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This Bar Discounts Drinks Based On the Height of Your Heels
Got 6-inch heels? They're worth 40 percent off.
Japan's Streets Will Soon Smell Like Chocolate for a Very Gross Reason
There are some problems even chocolate can't solve.
There's a Japanese Bar Where You Can Get Wasted in a Ball Pit
It’s a concept that combines the ball pits of your youth, the dive bars of your adult life, and all of the Japanese theatricality you might expect from such an undertaking.
Cross-Dressing, J Pop and Death Metal: A Day In The Life Of Aussie Wrestler Ladybeard
Ladybeard is a cross-dressing J Pop and death metal performer who has become famous in Japan for his weird and wonderful approach to cabaret. VICE Sports spent time with him to discover what he gets up to when he's not being awesome.
Japan’s Skyline is Full of Self-Replicating Architecture
Kyoto-based artist and filmmaker Aujik imagines Japan’s futuristic cities as self-replicating organisms.
Photos of a Woman Trying to Make It in Japan’s Rope Bondage Scene
Milla Reika is the rare woman in the male-dominated world of 'shibari.'
No Boys Allowed in the Mysterious Girl Nerd Cafe of Osaka
The Ataraxia Cafe in Osaka, Japan is a modest place where female anime and cosplay fans can indulge in their nerdiest hobbies free from the grubby presence of boys.
The Woman Who Makes Prosthetic Pinkies for Ex-Yakuza Members
In Japan, a missing pinkie brands you as a yakuza member. One prosthetist is trying to help them move on from their past.
I Went to a ‘Forget the Year’ Party With a Japanese Robotics Lab
Hiroshi Ishiguro and his humanoids saw out 2015 with a bōnenkai party.
You Have to Go Underground to Find Some of Japan's Finest Sake
It was a sunny afternoon in Osaka, and I had decided to spend it drinking in a hole in the ground. But the hole was, in fact, a legendary sake bar where I sampled some of the greatest sake coming out of Japan.
Vi besøgte verdens første rigtige Pokémon Gym
Tag til Japan, hvis du er træt af at "fange dem alle!" hjemme på sofaen.
We Visited the World’s First Real-Life Pokémon 'Gym' in Osaka, Japan
It's called a 'gym,' but don't show up expecting to get a workout.