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It’s a great time to crack open some fossils in Ono City, Fukui Prefecture
- Master Blaster
Aug 25, 2025 - Tweet
Lots of fun for fans of science and/or breaking things.
- Japan
- (excavation • experience attractions • fossils • Fukui • Gifu • Lake Kuzuryu • Ono City • Ono city Fossil Excavation Experience Center Horrosa • travel)
Tokyo cafe staffed by robots piloted by paralyzed and otherwise housebound people
- Master Blaster
Aug 25, 2025
It’s the Dawn of a new restaurant experience.
- Japan
- (accessibility • Avatar Robot Cafe • cafes • Chuo • Dawn • disabilities • employment • OriHime • OryLab • restaurants • robots • Tokyo)
Kyoto’s pinkest, cutest new restaurant is the start of a new life for retired train cars
- Casey Baseel
Aug 25, 2025
Future Train Kyoto Diner & Cafe has a touch of the past too.
Kyoto’s new Kuromi train is latest part of Sanrio star’s plan to Kuromify the world【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 25, 2025
Kuromi and the Seven Princesses of Tango want to take you deeper into Kyoto Prefecture than just Kyoto City.
Gorgeous Ghibli schedule books are here to help you get a jump on planning ahead【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 25, 2025
The anime stars of My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, and more say it’s not too soon to start thinking about 2026.
- Japan
- (anime • beautiful • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Howl's Moving Castle • Kiki's Delivery Service • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • organizers • schedule books • spirited away • stationery • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
How to turn a Japanese kei car into a yankee party vehicle with accessories from Don Quijote
- Oona McGee
Aug 24, 2025
Pimp your ride like a hooligan for under 70 bucks.
- Japan
- (car accessories • cars • cool • culture • Dekotora • Don Quijote • Japanese cars • kei car • lights • Masanuki Sunakoma • music • SNJO • vehicles • Yankee)
The number of tourists was declining in this Japanese city, but Ono is now making its comeback
- Elliot Hale
Aug 24, 2025
Bouncing back after a natural disaster, Ono showcases the charm of its floating castle, pristine springs, and soy sauce gelato.
- Japan
- (castles • COK • culture • Fukui • fukui prefecture • history • Japan travel • Ono • Shichiken-dori • SNJO • spring water • Tasuku Egawa • tourism • travel)
Don’t judge Amazon Japan’s lowest rated massage sandals until walking a mile in them
- Master Blaster
Aug 23, 2025
Provided both you and they can last that long.
- Japan
- (Amazon • Amazon Japan • Amazon lowest-rated • COK • crazy • feet • Masanuki Sunakoma • massage • sandals • SNJO • tai chi • weird)
Mister Donut turns doughnuts into Japanese idols for new range in Japan
- Oona McGee
Aug 23, 2025
Taking oshi culture into new realms of fandom.
- Japan
- (autumn • chestnuts • COK • donuts • doughnuts • food • Mister Donut • sweet potato • sweets • taste test)
Here are four ways McDonald’s Japan could combat scalpers after its Pokémon Happy Meal fiasco
- Casey Baseel
Aug 23, 2025
Maybe rewarding scalpers just for ordering a Happy Meal is part of the problem.
- Japan
- (anime • card games • COK • fast food • food • Happy Meals • Happy Set • manga • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Pikachu • Pokemon • pokemon trading card game • resellers • scalpers • SNO • trading cards)
Kawaii Monster Land getting set to become Harajuku’s newest whimsical underground wonderland
- Elliot Hale
Aug 23, 2025
Pon pon your way way down to this fantastical amusement park later in the year.
- Japan
- (Amusement Parks • COK • cute • Harajuku • Harajuku fashion • Kawaii • Kawaii Monster Cafe • Kawaii Monster Land • Kyary Pamyu Pamyu • Sebastian Masuda • Takeshita Dori • Takeshita Street • theme parks • weird)
This official Pokémon horror video is surprisingly terrifying【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 22, 2025
A frightening new version of a Gen-I Pokémon makes its creepy debut.
- Japan
- (anime • funny • manga • Pokemon • Pokémon Legends Z-A • scary • video • video games)
Japan’s Egg Curry Pan Sandwich is a bread-on-bread snack that deserves to go viral
- Oona McGee
Aug 22, 2025
Egg Curry Pan Sandwich puts bread inside bread for a new take on a traditional classic.
- Japan
- (COK • curry • curry bread • curry pan • egg • egg sandwich • food • Japanese curry • Japanese sandwich • sandwiches • SNJO • taste test • weird)
City in Japan proposes ordinance with daily smartphone usage limit, even for adults
- Casey Baseel
Aug 22, 2025
Ironically, this really doesn’t seem like the best way for civic leaders to be using their time.
- Japan
- (COK • Smartphones • society • technology • video games • weird)
Japanese household cleaner maker releases survival horror scrubbing game on Steam
- Master Blaster
Aug 22, 2025
In this game, no one can hear you clean.
- Japan
- (cleaning • crazy • funny • Kao • Magiclean • scary • Silent Cleaning • SNJO • Steam • survival horror • video games • weird)
A visual kei J-rock classic gets a new cover and video thanks to…McDonalds?!?【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 22, 2025
Luna Chee gives a cheesy salute to Luna Sea.
- Japan
- (burgers • cheeseburgers • fast food • food • funny • hamburgers • J-Pop • J-rock • LUNA SEA • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • music • video • visual kei • weird)
KFC Japan unveils new Tsukimi Moon Viewing Burgers for 2025
- Oona McGee
Aug 21, 2025
This year’s range comes with a muscly Chief Tamago Officer heading up the Human Eggification Project.
- Japan
- (burgers • chicken • chicken burgers • fast food • food • fried chicken • KFC • KFC Japan • marketing • moon viewing • moon-viewing burgers • otsukimi • pies • tsukimi • tsukimi burger)
Supercomputer noodles bring the magic of Fugaku to the dining table
- Oona McGee
Aug 21, 2025
The Venn diagram of computer geeks and noodle lovers overlaps in a delicious way.
- Japan
- (COK • computers • cool • Felissimo • food • Fugaku • fujitsu • Japanese food • Noodles • RIKEN • SNJO • somen • supercomputer • taste test • weird • weird food)
Ghibli’s saddest anime gets new T-shirt line【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 21, 2025
There’s more than one reason why Grave of the Fireflies merch doesn’t pop up very often, but this new T-shirt collection is a bittersweet exception.
- Japan
- (anime • fashion • Grave of the Fireflies • manga • shirts • Studio Ghibli • t-shirts)
Plain, protein, and yakisoba…there’s a takoyaki for all at this specialty shop in Tokyo
- Krista Rogers
Aug 21, 2025
We delight in some unusual octo-offerings at this Osaka-based takoyaki shop right smack in the middle of our own neighborhood.
- Japan
- (COK • food • Ganso Donaiya • Osaka • shinjuku • SNJO • street food • takoyaki • Tokyo)
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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]
Starbucks Japan releases now Tokyo Reserve Roastery Christmas drinkware collection [Photos]
Japanese government announces criteria for creating backup capital of Japan
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Japan’s mini Shikoku Pilgrimage walking tour left us feeling immensely satisfied
Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
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- 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
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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
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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
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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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