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Foreign woman walks into bus, suffers injuries at Tokyo’s Shibuya Scramble intersection【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 5, 2024 - Tweet
Heads up: the Shibuya Scramble can be dangerous if you’re not paying attention.
- Japan
- (bus • COK • intersection • Shibuya • Shibuya Scramble • video)
Japanese cat hanko stamps let you sign your name with extra flair and fur
- Shannon
Jun 5, 2024
Now you can let your love for cats shine even in your signature.
- Japan
- (cat merch • cats • cute • designer • hanko • name stamps • Shiroyama Hakubundo)
Pokémon Sleep x Family Mart collaboration hits stores in Japan…with 20,000 life-sized Pikachus!
- Oona McGee
Jun 5, 2024
Only available in very limited numbers, these goods are worth skipping sleep for.
- Japan
- (anime • campaign • COK • combini • convenience stores • Convenience Wear • cute • Family mart • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • news • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon Sleep • SNJO • Snorlax • sweets • video games)
Japan’s firefly season is here, and here are four great inns to take in the softly glowing beauty
- Casey Baseel
Jun 5, 2024
A relaxing way to experience an elegant early summer tradition.
- Japan
- (Arashiyama • beautiful • fireflies • hotels • inns • Kyoto • ryokan • tourism • travel • Yugawara)
How to get to east Japan’s best highway rest stop for foodies without a car of your own
- Casey Baseel
Jun 5, 2024
Your stomach will thank you for the legwork.
- Japan
- (buses • Ebina • Ebina Service Area • food • highway rest stops • ice cream • Mr. Sato • service areas • SNJO • sweets • Tokyo Banana • travel)
Japanese public toilet in Tokyo is more like a fancy restaurant than a restroom
- Oona McGee
Jun 5, 2024
High-class Shibuya neighbourhood is home to well-known celebrities…and a famous toilet.
- Japan
- (architecture • art • COK • cool • Japanese restrooms • Japanese toilets • movies • Nabeshima Shoto Park • Perfect Days • public restroom • public toilets • restroom • Shibuya • Shoto • SNJO • The Tokyo Toilet • Toilets • Tokyo • tourism • tourist sites • tourists • travel)
Akihabara ramen restaurant becomes a hit with foreign tourists
- Oona McGee
Jun 4, 2024
Restaurant offers free noodle refills, with a quick lesson in Japanese so you can order like a local.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • COK • food • Japanese • Japanese food • Japanese language • Japanese restaurants • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • review • SNJO • Tokyo • tonkotsu ramen • tourists)
Travelers to Japan can now also eat bonus Korean food thanks to 7-Eleven’s Korean Food Fair
- Krista Rogers
Jun 4, 2024
We tried out three of the campaign items inspired by popular Korean dishes that left us saying masisseoyo.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • campaign • COK • convenience store • food • gourmet • konbini • Korean • korean food • Snack • SNJO • Twinkle Pop)
New Kura Sushi revolving sushi bar in Ginza is the chain’s most beautiful restaurant in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Jun 4, 2024
Gorgeous features make this more like an Edo theme park than a conveyor belt sushi restaurant.
- Japan
- (Bikurapon Plus • Bikurapon! • capsule toys • COK • Conveyor belt sushi • cool • Edo • Ginza • Kaitenzushi • Kura Sushi • Kura Sushi Global Flagship Store • Kura Sushi Global Flagship Store Ginza • Kurazushi • restaurants • revolving sushi • seafood • sushi • tempura • tourist site • tourists • traditional Japan)
Samurai manor house-style restaurant collabs with 150-year-old Kyoto matcha merchant for dessert
- Casey Baseel
Jun 4, 2024
Visuals fit for samurai lords and high-rollers, prices OK for us peasants.
- Japan
- (awesome • beautiful • COK • cool • food • green tea • ice cream • matcha • restaurants • SNJO • sweets)
Epic Japanese rock band Luna Sea to return to Tokyo Dome for the first time in 14 years
- Krista Rogers
Jun 4, 2024
Luna Sea, one of the defining sounds of Japanese rock, will take to the stage of Japan’s preeminent music venue as part of its 35th anniversary tour.
- Japan
- (35th Anniversary • anniversary • concert • LUNA SEA • music • rock • Tokyo Dome • tour • venue • visual kei)
Harajuku’s new Harakado complex: A cool place to drink matcha in a secret oasis above the city
- Oona McGee
Jun 4, 2024
Former Condomania site springs to life with a hidden gem inside an amazing Tokyo building.
- Japan
- (architecture • buildings • cafes • COK • cool • Harajuku • Harakado • Harappa • matcha • matcha latte • new • new openings • news • Omokado • Omotesando • Shibuya • shopping • shopping mall • shops • SNJO • Tokyo)
A wild trader appears in Sendai for Pokémon GO Fest 2024
- Master Blaster
Jun 3, 2024
Don’t be alarmed, he poses no threat outside of Pokémon stadiums.
- Japan
- (P.K. Sanjun • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • Pokemon GO Fest • Sendai • smartphone games • trading)
Shogun Coffee Soft Serve is a divine ice cream for modern-day samurai in Japan
- Oona McGee
Jun 3, 2024
Saza Coffee captures the essence of traditional Japan in a sweet dessert.
- Japan
- (cafes • coffee • coffee ice cream • coffee sweets • food • ice cream • Instagram • review • samurai • Saza • Saza Coffee • shogun • Shogun Coffee • SNJO • social media • soft serve • soft serve ice cream • sweets • taste test)
Totoro and Catbus bath mats are here to keep your floor dry and your home Ghibli-adorable【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 3, 2024
Totoro, Catbus, and one other Studio Ghibli cat character are easy-to-justify anime merch purchases.
- Japan
- (anime • bath mat • Catbus • Donguri Kyowakoku • interior • Kiki's Delivery Service • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Amazon Japan makes payment policy change that could be a problem for foreigners in Japan
- Casey Baseel
Jun 3, 2024
One payment option is disappearing in less than a week.
- Japan
- (Amazon • Amazon Japan • COK • credit cards • foreigners in Japan • online shopping)
Family Mart stationery takes Japanese “stationary” to new levels
- Oona McGee
Jun 3, 2024
Exclusive new collection focusses on convenience with interesting design details.
- Japan
- (Campus • COK • combini • conveniece stores • convenience store finds • Convenience Wear • cool • Family mart • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese stationery • Kokuyo • konbini • notebooks • office goods • pens • SNJO • stationery)
We go bananas for Starbucks Japan’s new bananas range
- Oona McGee
Jun 2, 2024
Saving the planet, one banana at a time…
- Japan
- (bananas • COK • drinks • environmentally friendly • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • fruit • Japanese Frappuccinos • limited edition • mottainai • mottainai bananas • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • sweets • taste test • ugly bananas)
Second-tier Japanese convenience store’s “Drinkable Soft Serve Ice Cream” is a top-tier dessert
- Casey Baseel
Jun 2, 2024
Minisof’s Super Milk is worth tracking down.
- Japan
- (COK • convenience stores • ice cream • Minisof • Ministop • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • soft serve ice cream • sweets • taste test)
Starbucks teams up with Japanese illustrator Shogo Sekine for cheerful sustainable drinkware line
- SoraNews24
Jun 2, 2024
Starbucks Japan wishes you a “bright future.”
- Japan
- (coffee • drinks • drinkware • Shogo Sekine • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)
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