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Ikea holds a Matcha Fair in Japan for a limited time this spring

• Oona McGee
  Mar 28, 2024
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Green tea sweets to celebrate the fresh greenery of the season.

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• Japan
• (cakes • COK • desserts • food • green tea • green tea sweets • ice cream • ikea • ikea japan • matcha • matcha sweets • sweets)

Cup Noodle Mystery Meat is now sold in boxes, so we do what any ramen lover would do with them

• Oona McGee
  Mar 28, 2024

Join us as we come face-to-face with enough Mystery Meat to fill 47 Cup Noodles.

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• Japan
• (crazy • Cup Noodle • cup ramen • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • mystery meat • Nissin • Noodles • ramen • review • SNJO • taste test • weird)

Studio Ghibli unveils Mother’s Day gift set that captures the love in My Neighbour Totoro

• Oona McGee
  Mar 28, 2024

Because the gift of corn is a special one for lovers of Ghibli.

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• Japan
• (anime • corn • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • gift • Hayao Miyazaki • merchandise • Mother's Day • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

What are McDonald’s macarons really like in Japan?

• SoraNews24
  Mar 27, 2024

We find out if budget fast food macarons are worth the hype. 

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• Japan
• (adzuki • COK • commercials • desserts • Japanese commercials • matcha • McCafe • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • news • sakura • sweets • TV commercials)

Can slapping on some nose filters prevent the anguish of hay fever?

• Master Blaster
  Mar 27, 2024

And is the illusion of snot better than actual snot?

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• Japan
• (allergies • band-aids • bandages • First Defense • hay fever • health • nose filter • spring)

What are the top 10 most popular shrines among international tourists? Study reveals…

• Dale Roll
  Mar 27, 2024

…that the top shrine is probably the one you think it is!

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• Japan
• (atsuta shrine • Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine • Fushimi Inari Shrine • Itsukushima • Japan travel • kanda shrine • Meiji Jingu • Nambayasaka Shrine • ranking • shinto shrines • shrines • sightseeing • tourism • travel)

Studio Ghibli releases new free-to-use anime images from The Boy and the Heron

• Oona McGee
  Mar 27, 2024

Bird poop scene is just one of the new images we can use “within the bounds of common sense”.

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• Japan
• (anime • art • cool • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • How Do You Live • Studio Ghibli • The Boy and the Heron)

New Japanese KitKat flavour stars Sanrio characters, including Hello Kitty

• Oona McGee
  Mar 27, 2024

The most kawaii KitKats in Japan!

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• Japan
• (chocolate • COK • food • Hello Kitty • Japanese chocolate • Japanese KitKats • Kit Kat • KitKats • limited edition • marketing • Nestle • new • Sanrio • sweets)

Studio Ghibli releases Kiki’s Delivery Service chocolate cake pouches in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Mar 27, 2024

A delicious way to store your valuables.

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• Japan
• (anime • cake • chocolate • Donguri Kyowakoku • Hayao Miyazaki • Kiki's Delivery Service • merchandise • Studio Ghibli)

The beautiful booth models of Tokyo Motorcycle Show 2024【Photos】

• SoraNews24
  Mar 26, 2024

Over 70 photos from the annual spring event.

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• Japan
• (beautiful women • cars • COK • motorcycles • SNJO • Tokyo Motorcycle Show)

Tokyo’s historical Gakushikaian hotel is closing for good, but there’s still time to stay

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 26, 2024

At-home hotel for scholars in downtown Tokyo is nearly 100 years old.

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• Japan
• (COK • history • hotels • Masanuki Sunakoma • SNJO • Tokyo • travel)

Tokyo’s Yabai sweet potato shop lives up to its name with a truly yabai creation

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 26, 2024

Yabai always means shocking, but is it in a good way or a bad one here?

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• Japan
• (beni haruka • COK • crazy • food • hot dogs • restaurants • sausage • SNJO • sweet potato • taste test • yaki imo • yakiimo)

Lawson convenience store teaches us how to make okonomiyaki with no knife or bowl 【SoraKitchen】

• Shannon
  Mar 26, 2024

Don’t want to wash dishes? No problem.

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• Japan
• (convenience store • convenience store food • easy recipe • Japanese recipe • Lawson • okonomiyaki • SoraKitchen)

We investigate the newly released film revival of Hayao Miyazaki’s Sherlock Hound

• Krista Rogers
  Mar 26, 2024

The remastered and re-released theatrical feature is back in Japanese theaters for a limited time to celebrate its 40th anniversary.

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• Japan
• (animation • anime • detective • dogs • film • Hayao Miyazaki • K. Masami • limited • revival • Sherlock Holmes • Sherlock Hound • Studio Ghibli)

We order an amazing Vegeta battle armor suit and dash down the street to celebrate Saiyan Day

• Krista Rogers
  Mar 26, 2024

Our Dragon Ball enthusiast reporter transforms into his version of the Prince of all Saiyans and may still be running to this day.

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• Japan
• (AliExpress • armor • COK • cosplay • Costume • DBZ • Dragon Ball • Masanuki Sunakoma • Saiyan • SNJO • Vegeta)

Hokkaido business will age your alcohol under the sea, let you watch it via smartphone

• Master Blaster
  Mar 25, 2024

Age your wine in an octopus’s garden in the shade.

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• Japan
• (aged sake • alcochol • business • food • Hokkaido • Hokkaido Kaiyo Matsuri • Ocean • sake • sea • Whiskey • wine)

Leek ice cream is Japan’s newest must-try local specialty

• Oona McGee
  Mar 25, 2024

With “Enjoy Good Happy” as the tagline, this new dessert is destined for great things.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • desserts • Fukaya • ice cream • leeks • local specialties • Mascots • michi no eki • negi • Saitama • sweets • weird food)

Osaka street food becomes a Tokyo noodle topping with the Deluxe Takoyaki Soba【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 25, 2024

Our native Osakan tries out this unusual combo.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • food • Noodles • restaurants • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • soba • takoyaki • taste test • weird)

New book teaches Japanese people English to help out foreign travelers

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 25, 2024

Publisher wants to help make it easier to help.

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• Japan
• (foreigners in Japan • language • linguistics • society • Teaching English in Japan • tourism • travel)

Domino’s Japan now sells…pizza ears?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 25, 2024

Shining a spotlight on a pizza part that’s usually unloved and discarded.

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• Japan
• (COK • Domino's • Domino's Japan • Domino's Pizza Japan • food • pizza • pizza crust • pizza ears • review • SNJO • taste test)

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