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Tourists encouraged to visit 'sacred' anime places

Tourists encouraged to visit 'sacred' anime places
Japan's government and the Japan External Trade Organization are joining their efforts to create an original tourism strategy: encouraging foreign tourists to visit “sacred places” in the world of anime. As a “pilgrimage to sacred places,” fans of …
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Bandai Visual Japan Sets 'Gundam Wing' Blu-ray Anime Box Sets
While the show is out of print due to Bandai Entertainment being out of business, the series is getting a new lease on life in Japan where Bandai Visual is queuing up two new Blu-ray box sets to get the whole thing out this year. Unfortunately, the …
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Abu Dhabime? Middle Eastern mech anime 'Torkaizer' turns Japan's heads with …
Japanese animation has over the course of its evolution branched out into several sub-genres based on the proliferating light novels and manga series. While this is great, it seems as though the once-loved era of giant fighting robots seems to be …
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A Few Reasons You Should Visit Kyoto May 08, 2013

A Few Reasons You Should Visit Kyoto May 08, 2013
When the country's vivid capital has sucked from you the will to party and you've been exposed adequately to weird and obscure shit, Kyoto will sort you out. A city in the central part of the island of Honshu, the former imperial capital of Japan is …
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Kyoto court nullifies 000 credit card bill racked up by 16 year old
A judge from the Kyoto District Court has ruled that part of the bill from an American Express credit card that a 16 year old kid stole from his father was invalid. Around 47,000 dollars of the 54,000 dollar bill is to be considered nullified after the …
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Aoi Festival will be held Wednesday in Kyoto
She will start at 2 p.m. on May 12 in Shijo Kyomachiya, an eight-minute walk from Shijo Station on the Karasuma subway line and Karasuma Station on the Hankyu Kyoto Line. She will start at 5 p.m. on May 26 in Cafe Slow Osaka, a seven-minute walk from …
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