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Ghibli Park opens final area to first visitors, with stunning new attractions and shops 【Videos】

• Oona McGee
  Mar 1, 2024
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Anime settings come to life in the Valley of Witches, with amusement park rides and hot dogs in cat paws! 

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• Japan
• (anime • Earwig and the Witch • food • Ghibli Park • Hayao Miyazaki • Howl's Moving Castle • Kiki's bakery • Kiki's Delivery Service • Studio Ghibli • theme parks • Valley of Witches • Witch's Valley)

Official Tokyo Marathon T-shirts get recalled for English spelling mistake

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 29, 2024

Things started off OK, but didn’t finish quite right.

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• Japan
• (ASICS • crazy • fashion • funny • Japanese language • linguistics • t-shirts • Tokyo Marathon • weird • Why Does Engrish Happen in Japan • Why Does Engrish Happen?)

Tokyo’s Shinjuku is looking very different with its giant westside skyscraper torn down【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 29, 2024

It’s been a long time since the busy Tokyo neighborhood looked like this.

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• Japan
• (COK • Odakyu Department Store • shinjuku • Shinjuku Station • SNJO • stations • trains)

Do Mister Donut’s sakura doughnuts taste as good as they look?

• Oona McGee
  Feb 29, 2024

Each doughnut represents a different stage of the cherry blossoms in bloom, so we eat our way through all of them to find our favourites. 

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2024 • COK • donuts • doughnuts • food • hanami • Mister Donut • sakura • sakura 2024 • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

It doesn’t get any fresher than raw-egg pudding!【SoraKitchen】

• Master Blaster
  Feb 29, 2024

That probably depends on the egg you use, though.

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• Japan
• (desserts • eggs • nama purin • pudding • purin • recipies • Zen-Noh)

Sakura and matcha from 150-year-old Kyoto tea merchant ice creams arrive at Baskin-Robbins Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 29, 2024

Springtime sweets give us even more to choose from at “Thirty-one.”

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• Japan
• (Baskin Robbins • cherry blossom sweets • cherry blossoms • COK • food • green tea • green tea sweets • ice cream • matcha • matcha sweets • sakura • sakura sweets • sweets • Thirty-One)

New Pokémon card game lounge opening in downtown Tokyo with free drinks, snacks, and loaner decks

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 29, 2024

Shibuya Scramble-adjacent Tsutaya building set to become newest Pokémon destination.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • collectible card games • Pokemon • pokemon trading card game • Shibuya • Shibuya Tsutaya • video games)

Fox-boy Sephiroth really wants Cloud to eat some noodles in new Donbei/Final Fantasy video【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 28, 2024

Final Fantasy VII’s villain gets a foxy makeover as he forcibly recommends a meal for his rival.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • Donbei • Donei • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth • Final Fantasy VII remake • food • funny • instant noodles • Nissin • Noodles • Square Enix • udon • video • video games)

Saizeriya’s private solo booths are one of the best places to work, drink and eat in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Feb 28, 2024

Equipped with everything you need to get work done and unwind with a glass of wine afterwards.

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• Japan
• (Ahiruneko • cheap eats • family restaurant • restaurants • review • Saizeriya • SNJO • solo dining • telework • Tokyo • wfh)

Ghibli Park Catbus picks up passengers for first time, with a very special number plate 【Videos】

• Oona McGee
  Feb 28, 2024

New videos show Totoro’s anime bus in action, and it’s even cuter than we imagined.

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • anime • cars • Catbus • cute • Ghibli Park • Hayao Miyazaki • My Neighbor Totoro • theme parks • Totoro • TOYOTA • video)

Japanese sweets company teaches us new way to enjoy traditional Japanese rice drink

• Shannon
  Feb 28, 2024

Get the benefits of amazake without the strong sweetness.

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• Japan
• (amazake • coffee • delicious • Morinaga • recipe • refreshing • SoraKitchen)

The disembodied arm on the shoulder prank in the office shows you can be too good at something

• Master Blaster
  Feb 28, 2024

Overly smooth prank nearly costs us an arm and a leg.

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• (Amazon • COK • crazy • funny • Go Hatori • hand on shoulder • Masanuki Sunakoma • pranks • scary • shopping • SNJO • video • weird • Yoshio)

Starbucks Japan unveils final sakura collection for hanami season 2024

• Oona McGee
  Feb 28, 2024

New cherry blossom collection includes two special Stanley cups you can’t get anywhere else.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2024 • COK • cups • drinkware • hanami • limited edition • mugs • sakura • sakura 2024 • sakura drinkware • sakura goods • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks sakura • tumblers)

Starbucks Japan releases final Sakura Frappuccino and latte for cherry blossom season 2024

• Oona McGee
  Feb 27, 2024

Hanami flower-viewing for matcha lovers.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossom • cherry blossom sweets • cherry blossom treats • cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2024 • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • hanami • Japanese Frappuccinos • matcha • sakura • sakura drinks • sakura Frappuccino • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition)

Starbucks releases a Braised Pork Latte in China, so we see if we can recreate it in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Feb 27, 2024

Is coffee and pork really as good as they say? 

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• Japan
• (braised pork • braised pork latte • coffee • kakuni • pork • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • taste test • weird)

Cat-themed oden kit warms and fills our bellies and our hearts

• Shannon
  Feb 27, 2024

We’ll never celebrate Cat Day and Oden Day any other way again.

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• Japan
• (Cat Day • Japanese holidays • meal kit • obscure holidays • oden • Oden Day)

We plastered our car!【SoraHouse】

• Master Blaster
  Feb 27, 2024

You never know until you try it.

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• Japan
• (cars • COK • crazy • DIY • funny • Go Hatori • Minica • Moru Moru • plaster • SNJO • SoraHouse • weird • Yoshio)

The mysterious case of the horrifying sign on a cemetery wall in Tokyo

• SoraNews24
  Feb 27, 2024

Ominous eye and promise to “develop special abilities” leads to a hunt for clues around the city.

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• Japan
• (cemetery • counseling • culture • ghost story • graveyard • mystery • mystery spot • Seiji Nakazawa • Sendagaya • SNJO • temples • Tokyo)

300-year-old Japanese festival that curses all who see it permitted to be filmed for first time

• Master Blaster
  Feb 27, 2024

I’m going to lend the video to someone within a week anyway… just in case.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • bad luck • festivals • Hisamaru Shrine • Kobe Omiyashinmeisha • Nematsuri • Sleeping Festival • superstitions • Taharashi)

Do all big Japanese cafe chains just give you a tea bag when you order black tea? Let’s find out

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 26, 2024

Our black tea-loving reporter goes in search of a proper cup of tea at five of Japan’s most popular cafe chains.

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• Japan
• (black tea • cafes • COK • Doutor • drinks • kocha • Komeda Coffee • SNJO • Starbucks • tea • tea bag • Tully's • Veloce)

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