Previously, Kotaku reported that Japan is getting a Hello Kitty bullet train. All we saw was the outside. Now, we get concept art showing what inside the train looks like. The train will begin service between Osaka and Hakata on June 30. The train’s first car is called “Hello! Plaza!” and features a Hello Kitty…
Make no mistake. Hayao Miyazaki of Studio Ghibli fame doesn’t seem easy to please—even if you are his son. Rather, especially if you are his son. Stills from the documentary How Ponyo Was Born have circulated online in Japan. The documentary is not new, and the images are from the sequence in which Hayao Miyazaki…
Artist Ray Tatsumi has done an exhaustive in-depth study of Japanese maid outfits, tracing their origins from the UK and the USA. Tatsumi has been working on this chart for a while, and here is the third version: At the top right, you can see how maid outfits originate in the UK, but by the…
Want to wander around the Japanese countryside? Nostalgic Train is a self-described “mysterious walking simulator” that’s set in rural Japan that might be filled with nostalgia, but not with people. The game is out on Steam this June, but currently only has Japanese language support.
Island in the Sky. Cebu City, Philippines. By Martin Tan. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!
Track: Hikari | Artist: Utada Hikaru | Album: Kingdom Hearts OST Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.
Earlier this spring, Capcom opened a Monster Hunter bar. Please don’t touch stuff in it, okay? Recently, reader Ivan checked out the bar, and he went around taking photos. I hope he didn’t go around touching things, because that place is filled with do not touch signs. Can you spot the don’t touch signs? You…
One of the most beautiful spots in Japan is the bamboo grove in Kyoto’s Arashiyama. Sadly, tourists have been defacing the natural beauty by carving their names on the stalks. If you don’t know how beautiful Arashiyama’s bamboo grove is, check out this photo Kotaku reader Aeron sent us a few years back. Or this one…
Earlier this week, Kotaku broke the news that Sony will no longer make physical PS Vita game cards for its North American and European branches. Sony Japan, however, says it will keep making them for the domestic market. Via Japanese site GameSpark, here is Q&A with Sony Interactive Entertainment regarding the PS Vita situation for…
Tetsujin 28. Kobe, Japan. By Michael Markofski. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!
Track: Walk The Walk | Artist: Gaz Coombes | Album: World’s Strongest Man Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.
Earlier this spring, Kotaku reported that Jeon “Dara” Jeong-hoon announced he was retiring from professional gaming after “truly frightening” incidents that allegedly happened while in Japan. In a new interview, he recounts his experiences on the Japanese esports scene. Dara most recently played for SCARZ Burning Core, but before that, he was a member of…
Yoko Taro wants folks to knock it off with the fan art and cosplay complaints, saying one of the reasons he doesn’t actively retweet fan art or cosplay is because he doesn’t want to broadcast them to “strange people.” “However, if they are done by people for work, then I’ll post them,” he recently wrote…
This January, Japan hosted its first Evo tournament. It lost over one million dollars. If you know how the event was set up, that shouldn’t be a surprise. According to financial reports from Evo’s organizers (via MMCafe), the tournament posted a 124 million yen ($1.13 million) loss. There was considerable interest, with Evo Japan drawing…
Snowy Shinjuku. Tokyo, Japan. By Zachary Heines. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!
Track: Stellify | Artist: Ian Brown | Album: My Way Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.
This summer, Super Smash Bros. for Switch will be playable in Japan at several different events, like the World Hobby Fair and the Jump Victory Carnival in Osaka and Chiba. Check here for more details.
Last month, Isao Takahata passed away at the 82. Known for Grave of the Fireflies and The Tale of Princess Kaguya, among others, Takahata co-founded Studio Ghibli with Hayao Miyazaki, who recently gave a eulogy for his deceased colleague and friend. As Mainichi reports, a farewell ceremony was held at the Studio Ghibli Museum yesterday…
This isn’t a first. Daihatsu has already released a “Snow Miku” Cocoa kei-car a while back. Here is the latest Daihatsu to get a Miku makeover. Daihatsu’s Move Canbus has special Miku accessories that give the vehicles all sorts of Miku-theme accents that are based on the virtual idol’s character design. The Canbus with Miku…
Osaka Sun. Osaka, Japan. By Clayton Huynh. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!
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