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Mister Donut’s new Kyoto roasted green tea donut is a mess…in the best possible way

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 29, 2024
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So we meet again, Mister Donut Meets Tsujirii.

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• Japan
• (COK • donuts • food • Gion Tsujiri • green tea • hojicha • Misdo Meets • Mister Donut • SNJO • sweets • taste test • tea • Tsujiri)

Japanese-style accommodation at the new Premium Dormy Inn hotel in Asakusa will blow your mind

• Oona McGee
  Apr 28, 2024

Free perks and beautiful design features make this more like a ryokan than a business hotel.

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• Japan
• (Asakusa • breakfast • buffet • business hotels • COK • Dormy Inn • food • hot springs • hotels • onsen • restaurants • review • ryokan • SNJO • Tokyo • tourism • traditional Japan • travel)

Mikado Coffee is a 76-year-old coffee chain with a major celebrity connection

• SoraNews24
  Apr 28, 2024

We stop by the cafe’s original branch in Tokyo for a cup of coffee and a unique dessert.

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• Japan
• (Beatles • cafes • coffee • food • ice cream • John Lennon • SNJO • sweets)

Do Hi-Chew-flavor Hi-Chews have a reason to exist?【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 28, 2024

After decades and dozens of great fruit flavors, the latest version of the candy is Hi-Chew Just As It Is Flavor.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • food • Hi-Chew • Morinaga • SNJO • sweets • taste test • weird)

Japan’s summertime towelket pillowcases are even better with the addition of Ghibli stars【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 27, 2024

Totoro, No Face, and friends want to give you a cool, cute summer.

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• Japan
• (anime • bedding • Donguri Kyowakoku • interior • Kiki's Delivery Service • My Neighbor Totoro • No Face • pillows • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • towelket • whisper of the heart)

Seaside scenery, history, and so many desserts on Yokohama’s Akai Kutsu【Japan Loop Buses】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 27, 2024

Mr. Sato heads south from Tokyo for some bayside bus exploration.

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• Japan
• (buses • COK • food • Japan Loop Buses • Minato Mirai • Mr. Sato • SNJO • Tokyo Loop Buses • tourism • travel • Yokohama • Yokohama Chinatown)

Should you add tartar sauce to Japanese curry rice? CoCo Ichi makes diners an unusual offer

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 27, 2024

A taste test this strange can only be handled by Mr. Sato.

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• Japan
• (coco ichibanya • COK • crazy • curry • curry rice • food • Mr. Sato • restaurants • SNJO • tartar sauce • taste test • weird)

Osaka governor suggests lowering voting age to 0 to curb population decline

• Master Blaster
  Apr 27, 2024

Desperate times…

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• Japan
• (declining birthrate • declining population • elections • Hirofumi Yoshimura • Osaka • Parenting • politics • voting • voting age)

Smash Bros. director Sakurai stabs Kirby in the face, has delicious justification for it

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 27, 2024

Masahiro Sakurai’s snack time draws comparison to 19th century painting.

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• Japan
• (cute • Family mart • funny • imagawayaki • Kirby • Masahiro Sakurai • Smash Bros • Super Smash Bros. • sweets • video games)

Suntory x Super Mario collaboration creates a clever way to transform into Mario【Videos】

• Oona McGee
  Apr 26, 2024

New Mario Transformation Set has got everyone drinking.

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• Japan
• (commercials • cool • gaming • Japanese commercials • marketing • nintendo • Suntory • Super Mario • video games)

Starbucks Japan releases new mugs and gifts for Mother’s Day

• Oona McGee
  Apr 26, 2024

Heartwarming designs capture the love between mother and child in a beautiful way.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • cups • cute • drinkware • limited edition • Mother's Day • mugs • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • tumblers)

Harajuku Station’s beautiful old wooden building is set to return, with a new complex around it

• Oona McGee
  Apr 26, 2024

Newly released design shows how the former station building will blend into a more modern landscape.

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• Japan
• (architecture • buildings • Construction • Harajuku • Harajuku Station • history • Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • JR East • news • Shibuya • Tokyo • train stations • trains)

Ghibli Park now selling “Grilled Frogs” from food cart in Valley of Witches

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 26, 2024

But don’t worry, these Kaeruyaki are a sweet treat that’s less intimidating than they sound.

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • anime • anko • food • Ghibli Park • Studio Ghibli • sweet red beans • taiyaki • theme parks)

Japanese city loses residents’ personal data, which was on paper being transported on a windy day

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 26, 2024

Walking a bunch of papers down the street on a windy day. What could go wrong?

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • government • physical media • society • weird)

Foreigner’s request for help in Tokyo makes us sad for the state of society

• SoraNews24
  Apr 26, 2024

Such an odd encounter that we’re hoping it was a YouTube prank. 

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• Japan
• (COK • news • Seiji Nakazawa • Shibuya • SNJO • society • Tokyo • tourism • tourist sites • tourists • weird)

Celebrate another year of life by putting it in jeopardy with this birthday candle flower

• Master Blaster
  Apr 25, 2024

We try to set the night on FI-RE-AH! Read More

• Japan
• (Birthday • candles • cheap products • Masanuki Sunakoma • online shopping • Temu)

Japan’s massive matcha parfait weighs 6 kilos, contains hidden surprises for anyone who eats it

• Oona McGee
  Apr 25, 2024

One surprise is the topping, which isn’t cream but an enormous green tea daifuku sweet.

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• Japan
• (awesome • big food • crazy • dessert • food • green tea • huge food • matcha • Mishima • parfaits • Shizuoka • strawberries • sweets)

Limited-edition Carbonara Udon will anger noodle purists and pasta lovers 【Taste test】

• Oona McGee
  Apr 25, 2024

Unusual tempura takes this meal into weird territory.

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• Japan
• (carbonara • crazy • food • funny • Marugame Udon • Noodles • pasta • SNJO • taste test • udon • weird)

Historical figures get manga makeovers from artists of Spy x Family, My Hero Academia and more

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 25, 2024

History of the World manga series features design of Napolean and Leonardo da Vinci by creators of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure and Promised Neverland.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • education • Golden Kamuy • history • manga • My Hero Academia • Promised Neverland • Shueisha)

Anime girl English teacher Ellen-sensei becomes VTuber/VVTUber and NFT

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 25, 2024

New Horizon star appears in “private English lesson” videos.

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• Japan
• (education • Ellen Baker • Ellen-sen • linguistics • New Horizon • Teaching English in Japan • Tokyo Shoseki • virtual YouTubers • VTubers)

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