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Pokémon and Polaroid reveal collaboration with adorable Pikachu and Eeveelution camera and film

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 19, 2026
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Soon you’ll be able to use your Pokémon camera to take Pokémon photos, and then keep them in a Pokémon album too.

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• Japan, USA
• (anime • cameras • cool • cute • Eevee • instant cameras • photography • Pikachu • Pokemon • Polaroid • video games)

New Shinkansen Supreme Class private cabins get try-before-you-ride displays at Tokyo, other stations

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 19, 2026

Wondering if this extra luxury on your Japan trip is worth the extra ticket cost? Here’s a free way to find out.

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• Japan
• (bullet train • Japan Railways • Japan travel • JR • shinkansen • Shinkansen private cabin • Supreme Class • tourism • trains • travel)

Studio Ghibli composer Jo Hisaishi just set three Guinness Records

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 19, 2026

Composer for My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke, and Spirited Away broke two records on his trip to the U.S.

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• Japan, USA
• (anime • Guinness Record • Guinness World Record • Joe Hisaishi • manga • music • Studio Ghibli • world record)

Tokyo pub prohibits talking or keeping your phone out, only lets you drink in morning on weekends

• SoraNews24
  Aug 19, 2026

There are a lot of hoops to jump through at Uchida, but is this 80-year-old pub worth the hassle?

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• Japan
• (alcohol • COK • cool • crazy • drinks.izakaya • food • motsu • pubs • restaurants • SNJO • weird)

Universal Studios Japan partners with manga horror master Junji Ito’s Tomie

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 19, 2026

Undying school girl enthralls zombie horde in new artwork, and maybe elsewhere too.

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • anime • COK • crazy • Halloween Horror Nights • Horror • Junji Ito • manga • scary • theme parks • Universal Studios • Universal Studios Japan • USJ)

Dog-friendly Wanwan Liner bus to begin operations between Tokyo and Osaka this fall

• Krista Rogers
  Aug 19, 2026

This upcoming doggy express offers a new option for long-distance travel in comfort with your Best Friend.

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• Japan
• (animals • BIG Bus • bus • buses • COK • dog • highway buses • Japan travel • Osaka • pet friendly • pets • Tokyo • tourism • travel • Wanwan Liner)

Starbucks Japan releases two new seasonal drinks that blur the line between summer and autumn

• Oona McGee
  Aug 19, 2026

We find out if Starbucks does justice to a fruit with a very Japanese flavour. 

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• Japan
• (Chillax Soda • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • fruit • grapes • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese grapes • K. Masami • Kyoho • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • summer • tea)

Totoro shaved ice wows Studio Ghibli fans in Tokyo for a very limited time

• Oona McGee
  Aug 18, 2026

Shirohige’s Cream Puff Factory turns the beloved Ghibli star into a very cool character.

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• Japan
• (anime • cream puffs • cute • desserts • food • kakigori • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • shaved ice • Shiro Hige’s Cream Puff Factory • Shirohige's Cream Puff Factory • Studio Ghibli • summer • sweets • Totoro)

Tokyo giving out free furoshiki from Pikachu’s designer to help tourists carry their garbage home

• Krista Rogers
  Aug 18, 2026

The traditional, reusable cloth that can be converted into a bag is part of a new campaign designed to “Keep Tokyo Clean.”

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• Japan
• (Atsuko Nishida • cute • environment • furoshiki • garbage • Japan travel • Keep Tokyo Clean • society • Tokyo Metropolitan Government • tourism • trash • trash cans • travel)

Japanese convenience store sunglasses just became our newest Convenience Wear obsession

• Oona McGee
  Aug 18, 2026

Family Mart has an “it’ll do” pair of sunglasses that might become your favourite pair.

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• Japan
• (combini • convenience store • convenience store finds • convenience stores • Convenience Wear • Family mart • fashion • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • SNJO • sunglasses)

Kyoto shop turns traditional Japanese kimono into teddy bears, with special meaning hidden in their patterns

• Oona McGee
  Aug 18, 2026

Mimirin in Gion gives us a new way to embrace Japanese culture… literally.

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• Japan
• (chirimen • fabric • gifts • Gion • kimono • kimono teddy bear • Kyoto • Mimirin • souvenirs • teddy bear • Teddy Bears • yuzen)

Heavyweight ramen-style cheese fried chicken bowl appears in Tokyo, but is it genius or madness?

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 18, 2026

Karaage no Tensai invokes the name of Jiro-style ramen, and we head out for a taste test.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • food • fried chicken • Jiro-style ramen • karaage • ramen • ramen jiro • SNJO • taste test)

A practical guide to freezing your boss’ hat in a block of ice [Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 18, 2026

This is an important skill for working adults to acquire, and we’re here to walk you through the process step by step.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • experiment • fashion • funny • heat • hot • SNJO • weird • Yoshio)

Japanese workers reveal their top five mysterious rules they wish would disappear【Survey】

• Elliot Hale
  Aug 17, 2026

A single vacation can lead to near-forced souvenirs and apologies to the entire office.

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• Japan
• (business • COK • japanese work culture • manners • office culture • social norms • society • survey • work culture)

These Japanese contact lenses let you put anime characters on your eyes [Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 17, 2026

Chiikawa contacts are a cute way to add some subtle anime flair to your look.

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• Japan
• (anime • Chiikawa • COK • Contact lenses • cool • crazy • cute • fashion • manga • Natsuki Goto • SNJO)

Time-lapse footage shows just how fast rebuilding in Kumamoto can go

• Master Blaster
  Aug 17, 2026

All in a day’s work.

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• Japan
• (2026 Kumamoto earthquake • Construction • disasters • earthquakes • highways • Kumamoto • Kyushu • moving • NEXCO • recovery • touching)

Japan’s Rabbit Island in danger of becoming Boar Island, tourists asked to follow feeding rules

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 17, 2026

One of the cutest places in Japan needs visitors’ help keeping rabbit food, and rabbits themselves, from becoming boar food.

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• Japan
• (animals • boars • COK • cute • Ehime Prefecture • environment • nature • Okunoshima • Rabbit Island • rabbits • tourism.Japan travel • travel • wild boars)

Stay at a hotel with a bed for your plushie in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Aug 16, 2026

Complete with tiny matching pyjamas for your little friend.

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• Japan
• (accommodation • acryclic standees • anime • business hotel • fandom • hotels • Idols • Japanese accommodation • manga • oshi katsu • plush toy • plush toys • plushie • plushies • Toyoko Inn • unusual accommodation)

12-year-old British girl who went missing in Tokyo found safe after visiting anime sites around Yokohama

• SoraNews24
  Aug 16, 2026

Police say she also spent time at an Internet cafe.

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• Japan
• (Bungo Stray Dogs • Carmelita Lakdesha Paul • Carmelita Paul • cheapo news • foreign tourists • Japan travel • Kanagawa • Kanagawa Prefectural Police • missing person • police • travel • Yokohama)

Visiting Japan’s muscular mascot character dog at his free museum near Kansai International Airport

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 16, 2026

There’s a manga-related reason Inunakin is so buff.

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• Japan
• (airports • anime • COK • crazy • cute • Japan travel • Kansai International Airport • Kinnikuman • local mascots • manga • mascot characters • muscle • regional mascots • SNJO • tourism • travel • weird)

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