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Manga & Anime

One Piece Is 30 Years Old — Why Is It Still Running?

One Piece Is 30 Years Old — Why Is It Still Running?By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledI want to begin with a number.530,000,000.F...
Strange things in Japan

Quirky Japan Chronicles – Episode 17: The Etiquette of Japanese Business Cards

Quirky Japan Chronicles – Episode 17: The Etiquette of Japanese Business CardsBy Yoshi | Japan UnveiledI want to tell yo...
Otaku Culture

Ikebukuro Decoded — History, Streets, and the Otaku Culture That Grew Between Two Department Stores

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledIntroduction — The Station as a City, and the City as a ParadoxThere is a running joke among Ja...
Otaku Culture

Osu — The Otaku District That Grew Up in a Temple Market

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledIntroduction — The Place I Know BestThere is a specific kind of knowledge that comes only from ...
Otaku Culture

Den-Den Town — Osaka’s Electric City and the Kansai Soul of Otaku Culture

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledIntroduction — The City That Refuses to Be SecondOsaka has a complicated relationship with the ...