Itâs the end of another year. Can you believe it? And what a year. Letâs take a breather and look back at some of the best Kotaku East stories of 2017.
Here we go:
Twitter user Mohikan noticed that his son made a cardboard Nintendo Switch. âProbably because heâŚ
Read more Read So you dream of moving to Japan and making anime. But whatâs it really like? Just ask Thomas Romain.
Read more Read In Japan, there is an infamous gay porno called A Midsummer Nightâs Lewd Dream. The flick hasâŚ
Read more Read It was only a matter of time, but a company in Fukuoka, Japan is now making samurai armor for pets.
Read more Read In Ho Chi Minh City, a clinic was reportedly surprised to learn its logo looked exactly likeâŚ
Read more Read Typhoons that hit Hokkaido last August have resulted in a domestic spud shortage for Japan. KnowâŚ
Read more Read Gyung Bae Kwak, an editor at South Korean gaming site Daily Game, is in the hospital after beingâŚ
Read more Read Welcome to the world of âishoku-hadaâ (ç°č˛č), which can mean âunique skinâ or even âremarkableâŚ
Read more Read Earlier this month in Tokyoâs Ikebukuro, around 3,000 people lined up at a retailer for a chance to âŚ
Read more Read Game scenario director Hiroo Otsubo has an interesting work process: he creates anime-style art inâŚ
Read more Read A few years ago, Kotaku introduced online nicknames for Japanese fans of the three gamingâŚ
Read more Read Today in Osaka, a District Court ruled that tattooer Taiki Masuda broke the law by tattooingâŚ
Read more Read Every business has a starting point. For Japanese arcades, one of them was on department storeâŚ
Read more Read According to Marioâs newly updated, official Japanese-language profile, the iconic character isnâtâŚ
Read more Read Maybe youâve been to Japan or plan on going. Perhaps you recently moved here, or it could be thatâŚ
Read more Read If youâve ever seen an original Famicom cartridge, you probably wondered what those little holes on âŚ
Read more Read In years past, the âHalloween trainâ was a carriage taken over by costume-wearing foreigners, whoâŚ
Read more Read Raising kids ainât cheap. Neither are rare Yu-Gi-Oh! cards. Twitter user KnightMiyabi decided toâŚ
Read more Read Because Japan has lots of people and not as much space, interesting housing solutions are aâŚ
Read more Read On Nintendoâs Japanese website, there is a page called âOther Productsâ (ăăŽäťăŽĺĺ). Itâs fascinating.
Read more Read Last year, Bleach creator Tite Kubo posted a photo of a letter. It was a fanâs dying wish.
Read more Read Every year across Japan, people line up at Kentucky Fried Chicken joints to place their orders forâŚ
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