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Are all Starbucks coffee sizes the same? Testing the viral video claim in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Apr 25, 2025
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Surely a Tall-sized coffee can’t fill a Venti to the brim…can it?

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• (coffee • COK • cups • drinks • goods • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • viral video)

Mt. Fuji climbing reservation website is now open, and here’s how to reserve your spot

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 25, 2025

Reservations and per-person hiking fees are now mandatory for the Yoshida Trail.

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• Japan
• (hiking • Mountains • Mt. Fuji • Mt. Fuji trails • nature • outdoors • tourism • travel • Yoshida Trail)

Chiba man destroys Evangelion Unit 01… pachinko machine

• Master Blaster
  Apr 25, 2025

You can (not) do that.

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• Japan
• (anime • Chiba • crime • Evangelion • Evangelion Unit 01 • gambling • pachinko • vandalism)

Studio Ghibli cushions to cozy up mean you can finally give No-Face the hug he needs【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 25, 2025

Famous faces from Spirited Away and My Neighbor Totoro are here to grace your home and warm our heart.

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• Japan
• (anime • Catbus • cushions • cute • interior • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • No Face • plushies • spirited away • Studio Ghibli)

Final visit to the last Cold Stone Creamery in Tokyo before it closes leaves us with a bad taste

• Oona McGee
  Apr 24, 2025

Could the demise of Cold Stone have been prevented in Japan if they’d done this earlier?

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• Japan
• (COK • Cold Stone • Cold Stone Japan • foods • Harajuku • ice cream • swets)

The pros and cons of working from a Japanese hot spring inn

• Oona McGee
  Apr 24, 2025

Onsen ryokan stay leads to some surprising discoveries.

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• Japan
• (accommodation • Ahiruneko • COK • hot springs • hotels • inns • Japanese accommodation • onsen • ryokan • SNJO • tourism • travel • work from home • work in Japan)

Coca-Cola Japan changes recipe for best-seller matcha latte, but is it worth a sip?【Taste test】

• SoraNews24
  Apr 24, 2025

Will the new Ayataka Matcha Latte prove more successful than New Coke?

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• Japan
• (Akayata Matcha Latte • Ayataka • Coca-Cola • Coca-Cola Japan • COK • drinks • green tea • matcha • matcha latte • SNJO • sweets • taste test • tea)

Enjoy the elegance of Edo at Shogun, Tokyo’s new experiential cafe

• Elliot Hale
  Apr 24, 2025

Cultural crafts, performing arts and regional flavors combine in a tribute to one of the most important periods in Japanese history.

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• Japan
• (cafe • calligraphy • COK • culture • drinks • experience • food and drink • iaido • katazome • kimono • Noh • shogun • tea ceremony • Tokyo • tribute foods • wagashi)

7-Eleven adds U.S.A. orange chicken to its range in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Apr 24, 2025

Can this convenience store chain give Panda Express a run for its money?

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • chicken • COK • convenience store • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • konbini • orange chicken • SNJO • taste test)

Japanese high school Final Fantasy VII not an April Fool’s Joke, is playable this month【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 24, 2025

Cloud, Sephiroth, Tifa, and more are headed to high school in Youth Fantasy Evecri Academy VII inside Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis.

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• Japan
• (Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis • Square Enix • video games • Youth Fantasy Evecri Academy VII)

Japan’s largest indie ice cream convention returns to Tokyo this Golden Week

• Master Blaster
  Apr 24, 2025

Taste a whole country of ice cream all under one roof.

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• Japan
• (Aipaku • conventions • desserts • events • food • Golden Week • ice cream • shinjuku • Tokyo)

Foreign travelers’ lukewarm reactions to traditional Japanese inn food causing changes in Kyoto

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 24, 2025

Classical part of ryokan culture is fading away at some inns.

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• Japan
• (COK • culture • food • hotels • inns • Japanese inns • Kyoto • overtourism • ryokan • society • tourism • travel)

Saitama police continue to piece together man’s naked rampage spanning three cities

• Master Blaster
  Apr 24, 2025

Long list of crimes committed in about an hour continues to grow.

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• Japan
• (bizarre • car theft • crime • hit-and-run • Kawaguchi • reckless driving • Saitama • shoplifting • Soka)

Studio Ghibli releases new My Neighbour Totoro furoshiki bag for Mother’s Day in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Apr 24, 2025

Putting an anime twist on Japanese tradition.

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• Japan
• (anime • bags • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • manga • Mother's Day • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Tokyo government ordered to search for biological parents of 67-year-old-man switched at birth

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 23, 2025

Four-year lawsuit comes to an end as court dismisses privacy concerns.

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• Japan
• (babies • COK • crazy • crime • lawsuit • society • switched at birth)

A visit to the real-world Like a Dragon/Yakuza cabaret in Osaka【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 23, 2025

Mr. Sato visits the clear inspiration for Goro Majima’s Cabaret Grand.

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• (alcohol • cabaret • COK • hostess bars • hostess clubs • Like a Dragon • Mr. Sato • Osaka • SNJO • video games • yakuza)

New contender for the Akihabara ramen crown: Restaurant run by martial arts champ【Taste test】

• SoraNews24
  Apr 23, 2025

Mixed martial artist now adds ramen making to his skill mix at Men Zin Saito.

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• Japan
• (Akihabra • COK • food • martial arts • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • taste test)

American cookie store Pug opens a pop-up in Tokyo for a limited time

• Oona McGee
  Apr 23, 2025

Bringing Boston cookies to Japan…with a twist.

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• Japan
• (cafes • coffee • COK • cookies • cool • food • Japanese food • Miyashita Park • pug • restaurants • review • Shibuya • SNJO • sweets • taste test • Tokyo)

How to make Japanese melon pan out of any type of bread

• Oona McGee
  Apr 23, 2025

Easy recipe turns even sliced bread and curry pan into this famous sweet snack.

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• Japan
• (baked goods • bread • COK • crazy • easy recipes • food • Japanese food • Melon Pan • recipes • SNJO • sweet bread • sweets • Tokyo)

Kyoto’s crazy expensive luxury chirimen nut clusters cost as much as a lunch, but are they worth it?

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 23, 2025

A very unique, very pricy snack from Japan’s classiest town.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • expensive • expensive food • fish • food • Kyoto • nuts • snacks • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

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