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Sendai Bank gifts babies their weight at birth in money upon opening a new bank account

Krista Rogers
Oct 6, 2026
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Having a big baby may be decidedly not fun for the mother, the baby’s first bank account will positively rejoice!

Japan
(babies • bank account • birth • child-rearing • finances • Miyagi Prefecture • money • Sendai Bank • weight)

Osaka man arrested for running little pet shop of horrors with dangerous crocodile

Master Blaster
Oct 6, 2026

Your one-stop shop for abused deadly animals.

Japan
(animal welfare • animals • business • crime • Osaka • pet shop • pet store • saltwater crocodile • snapping turtles)

Krispy Kreme Japan gets extra-local with adorable new Hokkaido snow fairy donuts

Casey Baseel
Oct 5, 2026

Northern Japan’s heart-meltingly cute birds inspire new mouthwatering sweets.

Japan
(birds • COK • cute • donuts • food • Hokkaido • Krispy Kreme • Krispy Kreme Japan • Premium Hokkaido • shima enaga • shimaenaga • snow fairy)

Make-your-own-Totoro plushie workshop event coming to Ghibli Park park this fall

Casey Baseel
Oct 5, 2026

Why build a bear when you could build a Totoro?

Japan
(anime • awesome • cool • crafts • Ghibli Park • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • plushies • Studio Ghibli • Tototo)

Viral Yokohama cafe tops teas with mini teapots with a clever smoldering secret [Photos]

Casey Baseel
Oct 5, 2026

We head to Chazhong for a treat for our taste buds and our eyes.

Japan
(cafes • clever • COK • cool • drinks • milk team • SNJO • tea • Yokohama • Yokohama Chinatown)

Studio Ghibli adds new cosy socks to its anime merchandise collection

Oona McGee
Oct 5, 2026

The perfect partners for a cosy night in watching Ghibli movies.

Japan
(anime • anime cats • anime merchandise • cats • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • fashion • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • Jiji • Kiki's Delivery Service • merchandise • moon • socks • Studio Ghibli • Studio Ghibli merchandise • whisper of the heart)

Japanese food hack says to soak your grapes in carbonated water, but is the fizz worth the buzz?

Casey Baseel
Oct 5, 2026

We try a Shine Muscat experiment that method claim lets Japan’s most delicious grapes shine in a different way.

Japan
(carbonation • COK • crazy • food • fruits • grapes • recipe • Shine Muscat • SNJO • soda water • SoraKitchen • weird)

One of Japan’s best convenience store egg sandwiches is one you won’t find at the big three chains

Casey Baseel
Oct 4, 2026

Even if you can’t go every day, here’s why you should go to Daily Yamazaki today.

Japan
(COK • convenience stores • Daily Yamazaki • egg sandwiches • eggs • food • Japanese conveneience stores • Japanese egg sandwiches • sandwiches • SNJO • taste test)

Cuddly starry night Totoro and other Ghibli blankets set to keep you cozy in chilly months ahead

Casey Baseel
Oct 4, 2026

If you’ve got Totoro in your Ghibli-loving heart, why not have him on your lap too?

Japan
(anime • blankets • cozy • Donguri Kyowakoku • interior • Kiki's Delivery Service • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Foreign tourist numbers drop in Osaka, despite record-setting highs from U.S. and Korea

Casey Baseel
Oct 4, 2026

Almost every country is sending more travelers to Osaka these days, with one very big exception.

Japan
(China travel warning • COK • Japan travel • Osaka • politics • tourism • travel)

Starbucks Japan says sayonara to the Filone for new sandwiches and a Pumpkin Soupuccino

Oona McGee
Oct 3, 2026

Things are changing at Starbucks, but is it for the better?

Japan
(baguette • bread • drinks • food • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • latte • new • pumpkin • pumpkin soup • sandwiches • soup • Soupuccino • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)

Totoro and other Ghibli anime figure humidifiers return just in time for the dry season [Photos]

Casey Baseel
Oct 3, 2026

Three ways to deal with uncomfortably dry weather while also letting you go “Ahhhh! Isn’t Totoro/Calcifer/Jiji cute?”

Japan
(anime • Calcifer • Donguri Kyowakoku • gadgets • Howl's Moving Castle • humidifiers • interior • Kiki's Delivery Service • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Casio collaborates with a Kyoto foil master for a luxurious one million yen G-SHOCK

Elliot Hale
Oct 3, 2026

Featuring inspirations from kigumi wood joinery design and hand-dusted platinum, each of these limited edition watches are a unique work of art.

Japan
(Casio • COK • crafts • culture • G-Shock • kigumi • limited edition • Luxury • luxury watches • MR-G • sunago • watch • watches)

Opening of new Gundam anime superstore in America postponed indefinitely

Casey Baseel
Oct 3, 2026

Gundam Base Minneapolis grand opening has been derailed by “unforeseen circumstances.”

Japan
(anime • Bandai Namco • Gundam • Gundam Base • Gundam store • Mall of America • manga • mecha • Mobile Suit Gundam)

McDonald’s Japan officially changes its mascot’s name…to Ronald McDonald

Casey Baseel
Oct 3, 2026

Yep, that’s actually a change for McDonald’s Japan.

Japan
(Donald McDonald • fast food • food • funny • hamburgers • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Ronald McDonald • weird)

Starbucks Japan keeps the Pumpkin Spice Latte alive this autumn

Oona McGee
Oct 2, 2026

Seasonal exclusive graces the menu for a limited time, proving pumpkin spice isn’t dead in Japan.

Japan
(autumn • coffee • drinks • latte • limited edition • pumpkin • Pumpkin Spice • Pumpkin Spice Latte • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition)

Japanese Shinto ceremonial sand-digging in London celebrates start of British Library expansion

Elliot Hale
Oct 2, 2026

Swapping out scissors and ribbons for sand and farm tools.

Japan, UK
(British Library • chakkoshiki • construction ceremonies • culture • groundbreaking ceremony • jichinsai • kikoshiki • Mitsui Fudosan • shinto • traditions • UK)

Kyoto announces two-tier admission price plan for Nijo Castle, non-residents would pay twice as much

Casey Baseel
Oct 2, 2026

First-of-its-kind system for Kyoto would raise maintenance funding and fight overtourism, proponents say, but will it really reduce crowd sizes?

Japan
(castles • history • Japan travel • Kyoto • Nijo Castle • Ninomaru Palace • overtourism • society • tourism • travel • two-tier pricing)

Japan announces new permanent residency guidelines, foreigners must earn more than average Japanese person

Casey Baseel
Oct 2, 2026

Japanese government suddenly raises income bar for foreigners seeking permanent residency, will apply new rules even to applications filed six months ago.

Japan
(COK • foreigners in Japan • Japan permanent residency • Japan visa • Living in Japan • permanent residency • society)

Japanese scientists grow sheet of heart muscle cells for world’s first general-patient ReHeart-ing

Master Blaster
Oct 2, 2026

Patient had a new piece of her own heart attached to her old one.

Japan
(COK • health • heart disease • ips cells • medicine • ReHeart • science • Surgery • Yoshiki Sawa)

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