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Starbucks Japan’s Snoopy Frappuccino is here!【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 24, 2025
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Snoopy’s special Frappuccino has a very long name and a lot of flavors, but surprisingly “peanut” isn’t one of them.

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• Japan
• (COK • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • Joe Kind • Peanuts • SNJO • Snoopy • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets • taste test)

Kyoto’s most popular local sweets get a soft spin with Fuwafuwa Otabe【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 24, 2025

Taste-testing Kyoto’s newest selling-out sweet sensation.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Kyoto • nama yatsuhashi • Otabe • SNJO • sweets • taste test • yatsuhashi)

Japanese pot sticker restaurant chain also runs flat-rate hot spring inn, but is it worth staying at?

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 24, 2025

We head to the most unique branch of Gyoza no Manshu there is.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • crazy • Gunma • gyoza • hot springs • hotels • Japanese inns • onsen • pot stickers • restaurants • ryokan • SNJO • tourism • travel • weird)

Beautiful old-school restaurant Konnyaku Bansho serves kaiseki meals with unique konnyaku theme

• SoraNews24
  Mar 24, 2025

Yamagata post town restaurant puts its spin on Japan’s gourmet multi-course meal.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • kaiseki • konnyaku • restaurants • SNJO • tourism • travel • Yamagata)

Rare Mos Burger vending machine sells items not found in restaurants

• Master Blaster
  Mar 24, 2025

It’s Mos, Definitely.

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• Japan
• (burgers • COK • fast food • lu rou fan • Mos Burger • rice burgers • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo • vending machines • yakiniku)

You can take on sumo wrestlers and drink all the whiskey you want at Tokyo’s new sumo restaurant

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 24, 2025

Asakusa’s Sumo Club is open for business and has an authentic sumo ring inside.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • all you can drink • Asakusa • cool • crazy • drinks • food • Japanese whiskey • Japanese whisky • restaurants • Sumo • sumo wrestlers • Whiskey • whisky)

Shirasu ice cream at top Japanese tourist spot terrifies some, delights others

• Oona McGee
  Mar 23, 2025

Can ice cream sweeten the deal of eating dozens of baby sardines as their eyes stare at you?

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• Japan
• (Enoshima • fish • food • ice cream • local specialties • restaurants • shirasu • SNJO • specialty • specialty food • sweets • taste test • tourist sites • weird food • werid • whitebait)

Japan abolishes skirts from policewoman uniforms nationwide

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 23, 2025

After nearly a half-century run, skirts to no longer be part of uniforms.

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• Japan
• (COK • crime • fashion • police • police uniforms • skirts • society)

Japan Super Budget Dining – What’s the best way to spend 1,000 yen at Doutor?

• Elliot Hale
  Mar 23, 2025

Eleven enticing orders for budget-conscious diners at one of Japan’s top coffee shop chains.

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• Japan
• (cafes • cheap eats • coffee • COK • Doutor • drinks • food • Japan super budget dining • SNJO • sweets)

Department store rooftop in Tokyo is a secret oasis above the city

• Oona McGee
  Mar 22, 2025

One of the best hideouts in Tokyo is absolutely free…for those who know where to find it.

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• Japan
• (COK • department store • department store rooftop • food • gardens • Ginza • Ginza Mitsukoshi • Mitsukoshi • restaurants • rooftop • shrines • SNJO • Tokyo • tourist sites)

A century of love – How dating and marriage have evolved in Japan

• Elliot Hale
  Mar 22, 2025

From arranged marriages to dating apps, relationships in Japan have gone through a big transformation over the last 100 years.

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• Japan
• (arranged marriage • COK • culture • dating • history • marriage • relationships • romance • society)

McDonald’s Japan releases Doraemon anime movie Happy Meal toys, and we’ve got the whole set【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 22, 2025

After heading to the magical Art World, Doraemon’s next stop is McDonald’s Japan.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • Doraemon • fast food • food • Happy Meal • Happy Meal toys • Happy Set • manga • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • SNJO)

Is “Nagoya skipping” a cause of the exodus of young people from the city?

• Krista Rogers
  Mar 22, 2025

Data suggests that a relative lack of live music and performances is a contributing factor as to why many young people move to Tokyo or Osaka.

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• Japan
• (Aichi Prefecture • concerts • music • Nagoya • Nagoya-skipping • society)

Japanese man who ate at same beef bowl chain for 2,000 days in a row announces he’s gotten married

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 22, 2025

But will marriage change his eating habits?

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• Japan
• (beef bowls • fast food • food • gyudon • romance • Sukiya • weird)

Japanese video games don’t need to Americanize, says Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 21, 2025

Creator of Kirby says that Americanized elements aren’t what overseas fans of Japanese games are looking for.

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• Japan
• (Kirby • Masahiro Sakurai • Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games • Smash Bros • video • video games)

Japan’s new trading card game hit has pictures of real-life middle-aged men on every card【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 21, 2025

“Ojisan trading card game” brings smiles to young and old in Fukuoka town.

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• Japan
• (card games • collectible card games • collectible cards • crazy • funny • moving • society • touching • trading card games • trading cards • video • weird)

World’s first hydrogen powered vending machine unveiled by Coca-Cola at Osaka-Kansai Expo

• Master Blaster
  Mar 21, 2025

Coca-Cola unplugged.

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• Japan
• (2025 Osaka World Expo • Coca-Cola • drinks • Fuji Electric • hydrogen cartridges • hydrogen fuel cell • technology • techology • vending machines)

Mister Donut makes matcha lovers swoon with new Gion Tsujiri collection

• Oona McGee
  Mar 21, 2025

Uji matcha elevates doughnuts in this very Japanese green tea collection.

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• Japan
• (COK • donuts • doughnuts • food • Gion Tsujiri • green tea • limited edition • matcha • Misdo Meets Gion Tsujiri • Mister Donut • new • sweets)

American reporter blown away by cheap food prices at Tokyo baseball stadium, locals less impressed

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 21, 2025

With foreign media in town for the Major League Baseball season opener, Tokyo Dome’s concession stands shine bright.

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• Japan
• (baseball • drinks • food • Major League Baseball • society • sports • Tokyo Dome • video)

Studio Ghibli anime art up for auction, alongside Sailor Moon, Pokémon, Akira and Dragon Ball Z

• Oona McGee
  Mar 21, 2025

Landmark event contains over 1,200 lots that you can own.

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• Japan
• (animation cels • anime • anime art • anime auction • anime cels • art • auctions • Catbus • cels • Dragon Ball Z • Ghibli • Heritage Auctions • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

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  10. Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign

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  2. Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
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