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Every year watermelon lovers gather in Tomisato City in Chiba Prefecture to participate in an epic physical challenge knows as the Tomisato Suika Rōdo Rēsu (冨里すいかロードレース). This peculiar event involves people of all ages eating watermelon as they race to be the first to complete the 7 km course. This year the event was held on June 16th and featured …

A rundown of Toyota’s Woven City project and why Toyota may succeed where Google struggled. One of the most exciting news to come out of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2020 was from the Japanese car giant Toyota Corporation, which unveiled its plans to build a “city of the future,” as a testbed to experiment with its suite of AI …

Oh, bear fairies. They grow up so quickly. It’s no secret that Japan has a lot of mascots. Just about every town, city, and prefecture in Japan has spent quite a bit of money creating some kind of cute and/or attention-grabbing creature to promote itself. However, only a tiny percentage of these mascots ever reach anything close to the fame …

You’ll want to save a Phoenix Down for when the divorce comes. Due to its status as one of the most popular video game franchises of all time, fans of the Final Fantasy series have been treated to all kinds of tie in merchandise and events over the years. However, it looks like in 2019 fans are going to get …

Way better than watching a bunch of human children run around. Every year in October schools across Japan hold what in English tends to be called “Sports Day.” Known as undōkai or taiikukai in Japanese, this is a day on which students participate in all sorts of athletic events in order to win glory for their respective teams. However, for …

Please do not shoot at any sideways walking employees. Along with Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, and a handful of others, Space Invaders is easily one of the most well known and beloved games of the early days of arcades. This year marked the 40th year since those little crab-like aliens began trying to take over earth and in order to celebrate …

Brace yourselves. The Pikachu are coming. This August Yokohama will once again be overrun by legions of everyone’s favorite yellow electric mouse Pokemon, Pikachu, when the city plays host to the 2018 Pikachu Outbreak! event (Pikachu Tairyō Hassei). Set to take place between August 10-16 in the Minato Mirai harbor district of Yokohama, Pikachu Outbreak! is a yearly event started …