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Japanese masturbatory aid Tenga offers Valentine’s Day gift set with banana chocolate, socks
- Casey Baseel
Jan 15, 2024 - Tweet
Tenga wants you to have some sweet pleasure, in more ways than one, even if you’re spending Valentine’s Day alone.
Hello Kitty Crocs take kawaii fashion to new heights in Japan
- Oona McGee
Jan 15, 2024
Step out with the world’s hardest working anime cat in this cute collection.
- Japan
- (anime • COK • cool • Crocs • fashion • Hello Kitty • japanese design • Sanrio • shoes)
Can we really become YouTubers with the Thanko YouTuber Debut fukubukuro lucky bag?
- Shannon
Jan 15, 2024
Bag promises everything you need to make them like and subscribe.
- Japan
- (appliances • cool • Japanese YouTubers • lucky bag 2024 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2024 • rice cooker • Thanko • YouTube)
Samurai Ninja Museum Tokyo With Experience is true to its name, lets you slice with real katana
- Casey Baseel
Jan 15, 2024
Hands-on history in Tokyo’s most historical neighborhood.
- Japan
- (Asakusa • awesome • cool • history • Katana • museums • Ninja • samurai • Samurai Ninja Museum Tokyo With Experience • travel)
Tokyo’s super-secret-location sushi restaurant has a stand-up sister shop that’s open to all
- Casey Baseel
Jan 15, 2024
Miko Sushi’s location is a closely guarded secret, but Miko Shokudo is easy to find and amazing to eat at.
- Japan
- (COK • food • kaisen-don • restaurants • sashimi • SNJO • sushi)
Nintendo finally releases the Elephant Mario plushie【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 15, 2024
Wowie zowie!
- Japan
- (Mario • nintendo • plushies • Super Mario • Super Mario Bros. • Super Mario Bros. Wonder • video games)
Fried sandwiches arrive in Tokyo, become hot topic on social media
- Oona McGee
Jan 14, 2024
Prices start at just 100 yen (US$0.69) for Japan’s most sought-after sandwich.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • food • fried sandwiches • Ginza • Japanese sandwiches • new • sandwiches • SNJO • sweets • taste test • Tokyo)
Final Fantasy XIV wine is here to let you raise a glass to celebrate the RPG’s 10th anniversary
- Casey Baseel
Jan 14, 2024
Square Enix finds a kindred spirit in California.
- Japan
- (alcohol • California • drinks • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy 14 • Final Fantasy XIV • Square Enix • video games • wine)
Japanese travelers more stressed than other countries sitting next to strangers on planes【Survey】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 14, 2024
But they’ve got far less travel stress from another common source.
Ring in the Year of the Dragon with fancy chocolates infused with Kokuryu black dragon sake
- Dale Roll
Jan 13, 2024
The fresh new year may already be into its second week, but that doesn’t mean you have to stop celebrating!
- Japan
- (alcohol • chocolate • food • Kokuryu • Maison Cacao • sake • sweets • truffles • Year of the Dragon)
Tokyo capsule toy machine gives you real samurai-era antique coins, but are they worth anything?
- Casey Baseel
Jan 13, 2024
Little capsules of history.
- Japan
- (capsule toy machines • capsule toys • coins • COK • cool • gachapon • history • SNJO • weird)
Handmade wool Totoro/Ghibli coasters are available now for the first time in seven years【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 13, 2024
It’s been a long time since we last saw these adorable coasters and pot mats featuring beloved characters from My Neighbor Totoro, Howl’s Moving Castle, and Kiki’s Delivery Service.
- Japan
- (anime • Calcifer • cooking • Donguri Kyowakoku • drinkware • Hayao Miyazaki • Howl's Moving Castle • interior • Kiki's Delivery Service • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Is McDonald’s Japan’s new Butterscotch Pie better than Belgian Chocolate?
- Oona McGee
Jan 13, 2024
Proof that McDonald’s pies are totally different in Japan.
- Japan
- (Belgian chocolate • butterscotch • chocolate • chocolate pie • COK • fast food • food • limited edition • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • new • pie • SNJO • sweets • taste test)
This illumination is Osaka’s biggest with moving mammoths, lit-up seesaws, and lights everywhere
- Dale Roll
Jan 13, 2024
The perfect place to spend a winter’s night!
- Japan
- (beautiful • COK • cool • illumination • illuminations • lights • Osaka • pretty • Sakai City • travel)
Black-bun Squid Devil Burger set to shock Japan with tokusatsu-inspired delicious evil
- Casey Baseel
Jan 12, 2024
Dom Dom goes devilish with Kamen Rider crossover.
- Japan
- (black burgers • burgers • crazy • Dom Dom Burger • fast food • food • hamburgers • Kamen Rider • squid • tokusatsu)
“No matter how much was destroyed, I can draw more” — Manga legend puts earthquake damage in perspective
- Casey Baseel
Jan 12, 2024
Go Nagai isn’t worried about his artwork and museum that were destroyed in the Ishikawa earthquake, he’s worried about the people who live there.
- Japan
- (anime • disaster • earthquake • Go Nagai • manga • moving • Noto earthquake • touching)
Ghibli Park unveils new shop and restaurants in Witch’s Valley area, and yes — there’s a bakery!
- Oona McGee
Jan 12, 2024
Now we’ll be able to taste the bread from Kiki’s Delivery Service!
- Japan
- (anime • food • Ghibli Park • Hayao Miyazaki • Kiki's bakery • Kiki's Delivery Service • Studio Ghibli • theme parks • Witch's Valley)
Super-detailed cherry blossom forecast maps show early arrival for Japan’s 2024 sakura season
- Casey Baseel
Jan 12, 2024
Japan’s most beautiful time of year is coming up fast, and here’s when the flowers are expected to appear in each major region and city.
- Japan
- (cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms forecast • cherry blossoms forecast 2024 • COK • flowers • nature • sakura • sakura forecast • sakura forecast 2024 • travel)
Spirited Away No Face piggy bank is back to talk, burp and play music as it munches coins 【Video】
- Oona McGee
Jan 12, 2024
First-generation model finally returns due to popular demand.
- Japan
- (anime • Donguri Kyowakoku • Hayao Miyazaki • interior • No Face • piggy bank • spirited away • Studio Ghibli)
Japan’s giant sukiyaki burgers pair beef with beef for hot pot flavor in sandwich form
- Casey Baseel
Jan 12, 2024
Lotteria kicks off its sukiyaki fair, which comes with a large side order of Japanese vocabulary.
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Pokémon card game’s expansion features art from Fist of the North Star creator
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Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
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