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Four of the best Tokyo budget hotels we stayed in this year

• SoraNews24
  Dec 29, 2023
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Looking back on a year of cheap but great stays in Tokyo business and capsule hotels.

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• Japan
• (budget travel • business hotels • capsule hotels • cheap travel • COK • hotels • Masanuki Sunakoma • SNJO • Tokyo • travel)

Got an old kimono lying around? Turn it into one-of-a-kind art with upcycle service Ikasu!

• Dale Roll
  Dec 29, 2023

Even if you don’t have a kimono to use, there’s style some beautiful artwork you can buy!

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• Japan
• (art • design • fabric • interior design • kimono • spring cleaning • upcycle • wall art)

Spy x Family anime scene-stealer Anya turns into seven different adorable mochi sweets【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 29, 2023

The many faces of the pint-sized mind-reader reproduced in mochi and anko.

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• Japan
• (anime • anko • Anya • Anya Forger • Bandai • Bandai Candy • cute • food • manga • mochi • Spy x Family • sweets)

Cold Stone Creamery Japan’s special year-end takeout box is perfect if you have a sweet tooth

• Krista Rogers
  Dec 28, 2023

The combination deal features six of the chain’s most popular flavors best enjoyed while hibernating in the warmth of home at the year’s end.

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• Japan
• (COK • Cold Stone • Cold Stone Creamery • Cold Stone Japan • food • ice cream • icecream • Mr. Sato • SNJO • sweets)

Akutai Matsuri: Japan’s Verbal Abuse Festival, where insults and bad behaviour are encouraged

• Oona McGee
  Dec 28, 2023

People in Japan are known for being polite, but not at this weird winter festival.

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• Japan
• (Akutai Matsuri • festivals • Ibaraki • Japanese festivals • society • tourism • tradition • travel • videos • weird festivals • winter festivals)

3 quick tips to turn your bowl of home-made noodles into a restaurant-beautiful dish【SoraKitchen】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 28, 2023

Our certified chef shares a trio of tips that anyone can do/will be impressed by.

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• Japan
• (beautiful • COK • cooking • food • Go Hatori • life hacks • Noodles • SNJO • soba • SoraKitchen • toshikoshi soba)

The Pokémon Mister Donut lucky bag is even better than we’d hoped!【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 28, 2023

One of Japan’s most-anticipated lucky bags managed to exceed out expectations with a pair of awesome surprises!

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • cute • donuts • food • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2024 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2024 • Lucky Bags • Mister Donut • Pikachu • Pokemon • SNJO • sweets • video games)

TeamLab Borderless moves from Odaiba to Azabudai with new exhibits for 2024

• Oona McGee
  Dec 28, 2023

Japan’s most incredible interactive light museum gets a new home in Tokyo.

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• Japan
• (art • Azabudai Hills • beautiful • COK • cool • events • exhibits • museums • Team Lab • TeamLab • TeamLab Borderless • tourist site • videos)

Godzilla vs McDonald’s! King of monsters takes on fast food king’s new Godzilla Burgers【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 28, 2023

Dramatic and delicious teaser shows off Japan’s newest plan to protect itself from the hungry kaiju.

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• Japan
• (burgers • cool • crazy • fast food • food • funny • Godzilla • hamburgers • kaiju • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • video)

Is the Spy x Family anime movie worth your time?【SoraReview】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 27, 2023

Spy x Family’s first-ever anime movie, with an original story, is out in theaters, and we’ve seen it.

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• Japan
• (anime • manga • movies • SNO • SoraReview • Spy x Family • Spy x Family Code: White)

We stay out of the cold and sumo wrestle with another man pressed tight against our backs

• Master Blaster
  Dec 27, 2023

Mr. Sato x Yoshio: The New Empire

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• Japan
• (Ahiruneko • fashion • Go Hatori • Mr. Sato • sports • Sumo • tights • winter • Yoshio)

Japanese survey reveals the top 10 most popular ice creams in Japan

• Shannon
  Dec 27, 2023

There’s a lot of vanilla, but chocolate takes the top spots.

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• Japan
• (food • Garigari-kun • Häagen-Dazs • Häagen-Dazs Japan • ice cream • ice cream monaka • Japanese ice cream • sweets • top 10 • Yukimi Daifuku)

Osaka Ohsho’s Food Loss Reduction Eco Lucky Bag a sleeper hit of 2024 fukubukuro season

• Master Blaster
  Dec 27, 2023

It’s some no-frills food and fun.

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• Japan
• (COK • food loss reduction • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2024 • Fukubukuro Roundup 2024 • gyoza • lucky bag • lucky bag 2024 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2024 • Osaka Osho • Osho • SNJO)

Tokyo ward will give cosplay experiences as character of your choice in exchange for tax donation

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 27, 2023

Ikebukuro’s new furusato nozei returns are aimed right at otaku’s hearts, include custom costume and professional makeup and photography.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • cosplay • cosplayers • donation • furusato nozei • Ikebukuro • otaku • tax)

Central Japan Railway releases tear-jerking Shinkansen bullet train ad for the holiday season

• Shannon
  Dec 27, 2023

Touching ad may make you tear up next time you book a ticket.

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• Japan
• (bullet train • Central Japan Railway Company • heartwarming • heartwarming ad • moving • shinkansen • Tokaido Shinkansen • touching • trains • travel • video)

Easy DIY open-air bath setup makes life at our Japanese country house better than ever【SoraHouse】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 26, 2023

Now there’s even more to love about our crazy cheap house in the mountains north of Tokyo.

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• Japan
• (baths • clever • COK • cool • DIY • Go Hatori • home improvement • open-air bath • SNJO • SoraHouse • Yoshio)

Japanese man arrested on Christmas Eve on suspicion of stealing Santa statue, giving it to waitress【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 26, 2023

Investigators say they’ve cracked this Christmas case.

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• Japan
• (Christmas • COK • crazy • crime • Santa • theft • video • weird)

New Studio Ghibli mechanical pencils make writing and drawing a dream

• Oona McGee
  Dec 26, 2023

Pick your favourite design from five anime movies.

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• Japan
• (anime • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Hayao Miyazaki • Japanese stationery • mechanical pencil • My Neighbor Totoro • pencils • spirited away • stationery • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Japan’s Revolutionary Alliance of Unpopular People holds anti-Christmas protest in Tokyo【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 26, 2023

Annual Shibuya gathering brings together dateless demonstrators.

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• Japan
• (Christmas • Christmas Eve • COK • crazy • dating • demonstration • funny • protest • relationships • Revolutionary Alliance of Unpopular Men • Revolutionary Alliance of Unpopular People • romance • society • weird)

Merry Christmas from SoraNews24!

• SoraNews24
  Dec 25, 2023

Happy holidays to our readers around the world!

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• Japan
• (Christmas • COK • happy holidays • Merry Christmas • SNO)

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