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Starbucks Japan reveals exclusive sakura goods at Reserve Roastery Tokyo

Oona McGee
Feb 12, 2025
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Limited-edition cherry blossom tumblers and mugs bring joy to hanami flower-viewing season.

Japan
(apron • bags • cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2025 • COK • cute • drinkware • furoshiki • glasses • hanami • mugs • Reserve Roastery Tokyo • sakura • sakura 2025 • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks Reserve Roastery • tumblers)

Black Thunder grab event in Tokyo gets you a fistful of chocolate bars for less than 30 cents

Oona McGee
Feb 11, 2025

How many of these iconic Japanese chocolates can we grab for 40 yen?

Japan
(Black Thunder • candy • chocolate • chocolates • cool • events • food • Harajuku • marketing • Shibuya • snacks • sweets • taste test • Tokyo • Yuraku Confectionery)

Will listening to Japan’s biggest earworm song for five hours drive you insane? Let’s find out!

Casey Baseel
Feb 11, 2025

Our ace reporter Mr. Sato subjects himself to five hours of the Don Quijote theme song.

Japan
(COK • crazy • Don Quijote • experiment • funny • Miracle Shopping • Mr. Sato • music • SNJO • weird)

Ghibli Park holds spring matsuri festival with special events to celebrate one-year anniversary

SoraNews24
Feb 11, 2025

Japanese anime theme park opens its doors to non-ticket holders with a special application system.

Japan
(Aichi • Amusement Parks • anime • festivals • Ghibli • Ghibli Park • Howl's Moving Castle • Japanese festivals • Kiki's Delivery Service • manga • movies • Nagoya • news • spring • Studio Ghibli • theme parks • Valley of Witches)

If you bought something in the Nintendo Museum, they might owe you some money for overcharging

Casey Baseel
Feb 11, 2025

Customers buying certain items have apparently been being overcharged ever since the museum opened, partial refunds now being offered.

Japan
(museums • nintendo • Nintendo Museum • refund • tourism • travel • video games)

First foreigner becomes tour bus driver in Japan under specified skilled worker program【Video】

Casey Baseel
Feb 11, 2025

Expanded status of residence program opens up new avenue for foreigners working in Japan.

Japan
(bus • foreigners in Japan • Japan status of residence • tourism • travel)

Starbucks Japan reveals new sakura drinkware collection, inspired by cherry blossoms in the sun

Oona McGee
Feb 11, 2025

Range includes limited-edition stationery, bags and a gorgeous Stanley cup.

Japan
(cherry blossom • cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2025 • cups • drinkware • goods • hanami • mugs • sakura • sakura 2025 • sakura drinkware • Stanley cup • Starbucks • Starbucks drinkware • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • Starbucks sakura • tumblers)

Starbucks Japan unveils new Sakura Frappuccino for cherry blossom season 2025

Oona McGee
Feb 10, 2025

Limited-edition pink drink captures the beauty of hanami flower-viewing picnics.

Japan
(cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2025 • COK • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • hanami • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • limited edition • sakura • sakura 2025 • sakura Frappuccino • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition)

Four dirt-cheap but tasty places to grab lunch in Tokyo’s Shibuya shopping mecca

SoraNews24
Feb 10, 2025

Our Shibuya native shares the start of his list of places to fill up your stomach without emptying your wallet.

Japan
(budget • cheap eats • COK • food • restaurants • Seiji Nakazawa • Shibuya • SNJO)

Space and time get all jumbled up in the Showa-style Cafe de Paris in Tokyo

Master Blaster
Feb 10, 2025

Coffee and sandwiches are all relative.

Japan
(Cafe de Paris • cafes • coffee • coffee shops • COK • cool • food • Hakushaku • Ikebukuro • restaurants • retro • retro cafes • Showa • SNJO • Tokyo)

Initial D wet wipe cases and bento boxes drift into Japan, available at Narita Airport too

Casey Baseel
Feb 10, 2025

Let the Eurobeat intensify as anime’s most famous street racing series helps you stay clean and stay fed.

Japan
(anime • bento • bento boxes • cars • cool • Hachiroku • Initial D • interior • lunch box • manga • Narita Airport • Trueno)

Medium Big Totoros, Small Medium Totoros, and more appear in new Dondoko Dance plushie line【Pics】

Casey Baseel
Feb 10, 2025

Totoros in a wide range of sizes to make Ghibli fans’ hearts dance.

Japan
(anime • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • plushies • Totoro)

Black Thunder Tempura from Japanese udon chain is not a good partner for noodles

Oona McGee
Feb 9, 2025

Famous chocolate bar gets fried up for Valentine’s Day, but it’s not exactly as great as they say.

Japan
(Black Thunder • Black Thunder Tempura • chocolate • COK • food • fried chocolate • Hanamaru Udon • Noodles • review • sanuki udon • SNJO • sweets • taste test • tempura • udon • valentine's chocolate • Valentine's Day • valentine's day chocolate)

Japan’s Pokémon Trading Card nap cushions could be yours for drinking Pokémon canned coffee

Casey Baseel
Feb 9, 2025

A shot of caffeine to wake you up, and a Poké-place to take a nap once you’re ready for some Zs.

Japan
(anime • BOSS • canned coffee • coffee • collectible card games • manga • nap pillows • pillows • Pokemon • SNJO • Suntory • trading card games • video games)

Sakura season begins at Lotteria Japan with new mochi pie and parfait shake

Oona McGee
Feb 8, 2025

Sweet treats bring hanami cherry blossom-viewing to the menu for a limited time.

Japan
(cherry blossom • cherry blossom treats • cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2025 • chocolate • drinks • hanami • Lotteria • milkshake • pie • sakura • sakura 2025 • sakura drinks • sakura Frappuccino • sweets)

Japan’s new Hello Kitty and Sanrio smartwatches are cutewatches too【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Feb 8, 2025

These devices are smart, stylish, and Sanrio.

Japan
(Cinnamoroll • cute • fashion • gadgets • Hello Kitty • Kuromi • Pompompurin • Sanrio • smartwatches • technology)

Will frozen bento onigiri be Japan’s next big convenience store food trend?【Taste test】

Elliot Hale
Feb 8, 2025

We try out three flavors to see if cramming an entire lunch into a rice ball is truly a genius idea or just another gimmick.

Japan
(bento onigiri • boxed lunches • COK • frozen food • obento • onigiri • rice balls • SNJO • taste test)

Starbucks Japan unveils new sakura cherry blossom drinks and food at Reserve Roastery Tokyo

Oona McGee
Feb 8, 2025

A fancy hanami flower-viewing experience at one of Tokyo’s best cherry blossom sites.

Japan
(cherry blossom • cherry blossom sweets • cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2025 • hanami • Meguro • sakura • sakura 2025 • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks Reserve Roastery • Tokyo)

Your Name animation studio creating Pokémon anime for this year’s Pokémon Day

Casey Baseel
Feb 7, 2025

Comix Wave Films animates story of post office Dragonite with soundtrack by American composer.

Internet, Japan
(anime • CoMix Wave Films • Dragonite • Evan Call • manga • Pokemon • Pokémon Day • Suzume • video games • Weathering with You • your name.)

We try eating, and also try to eat, a shark burger and deep sea fish burger【Taste test?】

Master Blaster
Feb 7, 2025

We taste seafood and defeat.

Japan
(burgers • COK • crazy • deep-sea fish • food • funny • hamburgers • Ikuna Kamezawa • Numazu • seafood • shark • Shizuoka • SNJO • travel • weird)

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