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Sakura Boat. Kawagoe, Japan. By Aaron Baggett | Tokyo Cheapo  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: Hasu no Hana | Artist: Sakanaction | Album: Sayonara wa Emotion/Hasu no Hana Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

K-pop Music Video Didn’t Include Japan On A World Map

In TVXQ’s latest music video, a woman on TV is shown standing in front of a world map that depicts an airplane making a journey from South Korea. However, the map was missing Japan, causing the group’s label to take down the video and make a correction. Here is how the sequence originally appeared in…

Anata no Warehouse is a five-story game center in Kawasaki, Japan that was designed to look like Hong Kong’s Kowloon Walled City. Website Tofugu recently did a review of the place, sussing out if it’s worth a visit.

Man Is Surprised At How Little Nintendo Charged For 3DS Parts

Twitter user Kaboo Factory recently recounted how much Nintendo charged him for first gen Nintendo 3DS parts. It was surprisingly low. According to Kaboo Factory, he told Nintendo he couldn’t turn on his first-gen Nintendo 3DS and asked the company to fix it. Nintendo explained that main circuit board and the battery needed to be…

Maltese Landscape. Malta. By Sotiris Frankos | Instagram 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! 

Man Attempts Suicide After Internet Idol’s Retirement

According to Taiwanese news reports, a 48-year-old Japanese man attempted to kill himself this weekend after an internet idol Zhou Yingxin announced her retirement. Thankfully, his attempt was unsuccessful. Note: If you are ever considering taking your own life, please know that there are people who will listen and can help Taiwan News and the…

Dragon Quest VR is coming to VR Zone Shinjuku later this month, allowing DQ fans to explore the famed role-playing game series like never before. Check out those shield peripherals!

By The Pool. Ginza, Tokyo, Japan. By Alessandro Arcidiacono | Instagram  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: Seija no Maachi | Artist: Asian Kung-Fu Generation | Album: BEST HIT AKG 2 (2012-2018) Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Here Are The Biggest Selling Games In Japan In 2017

A few years back, traditional games and game hardware were not doing so hot in Japan. That has started to change. As Kotaku reported earlier this year, the Japanese console game market grew for the first time in 11 years. This came after the Nintendo Switch had an incredible 2017 in Japan. According to Famitsu,…

Politicians Should Always Cosplay As Dragon Ball Characters 

This is Shigeru Ishiba. He was previously Japan’s Minister of Defense. But here he is dressed as Majin Buu from Dragon Ball Ishiba recently appeared at the opening ceremony for the Enkei Gekijou Kurayoshi Figure Museum in Kurayoshi City, Tottori Prefecture. The city’s mayor also dressed up. Politicians should always cosplay as anime characters. If…

Japan’s Best April Fool’s Day Jokes

Today is April 2. But let’s look back to yesterday and round up the best April Fool’s Days gags Japan had to offer. Such as… The Dragon Ball Super vs. Pretty Cure Super Stars mash-up we’ve all been waiting for. Kagawa Prefecture, aka “Udon Prefecture,” is changing its name to Yadon (Slowpoke) Prefecture. Vegetable flavored…

Hunter x Hunter is going back on hiatus, starting April 9. The manga had just returned last this January from a previous hiatus. Manga creator Yoshihiro Togashi apologized, saying he would try to bring Hunter x Hunter back as soon as he can.

Nocturnal Walk. Osaka, Japan. By Sammy Fatnassi | Tumblr  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: Elastic Girl | Artist: Kahimi Karie | Album: My First Karie Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

The Reason Why Detective Pikachu Loves Coffee

While Ash’s Pikachu adores ketchup, Detective Pikachu loves coffee. In a recent interview, the game’s creators explained why. Famitsu asked why Detective Pikachu has an old man voice, and producer Hiroyuki Jinnai explained that Ikue Otani’s cute Pikachu voice work is exceedingly well-known. “That’s why, as this is an adventure game, we wanted to bring…

What’s going on with the Hollywood live-action adaptation of Naruto? Director Michael Gracey (The Greatest Showman) tells Collider, “…we’re still working on the script. Because until that script is at a level that I’m excited about, I have no interest in destroying an amazing franchise, as has happened before.”

Fetish Cosplay Comes To The Nintendo Switch 

Today, Shin Den Ai: Nani ga Hoshii no? will be released on the Nintendo Switch in Japan. The download stars fetish cosplayer and model Eri Kitami. The app was apparently denied release on iOS, but it looks like Nintendo is happy to take it! The title could be translated as “True Electric Love: What Do…

Luminous Producitons, the newly announced Square Enix studio headed up by Hajime Tabata, isn’t only doing big-time games. As you can see on this preview of an NHK program, it’s also doing CG for television. Here, the CG is used to show how humans evolved.