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Visiting Kagawa’s popular cooking class where you make noodles with your feet
- Elliot Hale
Sep 16, 2026 - Tweet
Rock out as you dance your way to handmade sanuki udon.
- Japan
- (COK • cooking • cool • crazy • dancing • food • Japan travel • Kagawa • Kompirasan • Kotohira • Kouhey • lesson • Nakano Udon School • Noodles • sanuki udon • Shikoku • SNJO • tourism • travel • udon • weird)
Pokémon Adidas crossover sneaker line releases in Japan, gives your feet Pikachu hugs [Pics]
- Casey Baseel
Sep 15, 2026
![Pokémon Adidas crossover sneaker line releases in Japan, gives your feet Pikachu hugs [Pics]](https://soranews24.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/09/0_3865cd.jpg?w=640 "Pokémon Adidas crossover sneaker line releases in Japan, gives your feet Pikachu hugs [Pics]")
Collaboration gets off to an early start in Pokémon’s home country.
- Japan
- (Adidas • anime • collaboration • fashion • manga • Pikachu • Pokemon • shoes • sneakers • video games)
Starbucks and clothing brand Beams team up for launch of second collaborative core collection
- Krista Rogers
Sep 15, 2026
You can wear your love for coffee on your sleeve in this new series of Starbucks Stand by Beams clothing and lifestyle goods–literally, in one case.
- Japan
- (BEAMS • coffee • collaboration • fashion • goods • lifestyle • pop-up • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • store)
Ghibli/Kyoto crossover artwork decorates goshuin papers for Zen and Ghibli art exhibition [Pics]
- Casey Baseel
Sep 15, 2026
Kyoto museum’s ”Ghibli for grown-ups” event collaborates with three Kyoto Zen temples.
- Japan
- (anime • art • goshuin • Japan travel • Kyoto • Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art • manga • museums • shuin • Studio Ghibli • temples • Totoro • tourism • travel • Zen)
Japan’s new delicious dark horse sweet potato dessert drink is waiting at a beef bowl chain
- Casey Baseel
Sep 15, 2026
A beniharuka shake rolls into Sukiya as sweet potato season gets underway.
- Japan
- (beef bowls • beni haruka • beniharuka • food • gyudon • milk shakes • shakes • SNJO • Sukiya • sweet potato • sweet potatoes • sweets • taste test • yaki imo • yakiimo)
Making the latest social media snack sensation in Japan, Dot Butter
- Master Blaster
Sep 15, 2026
High in both cuteness and calories.
- Japan
- (butter • cream cheese • Dot Butter • mozzarella • recipes • social media • Sprinkles)
7-Eleven Japan releases a Kebab Sandwich… but does it really taste like a street-stall kebab?
- Oona McGee
Sep 15, 2026
We find out if a convenience store kebab can compete with the real thing.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • convenience store • convenience store finds • convenience store sandwich • convenience store sandwiches • convenience stores • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese sandwiches • kebab • kebabs • sando • sandwiches)
The confusing enjoyment of our day-trip bus tour from downtown Tokyo to Yamanashi [Photos]
- Casey Baseel
Sep 14, 2026
This bus tour wasn’t exactly what we’d expected, but it turned out to be something we wanted.
- Japan
- (beautiful • bus tours • buses • COK • flowers • food • fruit • Heidi • Japan travel • nature • peaches • shingen mochi • SNJO • Sunflowers • sweets • tourism • travel • Yamanashi)
Hot pot in cans coming to Japanese vending machines this fall
- Casey Baseel
Sep 14, 2026
Or should we call them hot can?
- Japan
- (drinks • Dydo • food • hot pot • hot vending machines • Japanese vending machines • Mizkan • nabe • soup • vending machines • zosui)
Does washing rice in this Japanese pouch really make it more delicious?
- Oona McGee
Sep 14, 2026
We test the Okome Pouch, which uses a patented method to make rice more delicious… and easier to wash.
- Japan
- (clever • COK • cooking • cooking gadgets • Daiso • food • Japan travel • Japanese food • Japanese kitchen gadgets • kitchen • kitchen gadgets • rice • rice washing • SNJO • SoraKitchen)
Can hanging a handy fan on your crotch keep you cool in the Tokyo summer? SN24 investigates
- Casey Baseel
Sep 14, 2026
Mr. Sato and his crew strut through Shinjuku like cocks of the walk, but can their meat beat the heat?
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • experiment • fans • funny • handy fans • hot • Mr. Sato • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • weird • Yoshio)
7-Eleven Japan’s Ramen Machine is a viral hit, but there’s one glaring problem
- Oona McGee
Sep 14, 2026
Well, two if you take into account how rare they are to find.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • 7-Eleven ramen machine • convenience store • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • Noodles • ramen • SNJO)
Burger King goes viral in Japan for opening new store in a Japanese-style building
- Oona McGee
Sep 14, 2026
U.S. dining and Japanese architectural design come together at this eye-catching new location.
- Japan
- (architecture • buildings • Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • fast food • food • hamburgers • japanese architecture • restaurants • SNJO • traditional architecture • traditional building)
Japanese pudding gets a massive big-eats upgrade at this Tokyo cafe
- Oona McGee
Sep 13, 2026
Can we demolish a four-kilo purin made with 32 eggs?
- Japan
- (big eats • cafe • cafes • desserts • Harajuku • huge • huge food • must try • Omotesando • pudding • purin • SNJO • Sweet Check • sweets • Tokyo)
Visiting Fukui can teach travelers how to make, and smash, Japanese kawara tiles [Photos]
- Casey Baseel
Sep 13, 2026
Echizen Seramika shares the techniques for both as part of its cool factory tour.
- Japan
- (ceramics • COK • cool • factories • factory tours • Fukui • Japan travel • kawara • Natsuno Futon • SNJO • tile smashing • tiles • tourism • travel • weird)
Japan’s middle-aged fairy man character stole our reporter’s heart in a hot spring town
- Casey Baseel
Sep 13, 2026
Atsuo fell in love with Atami, and Natsuno fell in love with Atsuo.
- Japan
- (Atami • COK • cute • funny • hot springs • Japan travel • mascot characters • Natsuno Futon • Shizuoka • SNJO • tourism • travel • weird)
Mt. Fuji may soon require off-season climbers to register with government or pay for their rescues
- Casey Baseel
Sep 13, 2026
The question of whether it’s illegal to hike Mt. Fuji in the off-season is complex, and so is the question of who should pay for it.
Starbucks Japan unveils first-ever vending machine, with an exclusive coffee drink
- Oona McGee
Sep 12, 2026
A new way to get a taste of Starbucks.
- Japan
- (coffee • coffee vending machine • drinks • Japanese vending machines • latte • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks vending machine • vending machines)
Ghibli store Donguri Kyowakoku now has special frames to protect your anime art Paper Theater kits
- Casey Baseel
Sep 12, 2026
Studio Ghibli specialty shop wants to keep your papercraft Totoro safe.
- Japan
- (anime & manga • art • beautiful • cool • crafts • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Howl's Moving Castle • My Neighbor Totoro • Paper Theater • papercraft • spirited away • Studio Ghibli)
New Gundam megastore announced for one of Tokyo’s most popular tourist neighborhoods
- Casey Baseel
Sep 12, 2026
A new mecha mecca is coming to Shibuya.
- Japan
- (anime • Gundam • Gundam Base • Gundam models • Gunpla • manga • Mobile Suit Gundam • plastic models • Shibuya • Shibuya Parco)
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New Studio Ghibli notebooks are a beautiful reason to write and draw by hand [Photos]
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Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
Matcha ice cream discontinued by one of Japan’s favorite ice cream brands
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Japan announces new permanent residency guidelines, foreigners must earn more than average Japanese person- Tokyo train station will play Godzilla theme song as new departure melody
- Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
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Foreign tourist numbers drop in Osaka, despite record-setting highs from U.S. and Korea
One of Japan’s best convenience store egg sandwiches is one you won’t find at the big three chains
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Starbucks Japan unveils new Pokémon collaboration with Pikachu Latte and exclusive goods- Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
Studio Ghibli’s Calcifer is ready to light up your home as a magical-looking candle lamp [Photos]
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Studio Ghibli releases new onigiri rice ball-shaped lunch bag for Kiki’s Delivery Service fans
Do Japan’s new single-minded convenience store bento show depressing poverty or satisfying focus?
How to watch Studio Ghibli’s new anime in Japan, with a special after-dark outdoor screening for Halloween
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
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Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
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