One Japanese Twitter user came across a crane game with a very strong toy, but in reality it was glued! Twitter user @Waclyy went to “Round One”, a Japanese Arcade center, recently and was trying to get a Snoopy doll out of one of the games. But after 3,000 yen ($28 US Dollars), Snoopy was not going anywhere. And that’s when he had enough and … Continue reading “Round One” In Japan Caught Gluing Prizes In Crane Game!

In a recent post (Kura Corporation Begins Selling Whole Sardine Sushi!), I told you about “Setsubun”, the annual celebration that occurs the day before the beginning of Spring in Japan (February 3rd). One of the traditions on this day is the eating of “Eho-Maki”, which are “lucky direction rolls”. You eat them on the night of Setsubun, while facing the “lucky direction”–which is different each … Continue reading Japan’s Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry Fears Mass Disposal Of Eho-Maki Rolls!

Weekly Shonen Jump, the weekly shonen manga book, has launched a new mobile phone application which allows you to use location services to read manga! The app allows you to look at a map of your area and you can “pick-up” manga that you find on the map and read an e-book version. It will contain over 600 manga you can read for free, including … Continue reading “Weekly Shonen Jump” Launches New Location Manga Reading App With Over 600 Free Manga!

Ninja Gaiden is back, but this time Americans will get to play the 2014 spin-off: “YAIBA: NINJA GAIDEN Z”! On January 2, 2019, KOEI Tecmo Games filed a new U.S. Trademark for “YAIBA: NINJA GAIDEN Z”, which is the 2014 collaboration project between Team NINJA of Koe Tecmo and Keiji Inakei of Comcept, and a spin-off of the “NINJA GAIDEN” series. Though a release date … Continue reading “YAIBA: NINJA GAIDEN Z” Is Coming To The US!

Who needs fishing gear when you have fists of fury? Two junior high school students in Amami City, Japan recently found themselves faced with a 215 pound tuna, and did what any person what do, they caught it! It seems that the two students were headed to the Akagi Coast when they heard an elementary school student that was playing on the beach yell that … Continue reading Two Japanese High School Students Catch 215 Pound Tuna With Bare Hands!

Manga fans get ready to book a room in this very cool hotel in Tokyo. Beginning in February 2019, the “Manga Art Hotel” will open in the Jimbocho area in Tokyo. This capsule hotel will have more than 5,000 manga that have been pre-selected for their art. The creators of the hotel wanted to create an overnight manga experience, so that people can become lost … Continue reading Manga Art Hotel Coming To Tokyo!

Dragon Ball Z is personally one of my favorite anime, and it seems like one lucky boy in Arizona likes it too. Recently, news of a super-kid began re-emerging in Japanese news, so we figured it would be a good time to remind folks what happened. As the Gila Valley Central News Reported last year, an 11 year-old boy in Arizona, named Andrew, was playing … Continue reading Boy Survived 400 Bee Stings By “Becoming” Vegeta!