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The most terrifying but delicious Studio Ghibli sweets yet: The Princess Mononoke monster cake
- Casey Baseel
Apr 27, 2020 - Tweet
A raging god to make your stomach rumble.
- Japan
- (anime • cake • crazy • food • Hayao Miyazaki • Mont Blanc • Princess Mononoke • scary • Studio Ghibli • sweets)
City in Aichi reduces water and sewage bills for four months, easing residents’ financial strain
- Dale Roll
Apr 27, 2020
People were grateful for the assistance and expressed appreciation for the government’s role in easing coronavirus stress.
- Japan
- (Aichi • bills • COK • coronavirus • COVID-19 • government • moving • society • touching • water)
As Japan’s largest holiday approaches, one island in Okinawa bans guests from local restaurants
- Eli Pang
Apr 27, 2020
Sadly for certain tourist hotspots, stricter measures must be enacted to protect their residents.
- Japan
- (coronavirus outbreak • COVID-19 • Golden Week • Miyakojima • Okinawa • public health • restaurants • restrictions • society)
Another at-home noodle meal? Then play with your food with Japan’s Big Stream Somen Slider Custom
- Casey Baseel
Apr 27, 2020
Nagashi somen-style dining at home for when your local restaurant and water park are closed.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • food • nagashi somen • Noodles • somen • Takara Tomy • weird)
Japanese Red Cross releases important video on dealing with COVID-19 in a different way
- Master Blaster
Apr 26, 2020
In evading the virus, you might find yourself infected with something worse.
- Japan
- (coronavirus • COVID-19 • fear • Japanese Red Cross Society • mental health • public service announcement • society)
Our reporter eats more bugs from a Tokyo vending machine, compares flavors【Taste test】
- Katy Kelly
Apr 26, 2020
Our reporter Seiji ventures back to Ueno’s bug vending machine to learn if crickets and grasshoppers taste the same.
- Japan
- (bugs • COK • crazy • food • insects • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taste test • vending machines • weird)
Japanese tapioca bubble tea shops are suddenly becoming face mask shops
- Shannon
Apr 26, 2020
We’re ready to hear them spill the tea on this phenomenon.
- Japan
- (boba • bubble tea • clever • coronavirus • COVID-19 • face masks • masks • tapioca • tapioca bubble tea)
How to make Disney’s Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana French toast at home【SoraKitchen】
- Katie Pask
Apr 25, 2020
Turn your kitchen into the Magic Kingdom with this recipe!
- Japan, USA
- (baking • cooking • Disney • Disneyland • food • french toast • SNO • SoraKitchen)
Sheltering-in-place Japanese schoolkids form “Neo-Chorus” choir to refresh our hearts【Video】
- Katy Kelly
Apr 25, 2020
Pocari shows they’re the kings of both sports hydration and sentimentality — and want other school kids to get singing, too.
- Japan
- (ads • cool • drinks • moving • music • pocari sweat • sports drinks • stay home • students • touching • video • youth)
A talk with the man who helped bring Studio Ghibli to the west, Steve Alpert【Interview】
- Master Blaster
Apr 25, 2020
An inside look at Studio Ghibli at a crucial time in its history.
- Japan
- (animation • anime • books • Disney • Hayao Miyazaki • interview • movies • Princess Mononoke • SNO • Steve Alpert • Studio Ghibli • Tokuma Shoten)
50 centimetres (20 inches) of unbridled beefy joy! Eating Tokyo’s extra-lengthy yukhoe sushi
- Katie Pask
Apr 25, 2020
And of course, we got the ‘extra meat’ topping, because the only thing better than meat is MORE meat.
- Japan
- (awesome • big food • COK • crazy • food • restaurants • Shin-Okubo • SNJO • sushi • Tokyo • yukhoe)
Brighten your day with this Japanese monk covering Bob Marley using Buddhist instruments【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 25, 2020
” ‘Cause every little thing gonna be all right.”
- Japan
- (Bob Marley • Buddhism • cool • coronavirus • monks • music • reggae • temples)
New line of Kirby cosmetics make makeup fun with star-shaped palettes and pink lush lipsticks
- Dale Roll
Apr 25, 2020
Spice up your makeup collection with Kirby!
- Japan
- (cosmetics • cute • Kirby • Kirby Café • makeup • Monosense • nintendo • pink • video games)
Retro game group in Japan donating 100 Super NES systems to families with kids sheltering in place
- Casey Baseel
Apr 24, 2020
Heartwarming package also includes two of the most popular games ever made.
- Japan
- (awesome • coronavirus • donation • Japan Retro Game Association • JARGA • moving • stay home • touching • video games)
We tried takoyaki-flavored toothpaste with surprising results【Taste test】
- Shannon
Apr 24, 2020
Is a toothpaste flavored like octopus balls too good (or gross) to be true?
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • food • Mr. Sato • SNJO • takoyaki • taste test • teeth • toothpaste • Village Vanguard • weird)
Brand-new Sailor Moon movie’s first trailer shows new look for old school character designs【Vid】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 24, 2020
One of anime’s most popular voice actors joins the cast as Helios/Pegasus.
- Japan
- (anime • movies • Sailor Moon • Sailor Moon Eternal • video)
Tiny fish-shaped soy sauce bottles repurposed for sanitizers
- Master Blaster
Apr 24, 2020
What could possibly go wrong?
Nodame Cantabile’s anime power couple return in short stay-home coronavirus video
- Casey Baseel
Apr 24, 2020
Voices of music-loving lovers show us that they’re sheltering in place, and that we should too.
- Japan
- (anime • coronavirus • manga • Nodame Cantabile • stay home • Tomoko Ninomiya • voice actors • voice actresses)
Fans rate the top 10 backstabbing anime characters in survey
- Shannon
Apr 24, 2020
10 anime icons to remember, but not to trust.
- Japan
- (anime • Assassination Classroom • Attack on Titan • Bleach • COK • Crayon shin-chan • Gundam • Lupin the Third • Naruto • survey)
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- Starbucks Japan invites us to par-tea with its new Earl Gray Frappuccino [Taste test]
- Tokyo Skytree set to offer breathtaking Diamond Fuji natural phenomenon view this month
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Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
This hot spring near Osaka’s Kansai Airport resolves the pick-two-out-of-three bathhouse dilemma
Japanese government announces criteria for creating backup capital of Japan
Starbucks Japan releases now Tokyo Reserve Roastery Christmas drinkware collection [Photos]
Japan’s mini Shikoku Pilgrimage walking tour left us feeling immensely satisfied
Tokyo Skytree set to offer breathtaking Diamond Fuji natural phenomenon view this month
Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
Starbucks Japan invites us to par-tea with its new Earl Gray Frappuccino [Taste test]
Weekly
- Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
- Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
Starbucks Japan unveils new Christmas goods for 2026, with exclusive holiday surprises- Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
Life-size Monster Hunter dragon statues to be built at Japanese shopping mall
Studio Ghibli homeware brand’s faux oil lamp brings light, smiles, and Kiki’s Jiji to your home
Modern exosuits are opening up ancient Japanese castle climbs to everyone
Evangelion announces collaboration with Hard Rock Cafe
Starbucks Japan releases “Let’s Par-TEA!” Frappuccino and drinks for the holiday season
Cold Stone is closing its final branch in all of east Japan, but it’s going down singing
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Pokémon Company announces first-ever permanent Pokémon store to open outside Asia- Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
What’s it like to stay in a Japanese container hotel?- Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
Chainsaw robots helping keep trains running safely in east Japan [Video]
New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
Tokyo train station will play Godzilla theme song as new departure melody
Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
Studio Ghibli creates illustrated Kyoto sightseeing map, available at any 7-Eleven Japan store- Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
Yearly
Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
Studio Ghibli has a new anime out, and there’s only one place in the world where you can see it
Starbucks Japan releases new drinkware and goods for Valentine’s Day
Starbucks Japan releases new sakura goods and drinkware for cherry blossom season 2026
Japan’s newest Shinkansen has no seats…or passengers [Video]
Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
Japanese ninja certification exam attracts 131 candidates from Japan and abroad
Salomon releases Japan-exclusive Mt. Fuji hiking gear that doubles as an amazing souvenir
Japan reportedly adding Japanese language skill requirement to most common foreigner work visa
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