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Totoro, Spirited Away tenugui tapestries promise good luck at New Year’s, smiles all the time【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 29, 2024
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Traditional towels get playful Ghibli twists on symbols of prosperity.

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• Japan
• (anime • art • Donguri Kyowakoku • interior • kagami mochi • manga • New Year's • No Face • Oshogatsu • Studio Ghibli • tapestries • tenugui • Totoro • towels)

We sample the deep sea fish and more at this delectable sushi restaurant in Shizuoka Prefecture

• Krista Rogers
  Dec 29, 2024

A visit to this restaurant that specializes in deep sea fish also teaches us that some of our favorite fish live deeper than we previously thought. Read More

• Japan
• (COK • Conveyor belt sushi • food • Ikuna Kamezawa • kaiten sushi • Kaitenzushi • Numazu • restaurants • revolving sushi • Seiji Nakazawa • Shizuoka • SNJO • Suruga Bay • sushi • tourism • travel)

New Japanese beer takes inspiration from traditional Christmas dessert…but do they go together?

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 28, 2024

Spring Valley draws inspiration from stollen, but has this combination stolen our hearts?

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• Japan
• (alcohol • beer • Christmas • COK • drinks • food • Kirin • Kirin Beer • SNJO • Spring Valley • stollen • sweets • taste test)

Studio Ghibli cooking/housework aprons are here to lend some cheer to chores【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 28, 2024

Totoro, No Face, and Calcifer are ready to help get meals ready and the house clean.

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• Japan
• (anime • aprons • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • fashion • Howl's Moving Castle • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • No Face • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

After being snatched up by scalpers, Sailor Moon chocolate returns in officially marked-up complete box

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 28, 2024

Maker still has no trouble selling it, though.

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• Japan
• (anime • chocolate • foods • manga • Meiji • resellers • Sailor Moon • scalpers • sweets)

What’s in a Family Mart lucky bag?

• Oona McGee
  Dec 27, 2024

Japanese convenience store serves up two fukubukuro packed with surprises.

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• Japan
• (COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • Family mart • food • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2025 • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • lucky bag • lucky bag 2025 • lucky bags 2025 • SNJO • taste test)

Dangly Totoro Japanese sweets charms are every bit as sweet and charming as you’d imagine【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 27, 2024

Totoro’s traditional snack time may not fill up our stomachs, but it’ll fill our hearts with warm fuzzy feelings.

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• Japan
• (accessories • anime • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • sweets • Totoro • wagashi)

Starbucks releases a Bouquet Frappuccino in Japan…but does it taste like a bunch of flowers?

• Oona McGee
  Dec 27, 2024

Find out if this floral Frappuccino is a gift you should accept or refuse.

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• Japan
• (Christmas • Christmas 2024 • COK • drinks • Frappuccino • latte • limited edition • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • taste test)

Foreign resident of Japan sentenced to eight months in prison for vandalizing Tokyo shrine

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 27, 2024

Sentence handed down to 29-year-old Chinese man for spray-painting Yasukuni Shrine.

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• Japan
• (COK • crime • foreigners in Japan • shrines • vandalism • Yasukuni Shrine)

McDonald’s Japan announces Evangelion burger line, releases crazy anime video for them【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 27, 2024

Dig in to the damn burgers, Shinji.

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• Japan
• (anime • burgers • crazy • Evangelion • fast food • food • funny • hamburgers • manga • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • video • weird)

Starbucks Japan releases cute new zodiac goods for Year of the Snake

• Oona McGee
  Dec 26, 2024

Bears and snakes come together for a special collection at Starbuckssss…

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• Japan
• (animal Zodiac • cups • drinkware • Holiday Season • Japanese New Year • limited edition • mugs • new year • New Year 2025 • New Year's • Oshogatsu • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • year of the snake • zodiac signs)

Out-of-this-world omamori shrine charms are blessed by the cosmos

• Elliot Hale
  Dec 26, 2024

Space-faring gold leaf and divine white lions combine to protect and empower your dreams.

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• Japan
• (COK • gold leaf • good luck charm • Omamori • Princess Tenko • space • Zenkoji)

Bear breaks into house in Japan, quickly begins spending winter exactly like Japanese people do

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 26, 2024

Even bears can’t resist the lazy luxury of kotatsu, apparently.

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• Japan
• (animals • bears • COK • crazy • cute • funny • kotatsu • video • weird)

Tokyo Cancel Christmas protest march cancelled by Revolutionary Alliance of Unpopular Men

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 26, 2024

The revolution has been cancelled…temporarily…

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• Japan
• (Christmas • COK • crazy • Crush Christmas • funny • protest • relationships • Revolutionary Alliance of Unpopular Men • romance • weird)

Merry Christmas from SoraNews24!

• SoraNews24
  Dec 25, 2024

Sending out a happy holiday wish for all of our readers around the world.

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• Japan
• (Christmas • COK • happy holidays • Merry Christmas • SNO)

One Piece teams up with the Los Angeles Lakers for pirate anime/pro basketball crossover

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 25, 2024

Showtime for the Straw Hat Pirates.

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• Japan, USA
• (anime • basketball • Lakers • Los Angeles • manga • NBA • One Piece • sports)

Starbucks Japan reveals new winter holiday goods to wrap up 2024

• Oona McGee
  Dec 25, 2024

Mugs, tumblers and limited-edition Stanley cups with Hokkaido’s shimaenaga snow fairy as the star. 

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• Japan
• (animals • birds • Christmas • Christmas 2024 • cute • drinkware • ermine • glasses • goods • holidays • limited edition • mugs • shimaenaga • shop • shopping • snow fairy • Stanley • Stanley cup • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • tumblers)

Ramen restaurant etiquette reminder follows altercation with angry couple: One person, one bowl

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 24, 2024

Jiro-style noodle house tells sharing pair that they don’t ever need to come back.

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• Japan
• (etiquette • food • manners • ramen • restaurants)

Top cosplayer Enako’s Christmas cosplay is here, but is “Santacos” really an accurate term?【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 24, 2024

“A lovely Christmas present from Enako” gives us an opportunity to think about linguistics too.

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• Japan
• (cosplay • cosplayers • Enako • Santacos)

Disney Kabuki merch collaboration appears in Japan, but Mickey doesn’t play female roles

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 24, 2024

Is there historical precedent for Minnie Mouse to be a kabuki actress?

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• Japan
• (culture • Disney • kabuki • Mickey Mouse • Minnie Mouse • Shochiku)

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  8. First-ever cafe on Tokyo Imperial Palace Garden grounds is now open
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  1. Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
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  3. Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
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  7. Studio Ghibli homeware brand’s faux oil lamp brings light, smiles, and Kiki’s Jiji to your home
  8. Cold Stone is closing its final branch in all of east Japan, but it’s going down singing
  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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  6. Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
  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
  5. Starbucks Japan releases new sakura goods and drinkware for cherry blossom season 2026
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  7. Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
  8. Japanese ninja certification exam attracts 131 candidates from Japan and abroad
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