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The last of the Mohican-hairstyle-wearing people still lining up for iPhones
- Master Blaster
Sep 24, 2024 - Tweet
We stumble upon Butch, possibly the last remaining iPhone liner-upper in the wild, and see what makes him tick.
- Japan
- (Butch • iPhone • line-up • Mr. Sato • Seiji Nakazawa • society • Softbank • technology • Tokyo)
Tokyo government’s official AI-powered dating app, Tokyo Enmusubi, has officially launched
- Krista Rogers
Sep 24, 2024
Use of the app requires a registration fee, verification documents, and a virtual interview for residents of Tokyo to gain access to its services.
- Japan
- (AI • dating app • Enmusubi • marriage • relationship • technology • Tokyo • Tokyo Metropolitan Government)
Japanese squirrel sweets are an adorable autumn-only nerikiri treat【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 23, 2024
Traditional sweets shop with over 70 years of history handcrafts Risu.
You want the whole crab? Japan’s Dom Dom will give it to you, and curry too, in Marugoto Kani Burger
- Casey Baseel
Sep 23, 2024
Japan’s boldest burger chain brings back burgers stuffed with entire crab, with a new curry flavor.
7-Eleven “Cream Box” is Japan’s newest must-try convenience store sweet
- Oona McGee
Sep 23, 2024
A unique local specialty, set to become a nationwide comfort food.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • bread • COK • combini • convenience stores • cream • Cream Box • food • Fukushima • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • local specialties • local sweets • SNJO • sweets • taste test)
Ghibli Art Frame calendar gets expanded availability, will keep fans organized, happy in 2025 and beyond
- Casey Baseel
Sep 23, 2024
Mix-and-match calendar is designed to easily convert into mini poster collection.
- Japan
- (anime • art • calendars • Donguri Kyowakoku • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • posters • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Classic Japanese character merch stars of the late ‘90s and early 2000s make comeback with San-X
- Casey Baseel
Sep 23, 2024
Tarepanda and pals are back to put smiles on the faces of old fans and make new ones too.
- Japan
- (Afro Ken • character goods • character merch • cool • cute • Kogepan • Nyan Nyan Nyanko • San-X • Tarepanda)
Japanese convenience store plans to increase shoppers’ phone data capacity just for visiting
- Elliot Hale
Sep 23, 2024
Lawson looks to kick-start convenience store of the future with a new phone service.
- Japan
- (COK • convenience stores • cool • KDDI • Lawson • mobile data • povo • Smartphones • technology)
Japanese cat island reveals all its cats will soon be gone
- Oona McGee
Sep 22, 2024
A heartbreaking end to an island that was once home to hundreds of cats and humans.
- Japan
- (animals • Aoshima • Cat Island • cat islands • cats • island • islands • Japanese island • nature • news • tourism • travel)
Material that cools down by glowing developed by researchers in Chiba and Osaka
- Master Blaster
Sep 22, 2024
Cool!
- Japan
- (COK • cooling • glowing • materials • perovskite structure • robots • sci-fi • science • University of Chiba • University of Osaka)
Dining with Totoro — 400-year-old ceramics company makes Studio Ghibli chopstick rests【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 22, 2024
Plus No-Face shows off his two sides at the dinner table.
- Japan
- (anime • chopstick rests • Donguri Kyowakoku • interior • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • No Face • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • tableware • Totoro)
Comparing Japanese sweet potato ice creams that unite both summer and fall in one cup【Taste test】
- Elliot Hale
Sep 21, 2024
Beating the heat with the flavor of autumn.
- Japan
- (COK • convenience store food • Häagen-Dazs • Häagen-Dazs Japan • ice cream • K. Masami • MOW • SNJO • supermarket food • sweet potato • sweet potatoes • Taberu Bokujo Yakiimo)
Some of the best Japanese fried chicken in Japan comes from this shack in the middle of nowhere
- Casey Baseel
Sep 21, 2024
Roadside restaurant in Oita absolutely knows what it’s doing with karaage.
- Japan
- (COK • food • fried chicken • karaage • nakatsu • Oita • restaurants • SNJO)
Tokyo Skytree to be lit up in Jujutsu Kaisen colors on Halloween in months-long art collaboration
- Casey Baseel
Sep 21, 2024
The Sumida incident?
- Japan
- (anime • COK • Jujutsu Kaisen • manga • Skytree • Tokyo Skytree)
Starbucks serves up a new afternoon tea set in Japan with a super high price tag
- Oona McGee
Sep 21, 2024
New Pasticcini Flight still likely to sell out regardless.
- Japan
- (afternoon tea • cakes • COK • desserts • drinks • Frappuccinos • Italian food • limited edition • pasticcini • Princi • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets • Teavana)
How to use the self-serve dispensers for green tea at conveyor bel sushi restaurants in Japan
- Casey Baseel
Sep 21, 2024
A key part of the complete kaitenzushi experience.
- Japan
- (COK • Conveyor belt sushi • cool • drinks • food • green tea • kaiten sushi • Kaitenzushi • restaurants • revolving sushi • SNJO • tea)
Netflix reveals first look at Tony Tony Chopper in live-action One Piece【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 20, 2024
A quick teaser to whet fans’ appetites for Season 2.
- Internet, Japan, USA
- (anime • chopper • Live action • live-action One Piece • manga • Netflix • Netflix One Piece • One Piece • Tony Tony Chopper • video)
One of Tokyo’s most beautiful gardens gets its own moon for moon-viewing season
- Casey Baseel
Sep 20, 2024
Hotel Chinzanso’s Sea of Clouds mist installation gets even more enchanting.
- Japan
- (art • beautiful • Chinzanso • COK • cool • gardens • Hotel Chinzanso • hotels • moon • moon viewing • tourism • travel)
Kyoto’s breathtaking, mouthwatering matcha parfait bars get new autumn-only flavor
- Casey Baseel
Sep 20, 2024
The colors and tastes of fall arrive at 92-year-old tea merchant Itohkyuemon.
- Japan
- (food • green tea • ice cream • ice cream bars • Itohkyuemon • Kyoto • matcha • parfaits • sweets • tea)
Using red sushi rice makes a real difference, if it’s paired with the right fish【Taste test】
- Elliot Hale
Sep 20, 2024
Conveyor belt sushi chains Sushiro and Misaki spontaneously create an akashari season with unexpected results.
- Japan
- (akashari • COK • Conveyor belt sushi • food • kaiten sushi • Kaiten Sushi Misaki • Kaitenzushi • Misaki • revolving sushi • SNJO • sushi • Sushiro • taste test)
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First-ever cafe on Tokyo Imperial Palace Garden grounds is now open
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Pokémon Company announces first-ever permanent Pokémon store to open outside Asia- Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
- Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
- Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
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Chainsaw robots helping keep trains running safely in east Japan [Video]
New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
Studio Ghibli creates illustrated Kyoto sightseeing map, available at any 7-Eleven Japan store
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
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Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
Japanese ninja certification exam attracts 131 candidates from Japan and abroad
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