It’s the end of another year. Can you believe it? And what a year. Let’s 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. “Probably because he…
Read more Read So you dream of moving to Japan and making anime. But what’s it really like? Just ask Thomas Romain.
Read more Read In Japan, there is an infamous gay porno called A Midsummer Night’s Lewd Dream. The flick has…
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 like…
Read more Read Typhoons that hit Hokkaido last August have resulted in a domestic spud shortage for Japan. Know…
Read more Read Gyung Bae Kwak, an editor at South Korean gaming site Daily Game, is in the hospital after being…
Read more Read Welcome to the world of “ishoku-hada” (異色肌), which can mean “unique skin” or even “remarkable…
Read more Read Earlier this month in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro, around 3,000 people lined up at a retailer for a chance to …
Read more Read Game scenario director Hiroo Otsubo has an interesting work process: he creates anime-style art in…
Read more Read A few years ago, Kotaku introduced online nicknames for Japanese fans of the three gaming…
Read more Read Today in Osaka, a District Court ruled that tattooer Taiki Masuda broke the law by tattooing…
Read more Read Every business has a starting point. For Japanese arcades, one of them was on department store…
Read more Read According to Mario’s newly updated, official Japanese-language profile, the iconic character isn’t…
Read more Read Maybe you’ve been to Japan or plan on going. Perhaps you recently moved here, or it could be that…
Read more Read If you’ve ever seen an original Famicom cartridge, you probably wondered what those little holes on …
Read more Read In years past, the “Halloween train” was a carriage taken over by costume-wearing foreigners, who…
Read more Read Raising kids ain’t cheap. Neither are rare Yu-Gi-Oh! cards. Twitter user KnightMiyabi decided to…
Read more Read Because Japan has lots of people and not as much space, interesting housing solutions are a…
Read more Read On Nintendo’s Japanese website, there is a page called “Other Products” (その他の商品). It’s fascinating.
Read more Read Last year, Bleach creator Tite Kubo posted a photo of a letter. It was a fan’s dying wish.
Read more Read Every year across Japan, people line up at Kentucky Fried Chicken joints to place their orders for…
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