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NowWeeklyMonthlyYearlyNowModern samurai coats from Japan are back for winter with new colors, fabrics, and paired pants1 Japanese boy celebrates 8th birthday dressed as a host at a club in Tokyo’s Kabukicho2chandelier twenga Spice up your undergarments with fashion cues from the feline world in cute new cat lingerie3capiz shell chandelier neiman marcusSuper Mario 64 Last Impact is a huge, full-length fan game available now4chandelier aversa Japan’s AI schoolgirl has fallen into a suicidal depression in latest blog post5 James Cameron’s Alita: Battle Angel Film Casts Eiza Gonzales6 Hana Komon: Japan’s beautiful, samurai-style floral birthday crests7 Ladies, prepare to be romanced by a hot guy with a horse’s body in this bizarre new dating app8

Japan’s ‘agri-tech’ farming revolution9 WeeklyJapan’s AI schoolgirl has fallen into a suicidal depression in latest blog post1 Beautiful cherry blossom-shaped Japanese pencils have a special surprise when sharpened2 Hana Komon: Japan’s beautiful, samurai-style floral birthday crests3 South Korean idol group stands out with “no cosmetic surgery” rule for its members 【Video】5 Japan’s hyper-realistic CG schoolgirl moves for the first time in new video【Video】6 5 things about Japanese customer service that surprise foreign visitors7 Tokyo’s new Square Enix Cafe is open, and we just stuffed our faces at the video game eatery8 Japanese idol group member misses performance after misreading train station kanji9 Astounding cosplayer is so talented we think she may actually be a Sword Art Online character MonthlyJapanese photographer stumbles into “forbidden forest,” finds village of creepy statues【Pics】1

Hana Komon: Japan’s beautiful, samurai-style floral birthday crests2 A Silent Voice, anime film about bullied deaf girl, has an emotional new trailer【Video】3 Japan’s AI schoolgirl has fallen into a suicidal depression in latest blog post4 Ash is going to look very different in the new Pokémon anime arc【Video】5 Beautiful cherry blossom-shaped Japanese pencils have a special surprise when sharpened6 Survey reveals why Japanese players quit Pokémon GO, and it’s likely not for the reason you think7 Fix wet pages in notebooks with this simple lifehack from Japan!8 Amazing exhibition of Japan’s legendary “cursed katana” is going on right now【Photos】9 Worst Kung Fu fight ever breaks out on street in China YearlyPokémon Go in Japan: 7 top sightseeing spots where you can catch Pokémon in Tokyo1 Japanese photographer stumbles into “forbidden forest,” finds village of creepy statues【Pics】2 Anybody want to live rent-free in a house in a Japanese beach town for two years?3

Hana Komon: Japan’s beautiful, samurai-style floral birthday crests4 A Silent Voice, anime film about bullied deaf girl, has an emotional new trailer【Video】5 Japan’s AI schoolgirl has fallen into a suicidal depression in latest blog post6 Ash is going to look very different in the new Pokémon anime arc【Video】7 Beautiful cherry blossom-shaped Japanese pencils have a special surprise when sharpened8 Japanese cat who can’t sleep unless it chats with owner melts hearts across the Internet9 Survey reveals why Japanese players quit Pokémon GO, and it’s likely not for the reason you think Anime & Manga  (191) Food & Drink  (293) Games & Tech  (169)If you watch my Twitter (for the sake of anthropological research… yikes!) then you’ll know I am a tiny bit obsessed with Anthony Bourdain’s food travel show, No Reservations. Tony did an especially kick-ass episode about Tokyo, so the J-Goths and I decided to visit the exact same places he hit on his show.

Since we’re all kind of cash-strapped, our alcohol usually comes in cans from the convenience store. But that night, we splurged on hand-crafted cocktails at Ishinohana, a woodsy bar in Shibuya. The wasabi, ginger, and award-winning Claudia (which Bourdain ordered, top left) were out of this world! Unless your goal is to get thoroughly trashed, it really is worth paying a bit more ($15-18 a drink) to have a cocktail properly made. We were on our way to Sukiyabashi Jiro, rumored to have the best sushi in the world (Bourdain raved about it) when we realized it was in ritzy Ginza. How much was this going to set us back? A quick look at the website… $300 a head? We immediately switched to the train for Tsukiji. There are many sushi restaurants surrounding the market (remember my video tour of Tsukiji?). As soon as he spotted us, this fellow ran up and gave us the used car salesman hard-sell: “One, two, three, let’s go!” 64 yen (64 cents) for market-fresh tuna nigiri?

The restaurant is a little coarse and spans several floors, but my meal of market-fresh fish and sake came to under $20. It may not have been Bourdain’s ritzy joint, but it was one of my best Tokyo sushi experiences so far. Back to Shibuya for drinks at Piano Bar, one of the many cramped dive bars near the train tracks. Like Bourdain, we marveled at the red walls and gilded bric-a-brac. (The design is similar to Trump Room, which you may recall from Fashion Ramone’s “Horror Vacui” party.) I ordered the rosewater and wine cocktail. The stairs were so narrow that most of the American population could not get to the upper level. Tank top: Black Peace Now, from Closet Child Shinjuku Skirt: Westmend, a Chinese Lolita brand We listened to the roar of the trains and pondered our fate if there were suddenly an earthquake. (Head bashed in by a gold chandelier and birdcage? Impaled by deer antlers?) Some Australians on the other bench made some rather ignorant comments.