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2026 (Page 5)

The cheapest bento at this Osaka shop is only 200 yen, but is it actually any good?

• Elliot Hale
  Oct 19, 2026
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Does the taste match its simple appearance?

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• Japan
• (bento • cheap eats • cheap food • COK • food • japanese bento • Kyobashi • Osaka • Sandaime Kacchan • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO)

Man in Suzuka offered 9 million yen for his semen, conned out of 38 million yen

• Master Blaster
  Oct 18, 2026

It was just too good to be true.

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• Japan
• (crazy • crime • fraud • Mie • senior citizens • special fraud • Suzuka • tokushu sagi • weird)

Burger King Japan now selling hamburgers minus everything but the meat

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 18, 2026

On the Beef is back, but in a sense it never really left.

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• Japan
• (Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • COK • crazy • fast food • food • hamburgers • meat • weird)

Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign

• Oona McGee
  Oct 17, 2026

Now’s the time to say goodbye to the city’s sixth running man before he disappears forever. 

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• Japan
• (Dotonbori • Ezaki Glico • Glico • Glico Running Man • news • Osaka • signs • tourism • tourist site • tourists)

Japanese taxi drivers granted right to kick rude passengers out of their cabs before destination

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 17, 2026

If passengers can’t be polite, then they can be walking.

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• Japan
• (buses • COK • customer harassment • etiquette • Japan travel • manners • society • taxis • tourism • transportation • travel)

This Japanese sandwich mascot is filled with fiery rage, and he’s got a point [Video]

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 17, 2026

Pocket sandwich innovator is sick and tired of being called an imitation, and furious too.

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• Japan
• (crazy • food • Fuji Baking • funny • Japanese pocket sandwiches • Lunch Pack • mascot characters • Mascots • pocket sandwiches • sandwichs • Snack Sandwich • video • weird • Yamazaki Baking)

Studio Ghibli creates illustrated Kyoto sightseeing map, available at any 7-Eleven Japan store

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 16, 2026

Zen and Ghibli map also makes for a beautiful mini poster.

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• Japan
• (anime • Japan travel • Kyoto • manga • Studio Ghibli • temples • The Boy and the Heron • tourism • travel • Zen and Ghibli)

Japan’s bean sprout shortage hitting Jiro-style ramen businesses hard

• Master Blaster
  Oct 16, 2026

Could this spell doom for one of the most beloved ramen styles?

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• Japan
• (bean sprouts • business • COK • economy • food • inflation • Jiro-style ramen • moyashi • ramen)

Studio Ghibli adds new Totoro and Jiji blanket socks to its merchandise store in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Oct 16, 2026

Beloved anime movie characters are perfectly placed for wiggle-toe animation. 

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• Japan
• (anime • cute • fashion • Ghibli • Jiji • Kiki's Delivery Service • merchandise • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • socks • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest Christmas celebration coming to Yokohama next month

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 16, 2026

A Christmas Slime appears, with a Chocobo buddy too!

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• Japan
• (Chocobo • Christmas • COK • cool • cute • Dragon Quest • Dragon Quest Slime • Final Fantasy • Landmark Plaza • Mark Is • Minato Mirai • slime • Square Enix • stamp rallies • themed cafes • themed restaurants • video games • Yokohama)

KFC Japan releases its first thigh-meat fried chicken burger in 43 years, but was it worth the wait?

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 16, 2026

It’s been a looooong time since you could get a thigh-meat sandwich at KFC Japan, and now you can get six.

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• Japan
• (burgers • chicken • chicken burgers • fast food • food • fried chicken • Kentucky Fried Chicken • Kentucky Fried Chicken Japan • KFC • KFC Japan • sandwiches • SNJO • taste test)

We hunt for treasure at an all-you-can-stuff Kanagawa secondhand shop for just 1,000 yen

• Elliot Hale
  Oct 15, 2026

From kimono to kitchenware, character goods to cleaning sponges, can we fill a basket and get our money’s worth?

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • crazy • Fujisawa • Japanese thrift store • secondhand stores • shopping • SNJO • Takuya Inaba • thrift store • thrift stores • tsumehodai • weird)

Man in Japan says monkey threw his cat into a pond before attacking him

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 15, 2026

Yamaguchi primate decides to pick fights with two other species.

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• Japan
• (animal attacks • animals • cats • COK • crazy • monkeys • nature • weird)

New Studio Ghibli stamp rally set to start in Japan, with exclusive merchandise for anime fans

• Oona McGee
  Oct 15, 2026

All the details on how to collect the stamps and get the commemorative prize.

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• Japan
• (anime • anime merchandise • Donguri Kyowakoku • Friday Road Show and Ghibli Exhibition • Friday Roadshow • Ghibli • Ghibli Exhibition • Hayao Miyazaki • merchandise • saga • stamp rally • Studio Ghibli • Studio Ghibli Exhibition • tourism • tourist sites • travel)

Vietnamese-language driver’s license tests suspended in Japan following alleged cheating

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 15, 2026

Testing center believes photos of test questions have been leaked after finding images on examinees phone.

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• Japan
• (cheating • COK • driver's license • foreigners in Japan • scandal • society)

Tokyo Monorail, other east Japan rail networks announce discontinuation of magnetic paper tickets

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 15, 2026

Changeover includes old-school solution for stations yet to upgrade to new technology.

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• Japan
• (East Japan Railway Company • Japan travel • JR East • Keikyu • Keisei • Tokyo Monorail • tourism • trains • travel)

We waited three hours to get into the new carb heaven all-you-can-eat bread restaurant in Osaka

• Krista Rogers
  Oct 14, 2026

We still had to wait three hours to get in to this new eatery one-and-a-half months after opening, but we finally understood why once it was our turn.

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• Japan
• (all-you-can-eat • bakeries • bread • carbs • COK • line • restaurants • SNJO • St. Marc Cafe)

Foreign travelers sitting on sidewalks of Tokyo’s Ginza are Japan’s latest tourism culture clash

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 14, 2026

Just when Japan thought the jibetarian were gone for good…

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• Japan
• (COK • etiquette • Ginza • Japan travel • manners • tourism • travel)

American man runs out of money in Japan, gets arrested for overstaying tourist visa

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 14, 2026

Says he wants to go home, but the police are holding onto him for now.

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• Japan
• (arrest • COK • crime • Japan travel • society • travel • visa • visa overstay)

Studio Ghibli adds Totoro family goods to its anime merchandise store in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Oct 14, 2026

Finished with a Totoro netsuke that combines anime charm with centuries of Japanese tradition. 

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• Japan
• (anime • bags • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • keychains • merchandise • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • pouches • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

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