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2026 (Page 17)
Family Mart releases Famima convenience store products nationwide, but which ones are worth buying?
- Oona McGee
Sep 1, 2026 - Tweet
We review all the products to find out which ones should you try and which ones you should miss.
- Japan
- (Azabudai • convenience store • convenience store finds • convenience stores • Family mart • Famima • Famima Park Azabudai • Japanese convenience stores • SNO • Tokyo)
Tamagotchi evolves into a ring for its 30th anniversary, preorders now open
- Krista Rogers
Sep 1, 2026
This new model is the smallest one yet in the history of the egg-shaped toy that lets you raise a digital pet.
- Japan
- (Bandai • cool • digital pets • retro • Ring • Tamagotchi • toys)
Japan’s birth rate rose for the first half of the year for the first time in over a decade
- Casey Baseel
Sep 1, 2026
More babies follow two consecutive years of more marriages.
- Japan
- (ageing population • babies • birth rate • Japan birth rate • marriage • shrinking population • society)
Flock to Tomarigi, the viral app that lets you perch in over 1,000 spots throughout Japan
- Elliot Hale
Aug 31, 2026
Letting virtual travelers swoop in on live webcams and train views across the country.
- Japan
- (app • COK • Japanese trains • live webcams • livestream • Tomarigi • travel • virtual • web apps)
First Pokémon anime movie since 2020 announced, brings new characters and staff to the series [Video]
- Casey Baseel
Aug 31, 2026
Pokémon: Wildcard previews deals out mysteries for a Mimikyu-centric return to theaters for the first time in over half a decade.
- Japan
- (anime • manga • Mimikyu • movies • Pokemon • Pokémon movies • Pokémon: Wildcard • video • video games)
One Piece Day 2026 brings new art, music, and new cast announcements
- Master Blaster
Aug 31, 2026
Two days, One Piece.
- Japan
- (anime • events • manga • Mayumi Tanaka • One Piece • One Piece Day)
7-Eleven Japan goes viral for chilled soba that’s “too salty to eat”
- Oona McGee
Aug 31, 2026
We find out if these convenience store noodles really are as bad as they say.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • cold noodles • convenience store • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • food • Japanese convenience stores • Noodles • ramen • Ramen Walker • SNJO • soba • spicy • spicy food • viral)
Beautiful 785-step Japanese shrine sando stairway walk is one very good reason to visit Kagawa
- Casey Baseel
Aug 31, 2026
A sweaty, but unforgettable, visit to Kompirasan.
- Japan
- (beautiful • COK • cool • hiking • Japan travel • Kagawa • Kompirasan • Kotohira • Kotohiragu • Mountains • outdoors • Shikoku • shrine • SNJO • temples • tourism • travel)
Family Mart joins forces with legendary sumo wrestler Chiyonofuji for new Convenience Wear collection
- Oona McGee
Aug 31, 2026
Step into the sumo world with this exclusive convenience store range.
- Japan
- (Chiyonofuji • combini • convenience store • convenience store finds • convenience stores • Convenience Wear • Family mart • fashion • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • SNJO • Sumo • yokozuna)
Solo travel in Japan: Hidden beer garden in Tokyo is a haven for single visitors
- Oona McGee
Aug 30, 2026
This rooftop in Kabukicho is a hidden oasis where all diners will feel welcome.
- Japan
- (beer gardens • cheap eats • food • izakaya • Japanese restaurants • Kabukicho • Restaurant • restaurants • shinjuku • SNJO • solo dining • solo travel • Tokyo)
Janken Kebab: Win at rock-paper-scissors and get extra fillings at this fun Japanese kebab shop
- Oona McGee
Aug 30, 2026
Kebabs taste better with a side of janken.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • COK • Ikuna Kamezawa • kebab • kebab norimaki • SNJO • Star Kebab • Tokyo)
Is Tokyo’s Odaiba, once one of its trendiest neighborhoods, becoming a ghost town? [Photos]
- Casey Baseel
Aug 30, 2026
We check to see whether or not the rumors of Odaiba’s death have been greatly exaggerated.
- Japan
- (Aomi • COK • Japan travel.SNJO • odaiba • Tokyo • tourism • travel • urban exploring)
Family Mart releases new Human Made Cup Noodle in Japan, with freebies for Nigo fans
- Oona McGee
Aug 29, 2026
Japanese convenience store essential gets a cool Human Made makeover.
- Japan
- (A Bathing Ape • Bape • convenience store food • convenience stores • cool • Cup Noodle • cup noodles • Family mart • Famima • food • Human Made • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Japanese convenience stores • news • Nigo • Nissin • Noodles • Pot Noodles • ramen)
This Japanese 7-Eleven has the most expensive drinks, and item, we’ve even seen at the chain
- Casey Baseel
Aug 29, 2026
But the startlingly pricy item isn’t something that you can eat or drink.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • alcohol • art • COK • convenience stores • crazy • drinks • expensive • Japan travel • Japanese convenience stores • Niseko • SNJO • tourism • travel • weird)
Mister Donut releases new doughnuts that look and taste like Japanese sweet potatoes
- Oona McGee
Aug 29, 2026
Limited-edition collection serves up a taste of Japanese autumn with deliciously clever details.
- Japan
- (donuts • doughnuts • dougnuts • food • Misdo • Mister Donut • new • pop groups • roasted sweet potatoes • sweet potato • sweet potatoes • sweets)
Mos Burger skips tsukimi burgers, crafts moon-viewing focaccia sausage sandwiches instead
- Casey Baseel
Aug 29, 2026
Newest entry in the chain’s tsukimi burger alternative features a rich and creamy “Golden Sauce.”
- Japan
- (burgers • COK • fast food • food • hamburgers • moon viewing • moon-viewing burgers • Mos Burger • tsukimi • tsukimi burgers • tsukimi focaccia)
Studio Ghibli unveils new anime calendars and diary planners for 2027
- Oona McGee
Aug 29, 2026
Schedule your days the Ghibli way, with a dash of magic on every page of the year.
- Japan
- (anime • beautiful • calendar • calendars • cute • diaries • diary • Donguri Kyowakoku • Howl's Moving Castle • Kiki's Delivery Service • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • organizers • schedule books • spirited away • stationery • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Hikaru Utada sings new song in Shinkansen commercial for Japan’s Supreme Class cabins
- Oona McGee
Aug 29, 2026
J-pop superstar brings new meaning to A Room of One’s Own on Japan’s busiest bullet train.
- Japan
- (bullet trains • Central Japan Railway Company • commercial • Hikaru Utada • Intentions • J-Pop • Japan Railway Company • Japan travel • JR • JR Central • JR Tokai • luxury trains • luxury travel • music • shinkansen • tourism • trains • travel)
Tokyo’s Haneda Airport opens new Terminal 1 North Satellite next month
- Casey Baseel
Aug 28, 2026
Terminal 1 gets its first major expansion since it opened 33 years ago.
- Japan
- (Air travel • airplanes • airports • Haneda • Haneda Airport • Japan travel • tourism • travel)
Foreign travelers arrested in Japan following smash-and-grab robbery in Tokyo shopping mall
- Casey Baseel
Aug 28, 2026
Robbery took place at luxury wristwatch shopping hotspot for foreign tourists.
- Japan
- (COK • crime • Nakano Broadway • rearrest • robbery • saitaiho • theft • watches • wristwatches)
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