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Brand-new Anne of Green Gables anime adaptation reveals preview video, premiere date【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 7, 2025
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One of Japan’s favorite coming of age stories is coming back with an all-new anime series.

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• Japan
• (anime • Anne of Green Gables • Anne Shirley • books • manga • video • World Masterpiece Theater)

Ruru Cafe Shibuya wows customers by serving coffee and sweets on unique water tables

• Oona McGee
  Feb 7, 2025

A new Tokyo hotspot, where your meal looks like it’s floating on water.

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• Japan
• (cafes • COK • cool • cool japan • design • drinks • dry landscape • Japanese rock garden • Japanese sweets • Kare Sansui • latte • Nure Sansui • review • Ruru • Ruru Shibuya • Shibuya • Shibuya Sakura Stage • SNJO • sweets • Tokyo • tourist sites • travel • Zen • zen garden)

Deep-fried “Let’s just be friends” chocolate tempura appears in Japan for Valentine’s Day

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 7, 2025

Black Thunder joins forces with popular noodle restaurant chain for a treat that keeps the chocolate brand’s image of cheap and delicious.

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• Japan
• (Black Thunder • chocolate • crazy • food • fried food • Hanamaru Udon • Noodles • sweets • tempura • udon • Valentine's Day)

One Piece bodybuilding contest in Japan looking for ripped anime fans to dress, pose like Luffy

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 6, 2025

Sure, Luffy is gonna be king of the pirates, but who’s gonna be king of the bodybuilders?

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• Japan
• (anime • bodybuilding • cosplay • cosplayers • fitness • gyms • Luffy • manga • muscle • One Piece Fitness BragMen • One Piece gym)

The Japanese Valentine’s treats that look like chocolates but taste like the ocean

• Elliot Hale
  Feb 6, 2025

Move over chocolates. Nothing says “I love you” more than a heart full of fish paste.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • fish • fish cakes • food • satsuma-age • satuma-age • SNJO • Uoman • Valentine's Day • weird)

Totoro Ghibli drawstring kinchaku pouches are big on cuteness, come with a little treasure inside

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 6, 2025

Whether you’re looking at them from a modern perspective or a traditional one, these kinchaku are adorable.

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• Japan
• (anime • bags • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • fashion • Kiki's Delivery Service • kinchaku • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • pouches • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Japan’s wagyu heart-shaped steaks are the perfect alternative to Valentine’s Day sweets【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 6, 2025

Japanese beef is beloved for its flavor and tenderness, and it can be really cute too.

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• Japan
• (beef • cool • cute • heart • Matsusaka beef • Matsusakagyu • meat • steak • Valentine's Day • Wagyu)

Reservations are now open for Tokyo’s Meguro River Ohanami Chandon Cruises

• Krista Rogers
  Feb 6, 2025

Beat the crowds on the land and see the sakura like you’ve never seen them before on a luxurious river cruise this spring.

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• Japan
• (boats • Chandon • cherry blossoms • COK • hanami • Meguro River • river cruise • sakura • Sparkling wine • spring • Tokyo • travel)

64 Sanrio characters, decades of kawaii culture history all on one cup from 100-yen store Daiso!【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 5, 2025

Sanrio stars you’ve always loved, and a few you might have forgotten or never met before, hold hands for adorable drinkware.

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• (100 yen shops • 100-yen stores • COK • cute • Daiso • drinkware • Hello Kitty • Sanrio • SNJO)

Ramen pizza gets a sinful upgrade with Jiro-style version from Pizza Hut Japan

• Oona McGee
  Feb 5, 2025

Genre famous for huge toppings adds weight to the menu for a limited time.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • food • Jiro ramen • Jiro-kei • Jiro-style • Noodles • pizza • Pizza Hut • Pizza Hut Japan • ramen • ramen jiro • SNJO • taste test • weird)

Book of over 200 Hayao Miyazaki Totoro pre-production illustrations, some never published, now on sale

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 5, 2025

Studio Ghibli co-founder was sketching Totoro a decade before the forest spirit appeared on movie screens.

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• Japan
• (anime • art • books • Hayao Miyazaki • Hayao Miyazaki Image Board Series • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • Totoro)

Foreign tourist arrested in Japan for striking convenience store clerk over 3-yen bag altercation

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 5, 2025

There were definitely better ways to handle this.

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• Japan
• (COK • convenience stores • crime • plastic bags • self-checkout • self-checkout registers)

Go on a sh*tty shopping spree at Unco Store poop-themed goods boutique

• Master Blaster
  Feb 5, 2025

What a load of crap!

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • funny • gross • poop • shoes • shopping • SNJO • stores • Unco Shop • unko • weird • Yokohama)

Hide-and-seek game to be held on snow-covered mountain in Japan seeks 100 players【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 4, 2025

Temperatures expected to be far below freezing at event that welcomes kids and senior citizens too.

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• Japan
• (awesome • crazy • hide-and-seek • Hokkaido • Japan Hide-and-Seek Association • nature • outdoors • weird)

Tourists in Kyoto cause chaos at railway crossing near Fushimi Inari Taisha

• SoraNews24
  Feb 4, 2025

Overtourism leads to frightening scenes at a busy train crossing.

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• Japan
• (Fushimi • Fushimi Inari • Fushimi Inari Shrine • Fushimi Inari Taisha • Kyoto • news • overtourism • Railway Crossings • ryokan • tour guide • tourism • tourist sites • tourists • travel)

Studio Ghibli’s cutest couple is now a sweet treat to eat for Valentine’s Day

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 4, 2025

Jiji and Lili join special Totoro Valentine’s Day cream puffs at the Ghibli-themed bakery in Tokyo.

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• Japan
• (anime • chocolate • cream puffs • food • Kiki's Delivery Service • manga • Shiro Hige’s Cream Puff Factory • Shirohige's Cream Puff Factory • Studio Ghibli • sweets)

Japan’s Sleep Shelter is here to help gamers play all night and sleep all day【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 4, 2025

Designers say it also makes for a great shrine to your favorite game/anime character.

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• Japan
• (bibi lab • Bibilab • clever • COK • crazy • interior • sleep • video games • weird)

Want the noodles without the noise? This is the perfect place for you to try wanko soba

• Krista Rogers
  Feb 4, 2025

This wanko soba restaurant in Iwate Prefecture serves up soba without a side of self-consciousness.

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• Japan
• (Bashokan • dining • iwate prefecture • Noodles • Restaurant • Saya Togashi • Tohoku • travel • wanko soba)

Totoro’s Catbus is back to once again not overstay its welcome with adorable figure line【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 3, 2025

Cute kitties offered as blind-buys, but with an option for those who understandably want them all.

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• Japan
• (anime • Catbus • Donguri Kyowakoku • figures • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • Totoro)

Lawson convenience stores now sell see-through pudding in Japan 【Taste test】

• Oona McGee
  Feb 3, 2025

New “Can You See It? Purin” sends a clear message to the taste buds.

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• Japan
• (caramel • clear • clear sweets • COK • combini • convenience store • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • creme caramel • Japanese convenience stores • jelly • konbini • Lawson • pudding • purin • see-through • snacks • SNJO • sweets • transparent)

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  10. Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan

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  2. Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
  3. Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
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  8. New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
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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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  1. Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
  2. Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
  3. Studio Ghibli has a new anime out, and there’s only one place in the world where you can see it
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