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Exclusive Gateway to Japan’s Web3 Frontier – Detailed Agenda of IVS Crypto 2024 KYOTO and Japan Blockchain Week
26.6.2024
PRESS RELEASE. Kyoto, Japan, June 26, 2024 – The IVS KYOTO Executive Committee (Headline Japan, IVC, Kyoto Prefecture and Kyoto City) is thrilled to unveil the detailed agenda for IVS Crypto 2024 KYOTO with Japan Blockchain Week Summit, set to be the main event of Japan Blockchain Week 2024....
Tragic Nintendo Unboxing Story Has A Happy Ending
9.5.2023
In August 2022 we told the very sad story of a serious Nintendo collector who, having thought he’d got hold of some very special old playing cards, had in fact got hold of two hunks of worthless cardboard.Read more
The Story Of Nintendo's Favorite Football Team
3.2.2023
If you’re a fan of both football and video games you’ll no doubt have all kinds of fond memories of the two coming together on a team’s shirt, from Arsenal’s classic Dreamcast kit to Fiorentina’s shirts in the 90s. As iconic as those kits were, though, they were but blips on the radar compared...
Vintage Nintendo Unboxing Ends In Tragedy
23.8.2022
Erik Voskuil, who runs the wonderful Before Mario (and has written an excellent book by the same name), has one of the world’s finest collections of Nintendo stuff. Recently though he managed to get hold of something that was special even by his standards: a couple of packets of Nintendo playing...
Fire Breaks Out At Nintendo Headquarters
16.8.2022
NHK is reporting that yesterday afternoon a small fire broke out at Nintendo’s corporate headquarters in Kyoto.Read more
Reggie Fils-Aimé And Satoru Iwata's Great Nintendo Friendship
3.5.2022
It started with an unheard-of request. Reggie Fils-Aimé wasn’t yet president of Nintendo of America. Heck, he wasn’t even an employee—but rather, interviewing for a job. Yet he wanted to speak with Satoru Iwata.Read more
The Old Nintendo Headquarters Hotel Looks Stunning Inside
31.3.2022
When it was announced that Nintendo’s former headquarters was going to be turned into a hotel, I imagined the worse case scenario: a cheesy cash-in to make some quick yen. That certainly doesn’t appear to be the end result. The hotel looks to be a stunning celebration of Nintendo’s heritage. Read...
'It Seems Like A Prison,' And Other Online Reactions To Nintendo's Headquarters
23.2.2022
If you’ve been to Kyoto, you might have made the journey out to Nintendo’s headquarters—well, at least, to stand outside the gates.Read more
A Look Inside Nintendo’s Old Kyoto Headquarters
20.1.2022
If you’re a Nintendo fan, you’ve probably seen countless photos of the exterior of Nintendo’s old Kyoto headquarters. But have you seen inside?Read more
Japanese Indie Game Gets Themed Rooms At Kyoto Hotel
3.11.2021
In the past, Kotaku has introduced themed rooms at Japanese hotels. Typically, these rooms are for established franchises like Kingdom Hearts. But now, one Kyoto hotel is offering a room plastered in Japanese indie game Unreal Life. Read more
Hideo Kojima On Japan's Most Magical And Wonderful Trains
12.10.2021
The country of Japan is crisscrossed with trains. Many of them are memorable and great. But for me, one train stands apart as truly special—the Hankyu train. I’m not alone.In his forthcoming book The Creative Gene, Kojima has a chapter titled, “For Me, The Hankyu Railway Is A Time Machine...
Kyoto Looks Different Without All The Tourists
1.9.2021
This June, for the first time in a long time, I went to Kyoto with my kids to see the sights. But like everywhere, the city felt different. Something was missing. It was summer. The kids needed something to do. Kyoto Prefecture is not far from where I live in Osaka. I can be there in 20 minutes...
The Kyoto Animation Studio Tragedy Was Two Years Ago
19.7.2021
Yesterday marked two years since the tragic arson attack at Kyoto Animation’s Studio 1 building in the Fushimi area. As Kotaku previously reported, the attack left 36 dead and another 33 injured. On Sunday, Kyoto Animation posted a roughly ten-minute memorial clip on YouTube, which was only...
Secret Nintendo Café In Tokyo Is Home To Relics Saved From The Company's Incinerator
7.7.2021
Former Nintendo employee Toru Hashimoto has for years been running a secret diner in Tokyo that, alongside housing rare items from Nintendo’s past, has also served as an industry hangout for some of the biggest names in Japanese video game development.Read more
Woman Arrested For Alleged Arson Threats To Attack On Titan Anime Studio
28.5.2021
A 25-year-old woman from Miyagi prefecture has been arrested for allegedly emailing an arson threat to Wit Studio, which is best known for animating the first three seasons of the Attack on Titan anime.Read more
Another Man Arrested For Sending Death Threats To Square Enix
26.2.2021
A resident of Saitama, Japan is in police custody after sending death threats to Square Enix. A suspect named Toshiyuki Kan sent thirty-seven of them to the game maker last November.Read more