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Enjoy viewing Kyoto’s cherry blossoms from above on a guided zipline tour

• Krista Rogers
  Apr 9, 2024
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The Kyoto Zipline Adventure offers a a new way to enjoy Kyoto when it’s in full bloom.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossom • fun • Kyoto • Kyoto Zipline Adventure • recreation • sakura • Uji • ziplining)

Imitation crab meat shrine built in Kobe

• Master Blaster
  Apr 9, 2024

Here to remind us that “almost” can be a wonderful thing.

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• Japan
• (crab • food • Hobo Kani • Hobo Kani Day • Hobo Kani Shrine • imitation crab • Kentetsu Delica • Omamori • religion • shrines)

New Studio Ghibli bedding sets are cool in all senses of the word

• Oona McGee
  Apr 9, 2024

Drift off to sleep with characters from Kiki’s Delivery Service and My Neighbour Totoro.

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• Japan
• (anime • bedding • beds • bedsheets • Donguri Kyowakoku • Hayao Miyazaki • Kiki's Delivery Service • merchandise • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • pillows • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Two new fantasy creatures join the Funbaruzu posture-correcting plushie family

• Shannon
  Apr 8, 2024

Because sometimes it’s hard to imagine a real animal fixing your slouch.

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• Japan
• (cute • desk toys • Funbaruzu • health • plushies • posture • stuffed animals • stuffed toy • unicorn • yeti)

Japanese delivery company tests ideal kotatsu temperature for cats, with live cats

• Shannon
  Apr 8, 2024

If you know cats, you can probably guess the results.

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• Japan
• (animals • cats • cute • experiment • funny • kotatsu • Kuroneko Yamato • pets • video • Yamato Transport)

Fight like a ninja in a samurai town, with sword-fighting experience at Kyoto Toei movie studio park

• Oona McGee
  Apr 8, 2024

Learn Japanese katana techniques from movie actors and film your own sword-fight in an Edo setting. 

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • Edo • history • Japanese swords • Katana • Kyoto • museums • Ninja • samurai • sword fights • Toei Kyoto Studio Park • tourist sites • travel)

Our Japanese reporter visits Costco in the U.S., finds super American and very Japanese things

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 8, 2024

The cross cultural appeal of a Costco run in Los Angeles.

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• Japan, USA
• (COK • Costco • food • internationalism • Japanese food • Los Angeles • P.K. Sanjun • SNJO)

Tokyo restaurant offers “DIY Tempura Bowls,” so of course we had to go check it out

• Dale Roll
  Apr 8, 2024

Do you cook it yourself? Put it together yourself, buffet style? What does it mean?!?!

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• Japan
• (COK • DIY • food • Oimachi • restaurants • SNJO • tempura • Tokyo)

Is Coca-Cola Japan’s new canned Jack Daniels cocktail better than mixing your own?【Taste test】

• SoraNews24
  Apr 8, 2024

The standard version was a hit with our taste-tester, but how will this new no-sugar version perform?

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• Japan
• (canned cocktails • Coca-Cola • cocktails • COK • Coke • Cola • drinks • Jack Daniel’s • SNJO • taste test • Whiskey • whisky)

Beautiful park, gigantic wholesale market, and smooth-as-silk coffee on Omori bus loop【Tokyo Loop Buses】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 7, 2024

Mr. Sato gets off the beaten path and finds a new part of Tokyo to fall in love with.

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• Japan
• (buses • cafes • COK • cool • Haneda Airport • Mr. Sato • omori • parks • restaurants • SNJO • Tokyo • Tokyo Loop Buses • tourism • travel)

What’s it like traversing Tokyo using only wheelchair accessible routes?

• Dale Roll
  Apr 7, 2024

Inspired by a family member’s recent need for a wheelchair, our reporter tries to see Tokyo from their perspective.

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• Japan
• (accessibility • commuting • disabilities • Japanese subways • mobility issues • society • Tokyo • wheelchair access • wheelchairs • Yamanote line)

The Fake Burger is now on the menu at Burger King Japan, but is it worth the hype?

• Oona McGee
  Apr 7, 2024

Limited-edition French fry burger takes meatless options to new levels.  

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• Japan
• (Burger King • burgers • COK • fast food • food • french fries • fries • SNJO • taste test • The Fake Burger)

Gorgeous handmade, made-in-Japan Ghibli leather wallets return to Donguri Kyowakoku【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 6, 2024

Ojaga Design teams up with My Neighbor Totoro, Laputa, and Porco Rosso.

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• Japan
• (anime • Castle in the Sky • Catbus • fashion • Hayao Miyazaki • Laputa • leather • My Neighbor Totoro • Ojaga Design • Porco Rosso • Studio Ghibli • wallets)

Japanese burger chain Mos Burger starting record label for musician fast food workers

• Master Blaster
  Apr 6, 2024

Would you like some funk with that?

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• Japan
• (business • fast food • food • hamburgers • Mos Burger • Mos Records • music • weird)

Starbucks unveils new Gohobi Frappuccino in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Apr 6, 2024

Limited-edition drink has layers of flavour…and meaning.

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• Japan
• (coffee • crown melon • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccinos • melons • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • sweets)

New definition of “Japanese whiskey” goes into effect to prevent fakes from fooling overseas buyers

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 6, 2024

Japan Spirits and Liqueurs Makers Association still needs to take one more step though.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • COK • drinks • Japanese whiskey • Japanese whisky • Whiskey • whisky)

Shohei Ohtani called liar after saying he met fan who caught home run ball, but it might be a Japanese translation error

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 6, 2024

Video shows Japanese language quirk and translation snafu might be hurting the baseball star’s image.

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• Japan, USA
• (baseball • interpretation • Japanese language • liar • linguistics • Los Angeles Dodgers • Shohei Ohtani • sports • translation • video)

Japan’s oldest man passes away, thought to have been last male born in the Meiji period

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 5, 2024

Chiba centenarian was former school teacher.

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• Japan
• (COK • Meiji Era • Meiji Period • oldest man • oldest person • seniors • society)

New Pokémon cakes let you eat your way through Pikachu and all the Eevee evolutions

• Oona McGee
  Apr 5, 2024

Who knew Eeveelutions came with different flavours?

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• Japan
• (anime • cakes • COK • cute • Eevee • Eeveelutions • food • Ginza Cozy Corner • Kawaii • Pikachu • Pokemon • sweets • video game)

Cashiers given chairs as Japanese companies reconsider if it’s OK for workers to sit during their shifts

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 5, 2024

Discount megastore Don Quijote takes part in the Suwatte Iissu Project.

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• Japan
• (chairs • COK • customer service • Don Quijote • society • working in Japan)

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