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Japanese rokushigake temple architecture for your living room: The no-nail Masugumi table

• Shannon
  Mar 9, 2023
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If you’re looking for your new artisanal centerpiece, this is it.

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• Japan
• (architecture • COK • culture • furniture • interior • interior design • shrines • temples • traditional)

Cherry blossom parties allowed at Tokyo’s most popular sakura spots for first time since pandemic

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 8, 2023

Rules are still in place for how late parties can go, though.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2023 • COK • hanami • Inokashira park • Megurogawa • Nakameguro • sakura • sakura 2023 • Tokyo • Ueno Park • yoyogi park)

Starbucks unveils first-ever Cola Frappuccino in Japan!

• Oona McGee
  Mar 8, 2023

New limited-edition drinks and goods are inspired by retro American diners. 

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• Japan
• (American • coffee • COK • cool • cups • diner • drinks • drinkware • food • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • limited edition • mugs • retro • sakura • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition)

Meet anime’s newest isekai hero: a sentient vending machine in a fantasy world【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 8, 2023

Light novel series Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon makes the jump to anime.

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• Japan
• (anime • crazy • I Now Wander the Dungeon • isekai • light novels • manga • Reborn as a Vending Machine • vending machines • video • weird)

Fukuoka TeamLab Forest’s sakura exhibit for 2023 is one you don’t want to miss

• Shannon
  Mar 8, 2023

A futuristic hanami you can enjoy in two stages.

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• Japan
• (art • beautiful • cherry blossoms • COK • cool • events • exhibits • Fukuoka • sakura • Team Lab • TeamLab • TeamLab Forest)

Live-action Totoro stage play nominated for nine of the U.K.’s highest theatrical honors

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 8, 2023

Adaptation of Studio Ghibli anime earns more Olivier Award nominations than any other production this year.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • Hayao Miyazaki • Jo Hisaishi • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbor Totoro stage play • Olivier Awards • stage plays • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Shogun sweets? Trees said to be planted by first Tokugawa shogun still bear fruit used for sweets

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 8, 2023

Taste-testing Ieyasu Mikan desserts.

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• Japan
• (castles • COK • food • history • mikan • samurai • Shizuoka • SNJO • Sunpu Castle • sweets • taste test • taste tests • Tokugawa • Tokugawa Ieyasu)

Art Aquarium Ginza offers a captivating new way to enjoy the cherry blossoms–with goldfish!

• Krista Rogers
  Mar 8, 2023

The extremely Instagrammable museum ushers in sakura season with gorgeous displays of real fish, illuminations, and cherry blossom decorations galore.

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• Japan
• (art • Art Aquarium Museum • beautiful • cherry blossom • COK • Ginza • goldfish • hanami • Instagram • limited • photo spot • sakura • Tokyo)

Spirited Away bathhouse kimono, Princess Mononoke necklace merch coming to Ghibli Park

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 7, 2023

Goro Miyazaki models two pieces of real-world Ghibli anime fashion.

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• Japan
• (Aburaya • accessories • Amusement Parks • anime • fashion • Goro Miyazaki • Hayao Miyazaki • kimono • Princess Mononoke • spirited away • theme parks • yukata)

We caught up with three big names at Niantic at the latest Pokémon GO live event in Las Vegas

• Krista Rogers
  Mar 7, 2023

We talk the future of Pokémon GO–including everything from opportunities for making friends to the GO Battle League. 

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• Japan, USA
• (COK • Hoenn Tour • interview • Las Vegas • Niantic • P.K. Sanjun • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire • SNJO • video games)

Beautiful Tokyo water bus tour shows you off-the-beaten-path sakura from the land and river【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 7, 2023

The only Tokyo sakura drive that suddenly turns into a cruise.

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• Japan
• (bus tours • buses • cherry blossoms • COK • cool • cruise • sakura • Skytree • SNJO • Tokyo • Tokyo Skytree • travel • water bus)

Don Quijote’s “Magic Powder” promises to make food taste mind blowingly delicious

• Katie Pask
  Mar 7, 2023

The store’s “Premium Magic Powder to Make Instant Ramen Taste Amazing” can be used for all kinds of meals!

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• Japan
• (cooking • Don Quijote • food • haruka takagi • instant noodles • magic powder • ramen • SNJO • taste test)

Revolving sushi chain Choshimaru’s sushi will no longer revolve in response to “sushi terrorism”

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 7, 2023

Sushi will stop revolving as early at this week at branches of Tokyo-area kaiten sushi chain.

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• Japan
• (Choshimaru • COK • Conveyor belt sushi • food • gross • pranksters • restaurants • revolving sushi • sushi • sushi terrorism)

Kumano Kodo pilgrimage route Newport sandals released by Keen

• Master Blaster
  Mar 7, 2023

Part of the proceeds goes to preserving the World Heritage Site.

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• Japan, USA
• (COK • fashion • hiking • Keen • kumano kodo • nature • outdoor • sandals • shoes • Wakayama)

Rilakkuma Cafe opening in Harajuku to celebrate relaxing bear’s 20th anniversary【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 6, 2023

20 years since Rilakkuma’s debut, the adorable character still isn’t done relaxing.

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• Japan
• (cafes • COK • cute • food • Harajuku • restaurants • Rilakkuma • sweets • themed cafes • themed restaurants)

Poison Poison Poison Poison Poison Poison Poison Poison Poison Exhibit now on in Tokyo

• Master Blaster
  Mar 6, 2023

I wonder if it’s really about poison though…

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• Japan
• (animals • aquariums • COK • crazy • exhibits • funny • Modokuten • poison • sightseeing • Sunshine Aquarium • Tokyo • travel • weird)

New chain of Kirby takeout dessert shops opening in two Japanese cities for hungry Nintendo fans

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 6, 2023

Even if you can’t get a table at the super-crowded Kirby Cafe, the pink video game hero wants to help you feel full.

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• Japan
• (COK • cute • food • Kirby • Kirby Café • Kirby Cafe Petit • nintendo • restaurants • sweets • themed cafes • themed restaurants • video games)

Taste test battle! The new Mister Donut ice cream bar vs. a frozen Mister Donut donut【Taste test】

• SoraNews24
  Mar 6, 2023

Donut-inspired ice cream or icy donut, which will win our taste tester’s heart/stomach?

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• Japan
• (COK • donuts • food • ice cream • Mister Donut • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Message to foreigners at Japanese convenience store sparks controversy online

• Oona McGee
  Mar 5, 2023

Attempt to curtail customer rudeness comes off as incredibly rude.

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• Japan
• (conbini • convenience stores • customer service • food • foreigner • foreigners in Japan • foreigners living in Japan • kombini • konbini • Lawson • snacks)

What’s the difference between “The World’s Most Delicious” and “Tastiest” Coffee Jellies?

• Dale Roll
  Mar 5, 2023

A coffee shop’s confusing menu items both baffle and delight us.

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• Japan
• (cafe • coffee • coffee jelly • coffee shop • dessert • Geisha Coffee • Marunouchi • Masanuki Sunakoma • Saza • sweets • Tokyo Station)

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