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2026 (Page 36)

Tokyo has only two barley tea makers, and we visited one to see how mugicha is made

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 30, 2026
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With barley tea going into glasses as the weather heats up, we find out what goes into making barley tea.

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• Japan
• (barley • barley tea • COK • drinks • factories • mugicha • SNJO • tea)

New live-action Pokémon adaptation announced for Pokémon Unite

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 30, 2026

News of fifth-anniversary project for the Pokémon MOBA mobile game is drawing a mixed reaction.

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• Japan
• (anime • Live action • manga • Pokemon • Pokémon Unite • video games)

Studio Ghibli combines anime and craftsmanship in new Totoro and Jiji Gobelin tapestry bags

• Oona McGee
  Jun 30, 2026

Traditional craft brings hand-drawn anime characters to life with unique warmth.

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• Japan
• (anime • anime merchandise • bags • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • Gobelin tapestry • Hayao Miyazaki • Jiji • Kiki's Delivery Service • merchandise • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Studio Ghibli merchandise • Totoro)

Sanrio Character Poll announces winners, Hello Kitty absent from top 10 in many countries

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 30, 2026

70,647,379 votes tallied, and one European nation apparently loves Sanrio’s often-forgotten grannie character.

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• Japan
• (cute • Hello Kitty • Pompompurin • Sanrio • Sanrio Character Poll • Sanrio election)

Mt Fuji installs new emergency shelters ahead of the 2026 climbing season

• Oona McGee
  Jun 30, 2026

New reinforced shelters are designed to protect climbers from volcanic eruptions, falling rocks and lightning.

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• Japan
• (2026 climbing season • climbing • climbing Mt. Fuji • Fuji • Fujisan • hiking • mountain climbing • Mountains • Mt. Fuji • Mt. Fuji climbing season • nature • outdoors • safety • tourism • travel • Yoshida Trail)

Live-action Spirited Away stage play announces world tour with first-ever U.S. and Canadian dates

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 29, 2026

The Spirited Away stage play will cross over to the other side of the Pacific for the first time ever, plus make its return to the U.K.

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• Canada, Japan, Taiwan, UK, USA
• (anime • Live action • manga • spirited away • Spirited Away play • stage plays • Studio Ghibli)

Here’s what Shibuya’s famous scramble intersection looked like after the Japan vs. Sweden match

• Krista Rogers
  Jun 29, 2026

Did the aftermath of Japan’s final match in the World Cup group stage result in order or chaos at one of Tokyo’s biggest gathering spots?

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• Japan
• (celebration • COK • football • national team • Shibuya • Shibuya Scramble • SNJO • soccer • Tokyo • World Cup)

International fugitive Carlos Ghosn says he’d be best person to head Nissan now

• Master Blaster
  Jun 29, 2026

I think I have a better chance of becoming CEO of Nissan at this point.

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• Japan
• (business • Carlos Ghosn • cars • crime • executives • Lebanon • nissan)

Japan’s Mos Burger goes super-premium for summer with eel burgers that require pre-orders

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 29, 2026

Summer is the season for unagi, and Mos Burger has some very special, and very expensive, sandwiches on the way to celebrate Doyo no Ushi no Hi.

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• Japan
• (burgers • crazy • Doyo no Hi • Doyo No Ushi No Hi • eel • expensive food • fast food • food • freshwater eel • Mos Burger • rice burgers • unagi)

Taco Spaghetti appears in Japan, and our taco fan rushes to try it[Taste test]

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 29, 2026

Tacos and spaghetti have earned love around the world, but will their meeting in Japan be a tragedy?

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • food • pasta • restaurants • SNJO • spaghetti • tacos • taste test • weird)

Blind Tokyo commuter explains the easiest place for him to stand while riding the train

• SoraNews24
  Jun 28, 2026

While waiting for the train, there’s always one spot he hopes will be empty when it comes.

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• Japan
• (blind • COK • society • Subway • trains • transportation • vision-impaired)

Beautiful new dangling Totoro socks let the Ghibli mascot sway with every step[Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 28, 2026

Lacework designers turn their talent to Totoro for adorably fashionable socks and clutch bag.

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• Japan
• (anime • bags • cute • fashion • Ghibli Museum • Ghibli Museum Online Shop • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • socks • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Krispy Kreme Japan releases new fruit doughnuts…that taste better cold

• Oona McGee
  Jun 28, 2026

We find out if these limited-edition treats really taste like the fruits that inspired them.

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• Japan
• (donuts • doughnuts • food • fruit • Krispy Kreme • limited edition • Peach • pineapple • SNJO • summer • sweets • watermelon)

Japanese man’s gross conveyor belt sushi social media prank video gets him a 500,000-yen fine

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 27, 2026

Cost of sushi? 132 yen. Cost of being a moron? 500,000.

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• Japan
• (COK • Conveyor belt sushi • crime • food • forced obstruction of business • gross • Hama Sushi • kaiten sushi • Kaitenzushi • pranks • restaurants • revolving sushi • sushi)

Testing Japan’s latest food hack trend: Adding instant corn soup powder to popcorn[Taste test]

• Elliot Hale
  Jun 27, 2026

A two-ingredient food hack promising a delicious upgrade.

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• Japan
• (Ajinomoto • COK • corn potage • corn soup • crazy • cream of corn soup • food • food hack • food hacks • popcorn • snacks • SNO • soup • taste test • weird)

Pikachu brings electric style to brand-new Pokémon G-Shock watch featuring every stater trio

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 27, 2026

Timepiece is a stylish salute to 30 years of Pokémon history.

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• Japan
• (anime • Casio • fashion • G-Shock • manga • Pikachu • Pokemon • video games • watches)

Starbucks Japan releases three new peach drinks, but the real star isn’t the Frappuccino

• Oona McGee
  Jun 27, 2026

One drink will have us coming back for more this summer.

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• Japan
• (drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • Peach • Peach Frappuccino • peaches • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • summer • tea)

The adorable, delicious joy of the Totoro cream puff gift box[Taste test]

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 27, 2026

Turns out Studio Ghibli’s forest spirit is also a magical dessert.

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• Japan
• (COK • cream puffs • cute • food • My Neighbor Totoro • Shirohige's Cream Puff Factory • SNO • Studio Ghibli • sweets • taste test • Totoro)

Tokyo cops arrest foreigner for suspected visa violation, don’t know what new residence cards look like

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 26, 2026

Seems like the people doing on-the-street immigration checks should know what immigration documents look like, doesn’t it?

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• Japan
• (crime • foreigners in Japan • immigration • Living in Japan • police • police questioning • residence card • shokumu shitsumon • society • zairyu card)

Starbucks Japan reopens Shinkansen platform store after redesigning it for speed

• Oona McGee
  Jun 26, 2026

Japan’s only Starbucks on a bullet train platform now has faster ways for passengers to get their coffee before boarding.

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• Japan
• (bullet trains • cafes • coffee • cool • drinks • Japanese trains • news • Shin-Yokohama • shinkansen • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Tokaido Shinkansen • trains • travel • Yokohama)

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