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Studio Ghibli releases bonsai fountains for your home
- Oona McGee
Dec 23, 2022 - Tweet
Voice-activated water gardens feature characters from My Neighbour Totoro, Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • cool • cute • fountains • Ghibli • merchandise • My Neighbor Totoro • Princess Mononoke • relaxation • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • Zen)
Hospitalized Japanese mom needs Pokémon fans’ help to make Christmas special for Eevee-loving kid
- Casey Baseel
Dec 23, 2022
Let’s help Eevee save Christmas.
- Japan
- (anime • Christmas • COK • Eevee • family • kids • moving • parents • Pokemon • touching • video games)
Can our writers pick out the pricier strawberry shortcake against one over four times cheaper?
- Master Blaster
Dec 23, 2022
It’s the reason for the season.
- Japan
- (cake • Chateraise • Christmas • Christmas cakes • COK • food • Gourmet Writers' Rating Check • Hotel New Otani • shortcake • SNJO • strawberry shortcake • sweets • taste test)
Ghibli Park now has English international ticket reservation site
- Casey Baseel
Dec 23, 2022
Getting into Ghibli Park just got easier for overseas fans.
- Japan
- (Amusement Parks • anime • Ghibli Park • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • theme parks • travel • whisper of the heart)
“Get them drunk then chop off their heads.” Samurai’s assassination plot against U.S. envoys found
- Casey Baseel
Dec 23, 2022
Alternate plan was to just burn them alive.
- Japan
- (crazy • Edo period • history • Japan isolation • samurai • shogun • shogunate • Tokugawa)
Starbucks Japan releases cute new zodiac goods for Year of the Rabbit
- Oona McGee
Dec 23, 2022
“We Are Starbucks Coffee Rabbits — Living Somewhere in Coffee Tree Forests” is the theme for this new collection.
- Japan
- (animal Zodiac • cups • drinkware • Holiday Season • Japanese New Year • limited edition • mugs • new year • New Year 2023 • New Year's • Oshogatsu • rabbits • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • tumblers cute • Year of the Rabbit)
Avatar sequel no match for anime basketball boys in Japan as Way of Water debuts behind Slam Dunk
- Shannon
Dec 22, 2022
Avatar: The Way of Water didn’t stand a chance against this fan fave.
- Japan
- (anime • Avatar • Avatar The Way of Water • manga • movies • Slam Dunk • The First Slam Dunk)
Japan is building a Pokémon Slowpoke Park to delight fans of all ages
- Casey Baseel
Dec 22, 2022
The prefecture that named the Water/Psychic Pokémon as its governor is now building him a park.
“Hey, Japanese taxi driver, take us to the best seafood restaurant in Noboribetsu!”
- Oona McGee
Dec 22, 2022
We’ve gotta say, there’s no way we would’ve thought this remote-looking location would turn out to be such a hidden gem.
- Japan
- (COK • donburi • fish • fishing town • food • Hey Japanese taxi driver • Hey Taxi Driver • Hokkaido • Japanese food • Kojohama • Noboribetsu • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • seafood • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taxis • travel)
5 million yen in cash found in Otsu City dump
- Master Blaster
Dec 22, 2022
One person’s trash is another’s five million yen.
- Japan
- (crazy • garbage • garbage dumps • lost money • money • trash • weird)
Tokyo’s all-female sushi chef restaurant has closed down, is being dismantled
- Casey Baseel
Dec 22, 2022
End of the line for Akihabara’s barrier-challenging Nadeshiko Sushi.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • COK • food • Nadeshiko Sushi • restaurants • sushi • sushi chefs • women)
Lawson selling a pastry based on a pastry based on a uniquely Osakan pastry
- Master Blaster
Dec 22, 2022
Good bakers copy, great bakers steal.
- Japan
- (baked goods • convenience stores • food • junk food • Kansai • Kobeya • Lawson • melonpan • Osaka • regional tastes • Sanmi • Yonmi)
Here are Japan’s most-sung karaoke songs in 2022 from karaoke system Joysound
- Shannon
Dec 21, 2022
Want to know what people in Japan are singing? Joysound knows.
- Japan
- (A Cruel Angel's Thesis • COK • J-Pop • Joysound • karaoke • music • Neon Genesis Evangelion • ranking)
Mister Donut dazzles us with custom-made Pokémon furniture and edible Jigglypuffs【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 21, 2022
Delicious donuts, fashionable furniture, and just a little terrifying trauma.
- Japan
- (anime • COK • cool • donuts • interior • Jigglypuff • Mister Donut • Pikachu • Pokemon • SNO • sweets • Takadanobaba • taste test • video games)
Hey, Croatian taxi driver! Take us to the restaurant with the best štrukli in Zagreb
- Dale Roll
Dec 21, 2022
The result was…unexpected.
- Japan
- (Croatia • Europe • European food • food • Hey Japanese taxi driver • Ikuna Kamezawa • taste test • travel)
7-Eleven Japan begins to implement new colorless food containers to reduce CO2 emissions
- Krista Rogers
Dec 21, 2022
The new containers have already been rolled out at store locations in Japan’s northernmost prefecture Hokkaido.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • bento • boxed lunches • CO2 emissions • CO2 reduction • COK • convenience store • environment • environmentally friendly • food • Hokkaido • konbini • reduction)
Adorable new Totoro finger puppets make perfect finger topper stocking stuffers【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 21, 2022
Adorable last-minute Christmas gift ideas for the Studio Ghibli anime fan in your life (even if that fan is you).
- Japan
- (anime • COK • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Hayao Miyazaki • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
The top 10 shotengai shopping streets in Tokyo【Survey】
- Shannon
Dec 21, 2022
From hot tourist spots to residential areas, good finds are everywhere.
- Japan
- (Ameya Yokocho • Ameyoko • Aoyama • Asakusa • COK • Ikebukuro • Kichijoji • Musashi-Koyama • Nakano • shimokitazawa • shopping • shopping street • shotengai • Togoshi-Ginza • Tokyo • Tokyo shopping)
Japan’s Christmas plans are pretty chill this year, survey shows
- Casey Baseel
Dec 20, 2022
Christmas Eve is considered the biggest date night of the year, but most respondents are planning to spend it a different way.
- Japan
- (Christmas • Christmas Eve • COK • relationships • romance • society • survey)
Survey reveals the most-played Pokémon games in Japan among other generational trends
- Krista Rogers
Dec 20, 2022
Hint: The most-played Pokémon games are part of the Game Boy family of games.
- Japan
- (COK • Game Boy • Nintendo DS • nintendo switch • Pokemon • Pokémon Gold • Pokémon Silver • Pokémon Green • Pokémon Red • video games)
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Pokémon Company announces first-ever permanent Pokémon store to open outside Asia- Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
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New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
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Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
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Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
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