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Hidden oasis on a Japanese department store rooftop is home to Monet’s Pond in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Nov 3, 2023
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Free to visit, this huge rooftop is one of the best places to take a break from the chaos of the city. 

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• (beautiful • COK • cool • department store • department stores • gardens • Monet • Monet's Pond • nature • rooftop • rooftop bar • Seibu Department Store • SNJO • Tokyo • travel • water lilies)

Man in Japan arrested after sneaking into woman’s apartment and washing her lingerie

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 3, 2023

Remembering to hang it up to dry afterwards not likely to earn him any clemency.

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• Japan
• (crazy • crime • lingerie • weird)

Christmas arrives early at Starbucks in Japan with new Merry Cream Frappuccino

• Oona McGee
  Nov 3, 2023

Limited-edition beverage looks set to be the hit drink of the festive season.

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• Japan
• (Christmas • Christmas 2023 • Christmas in Japan • COK • drinks • festive • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Holiday Season • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • K. Masami • limited edition • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • taste test)

U.S. military in Japan bulk buys Japanese scallops as China’s Japanese seafood ban continues

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 3, 2023

The spirit of Operation Tomodachi lives on.

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• Japan
• (food • Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant • Fukushima nuclear • military • moving • Operation Tomodachi • scallops • seafood • seafood ban • touching • U.S. armed forces • video)

Studio Ghibli’s The Boy and the Heron now has an English dub trailer from its Hollywood-star cast

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 3, 2023

Robert Pattinson’s character sounds set to steal the show.

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• Japan, USA
• (anime • Hayao Miyazaki • How Do You Live • Studio Ghibli • The Boy and the Heron • video)

Puma’s newest Japanese shoes feature beautiful designs from traditional Japanese playing cards

• Dale Roll
  Nov 3, 2023

Modern fashion combined with a traditional Japanese flair. 

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• Japan
• (art • COK • fashion • hanafuda • nature • Puma • seasons • shoes • sneakers)

Our visit to the coolest Book Off used Japanese book store that we’ve ever seen

• Shannon
  Nov 3, 2023

Let’s just say you’ll find far, far more than books.

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• Japan
• (Book Off • Book Off Bazaar • COK • cool • second-hand stores • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • thrift stores)

McDonald’s Japan releases newest heartwarming anime ad in everyday happiness series【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 2, 2023

McNuggets aren’t the only thing these high schoolers are in love with.

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• Japan
• (ad • anime • cool • fast food • food • manga • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • moving • touching • video)

Studio Ghibli closes its official Twitter account at short notice

• Oona McGee
  Nov 2, 2023

Could this be the end of Ghibli as we know it?

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• Japan
• (anime • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • news • Studio Ghibli • twitter)

No talking allowed, at all, at new Tokyo cafe, even when you’re ordering【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 2, 2023

Gestures are the only way to communicate at this Harajuku cafe.

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• Japan
• (cafes • clever • COK • cool • drinks • Entaku • quiet • restaurants • silent • video • weird)

The best cosplayers from Day Two of the Ikebukuro Halloween Cosplay Festival 2023

• Oona McGee
  Nov 2, 2023

Famous characters come to life on this last day of cosplay celebrations.

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• Japan
• (anime • beautiful women • COK • cool • cosplay • cosplay costumes • cosplayers • costumes • cute • Genshin Impact • halloween • Halloween 2023 • Ikebukuro • Ikebukuro Halloween Cosplay Festival • SNJO • video games)

The butter pudding from Kaldi doesn’t taste like butter or pudding, so what does it taste like?

• Krista Rogers
  Nov 2, 2023

We investigate an intriguing sweets product at the popular international foods chain and discover the secret of its hidden flavor.

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• Japan
• (butter pudding • food • KALDI • Mariko Ohanabatake • purin • shopping • taste test)

Tokyo’s most famous Starbucks is closed

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 2, 2023

Shibuya Scramble Starbucks is closed, and it’s all because of online video streaming.

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• (coffee • COK • Shibuya • Shibuya Scramble • Shibuya Starbucks • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Tsutaya)

New Psyduck doughnut from Mister Donut’s Pokémon collection takes head-holding to new levels

• Oona McGee
  Nov 1, 2023

Pikachu’s new companion looks weirder than we expected, but there might be a good reason for it.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • cool • donuts • doughnuts • food • Mister Donut • Pikachu • Pikachu donuts • Pokemon • Psyduck • sweets • video games)

After 33 years, Hello Kitty’s voice actress, the legendary Hayashibara Megumi, is being replaced

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 1, 2023

Two other Sanrio character voices also being replaced as part of plan to increase global/youth appeal and “cherish the future and AI.”

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• (anime • Hello Kitty • Megumi Hayashibara • Sanrio • voice actors • voice actresses)

Mysterious mountain restaurant in Japan whisks us away to another world

• Oona McGee
  Nov 1, 2023

Hidden gem wows us with its atmospheric setting, and its amazing food.

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• (COK • cool • countryside • Egawa Tasuku • food • Japanese countryside • Japanese food • Mountains • Nagasaki • Noodles • restaurants • review • SNJO • somen • tempura • tourism • travel • weird • wow)

Kung-fu shoe flipping tournament coming back to Yokohama Chinatown

• Master Blaster
  Nov 1, 2023

Kick off your shoes and have a good time.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • funny • Kitamon Festival • kung fu • Kung-fu Shoe Flying World Championships • kung-fu shoes • martial arts • sports • tournaments • weird • Yokohama • Yokohama Chinatown)

Tokyo’s best downtown garden gets even more beautiful with after-dark fall colors event

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 1, 2023

Naked returns to Shinjuku Gyoen.

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• Japan
• (art • beautiful • fall colors • gardens • light up • maple • NAKED Inc. • nature • parks • red leaves • shinjuku • Shinjuku Goyen)

New Japanese bowl-shaped donburi rice cooker cooks rice and toppings at the same time

• Oona McGee
  Nov 1, 2023

Making curry rice and beef bowls is now easier and faster than ever. 

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• Japan
• (appliances • cooking • cool • electrical appliances • food • gadgets • home appliances • Japanese food • kitchen appliances • kitchen gadgets • rice • rice cooker • rice cookers • Thanko)

Halloween costume idea: Dressing up as the Tokyo neighborhood that banned Halloween parties【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 1, 2023

If we can’t go to Shibuya on Halloween, then we’re going to be Shibuya on Halloween.

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• Japan
• (COK • cosplay • crazy • funny • halloween • Halloween costumes • Mr. Sato • Shibuya • Shibuya Halloween • SNJO • weird)

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