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Do Japanese kids need to wear special slippers at school? One part of Tokyo doesn’t think so

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 15, 2025
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Uwabaki are becoming less and less common in Minato Ward.

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• Japan
• (education • schools • shoes • slippers • society • uwabaki)

Tokyo’s new historical taxi service is an experience fit for a noble

• Elliot Hale
  Feb 15, 2025

Taxi company makes the dream of being chauffeured around by a Heian-era aristocrat a reality.

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• Japan
• (crazy • hachioji • Japanese taxis • kuge • kuge taxi • Sanwa Kotsu • Sanwa Koutsu • taxi • Tokyo • transportation • weird)

Starbucks Ginza House opens in Japan, with exclusive matcha drinks you can’t get anywhere else

• Oona McGee
  Feb 15, 2025

Chain’s 2,000th store brings things full circle for the green mermaid in Japan.

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• Japan
• (COK • drinks • Frappuccino • Ginza • green tea • latte • limited edition • matcha • matcha latte • Starbucks • Starbucks Ginza House • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • Starbucks Reserve • tea • Teavana)

Studio Ghibli adds Catbus and Totoro items to its anime range in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Feb 14, 2025

Supporting characters step up to support your daily needs.

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• Japan
• (anime • Catbus • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • Japanese stationery • My Neighbor Totoro • stationery • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • watering can)

Pokémon Poké Peace Happy Meals at McDonald’s Japan fill us with happiness【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 14, 2025

New Happy Meals give us a taste of what it would be like to share your home with a bunch of extra-cute Pokémon.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • cute • fast food • food • Happy Meals • Happy Set • manga • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Poké Peace • Pokemon • SNJO • video games)

American tourist arrested in Japan on charges of pushing sexual services worker down stairs

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 14, 2025

Senior citizen arrested at ski resort three hours away from fuzoku establishment where incident allegedly took place.

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• Japan
• (COK • crime • fuzoku • Japanese language • Japanese linguistics • linguistics • society)

Tokyo’s Sakeice O’Choco alcoholic hot chocolate both does and doesn’t contain “sake”

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 14, 2025

A lot of linguistics, and a lot of flavor, goes into each and every cup of this dessert drink (and there’s room for debate about the cup too).

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• Japan
• (alcohol • chocolate • drinks • hot chocolate • Japanese language • linguistics • sake • Sakeice • shochu • sweets)

A scam artist called us from overseas and we had a bittersweet conversation about fried rice

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 14, 2025

“Do you guys have fried rice in Mongolia?”

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• Japan
• (COK • food • fried rice • funny • Go Hatori • scam artists • scammers • SNJO • weird)

Tokyo’s breathtaking “museum hotel” miniature art exhibit will make you feel tiny too【Photos】

• SoraNews24
  Feb 14, 2025

Meguro Gajoen’s Hundred Steps staircase hosts works both huge and small.

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• Japan
• (art • COK • Gajeon • Hinamatsuri • Hotel Gajoen Tokyo • hotels • Hyakudan Kaidan • meguro gajoen)

Haneda Airport mobile tea ceremony lets you start, or finish, your Japan trip with a tranquil sip

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 13, 2025

Bilingual event seeks to introduce traditional Japanese culture to the wider world.

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• Japan
• (COK • culture • Haneda • Haneda Airport • tea • tea ceremony • tourism • travel)

Enjoy breakfast with a stunning view of Mt. Fuji at this seaside cafe

• Elliot Hale
  Feb 13, 2025

Cozy cafe serves up a delicious breakfast and fragrant coffee, with Japan’s iconic mountain and an ocean breeze on the side.

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• (beach • breakfast • breakfast set • cafes • coffee • COK • food and drink • Kanagawa • Masanuki Sunakoma • morning menu • Mt. Fuji • Nagisa Bashi Cafe • Ocean • restaurants • SNJO • Zushi)

Are Japan’s Strawberry Shortcake instant noodles as gross as they say?

• Oona McGee
  Feb 13, 2025

Yakisoba meets cake in this very weird Japan-exclusive product.

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• Japan
• (cake • COK • crazy • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Japanese food • Noodles • ramen • review • shortcake • SNJO • strawberries • strawberry shortcake • sweets • taste test • weird • yakisoba)

Godiva Japan working pink magic with new Sakura Chocolixirs

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 13, 2025

Two different cherry blossom chocolate dessert drinks mean we’ve got a big, and sweet, decision to make.

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• Japan
• (cafes • cherry blossoms • chocolate • Chocolixir • drinks • Godiva • Godiva Japan • sakura • sakura sweets • sweets)

Japanese curry bread achieves new Guinness World Record at Sapporo Snow Festival

• Oona McGee
  Feb 13, 2025

Proof that karepan and snow are a match made in heaven.

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• Japan
• (cool • curry • curry bread • food • Guinness World Record • Guinness world records • Japanese food • karepan • news • Sapporo • Sapporo Snow Festival • Sapporo Yuki Matsuri • world record • world records • Yuki Matsuri)

Sakura Totoro collection from Studio Ghibli becomes a hit with anime fans

• Oona McGee
  Feb 13, 2025

Cute plushies, art and pottery make this a hanami flower-viewing experience like no other.

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• Japan
• (anime • bags • cherry bloassoms • cherry blossoms 2025 • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • fashion • hanami • kinchaku • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • pouches • sakura • sakura 2025 • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Thousands of convenience stores in Japan to end sale of print magazines this spring

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 12, 2025

Move comes as one in four municipalities in Japan has no bookstore.

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• Japan
• (COK • convenience stores • Family mart • Lawson • magazines • physical media • society)

Sakura scent coffee and sweets appear at Japan’s low-key, highly tasty coffeehouse chain

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 12, 2025

Doutor is getting noticed with a very tempting lineup of cherry blossom coffee, cakes, and more.

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• Japan
• (cafes • cherry blossoms • coffee • COK • drinks • food • restaurants • sakura • sakura sweets • sweets)

Sanrio’s Cinnamoroll serves popcorn at this super rare vending machine in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Feb 12, 2025

Complete with music and dancing, this is one of the most kawaii vending machines in all of Japan!

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• Japan
• (Cinnamoroll • COK • cute • Hello Kitty • Japanese vending machines • Kawaii • popcorn • popcorn vending machine • Sanrio • Sanrio vending machine • SNJO • technology • vending machines)

Fortune Tea Chabashira tea-ses increased good luck with every cup

• Krista Rogers
  Feb 12, 2025

Besides having a higher chance of finding an upright tea stalk, it also brews up the most beau-tea-ful and tas-tea cup of leaf water ever.

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• Japan
• (5 Coin • chabashira • COK • gold leaf • good fortune • lucky • Makinohara • Shizuoka • SNJO • tea)

Naked meets Kyoto’s Nijo Castle again for a nighttime sakura digital art immersive event

• Krista Rogers
  Feb 12, 2025

Thankfully, there’s still no actual nudity attached to these modern-meets-traditional installations to celebrate the spring.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • illuminations • Kyoto • naked • Nijo Castle • Ninomaru Goten • projection mapping • sakura)

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