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2026 (Page 64)

Pizza Hut Japan teams up with creator of one of the country’s best kinds of ramen for ramen pizza

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 10, 2026
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Yokohama ramen continues to bring differently delicious tastes together with ie-kei pizza.

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• Japan
• (awesome • crazy • food • ie-kei • ie-kei ramen • Noodles • pizza • Pizza Hut • Pizza Hut Japan • ramen • restaurants • weird • Yoshimuraya)

Pikachu and Eevee become handmade Lladró porcelain sculptures to celebrate Pokémon’s 30th birthday

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 10, 2026

Pokémon franchise celebrates its 30th anniversary with a partnership with the Spanish luxury ceramics craftsmen.

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• Japan
• (anime • Eevee • figures • interior • Lladró • manga • Pikachu • Pokemon • video games)

Nine great places to see spring flowers in Japan, as chosen by travelers (with almost no sakura)

• SoraNews24
  Mar 9, 2026

Nanohana, fuji, and more reasons to get out and see Japan’s springtime flowers.

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• Japan
• (beautiful • cherry blossoms • flowers • gardens • Jalan • Japan travel • Kawazu Sakura • nature • outdoors • parks • plum blossoms • sakura • tourism • travel • ume)

Is this Tokyo government office still one of the best places in the city for a curry rice lunch?

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 9, 2026

Shinjuku Ward Office has a restaurant that’s open to anyone, but have they kept up their quality and value since our last visit?

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• Japan
• (COK • curry • curry rice • food • restaurants • shinjuku • SNJO • ward office)

Tokyo bus line praised for handling of driver’s mental health

• Master Blaster
  Mar 9, 2026

Driver driven to not drive by customer complaint.

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• Japan
• (buses • customer harassment • mental health • public transportation • society • Toei Bus • Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation)

Is Japan’s Crab-shaped Cup Ramen Timer worth the hype?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 9, 2026

This crustacean does more than just keep time on your three-minute instant noodles.

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• Japan
• (COK • cooking • crab • cup noodles • cup ramen • cute • funny • gift • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Japanese kitchen gadgets • kitchen gadgets • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • timer • weird)

Starbucks Japan offers special sakura picnics at Reserve Roastery Tokyo beside Meguro River

• Oona McGee
  Mar 8, 2026

Enjoy a special experience at one of the best cherry blossom viewing spots in Tokyo.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2026 • drinks • hanami • limited edition • Meguro • picnics • Reserve Roastery Tokyo • sakura • sakura 2026 • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • Starbucks Reserve Roastery • Starbucks Reserve Roastery Tokyo • Tokyo)

Spring pollen may be damaging your skin, so what’s Japan’s best moisturizing anti-hay fever spray?

• Elliot Hale
  Mar 8, 2026

Tell the plants “No, thank you!” to stinging skin with these five popular sprays.

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• Japan
• (BCL • hay fever • health • Kose • moisturize • pollen • pollen-protection spray • Shiseido • skin • skin care • spray • spring)

Starbucks Japan releases a new Cream Puff Frappuccino for a limited time

• Oona McGee
  Mar 7, 2026

Exclusive drinks will make you feel like you’re biting into a choux cream pastry.

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• Japan
• (choux cream • coffee • cream puff • cream puffs • dessert drink • drinks • Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccino • latte • limited edition • limited edition flavors • shu cream • spring • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition)

Cherry blossom Totoro cake brings pink sakura sweetness to Tokyo this White Day

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 7, 2026

Ghibli-themed sweets shop puts together a cherry blossom viewing party for a pair of Totoros.

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• Japan
• (anime • cherry blossom sweets • cherry blossoms • chocolate • cookies • cute • food • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • sakura • sakura sweets • Shirohige's Cream Puff Factory • Studio Ghibli • sweets • Totoro • white day)

Which of Japan’s main coffee shop chains is best for a caffeine-free life?

• Elliot Hale
  Mar 7, 2026

Hunting for Japan’s best caffeine-free drinks in these temples to caffeine.
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• Japan
• (Caffeine • caffeine-free • caffeine-less • coffee • coffee drinks • coffee shops • COK • decaf • Doutor • Doutor Coffee • Mariko Ohanabatake • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Tully's • Tully's Coffee • Tully's Coffee Japan)

Silicone testicle covers banned from Japanese sauna following cups being left behind and on shelves

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 7, 2026

“People don’t forget to take their testicles with them when they go home” says sauna in explaining new policy.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • funny • gross • public baths • saunas • weird)

Mister Donut unveils new sakura doughnuts for cherry blossom season 2026

• Oona McGee
  Mar 6, 2026

Proof that hanami flower-viewing season is a delicious time of year in Japan.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • COK • donuts • doughnuts • food • Mister Donut • sakura • sakura sweets • sweets)

Japan asked to vote on what to officially call insanely hot days

• Master Blaster
  Mar 6, 2026

Good idea to hold the election before it’s too hot to think.

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• Japan
• (COK • heat • Japan Meteorological Agency • Japanese language • JMA • linguistics • meteorology • science • weather)

Japanese government planning higher ticket prices for foreign tourists at Tokyo National Museum

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 6, 2026

Agency for Cultural Affairs wants two-tiered ticket pricing system at 12 National Museums.

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• Japan
• (Japan travel • museums • overtourism • Tokyo National Museum • tourism • travel • two-tiered pricing • Ueno • Ueno Park)

Studio Ghibli now sells Ursula’s backpack from Kiki’s Delivery Service at its anime shop in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Mar 6, 2026

Channel the cool confidence of a Ghibli character with a real-world bag…that comes with a giant price tag.

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• Japan
• (anime • backpacks • bags • cool • fashion • GBL • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • Kiki's Delivery Service • manga • movies • shop • shopping • Studio Ghibli • Ursula)

Visiting Japan’s one-and-only, and only-for-a-limited-time, Dragon Ball noodle restaurant[Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 6, 2026

Marugame Seimen branch in downtown Tokyo transforms into an anime eatery with awesome artwork inside and out.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • cool • Dragon Ball • food • manga • Marugame Seimen • Noodles • restaurants • Senzu Beans • SNJO • taste test • udon)

7-Eleven Japan now sells bagels…cooked in bamboo steamers

• Oona McGee
  Mar 5, 2026

Like a bagel masquerading as a Chinese steamed bun.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • bagels • combini • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • konbini • steamed buns)

Over four billion yen in lost cash was found in Tokyo last year, setting new record

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 5, 2026

Billions turned in to police, and billions returned to owners.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • Japan travel • lost and found • lost money • lost property • society • tourism • travel)

Japan’s Human Washing Machine pods are now on sale for home use, and they’re not cheap

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 5, 2026

But can you really put a price on this kind of science fiction-grade luxury?

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• Japan
• (bathing • baths • cool • crazy • Expo 2025 • Future Human Washing Machine • Human Washer in the Future • human washing machine • Human Washing Machine of the Future • technology • Yamada Denki)

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