Takoyaki, a dish made with small balls of batter filled with chopped octopus, is a popular Japanese street food.

Sword Art Online, created by Reki Kawahara in 2009, is a popular anime and light novel series that takes place in a virtual reality MMORPG world.

The Japanese giant salamander is one of the world's largest amphibians and is native to Japan's freshwater rivers and streams.