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2026 (Page 21)
Kyoto shop turns traditional Japanese kimono into teddy bears, with special meaning hidden in their patterns
- Oona McGee
Aug 18, 2026 - Tweet
Mimirin in Gion gives us a new way to embrace Japanese culture… literally.
- Japan
- (chirimen • fabric • gifts • Gion • kimono • kimono teddy bear • Kyoto • Mimirin • souvenirs • teddy bear • Teddy Bears • yuzen)
Heavyweight ramen-style cheese fried chicken bowl appears in Tokyo, but is it genius or madness?
- Casey Baseel
Aug 18, 2026
Karaage no Tensai invokes the name of Jiro-style ramen, and we head out for a taste test.
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • food • fried chicken • Jiro-style ramen • karaage • ramen • ramen jiro • SNJO • taste test)
A practical guide to freezing your boss’ hat in a block of ice [Photos]
- Casey Baseel
Aug 18, 2026
This is an important skill for working adults to acquire, and we’re here to walk you through the process step by step.
Japanese workers reveal their top five mysterious rules they wish would disappear【Survey】
- Elliot Hale
Aug 17, 2026
A single vacation can lead to near-forced souvenirs and apologies to the entire office.
- Japan
- (business • COK • japanese work culture • manners • office culture • social norms • society • survey • work culture)
These Japanese contact lenses let you put anime characters on your eyes [Photos]
- Casey Baseel
Aug 17, 2026
Chiikawa contacts are a cute way to add some subtle anime flair to your look.
- Japan
- (anime • Chiikawa • COK • Contact lenses • cool • crazy • cute • fashion • manga • Natsuki Goto • SNJO)
Time-lapse footage shows just how fast rebuilding in Kumamoto can go
- Master Blaster
Aug 17, 2026
All in a day’s work.
- Japan
- (2026 Kumamoto earthquake • Construction • disasters • earthquakes • highways • Kumamoto • Kyushu • moving • NEXCO • recovery • touching)
Japan’s Rabbit Island in danger of becoming Boar Island, tourists asked to follow feeding rules
- Casey Baseel
Aug 17, 2026
One of the cutest places in Japan needs visitors’ help keeping rabbit food, and rabbits themselves, from becoming boar food.
- Japan
- (animals • boars • COK • cute • Ehime Prefecture • environment • nature • Okunoshima • Rabbit Island • rabbits • tourism.Japan travel • travel • wild boars)
Stay at a hotel with a bed for your plushie in Japan
- Oona McGee
Aug 16, 2026
Complete with tiny matching pyjamas for your little friend.
- Japan
- (accommodation • acryclic standees • anime • business hotel • fandom • hotels • Idols • Japanese accommodation • manga • oshi katsu • plush toy • plush toys • plushie • plushies • Toyoko Inn • unusual accommodation)
12-year-old British girl who went missing in Tokyo found safe after visiting anime sites around Yokohama
- SoraNews24
Aug 16, 2026
Police say she also spent time at an Internet cafe.
- Japan
- (Bungo Stray Dogs • Carmelita Lakdesha Paul • Carmelita Paul • cheapo news • foreign tourists • Japan travel • Kanagawa • Kanagawa Prefectural Police • missing person • police • travel • Yokohama)
Visiting Japan’s muscular mascot character dog at his free museum near Kansai International Airport
- Casey Baseel
Aug 16, 2026
There’s a manga-related reason Inunakin is so buff.
- Japan
- (airports • anime • COK • crazy • cute • Japan travel • Kansai International Airport • Kinnikuman • local mascots • manga • mascot characters • muscle • regional mascots • SNJO • tourism • travel • weird)
Best burger in Tokyo? JB’s serves up a cheap craft burger that not a lot of people know about
- Oona McGee
Aug 16, 2026
There’s good reason why this burger chain is ranked in the top 100 Best Hamburgers in Japan.
- Japan
- (burgers • fast food • food • hamburgers • JB’S Tokyo • restaurants • SNJO • Tokyo • Yoyogi)
Japanese gacha machine in Shibuya now sells tiny capsule terrariums
- Oona McGee
Aug 15, 2026
We join the “koke katsu” trend to find out if these little ecosystems are as easy to make as they say.
- Japan
- (cool • gacha • gacha machines • gacha toy • gacha toys • gacha vending machine • gardening • Hikarie • moss • moss terrarium • plants • Shibuya • Shibuya Hikarie • SNJO • terrariums)
New Wet Rice Cracker Burger from Dom Dom breathes new life into a “miracle” snack
- Oona McGee
Aug 15, 2026
Snack that saved a Japanese railway gets a whole new look for a limited time.
- Japan
- (burgers • Choshi Electric Railway • COK • crazy • Dom Dom Burger • fast food • food • nure senbei • rice crackers • senbei • snacks • SNJO • taste test • trains • weird • wet rice crackers)
Krispy Kreme Japan is baking up two new donuts that you can only get at one spot in the country
- Casey Baseel
Aug 15, 2026
Two classy fall flavors are on their way, but might require some travel to taste.
- Japan
- (an • an butter • anko • chestnuts • COK • donuts • food • Krispy Kreme • Krispy Kreme Premium Nagoya • Nagoya • sweet beans • sweet red beans • sweets)
Watch a sumo bout inside Tokyo Tower, at a new restaurant endorsed by two yokozuna
- Oona McGee
Aug 15, 2026
Sumo and chanko nabe are just some of the highlights of this new Japanese culture experience.
- Japan
- (chanko nabe • COK • cool • dining • dinner • Restaurant • restaurants • sport • Sumo • sumo wrestlers • Tokyo • Tokyo Sumo Stable Entertainment • Tokyo Tower • tourism • tourist sites • yokozuna)
Ride a tram that survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on a new limited-time history tour
- Oona McGee
Aug 15, 2026
Step back in time on Hiroshima’s “Peace Loop 653”, a special tour that links passengers to the city’s past and present.
- Japan
- (atomic bomb • atomic bombing • Hiroshima • Hiroshima Peace Park • history • tourism • tours • trams • transport • video)
Google’s first Google Store outside the U.S. is now open in Tokyo
- Casey Baseel
Aug 14, 2026
But it’s not in electronics neighborhood Akihabara that Google has chosen to set up shop.
- Japan
- (Google • Google Store • Harajuku • Omotesando • phones • Smartphones • technology)
12-year-old foreign tourist missing in Japan, police asking for help finding her [Video]
- Casey Baseel
Aug 14, 2026
U.K. middle schooler seen on security camera footage after leaving family’s rental property alone.
- Japan, UK
- (Carmelita Lakdesha Paul • Carmelita Paul • foreign tourists • Japan travel • missing person • travel)
Pokémon donuts are coming to Krispy Kreme in the U.S. [Photos]
- Casey Baseel
Aug 14, 2026
Pikachu, the original starter trio, and one more old-school Pokémon are getting ready to warm fans’ hearts and satisfy your sweet cravings.
- Japan, USA
- (anime • cool • cute • donuts • food • Krispy Kreme • manga • Pikachu • Pokemon • sweets • video games)
7-Eleven Japan has a “Super Spicy! Taiwan Mince Cutlet” that’s fiery red… but how hot is it?
- Oona McGee
Aug 14, 2026
Spoiler alert: Your taste buds aren’t ready for this convenience store katsu.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • convenience store • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • cutlet • food • fried food • hot food • Japanese convenience stores • katsu • menchi katsu • SNJO • spicy • spicy food • Taiwan mince • Taiwan Minchi)
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Liquid croissant coffee is coming to Japanese stores this month
Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
Continuing cyberattacks hit Japanese arcade hard [Photos]
Pachinko parlor operator arrested for not obscuring the act of gambling well enough
Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
Princess Mononoke was going to look totally different, new Studio Ghibli artbook shows
Starbucks Japan reveals this year’s lucky bag, but you’ll have to act fast to get one
First-ever cafe on Tokyo Imperial Palace Garden grounds is now open
Godzilla becomes a Japanese randoseru backpack, as do two of his greatest rivals [Photos]
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- Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America- Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
Life-size Monster Hunter dragon statues to be built at Japanese shopping mall
Modern exosuits are opening up ancient Japanese castle climbs to everyone
Evangelion announces collaboration with Hard Rock Cafe
Studio Ghibli homeware brand’s faux oil lamp brings light, smiles, and Kiki’s Jiji to your home
Cold Stone is closing its final branch in all of east Japan, but it’s going down singing
Starbucks Japan unveils new Christmas goods for 2026, with exclusive holiday surprises
Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
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Pokémon Company announces first-ever permanent Pokémon store to open outside Asia- Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
- Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
- Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
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Chainsaw robots helping keep trains running safely in east Japan [Video]
New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
Tokyo train station will play Godzilla theme song as new departure melody
Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
Studio Ghibli has a new anime out, and there’s only one place in the world where you can see it
Starbucks Japan releases new drinkware and goods for Valentine’s Day
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Japan’s newest Shinkansen has no seats…or passengers [Video]
Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
Japanese ninja certification exam attracts 131 candidates from Japan and abroad
Salomon releases Japan-exclusive Mt. Fuji hiking gear that doubles as an amazing souvenir
Japan reportedly adding Japanese language skill requirement to most common foreigner work visa
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