#only in japan

[giapponetvb]

Ditemi che non è un porno. 😱

[redsamuraiii]

Coming of Age Day by SinPictures

[dragon--n93]

4 English language, Pokémon Arcade Ga-Ole and the 2 in Japanese 

[araiwatal]

普通列車でどこかへ #148

伯備線 米子行き 鳥取県 西伯郡のあたり

Amazon Japan Kindle 新井ワタルのページ https://www.amazon.co.jp/新井ワタル/e/B0168GDX1M/

Go somewhere by local train #148

Hakubi Line bound for Yonago Around Saihaku District, Tottori Prefecture

Amazon USA Kindle Watal Arai's Page https://www.amazon.com/WATAL-ARAI/e/B01BODI7I8

[lenbryant]

Only In Japan takes us to the world's oldest hotel (and second oldest business). 1300 years is a long time to keep your doors open.

[holanihon]

Detalles de Japón.

El teléfono de Biccamera.

[horyu-ji]

"NEON TOKYO from Dai-Neon" at Tokyo Tower (January 2022)

Originally displayed in Shizuoka in 2020, the Dai-Neon Exhibition arrived to Tokyo Tower in 2022. Seven artists, including Asuka Watanabe, Takkyu Ishino and Rieko Akatsuka, showcase their artworks involving colourful neon lights.

[yellodisney]

[ponyway]

All these robots were made by that one dude

[redsamuraiii]

A Shinto Shrine / Buddhist Temple Themed Doghouse by SoraNews24

Osaka’s Bunkaizai Kozo Keikaku also goes by the name Heritage Structure Engineering Design, Inc., and as you might guess, the company’s focus is preserving and renovating historical and classical buildings, particularly temples and shrines. They’re venturing into a new field, though, with the Inudono, coming from the Japanese words inu (“dog”) and dono (“feudal lord”).

More info at SoraNews24

[dragon--n93]

Pokémon Arcade Tretta & Battrio Carry Cases

[araiwatal]

普通列車でどこかへ #5

東海道本線 熱海行 東京都大田区のあたり

タイヤ怪獣！

Amazon Japan Kindle 新井ワタルのページ https://www.amazon.co.jp/新井ワタル/e/B0168GDX1M/

Go somewhere by local train　#5

Tokaido Main Line bound for Atami Around Ota City, Tokyo

Tire Kaiju!

Amazon USA Kindle Watal Arai's Page https://www.amazon.com/WATAL-ARAI/e/B01BODI7I8

[epiklab]

Watch "Starbucks Lucky Bag 2023 ... Fail... スターバックス福袋2023... に負けただから #starbucks #luckybag" on YouTube

[sweetness-pop]

How I Discovered Toro Inoue aka Sony Cat....Nya Nya!

(Cover pic found on Doko Demo Issyo Wiki)

Hiya everyone! 💗💋🍓🌸Sweet*POP🌈🍭💀🌟 here! I thought it'd be nice for me to share this story of how I was able to refresh one of my childhood memories somewhere from last year or 2 years ago. As in how I discovered Japan's precious furry Sony mascot, Toro Inoue

When I was in middle school from 2003-2004, there was a show called Cinematech that was like a slideshow/segment showing video games(mostly openings for the games) even outside of North America like Europe and especially Japan, and it aired on the video game tv channel that I've always loved watching, G4tv.

On one of the episodes of Cinematech, this sweet, precious and cute Japan-exclusive PS2 treasure was shown to end that episode, which I only saw once. Since then I have kept this memory locked inside my mind. As years went by, I have once used internet to search for pictures and videos of that game, but....never any luck. I thought that I would at least treasure that memory.

But then in my adult years, I saw this white kawaii Japanese bobtail neko buddy everywhere in media relating to Sony Japan or video game cats, and felt like that I have seen this character before.

That's when I found out about his actual name Toro Inoue. And then I watched a video on YouTube showing the gameplay of "Toro to Kyuujitsu" that was so familiar from when I was watching my all-time favorite G4TV show Cinematech.

That was the moment when I realized that I have finally found the game I saw in that Cinematech episode. Plus....I have to admit that my only fault for never finding the game was because all this time, I've been typing "Taro's Day Off" because I could have sworn that was the title of the game, but then I've learned the truth that Toro to Kyuujitsu was really *Toro's Day Off*. I've been mistaking Toro as Taro for all these years.😅 Plus, I instantly remembered seeing a familiar old woman who was a host from the shrine in a cutscene because she was the last figure that I saw in the Cinematech ep (before I changed the channel).

Also after finding out the Japanese name of the game, I did a translation lookup for "kyuujitsu", and learned that it means "holiday", "day off". "Toro to Kyuujitsu" means "Toro on Holiday". So now I am very happy to have finally found this game. A childhood memory had been solved.😊

And I happen to love Toro Inoue, Sony's mascot in Japan very much now. I'm just so fond of him nya nya! 😺😸😻😽

Thank you for being a part of my life Toro... Sony Cat....I love you nya nya!🐾🐈💖🍣🎮