Japan is famed for it’s gaming culture, and love of retro tech. As such, Tokyo is packed full of rare and expensive video games, and I thought it was about time we took a look! These may not be the most expensive
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If there’s a box that comes filled with Japanese snacks, I want to get my hands on it. I’ve already spoken about my love for Sakuraco, and now we’re pitting them against another big hitter in the Japanese subscription box world, Bokksu.
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I have extremely fond memories of growing up swapping trading cards with people in the playground, collecting stickers for my sticker book, and trying to hunt for those elusive cards to complete my collection. While my love for trading cards spread to
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The PS1 was my first console, and the PS2 was my second. The latter had most of my favorite childhood games on it, and I'll continue to hold a huge amount of love for it. While that probably means I'll be spending
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Anywhere you go in Japan, you’ll be greeted by an air conditioner of some sort or other. Whether it’s in someone’s house, a giant electronics store in Tokyo, or that tiny ramen shop you think is too small to be a ramen
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We’ve all heard that you need to learn around 2,000 kanji to be considered ‘fluent’, but how close is that number to reality for people who actually live in Japan? After trying and failing to learn just 10 kanji a day, I
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