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All-you-can-drink deal for US$4 in Shinjuku is one of the best finds in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
May 2, 2024 - Tweet
Enjoy an adult drink bar on the cheap, where you pour the drinks how and when you want them.
- Japan
- (coffee • COK • cool • hotels • keio plaza hotel • observation decks • shinjuku • sky lounge • Sky Plaza Ibasho • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)
Japanese city encouraging visitors and locals to cosplay as ninja for annual Ninja Festa
- Casey Baseel
May 2, 2024
Home of the Iga ninja clan staging annual celebration of its shinobi heritage.
- Japan
- (awesome • cool • culture • history • Iga • Iga ninja • Iga Ueno • Iga Ueno Castle • Ninja • tourism • travel)
Orange Juice Crisis ’24 – Japan’s OJ supplies drying up
- Casey Baseel
May 2, 2024
Multiple factors making orange juice hard to sell/buy in Japan.
- Japan
- (drinks • food • Food crisis • food shortage • juice • Orange juice • oranges)
Foreign traveler caught trying to sneak into Japan by climbing down rope from cruise ship
- Casey Baseel
May 2, 2024
Goes over the side one day into cruise that already started in Japan.
- Japan
- (crazy • crime • cruise ships • weird)
Starbucks at Shibuya Scramble Crossing reopens, but is it really bigger and better than before?
- Oona McGee
May 1, 2024
We discover a secret way to get the best photos, and all-you-can drink Starbucks coffee!
- Japan
- (new opening • news • QFront • reopening • review • scramble crossing • Seiji Nakazawa • Shibuya • Shibuya Scramble • Shibuya scramble crossing • Shibuya Starbucks • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks Shibuya • Tokyo • Tsutaya)
History’s largest force of Samurai Colonel Sanders deploying to KFC Japan branches
- Casey Baseel
May 1, 2024
KFC celebrates 40 years of celebrating Children’s Day.
- Japan
- (Children's Day • COK • Colonel Sanders • cool • fast food • food • fried chicken • funny • Kentucky Fried Chicken • KFC • KFC Japan • samurai)
Spring Mos Burger x SpongeBob lucky bags bring us fun under the sun【Photos】
- Krista Rogers
May 1, 2024
There are no Krabby Patties to be found inside but plenty of other useful nautical nonsense.
- Japan
- (chain • COK • collaboration • goods • lucky bag • Mos Burger • photos • Restaurant • SNJO • Spongebob Squarepants)
W.T.F. Japan: The top five “sora” references of all time! 【Weird Top Five】
- Scott Wilson
May 1, 2024
At SoraNews24, we love “sora,” the Japanese word for sky, so let’s take a look at some of the most memorable instances of the word in Japanese history.
- Japan
- (scotto-sensei • Sora • W.T.F. Japan • Weird Top Five)
Studio Ghibli unveils new goods that tip the hat to The Cat Returns
- Oona McGee
May 1, 2024
Bringing anime characters out of the film and into real life in a beautiful way.
- Japan
- (anime • anime characters • anime merchandise • anime movies • Baron • cats • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • merchandise • shop • Studio Ghibli • The Cat Returns)
A visit to the ordinarily forbidden hall of Nara’s Hasedera Temple【Photos】
- Shannon
May 1, 2024
Hall is open to the public until July and houses enormous artworks.
- Japan
- (Buddhist temple • Egawa Tasuku • Four Great Temples of Yamato • Hasedera • Hasedera Temple • Japanese temple • Nara)
Bear attacks car in Japan, breaks windshield with its paw【Video】
- Casey Baseel
May 1, 2024
Hokkaido bear comes out of the woods ready to fight.
- Japan
- (animal attack • animals • bear attack • bears • COK • crazy • Hokkaido • video)
Hatsune Miku comes to Magic: The Gathering with official crossover cards【Photos/Video】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 30, 2024
Digital idol and collectible card game show that opposites can attract.
- Japan, USA
- (anime • card games • collectible trading card games • collectible trading cards • Hatsune Miku • Magic the Gathering • virtual idols • vocaloids)
FUK COFFEE?!? Japanese cafe has a perfectly innocent reason for its startling-looking name
- Casey Baseel
Apr 30, 2024
Don’t worry. FUK COFFEE really does love coffee.
Studio Ghibli unveils massive T-shirt collection featuring top anime movie characters
- Oona McGee
Apr 30, 2024
A dozen new ways to add Ghibli flair to our wardrobes.
- Japan
- (anime • Donguri Kyowakoku • GBL • Hayao Miyazaki • Kiki's Delivery Service • merchandise • My Neighbor Totoro • No Face • shirts • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • t-shirts • Totoro)
Who wins in a battle of McDonald’s and Komeda Coffee’s chicken tatsuta burgers?【Taste test】
- Krista Rogers
Apr 30, 2024
There was no way that we were gonna chicken out from this fight.
- Japan
- (Burger • chicken • COK • comparison • Komeda Coffee • McDonald's • P.K. Sanjun • SNJO • taste test • tatsuta)
One of Japan’s oldest castles now lets travelers spend night on the grounds, drink in its keep
- Casey Baseel
Apr 30, 2024
Marugane Castle’s Castle Experience is a package fit, and priced, for a samurai lord.
McDonald’s Japan’s new pancake pie is a taste sensation
- Oona McGee
Apr 30, 2024
An unusual pie with a very unusual filling.
- Japan
- (commercials • drinks • fast food • food • Japanese commercials • kissaten • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • new • news • pie • pies • retro • SNJO • sweets • taste test)
Two things to do, and two things not to do, when leaving a traditional Japanese inn
- Casey Baseel
Apr 29, 2024
Ryokan workers share the little things they appreciate travelers doing before check-out, and the things they’d rather you skip.
Bad tourist manners at Mt Fuji Lawson photo spot prompts Japanese town to block view with screens
- Oona McGee
Apr 29, 2024
City erects black screens to block Mt Fuji view in dramatic push against overtourism.
- Japan
- (bad manners • Fuji Lawson • Fujikawaguchiko • Japan travel • Lawson • Mt. Fuji • news • overcrowding • overtourism • photo spot • sightseeing • tourists • travel)
Yakuza lieutenant arrested in Tokyo for stealing Pokémon cards
- Casey Baseel
Apr 29, 2024
Organized crime syndicate’s M.O. is looking a lot like Team Rocket’s.
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Starbucks Japan unveils new winter drinkware collection with limited-edition Stanley cups
Pachinko parlor operator arrested for not obscuring the act of gambling well enough
Japan’s new matcha vending machines serve freshly prepared matcha in five different strengths
Get the taste of the U.K. in Tokyo with 99 Flakes, meat pies, and Jaffa Cakes
Restaurant opens in Japan with all-dementia waitresses, serves up ramen, awareness, and kindness
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Discount retailers known for massive bargains releases massive Japanese egg sandwich
First-ever cafe on Tokyo Imperial Palace Garden grounds is now open
Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
Liquid croissant coffee is coming to Japanese stores this month
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Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
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Japanese government announces criteria for creating backup capital of Japan
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Pokémon Company announces first-ever permanent Pokémon store to open outside Asia
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Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
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What’s it like to stay in a Japanese container hotel?
Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
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
Studio Ghibli has a new anime out, and there’s only one place in the world where you can see it
Starbucks Japan releases new drinkware and goods for Valentine’s Day
Starbucks Japan releases new sakura goods and drinkware for cherry blossom season 2026
Japan’s newest Shinkansen has no seats…or passengers [Video]
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
Salomon releases Japan-exclusive Mt. Fuji hiking gear that doubles as an amazing souvenir
Japan reportedly adding Japanese language skill requirement to most common foreigner work visa
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