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Did Mr. Sato just discover Japan’s longest bread?

• Elliot Hale
  Jan 17, 2025
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And how do you even get it home in one piece?

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• Japan
• (baked goods • bakery • big bread • big food • bread • COK • crazy • food • Gouter Le Ble • Mr. Sato • SNJO • Super Long • Tokyo)

Ghibli komonoire are little pockets of the anime world for storing your tiny treasures【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 17, 2025

The store calls them “accessory cases,” but they’ll hold whatever you want that fits inside.

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• Japan
• (anime • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • interior • kodama • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • Princess Mononoke • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Starbucks releases a new Valentine’s Day Frappuccino in Japan, but is it worth the calories?

• Oona McGee
  Jan 17, 2025

Chocolatey new beverage wants to seduce you, along with its hot partner.

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• Japan
• (chocolate • COK • drinks • Frappuccino • latte • limited edition • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • taste test • Valentine's Day)

One of Japan’s craziest stores filled a swimming pool with used CDs【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 16, 2025

Disk-aunt might have just the treasure you’ve been searching for, but you’re going to have to find it yourself.

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• Japan
• (awesome • CDs • COK • cool • crazy • physical media • SNJO • tourism • travel • weird)

Dog-killing waves create spectacular views on this remote Japanese island

• Elliot Hale
  Jan 16, 2025

A dramatic local legend and fascinating rock formations make this island unforgettable.

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• Japan
• (Amami Archipelago • Amami Islands • beautiful scenery • COK • Innojofuta • island • Kagoshima • myths and legends • nature • Ocean • scenery • sea • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • Tokunoshima • tourism • tourist site • tourist spot • travel)

These nine Osaka restaurants are the newest to receive Michelin guide recommendations

• SoraNews24
  Jan 16, 2025

Nine new restaurants make the list in west Japan’s biggest foodie town.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Michelin • Michelin Guide • Michelin restaurant guide • Osaka • restaurants • tourism • travel)

Japanese convenience stores have tasty, diet-friendly meals, like these three under 500 calories

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 16, 2025

If you’ve gained some unintended weight over the holidays, believe it or not, Japanese convenience stores are a great place to start your diet.

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• Japan
• (bento • boxed lunches • COK • convenience stores • diet • Family mart • food • health • instant noodles)

What happens when you leave a pair of jeans hanging in the Japanese mountains for seven months?

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 16, 2025

This idea stinks.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • denim • fashion • funny • gross • jeans • Masanuki Sunakoma • SNJO • SoraHouse • weird • Yoshio)

Young Japanese adults show lowest dating experience level yet in annual survey

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 16, 2025

But just because they haven’t dated anyone yet doesn’t mean that don’t want to.

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• Japan
• (COK • dating • O-net • relationships • romance • society • survey)

Traveling with taste: Try one of Tokyo Station’s top ten ranked ekiben

• Krista Rogers
  Jan 15, 2025

Next time you’re passing through, keep an eye out for one of these station bento to treat yourself during your travels.

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• Japan
• (bento • dining • Ekiben • food • gourmet • Monoqlo • ranking • Tokyo Station • Top Ten • travel)

Super-detailed cherry blossom forecast maps for 2025 show warm winter doesn’t mean early sakura

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 15, 2025

Maps show expected blossoming dates for major cities across Japan.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms forecast • cherry blossoms forecast 2025 • COK • flowers • nature • sakura • sakura forecast • sakura forecast 2025 • tourism • travel)

These nine Kyoto restaurants are the newest to receive Michelin guide recommendations

• SoraNews24
  Jan 15, 2025

Guide won’t be released in full until later this year, but here are nine Kyoto spots to add to your to-eat itinerary right now.

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• Japan
• (food • Kyoto • Michelin • Michelin Guide • Michelin restaurant guide • restaurants • tourism • travel)

Godiva’s Tokyo bakery is FINALLY easy to get into and shop at

• SoraNews24
  Jan 15, 2025

After crazy lines and strict item limits, we can all finally live the sweet life at Godiva’s Japanese-style bakery.

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• Japan
• (chocolate • COK • food • Godipan • Godiva • melon bread • melonpan • SNJO • sweets)

Tokyo governor wants to start study abroad grant system, includes monthly activity allowance

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 15, 2025

Proposal comes as fewer young Japanese people are showing interest in going overseas.

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• Japan
• (academics • COK • internationalism • school • society • study abroad • Tokyo • youth)

Japan’s wildest Seijinshiki Coming-of-Age ceremony celebrates new adults in Kitakyushu 【Photos】

• Oona McGee
  Jan 15, 2025

Crazy kimono fashion attracts big fans worldwide.

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• Japan
• (bosozoku • coming of age • Coming of Age Ceremony • Coming of Age Day • cosplay • culture • fashion • hakama • kimono • Kitakyushu • seijinshiki • SNJO • society • Yankee • youth)

Our writer of Korean descent weighs in on using Korean names in Japan

• Master Blaster
  Jan 14, 2025

Does the name make the person or the person make the name?

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• Japan, Korea
• (aliases • Koreans in Japan • names • nationality • P.K. Sanjun • Park Sang-jun • tsumei • Zainichi Koreans)

The My Melody ♡ Kuromi Anniversary Party is in full kawaii swing at the Ikebukuro Parco store

• Krista Rogers
  Jan 14, 2025

This limited-time event celebrates the dual character anniversaries of two major Sanrio stars.

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• Japan
• (anniversary party • cute • Ikebukuro • Kuromi • My Melody • Parco • Sanrio • Tokyo)

Mister Donut and Pierre Marcolini team up in Japan, but is it a match made in chocolate heaven?

• Oona McGee
  Jan 14, 2025

Find out if this decadent doughnut range is worth the calories.

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• Japan
• (chocolate • COK • donuts • doughnuts • food • Misdo Meets • Misdo Meets Pierre Marcolini • Mister Donut • Pierre Marcolini • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Sushiro and Black Thunder fall in love with each other again for Valentine’s Day

• Master Blaster
  Jan 14, 2025

Love is a many-synergistic thing.

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• Japan
• (Black Thunder • chocolate bars • Conveyor belt sushi • dessert • food • parfaits • romance • sushi • Sushiro • Valentine's Day)

Japanese man grabbed by wild monkey, chased for hundreds of meters while jogging

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 14, 2025

This wasn’t part of the workout plan.

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• Japan
• (animal attacks • animals • COK • crazy • monkeys • weird)

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  4. Pachinko parlor operator arrested for not obscuring the act of gambling well enough
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  9. Starbucks Japan unveils new Christmas goods for 2026, with exclusive holiday surprises
  10. Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan

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  1. Pokémon Company announces first-ever permanent Pokémon store to open outside Asia
  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
  4. Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
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  7. Chainsaw robots helping keep trains running safely in east Japan [Video]
  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
  4. Starbucks Japan releases new drinkware and goods for Valentine’s Day
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  7. Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
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