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Police in Japan looking for who’s responsible for dumping 80 loaves of bread on side of road [Video]

Casey Baseel
Aug 25, 2026
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Weird crime could lead to seriously dangerous results.

Japan
(bread • crazy • crime • dumping • food • litter • littering • National Parks • outdoors • video • weird)

Pikachu and other Pokémon evolve into hydration types with Thermos drinkware collaboration [Pics]

Casey Baseel
Aug 25, 2026

A very cute, super effective way to keep your drinks as cold/hot as you want them.

Japan
(anime • cute • drink bottles • drinks • drinkware • manga • Pikachu • Pokemon • thermos • video games)

Turn octopus, spaghetti, and more of your favorite foods into crackers with Senbei Maker 2

Master Blaster
Aug 25, 2026

You haven’t truly eaten a food until you’ve made it into a cracker.

Japan
(appliances • cooking • crackers • food • senbei • Senbei Maker 2 • Thanko)

Data suggests increased bear sightings have led to a decrease in mountain climbers across Japan

Krista Rogers
Aug 25, 2026

In one region, the number of climbers has even decreased by an unbearable 34 percent since 2024.

Japan
(100 Famous Mountains • Beacon Bank • bears • Big data • decrease • hikers • mountain climbing • Tohoku)

Nephew of Studio Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki serves up Totoro Shaved Ice in Tokyo

Oona McGee
Aug 25, 2026

Find out if these limited-edition sweets uphold the family reputation for quality and creativity.

Japan
(anime • cream puffs • cute • desserts • food • kakigori • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • shaved ice • Shirohige's Cream Puff Factory • SNO • Studio Ghibli • summer • sweets • Totoro)

Nike x One Piece collection brings Devil Fruits to sneakers and streetwear in Japan

Oona McGee
Aug 24, 2026

One Piece sets sail for global domination with a Nike collection inspired by the manga and anime’s superpowers.

Global, Japan, USA
(Air Max • anime • cool • events • fashion • manga • Monkey D. Luffy • Nike • One Piece • shirts • shoes • sneakers • sportswear • straw hat pirates • t-shirts)

Winnie the Pooh cosplays as Yuzuru Hanyu for new plushie collaboration

Casey Baseel
Aug 24, 2026

Apparently it’s not a bother at all for Pooh Bear to dress up like the Japanese skating star.

Japan
(collaboration • cute • Disney • figure skating • ice skating • plushies • skating • sports • Winnie the Pooh • Yuzuru Hanyu)

Nagoya’s famous Shinkansen platform noodle shop has other, better branches nearby

Casey Baseel
Aug 24, 2026

Travelers love Sumiyoshi’s kishimen, but there’s a way to skip the long line and get a better deal on your meal.

Japan
(COK • food • Japan travel • kishimen • Nagoya • Nagoya Station • Noodles • restaurants • SNJO • tourism • travel • udon)

Osaka Starbucks has one of the city’s coolest photo vantage points, but it’s going away soon

Casey Baseel
Aug 24, 2026

We head to Osaka to say goodbye to Ebitsuta, and get a new view at one of the city’s most famous landmarks.

Japan
(COK • Dotonbori • Japan travel • Kani Doraku • Osaka • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • tourism • travel • Tsutaya)

We recommend not buying one pack of Japan’s new convenience store corn soup-flavor fried chicken

Casey Baseel
Aug 24, 2026

But that doesn’t mean we don’t love it.

Japan
(Asakuma • COK • convenience stores • corn soup • food • fried chicken • Japanese convenience stores • karaage • karaage kun • Lawson • SNJO • taste test • xconveneince store food)

Ohaw? Ruibe? Pocche? While traveling in Japan’s north, we try Ainu cuisine for the first time

Casey Baseel
Aug 23, 2026

Taste-testing the northern frontier of local foods in Japan.

Japan
(Ainu • Ainu food • Akanko Ainu Kotan • COK • culture • food • Hokkadio • Japan travel • Japanese food • Lake Akan • Lake Akanko • restaurants • SNJO • tourism • travel)

Narita Airport Transit & Stay Program returns after six years with free tours and festival experiences

Oona McGee
Aug 23, 2026

Immerse yourself in a lesser-known side of Japan, minutes away from the famous international airport.

Japan
(airport • airports • Chiba • English tours • festivals • Japanese festivals • Narita Airport • Narita Airport tours • Narita Airport Transit & Stay • Narita International Airport • Naritasan Shinshoji • sightseeing • tourism • tours • Transit & Stay)

Japan’s double-decker portable rice cooker/bento maker is better than ever with new version

Casey Baseel
Aug 23, 2026

Now there’s even more to be thankful to Thanko for.

Japan
(awesome • bento • bento boxes • boxed lunches • clever • COK • cooking • cooking gadgets • cool • food • gadgets • one-persomn rice cooker • rice • rice cookers • Thanko)

Wait, some Shinkansen trains already have private booths that only cost 1,500 yen for an hour?

Casey Baseel
Aug 22, 2026

High-speed serenity has been low-key available on the Shinkansen for a long time with hardly anyone noticing it.

Japan
(bullet train • Business Booth • Japan travel • shinkansen • tourism • trains • travel)

German woman rescued from Mt. Fuji after suffering altitude sickness symptoms, hiking to peak anyway

Casey Baseel
Aug 22, 2026

Visited same medical center on way up and down the mountain.

Japan
(climbing Mt. Fuji • COK • hiking • Mountains • Mt. Fuji • outdoors • rescue)

KFC Japan unveils new Tsukimi collection that takes moon-viewing to extreme levels

Oona McGee
Aug 22, 2026

Eggs run wild for this ever-evolving Japanese tradition.

Japan
(burgers • chicken • chicken burgers • fast food • food • fried chicken • KFC • KFC Japan • moon viewing • moon-viewing burgers • otsukimi • Shiori Sato • T.M. Revolution • tsukimi • tsukimi burger)

Masturbatory aid maker Tenga releases officially licensed anime versions in Japan and U.S.

Casey Baseel
Aug 22, 2026

Hey, look who’s coming to Tenga!

Japan, USA
(anime • crazy • funny • manga • Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt • Tenga • weird)

The Japanese government is ending its Cool Japan Fund program

Casey Baseel
Aug 21, 2026

Cool Japan’s mission has been accomplished, but not because of Cool Japan.

Japan
(anime • COK • cool japan • Cool Japan Fund • government • manga • society)

Kyoto’s Meiji-era mansion opens a private tearoom with stained glass for just one day

Elliot Hale
Aug 21, 2026

A rare East-meets-West tea ceremony in a seldom seen tearoom.

Japan
(art • beautiful • Chorakuan • COK • culture • history • hotels • Japan travel • Kyoto • tea • tea ceremony • tearoom • teicha • tourism • travel)

7-year-old boy left behind on Mt. Fuji by his own dad

Casey Baseel
Aug 21, 2026

Police not pleased with plan of leaving elementary schooler unattended for hours on Japan’s tallest mountain.

Japan
(climbing Mt. Fuji • crazy • hiking • kids • Mountains • Mt. Fuji • outdoors • parents • rescue)

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