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2026 (Page 59)

Japan’s favorite sandwich pockets now come with sakura filling, but how do they taste?[Taste test]

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 29, 2026
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Sakura season comes to the inside of Yamazaki’s Lunch Packs.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossom sweets • cherry blossoms • COK • food • Lunch Pack • pocket sandwiches • sakura • sakura sweets • sandwich pockets • sandwiches • SNO • sweets • taste test • Yamazaki Baking)

Starbucks Japan has a secret coffee press service that not many people know about

• Oona McGee
  Mar 29, 2026

Elevate your Starbucks experience with a special service that’ll turn heads during your visit.

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• Japan
• (cafe • cafietere • coffee • coffee press • French Press • latte • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition)

Picturesque Tokyo park plays host to millions of flowers and soap bubbles this spring

• Elliot Hale
  Mar 28, 2026

Rapeseed, tulips, nemophila, and over a million poppies line up for a floral relay.

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• Japan
• (Anji Tabata • beautiful • cherry blossoms • COK • flower festival • flowers • Nemophila • poppies • rapeseed • sakura • Showa Kinen Park • spring • Tachikawa City • Tokyo • tulips)

Rumors say this is Japan’s very best McDonald’s branch, but what makes it special?[Taste test]

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 28, 2026

We head half-way across Japan and try what foodies say is the most delicious McDonald’s branch in the whole county.

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• Japan
• (burgers • Chicken McNuggets • chicken nuggets • COK • fast food • food • french fries • hamburgers • Japanese McDonald’s • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • SNJO • taste test)

This upcycled Kyoto train cafe is the ultimate kawaii spring experience

• Elliot Hale
  Mar 28, 2026

Produced by Kawaii Monster Cafe creator, the Future Train diner serves up pink teriyaki burgers and wobbly pancakes aboard the Sakura Express.

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• Japan
• (cafe • cherry blossoms • cool • cute • diner • food and drinks • Future Train • Future Train Diner & Cafe • Japanese trains • Kyoto • pink • Restaurant • sakura • Sakura Express • seasonal menu • seasonal specials • Sebastian Masuda • themed restaurants • train • Umekoji Highline)

Famous Tokyo cherry blossom spot installs view-blocking screens to fight overcrowding[Video]

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 28, 2026

Once an under-the-radar sakura spot, this neighborhood near Shibuya has become dangerously congested.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • hanami • Naka Meguro • Nakameguro • overtourism • sakura • screens • society • video • view-blocking screens)

Starbucks Japan adds new Sencha Matcha Tea Frappuccino to its menu, but only at 28 locations

• Oona McGee
  Mar 28, 2026

Expand your knowledge of Japanese tea culture with three new green “experiences”.

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• Japan
• (dessert drink • drinks • Frappuccino • green tea • Japanese Frappuccino • limited edition • limited edition flavors • matcha • sencha • spring • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • Starbucks Tea & Cafe • Starbucks Tea and Cafe • tea • Teavana)

Final Fantasy invites you to adventure in Fukushima with Fukushima Fantasy Chocobo fun[Video]

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 27, 2026

A cool/kweh-l reason to visit fantastically beautiful Fukushima.

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• Japan
• (cool • cute • Final Fantasy • Fukushima • Fukushima prefecture • Japan travel • Square Enix • stamp rallies • stamp rally • travel;tourism • video games)

Japan now has a special desk for people who work at home with a pet cat[Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 27, 2026

The Neko House Desk understands who’s really in charge of your home, and helps you convince them to let you have some space too.

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• Japan
• (animals • bibi lab • Bibilab • cats • clever • cool • cute • desk • furniture • interior • pets • remote work • telework • work from home)

Fatal stabbing at Pokémon Center in Tokyo reignites concern over rising stalking cases in Japan

• SoraNews24
  Mar 27, 2026

Assailant had previously been arrested on suspicion of violating the Stalker Regulation Law.  

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• Japan
• (Ikebukuro • Ikebukuro Sunshine City • news • Pokemon • Pokemon Center • police • Stalker Regulation Law • stalkers • stalking • Sunshine City)

Totoro and Calcifer become little light-up lanterns for Ghibli-style excursions or at-home decor

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 27, 2026

Fire and forest spirits are ready to lend some light wherever you need it.

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• Japan
• (anime • Calcifer • Donguri Kyowakoku • Howl's Moving Castle • interior • key chains • key holders • keychains • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Japanese politicians working to promote plastic model culture as a cultural asset

• Master Blaster
  Mar 27, 2026

Govpla?

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• Japan
• (culture • Gunpla • hobbies • model kits • modeling • models • politics Cool Japan • Yoko Kamikawa)

Japanese kindness restores our faith in humanity after a highway bus accident in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Mar 27, 2026

Traumatic event becomes a heartwarming one, thanks to the work of both driver and passengers.

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• Japan
• (bus • bus driver • busses • etiquette • heartwarming • highway buses • Japan travel • Japanese bus • kindness • manners • public transport • SNJO • society • Tokyo • tourism • transport • travel)

Starbucks Japan has a new Frappuccino on the menu, but does it really taste like a cream puff?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 26, 2026

Starbucks goes strawberry crazy this spring, but is it a good thing?

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• Japan
• (choux cream • cream puff • cream puffs • dessert drink • drinks • Frappuccino • fruit • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese strawberry • limited edition • limited edition flavors • shu cream • spring • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • strawberries)

Uniqlo announces new T-shirts for One Piece, Naruto and more for manga publisher’s 100th birthday

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 26, 2026

Characters from Weekly Shonen Jump, Weekly Young Jump, and Ribon join the UT graphic T-shirts lineup.

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• Japan
• (anime • fashion • manga • Naruto • One Piece • Oshi no Ko • Sakamoto Days • shirts • Shueisha • t-shirts • Uniqlo)

How many doughnuts can you pack in a Mister Donut all-you-can-pack deal?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 26, 2026

And most of all, is it worth the effort?

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• Japan
• (all-you-can-eat • donuts • doughnuts • food • Mister Donut • SNJO • sweets)

Deer are appearing in Osaka City, may have wandered there from Nara[Video]

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 26, 2026

No one’s sure what to do with them, since Nara’s deer lose their protected status when they leave the park.

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• Japan
• (animals • crazy • deer • environment • Nara • Nara deer • Nara Park • nature • Osaka • video • weird)

Japan’s ministry of economy reminds us to “use sound judgment” before buying toilet paper

• Master Blaster
  Mar 26, 2026

Just take a beat and really think about it calmly.

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• Japan
• (1973 • economy • Iran • Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry • oil crisis • oil shock • panic buying • shopping • toilet paper • way)

Krispy Kreme releases Super Mario doughnuts in Japan for a limited time

• Oona McGee
  Mar 26, 2026

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie takes a delicious turn, complete with a Question Block surprise.

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• Japan
• (donuts • doughnuts • food • Krispy Kreme • Krispy Kreme Japan • Mario • Shibuya • Super Mario • Super Mario Bros. • Super Mario Galaxy Movie • sweets • Tokyo • video games)

“Online streamer” tops dream job poll for young Japanese kids, older kids not so interested

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 25, 2026

Desire to create personal online content rapidly drops among older age groups in survey.

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• Japan
• (COK • Instagrammers • kids • online streamers • society • survey • youth • YouTubers)

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