Unfortunately, the gang’s first assignment already granted them some unwanted notoriety, and the Spanish Police sent everything they’ve got to stop the second heist. During the coronavirus pandemic, Money Heist’s availability on Netflix has provided subscription holders hours of entertainment when they discovered the Spanish series. However, one observant fan exposed a glaring plot hole […]
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‘Yakuza 6’ makes Tokyo’s red-light district virtually real
I’m a relatively late fan of Sega’s famed Yakuza franchise. It was the 2015 ‘prequel’, Yakuza 0 on the PS4, that got me hooked: it was the series’ first title to be localized in Chinese, which helped me understand its rich storyline on the humble beginnings of series protagonist, Kazuma Kiryu, and his strangely charming […]
Inside Tokyo’s creepy capsule hotels
Share this article Tiny pods designed for the overworked are now gaining traction with tourists in Tokyo. Can our featured contributor Paula Froelich hack a night in one? Thanks to a series of bizarre events during a trip to Tokyo last spring, I found myself inside an immaculately clean, morgue-like pod that was only 6’3” […]
Nintendo is going after Tokyo’s Mario-inspired go-kart tourist attraction
Nintendo is already well known to robustly protect its intellectual properties, so the operator of Tokyo’s Mario-inspired go-kart attraction perhaps shouldn’t be too surprised to find itself in the Japanese company’s legal crosshairs. Offering fans of Nintendo’s super-successful franchise the chance to motor around the city’s streets in go-karts while dressed as a Super Mario character, the […]
Recycled smartphones will be used to make medals for Tokyo’s 2020 Olympics
Winning athletes at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be presented with medals made from metals recovered from discarded smartphones. The idea was first mooted last summer as a way to deal with all the e-waste created by the tech-loving country. Or, as Japan’s three-time Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Kohei Uchimura put it this week: “Tokyo 2020 […]