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2026 (Page 70)
New Family Mart cinema opens inside Japanese airport
- Oona McGee
Feb 10, 2026 - Tweet
Japan’s first permanent cinema in an airport is called the Family Mart Lovers Theatre…but why?
- Japan
- (airports • awesome • cinema • convenience stores • cool • Family mart • Faminchi • Japan travel • Japanese convenience stores • movies • Naha • naha airport • Okinawa • theatre • tourism • travel • weird)
Man arrested in Japan after leaving car in coin parking lot for six years, racking up three-million-yen bill
- Casey Baseel
Feb 10, 2026
Says he remembers parking his car, but can’t remember the exact date he did it anymore.
- Japan
- (cars • coin parking • COK • crazy • crime • Forcible Obstruction of Business • fraud • parking lots • weird)
Cup Noodle maker Nissin teams up with thick-broth ramen chain for instant ramen rice[Taste test]
- SoraNews24
Feb 10, 2026
The thickness we love with the convenience we crave.
- Japan
- (COK • food • Instant Ramen • instant rice • Nissin • Noodles • ramen • rice • SNJO • Tankaippin • taste test)
Hunter x Hunter teams up with Shimamura clothing chain for clothing and more treasures galore
- Krista Rogers
Feb 9, 2026
Going hunting for some items to spice up your life? Shimamura has got you covered, quite literally.
- Japan
- (accessories • anime • clothing • collaboration • goods • Hunter x Hunter • lifestyle • manga • merch • Shimamura • Yoshihiro Togashi)
Swapping seats on Japan’s bullet trains is not allowed, Shinkansen operator says
- Casey Baseel
Feb 9, 2026
It’s a gray area in terms of travel etiquette, but JR has a clear stance on the topic.
- Japan
- (Central Japan Railway Company • COK • etiquette • Japan Railway • Japan travel • JR • JR Central • JR Tokai • manners • society • tourism • trains • travel)
Japan has omurice chocolate, and the weirdest thing isn’t how it tastes
- Elliot Hale
Feb 9, 2026
What sounds like a crime against food, turned out to be a cute and delicious surprise.
- Japan
- (chocolate • COK • food • kissaten • Mary's • Mary's Chocolate • omelet rice • omurice • retro • retro cafe • rice omelets • SNJO • sweets • valentine's chocolate • Valentine's Day • valentine's day chocolate • weird)
Lawson convenience stores sell a mega katsu sando, and there’s a hack to get it cheap in Japan
- Oona McGee
Feb 9, 2026
This beast puts convenience store egg sandwiches to shame.
- Japan
- (big food • COK • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience store hack • convenience stores • crazy • food • hacks • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese sandwich • katsu sando • katsu sandwich • katsu sandwiches • Lawson • sandwich • SNJO • taste test • tonkatsu sandwiches • weird)
A look back on 40 years of Japanese schools banning stuff
- Casey Baseel
Feb 9, 2026
Mr. Sato leads an office roundtable discussion on weird things Japanese schools have said “Nope, you can’t do that” about.
Japan manners debate: Is it OK to put a Mister Donut donut back on the shelf after taking it?
- Casey Baseel
Feb 8, 2026
Mister Donut is Japan’s most broadly loved donut chain, but this kind of behavior is more divisive.
7-Eleven Japan sells freshly baked pizzas…but are they any good?
- Oona McGee
Feb 8, 2026
A convenience store find waiting to be discovered by customers.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • combini • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • Japanese pizzas • konbini • pizza • pizzas)
Krispy Kreme Japan’s sakura donuts are almost here!
- Casey Baseel
Feb 8, 2026
Cherry blossom donuts scheduled to arrive well before the cherry blossoms themselves, but we’re not complaining.
- Japan
- (cherry blossom sweets • cherry blossoms • COK • donuts • Krispy Kreme • Krispy Kreme Japan • sakura • sakura sweets • sweets)
Take a trip to Japan’s Dododo Land, the most irritating place on Earth
- Master Blaster
Feb 7, 2026
Have fun and feel annoyed at the same time!
- Japan
- (anger • annoying • COK • crazy • Dododo Land • events • exhibits • funny • museums • psychology • Shibuya • SNJO • social media • society • Tokyo • weird)
Family Mart releases huge range of cute sweets for Cat Day in Japan
- Oona McGee
Feb 7, 2026
Convenience store chain wants us to bite into paw pads and cat tails in this limited-edition 17-piece collection.
- Japan
- (Cat Day • cats • convenience store • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience store sweets • convenience stores • cute • Family mart • Japanese convenience stores • Mofusand • sweets)
Downloads of 39-year-old Guns N’ Roses song increase 12,166 percent thanks to Gundam
- Casey Baseel
Feb 7, 2026
Gundam and Roses.
- Japan
- (anime • crazy • Gundam • Guns N’ Roses • Hathaway’s Flash • manga • Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway • Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe • movies • music • Sweet Child o’ Mine)
Japan’s first all-matcha ramen restaurant is now open in Kyoto【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Feb 7, 2026
Ramen Nishiki Sui has a very fitting name.
A spotlight on Japanese singles figure skating: Jumping into the 2026 Olympics【Pt. II】
- Krista Rogers
Feb 7, 2026
In this two-part series just in time for the 2026 Winter Olympics, we’re taking a look at Japanese skaters who have shaped the sport past and present.
- Japan
- (Ami Nakai • athletes • celebrities • COK • famous • figure skating • ice skating • Kao Miura • Kaori Sakamoto • Mone Chiba • Shun Sato • SNJO • spotlights • winter olympics • winter sport • Yuma Kagiyama)
A robot joins the team at a fast-food restaurant, but in an unlikely city in northern Japan
- Elliot Hale
Feb 6, 2026
OriHime arrives at a local Mos Burger to test the future of inclusive work.
- Japan
- (accessibility • Avatar Robot Cafe • cafes • clever • COK • cool • disabilities • fast food • food • Iwate • Morioka • Mos Burger • OriHime • OryLab • restaurants • robots • society • technology)
Ramen shop manager arrested for punching self in the face and pretending he was robbed
- Master Blaster
Feb 6, 2026
He should have punched harder and knocked some sense into himself.
- Japan
- (crazy • crime • fraud • obstruction of business • ramen • robbery • Saitama • scam artists • scams • weird)
Huge Evangelion Unit-01 head appearing in lights in Japan to celebrate anime’s 30th anniversary
- Casey Baseel
Feb 6, 2026
The Minato Mirai neighborhood is looking extra futuristic with Eva light-up and fireworks.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • cool • Cosmo Clock • Evangelion • Ferris wheel • light up • manga • Minato Mirai • Yokohama)
Chocolate Totoro cream puffs and cakes coming to Japan’s Ghibli bakery for Valentine’s Day【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Feb 6, 2026
Totoro is looking sweeter than ever.
- Japan
- (anime • Catbus • chocolate • cookies • cream puffs • cute • food • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • Shirohige's Cream Puff Factory • Studio Ghibli • sweets • Totoro • Valentine's Day)
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Liquid croissant coffee is coming to Japanese stores this month
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
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