Nekohanten and Ranma 1/2 Pop-Up Shop: All you need to know
Ranma 1/2 is back, and with the first season just concluding on Netflix, pop-up events like a character café and more were inevitable.
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Tokyo Vegan Meetup: Natural Vegan Marche
It’s been a while since I blogged about the Tokyo Vegan Meetup, one of the longest running Tokyo-based groups on meetup.com. This time they met at the Natural Vegan Marche.
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Otaru Cafe x Hello Kitty: Let’s drink coffee with Kitty-chan!
Conveniently located at Otaru’s tourist area is Otaru Cafe x Hello Kitty. A proper Hello Kitty café with cuteness, latte art and Kitty herself!
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2D Cafe in Shin-Ōkubo, Tokyo: Step Inside a Cartoon!
The 2D Cafe near Tokyo’s Korea Town has been carefully designed to appear as 2D. It doesn’t need a website, just an Instagram account. Leave the 3D world behind!
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Lohas Raw Food in Sapporo: How would you like not to age?
Walking around in Sapporo’s central ward, I noticed an interesting sign outside a small restaurant. It was the Lohas Raw Food restaurant offering their Anti-aging set. So how would you like not to age?
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Nagi Shokudo: Relaxed vegan eatery in Shibuya
When in Tokyo, I like to try out different vegan or vegetarian restaurants in addition to my mainstays. Nagi Shokudo (なぎ食堂) isn’t located that far from Shibuya Station.
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Space Station Osaka: A Gaming Bar
A while ago I stayed in Osaka for New Year’s and was unsure where to spend the evening. So I decided to check out Space Station Osaka, a video game bar in the Americamura neighborhood of Osaka.
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Genmai Cafe Osaka: Delicious vegan dining
Among meet-up groups in Japan, the Tokyo Vegan Meet-up is one of the biggest with over 1000 members. The Kansai one is much smaller and has an irregular schedule.
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Oktoberfest 2012 in Shinjuku, Tokyo
Honestly, I’ve stopped counting how many Oktoberfests were held around Tokyo alone, let alone Japan. An Oktoberfest held in a
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Vegan Meetup at Pink Cow
The Pink Cow is an expat- and vegetarian-friendly bar and has regular live music and art events. Together with the
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Oktoberfest in Japan
The Munich Oktoberfest is the biggest beer festival in the world and over 200 years old. I’ve never been there but many foreigners travel to Germany each year just to get drunk.
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