the UK, or dollar stores in the US. The exchange rate’s

DEJAPAN Staff / September 21, 2017

A quick opener, for anyone who’s not into fountain pens. People who are into fountain pens love them as much

DEJAPAN Staff / September 18, 2017

Japan can be weird. We should know, we live here. And we think that’s because this country’s got cool stuff

DEJAPAN Staff / September 11, 2017

Watch enough Japanese variety TV shows, and/or the commercials in between, and you’ll know about Rola. It’s safe to say

DEJAPAN Staff / September 7, 2017

The Daikanyama area of Tokyo is home to a rare Maison de Reefur shop in Japan. This exclusive boutique keeps

DEJAPAN Staff / September 4, 2017

Not all cosplay outfits are created equal. Not by the cosplayer, anyway. Some people love spending hours crafting, stitching, and

The struggle to prove that our favourite game or anime character really exists is constant. Some of us snuggle up

Pac-Man and one of Ginza’s poshest department stores aren’t 2 things you’d put together. And then someone did. Pac-Man Ginza

The Namja Town area in Ikebukuro is… for kids. And their parents. It’s a massive playground with interactive games and

The summer ‘Pikachu Outbreak’ event’s been ‘a thing’ for a couple years now. ‘A thing’ as in the biggest, craziest

We’ve already explained a bunch of different types of figures. There’s one we didn’t cover yet: Daruma Club. What does