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Starbucks Japan serves up “Merry Cream” in its new Christmas Frappuccino for holiday season 2023

• Oona McGee
  Oct 27, 2023
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New “heart-pounding” beverages promise to get us in the festive mood this winter.

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• Japan
• (Christmas • Christmas 2023 • Christmas in Japan • COK • drinks • festive • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • gingerbread • Holiday Season • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • limited edition • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition)

McDonald’s releases Come on Baby New York Burgers in Japan…but where’s the N.Y. flavour?

• Oona McGee
  Oct 27, 2023

New burgers fall short of our expectations.

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• Japan
• (burgers • COK • fast food • food • hamburgers • limited edition • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • N.Y. • new • New York • P.K. Sanjun • SNJO • taste test)

Sanrio teams up with murder reincarnation anime Oshi no Ko for adorable new merch line

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 27, 2023

Will Cinnamoroll be able to help Aqua kill his father?

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• Japan
• (anime • Cinnamoroll • cute • Hello Kitty • Kujibikodo • Kuromi • Little Twin Stars • manga • My Melody • Oshi no Ko • Pompompurin • Sanrio • weird)

Pizza Hut campaigns to become an Osakan konamon food

• Master Blaster
  Oct 27, 2023

Just because it is, doesn’t mean it is.

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• Japan
• (culture • food • Kansai • konamon • okonomiyaki • Osaka • pizza • Pizza Hut • takoyaki)

Giant pilotable robot appears at Japan Mobility Show, stirs our mecha-loving souls【Pics, vids】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 26, 2023

New format for Tokyo Motor Show opens the door for giant robot exhibitors.

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• Japan
• (anime • Archax • awesome • COK • cool • Japan Mobility Show • robots • SNJO • Tokyo Motor Show • Tsubame Industries • video)

Gigantic horror/murder immersive experience theme park opening in Tokyo

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 26, 2023

Immersive Fort Tokyo wants to give guests an experience they can’t get anywhere else.

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • COK • cool • crazy.scary • odaiba • theme parks • Tokyo • Venus Fort)

Ikea Japan stopped selling soft serve ice cream?! We try what they’re now selling instead

• Dale Roll
  Oct 26, 2023

The loss of the Ikea soft-serve ice cream cone left a hole in our hearts…but can we fill it with something else? 

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• Japan
• (Ahiru Neko • ice cream • ice cream cone • ikea • ikea japan • soft cream • soft serve • soft serve ice cream)

Dom Dom Burger joins the moon-viewing party a bit late with an unusual moon-inspired sandwich

• Dale Roll
  Oct 26, 2023

There’s a reason why this sandwich is out so late!

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• Japan
• (chicken sandwich • Chicken Tatsuta • Dom Dom Burger • fried egg • sandwich • The Eminence in Shadow • tsukimi • tsukimi burger • weird food)

Uniqlo and Metal Gear team-up for T-shirt line【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 26, 2023

Do you need some shirts, Snake? Snake…? SNAKE!?!?!

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• Japan
• (fashion • Konami • Metal Gear • Metal Gear Solid • shirts • t-shirts • Uniqlo • video games)

Ghibli Park’s new Princess Mononoke area reveals real-world mythical beasts, Irontown【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 26, 2023

Everyone can eat San’s jerky, but only select humans will get to ride the boar god slide, though.

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • anime • food • Ghibli Park • goheimochi • Hayao Miyazaki • Mononoke Village • Princess Mononoke • Studio Ghibli • theme parks)

Let your dog carry its own poop around with new Japanese randoseru school backpack for dogs

• Oona McGee
  Oct 26, 2023

Well, your pup’s not really going to be carrying pens and books to school now, is it? 

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• Japan
• (accessories • backpacks • bag • bags • COK • cute • dog • dogs • fashion • HACHI100 Project • Hachiko • leather • leather goods • pet ownership • pets • randoseru • Tsuchiya Bag Co. • Tsuchiya Kaban)

Bear bounty introduced by Japanese governor, pays 5,000 yen per bear to hunters

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 25, 2023

Incentive follows record number of bear attacks in northeastern prefecture.

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• Japan
• (Akita Prefecture • animals • bear attacks • bears • COK • huntinh • nature)

GM, Cruise, and Honda aim to start self-driving taxi service in Tokyo by 2026

• Shannon
  Oct 25, 2023

The future means no more awkward conversations with taxi drivers.

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• Japan
• (autonomous cars • autonomous vehicles • self driving cars • self driving taxi • Tokyo)

Japan’s Gaming Kotatsu Futon blanket is here to keep you warm, and gaming, all winter long

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 25, 2023

Combining two of the best ways to cope with cold winter weather.

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• Japan
• (Bauhutte • blanket • clever • cool • gaming interior • interior • kotatsu • video games • warm)

Insanely detailed 900-plus-piece Japanese model kit is…a 1:1-scale sesame dumpling【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 25, 2023

Model maker Syuto continues to push the detail envelope in its food kits.

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• Japan
• (crazy • food • goma dango • Good Smile Company • models • plastic models • sesame dumpling • sweets • Syuto • weird)

Mr. Sato eats banana flower, still isn’t sure what it tastes like, loves it anyway【SoraKitchen】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 25, 2023

Sometimes, you don’t need to fully understand something to know that you like it.

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• Japan
• (banana flower • bananas • COK • cooking • food • Mr. Sato • SNJO • SoraKitchen • taste test)

Extreme budget travel! Can you do a quick trip to Angkor Wat with 50,000 yen (US$334)? – Part 2

• Krista Rogers
  Oct 25, 2023

Go continues testing the limits of his dwindling budget while sightseeing at Angkor Wat.

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• SE Asia
• (Angkor Wat • Bangkok • budget travel • Cambodia • COK • cool • food • low-budget • Siem Reap • SNJO • Thailand • travel)

Bando Taro proves family restaurants in Japan are on a whole other level

• Oona McGee
  Oct 25, 2023

There are family restaurants, and then there are Bando Taro family restaurants.

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• Japan
• (Bando Taro • COK • cool • family restaurant • family restaurants • food • Ibaraki • Japanese food • Kanto • Masanuki Sunakoma • miso nikomi udon • Noodles • restaurants • review • SNJO • soba • udon)

Hida City’s tempura mochi proves that almost anything tastes better as tempura 【SoraKitchen】

• Shannon
  Oct 24, 2023

Honestly, you had us at mochi.

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• Japan
• (Hida • Japanese supermarkets • local eats • mochi • mochi tempura • Mr. Sato • SoraKitchen • tempura • tempura mochi)

Let’s try making the Kyoto-style Chinese dish mustard soba【SoraKitchen】

• Master Blaster
  Oct 24, 2023

Does our reporter’s attempt cut the mustard?

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• Japan
• (brown mustard • chinese food • Chinese mustard • food • karashi • karashi soba • Kyoto • mustard soba • Noodles • recipes)

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