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2026 (Page 16)

New Pokémon anniversary song is 22 minutes long, features all 1,025 Pokémon species [Video]

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 4, 2026
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Because every Pokémon is somebody’s all-star.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • manga • Masayoshi Oishi • moving • music • Pokemon • Pokémon All-stars 1025 • touching • video • video games)

Lego PlayStation recreates Sony’s original console, makes unusual choice for games to salute

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 4, 2026

Lego version of the launch PS1 reproduces the style and size of the landmark piece of game-changing video game tech.

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• Global, Japan
• (cool • LEGO • playstation • PlayStation 1 • PS1 • retro games • Sony • toys • video games)

Movie about Shinzo Abe assassination reportedly in the works

• Master Blaster
  Sep 4, 2026

Too soon?

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• Japan
• (assassination • crime • Masaki Suda • movies • Shinzo Abe • Unification Church)

Japanese Starbucks that’s also an art gallery hosts exhibition by painters from Tokyo’s top art school

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 4, 2026

Starbucks in artsy neighborhood wants to showcase work by local creatives.

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• Japan
• (art • art galleries • artists • cafes • coffee • cool • events • exhibitions • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Tokyo • Tokyo University of the Arts • Yanaka • Yanaka Ginza)

Kyoto temple bans visitors from wearing kimono

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 4, 2026

Visitors to 600-year-old temple prohibited from wearing traditional garment following problems caused by those prioritizing cool social media photos over basic manners.

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• Japan
• (COK • culture • Gion • Japan travel • kimono • Kyoto • overtourism • Seiraiin • temples • tourism • travel)

Starbucks Japan adds new Sweet Potato Frappuccino and Latte to the menu, but do they deliver the taste of autumn?

• Oona McGee
  Sep 4, 2026

New drinks coincide with the opening of the chain’s new “Customisation Bar”, giving us a hack for making them even better.  

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• Japan
• (beni haruka • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • latte • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • sweet potato • sweet potatoes)

Solo travel in Japan: $3 all-you-can-drink deal at this conveyor belt restaurant is a fun time for one

• Oona McGee
  Sep 3, 2026

No need to feel self-conscious when you can use this automatic ordering and delivery system.

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• Japan
• (all you can drink • all-you-can-eat • cheap eats • food • meat • restaurants • SNJO • solo dining • solo grill • solo travel • Tokyo • yakiniku)

American tourist in Japan arrested on charges of attempted murder and arson

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 3, 2026

Arrest follows Okinawan hotel fire that took place last month.

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• Japan
• (arson • Chatan • COK • crime • fire • Okinawa)

Mini CRT-lookalike Final Fantasy figurines are awesome pixel art music boxes [Video]

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 3, 2026

Square Enix’s Mini Melody TVs tap into the nostalgia for retro games and old-school electronics.

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• Japan

Japan’s first fall color forecast for 2026 is here!

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 3, 2026

Maps and predicated peak color dates to help you plan your autumn journey to see Japan’s natural beauty.

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• Japan
• (COK • fall colors • fall leaves • ginkgo trees • icho • Japan travel • kaede • koyo • maples • momiji • nature • outdoors • red leaves • tourism • travel)

Starbucks Japan reveals new Tsukimi Moon-Viewing drinkware and gifts for autumn 2026

• Oona McGee
  Sep 3, 2026

New “Bunny Autumn Festival” collection celebrates the rabbit in the moon with sweet design details. 

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• Japan
• (bunnies • cups • cute • drinkware • gift card • gifts • limited edition • merchandise • moon viewing • mugs • rabbits • souvenir • souvenirs • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • tsukimi • tumblers)

Elderly couple donates 400 million yen to erect Myaku-Myaku statue in Osaka

• Master Blaster
  Sep 3, 2026

Multi-million-dollar Myaku-Myaku donation.

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• Japan
• (2025 Osaka World Expo • donation • Mascots • money • Myaku-Myaku • Osaka • statues • tower of the sun)

Japan’s revolving sushi restaurant king Sushiro coming to U.S. this fall with high prices, no tipping

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 2, 2026

Sushiro, budget-friendly in Japan, is adding private rooms and full-course meals as it arrives in America for the first time.

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• Japan, USA
• (Conveyor belt sushi • food • Japanese food • Kaitenzushi • New York • restaurants • revolving sushi • sushi • Sushiro • Times Square)

The mystery of Port Store, the Japanese convenience store that looks like a Lawson rip-off

• Oona McGee
  Sep 2, 2026

What looks like an anime convenience store is actually a heartwarming way to serve the local community.

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• Japan
• (COK • combini • convenience store • convenience store finds • convenience stores • cool • food • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • Lawson • Port Store • SNJO • Toraichi • weird)

Lawson convenience store opens its first mobile, trailer-style location in Japan

• Krista Rogers
  Sep 2, 2026

The new mobile model is also being considered for use in disaster-stricken areas.

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• Japan
• (convenience store • disaster preparedness • Ebina • emergency • Kanagawa Prefecture • konbini • Lawson • mobile • trailer)

Japan Railways announces unlimited-ride train pass for fall travel

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 2, 2026

A great way to explores off-the-beaten-path Japan this autumn.

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• Japan
• (COK • Japan Railways • Japan travel • JR • Rail Pass • tourism • train pass • trains • travel • travel deals)

Onsen Egg Bukkake Udon Ice Cream makes us rethink everything we thought we knew about sweets

• Oona McGee
  Sep 2, 2026

This noodle dessert makes our brains malfunction.

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• Japan
• (desserts • food • ice cream • Kagawa • Kompira-san • Kompirasan • Noodles • restaurants • review • SNJO • soft serve • sweets • taste test • travel • udon • weird • weird food)

Finally! Japan’s big three convenience store chains announce rice ball price reductions

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 2, 2026

After years of going up, onigiri prices are starting to come down.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • convenience stores • Family mart • food • Japanese convenience stores • Lawson • onigiri • rice • rice balls)

A real-world Pokémon Poké Ball hotel is opening in Japan at a still-secret location [Video]

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 1, 2026

Pokémon Sleep evolves into a whole new way to help Pokémon Trainers get some quality Zs.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • crazy • Hokkaido • hotels • Japan travel • manga • Poké Ball • Pokemon • tourism • travel • video games)

Japan’s most popular curry rice restaurant chain, Coco Ichibanya, might be for sale

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 1, 2026

Economic and cultural factors are making it hard to make money selling one of Japan’s favorite meals.

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• Japan
• (coco ichibanya • Cocoichi • COK • curry • curry rice • food • House Foods • restaurants)

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