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Shinjuku has more private lodging rentals than any other part of Japan, but a whole lot of them could be going away as pushback against overtourism continues.

Japan
(Airbnb • COK • hotels • Japan travel • minpaku • overtourism • private lodging rentals • shinjuku • short-term rentals • society • tourism • travel)

Uniqlo’s sister brand will be waiting with Pokémon sweaters and parkas this fall [Pics]

Casey Baseel
Sep 7, 2026

Pikachu, Eevee, and even Gengar want to keep you warm and toasty once the weather gets crisp or chilly.

Japan
(anime • cool • cute • fashion • GU • hoodies • manga • Pikachu • Pokemon • sweaters)

Mister Donut releases new sweet potato doughnuts in Japan, and we’ve ranked them from best to worst

Oona McGee
Sep 7, 2026

Not every doughnut is worth the calories.

Japan
(autumn • donuts • doughnuts • dougnuts • food • Misdo • Mister Donut • new • roasted sweet potatoes • Satsumaimo Do • SNJO • sweet potato • sweet potatoes • sweets)

New Japanese ice cream is Ballin, in more ways than one

Oona McGee
Sep 7, 2026

Something about this frozen sweet gets lost in translation.

Japan
(Akagi Nyugyo • Ballin • chocolate • cool • ice cream • Japanese • Japanese language • lost in translation • new release • puns • sweets • translation • translations • wordplay • yoghurt • yogurt • yogurt bowls)

Shinto shrine gate parfaits that tell your fortune now being served in Tokyo

Casey Baseel
Sep 7, 2026

At the base of the Skytree there’s a dessert rooted in enmusubi traditions.

Japan
(cafes • cool • cute • Enmusubi • food • ice cream • Skytree • Solamachi • sweet potatoes • sweets • Tokyo Skytree • torii)

Go to hell! …at a limited time historical art exhibit coming to Osaka

Master Blaster
Sep 7, 2026

It’ll be a hell of a good time.

Japan
(art • Buddhism • COK • culture • Descent into Hell • events • exhibitions • hell • jigoku • museums • mythology • Osaka • religion • shinto • Yomi)

New Transforming Business Card case brings anime mecha to Japanese work meetings

Oona McGee
Sep 6, 2026

Mobile Suits and Mobile Stationery make meishi much more mecha.

Japan
(anime • Bandai • Bandai Spirits • business • business card • business card case • business cards • business etiquette • cool • Gundam • Japanese workplace • manga • mecha • meishi • Mobile Stationery • Mobile Suits • Tamashii Nations • workplace • workplace etiquette)

Studio Ghibli adds new finger puppets to its anime merchandise collection in Japan

Oona McGee
Sep 6, 2026

The Robot Soldier and Fox Squirrel join Sheeta and Pazu in this beautiful Laputa: Castle in the Sky figurine collection.

Japan
(anime • anime characters • beautiful • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • figurines • finger puppets • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • Laputa • Laputa: Castle in the Sky • manga • robot soldier • Studio Ghibli)

Kobe middle schools begin abolishing extracurricular activities, shift to community programs

Casey Baseel
Sep 6, 2026

The Kobekatsu program could end up being better for kids than the options they had before.

Japan
(club activities • COK • education • extracurricular activities • middle schools • schools • schools clubs • society • youth)

7-Eleven Japan releases new Tsukimi Moon-Viewing range for autumn, with a must-try daifuku and teriyaki burger

Oona McGee
Sep 5, 2026

Japanese convenience store chain brings the moon and rabbits to a new range of food for a limited time.

Japan
(7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • burgers • cakes • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • crepes • food • Japanese convenience stores • moon viewing • otsukimi • sweets • tsukimi • tsukimi burger • tsukimi burgers • zenzai)

Join Naked in the Niwa garden: Kyoto Station’s newest spot to craft traditional art

Elliot Hale
Sep 5, 2026

Workshops offer English instruction in making custom gold leaf bags, weaving bamboo baskets, and crafting samurai armor.

Japan
(art • COK • crafts • culture • digital art • ikebana • Japan travel • Japanese traditional crafts • Kyoto • Kyoto Station • naked • odoshi • shikai nami • stations • surihaku • tourism • traditional crafts • travel • workshop • yuzen)

Japan’s Tsukimi One-hand Bento’s name is all wrong, but it still looks entirely delicious

Casey Baseel
Sep 5, 2026

Name could have used some more time in the kitchen, but we still want these in our stomach ASAP.

Japan
(bento • big food • COK • food • Hokkahokka-tei • Japanese language • linguistics • onigiri • rice balls • tsukimi)

Starbucks Japan releases new coffee table book featuring 18 of the most unique stores around the country

Oona McGee
Sep 5, 2026

Photo book takes you on a journey through some of the most iconic Starbucks stores in Japan.

Japan
(Anri Kumaki • art • commercial • cool • customer service • design • heartwarming • Hidehito Yagi • Japanese commercial • Shinya Nakajima • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • touching • video)

New Japanese convenience store rice balls taste like instant noodles [Taste test]

Casey Baseel
Sep 5, 2026

Nissin’s Donbei comes to Family Mart in a new form.

Japan
(COK • convenience store food • convenience stores • Donbei • Family mart • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • kitsune udon • noodles.instant noodles • onigiti • rice balls • SNJO • taste test • tofu • udon)

Studio Ghibli unveils new My Neighbour Totoro Yearly Plate for 2027

Oona McGee
Sep 4, 2026

Anime characters with beautiful details will keep you smiling all year long.

Japan
(anime • Catbus • ceramics • cool • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • interior • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • Noritake • plate • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • Yearly Plate)

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