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Starbucks Japan releases its second festive Frappuccino for 2022, but is it as good as the first?
- Oona McGee
Dec 1, 2022 - Tweet
A surprising departure from your usual Christmas flavours.
- Japan
- (caramel • Christmas • Christmas 2022 • COK • dessert drinks • desserts • drinks • festive • Frappuccinos • Holiday Season • K. Masami • mille-feuille • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test)
Gucci teaming up with long-standing Japanese silk company to make beautiful limited-edition bags
- Dale Roll
Dec 1, 2022
Gorgeous traditional Japanese art combined with Gucci’s history makes for some really stunning bags.
- Japan
- (American culture • bags • COK • fashion • Gucci • handbags • Kyoto • Nishijin Ori • silk)
Pokémon Center apologizes for writing model Nicole Fujita’s name as Nicole Fujita
- Casey Baseel
Dec 1, 2022
Even native Japanese readers had trouble spotting the problem in collaboration announcement.
- Japan
- (accessories • anime • apology • fashion • funny • Japanese language • kanji • Katakana • linguistics • Nicole Fujita • Pokemon • Pokemon Center • video games)
How to make your own hoshi-imo Japanese dried sweet potato snacks【SoraKitchen】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 1, 2022
Making one of Japan’s favorite snacks is a slow and easy process.
- Japan
- (COK • food • hoshi-imo • SNJO • SoraKitchen • sweet potatoes • sweets • yaki imo)
Mr. Sato takes on the “Trap or Treasure” capsule machine for 500 yen
- Master Blaster
Dec 1, 2022
One man’s trap is another’s treasure.
- Japan
- (Ameyoko • capsule machines • gacha • Mr. Sato • prayers • Taito • Tokyo • Trap or Treasure)
Man rides motorbike into lobby of Fukuoka police station, demands they crack down on rude driving
- Master Blaster
Nov 30, 2022
If it worked for the Terminator, why not him?
- Japan
- (cars • COK • crazy • crime • driving • Fukuoka • Kitakyushu • motorbikes • motorcycles • police • weird)
Can we pick out the Japanese premium priced persimmon in this blind taste test?
- Katie Pask
Nov 30, 2022
Premium vs. supermarket — we try to avenge our persimmon failings from five years ago.
- Japan
- (blind taste test • COK • expensive food • food • fruit • Isetan • japanese fruit • persimmon • SNJO • taste test)
The joys of fatbiking around Okinawa’s remote Taketomi Island
- Dale Roll
Nov 30, 2022
No other way will get you around the island so smoothly and quickly!
- Japan
- (beaches • COK • cycling • Okinawa • sightseeing • SNJO • Taketomi Island • travel • Yaeyama)
Buying Japanese concert tickets may get even harder for foreign tourists with new government plan
- Casey Baseel
Nov 30, 2022
Digital agency wants to link sports and concert ticket purchases to resident-only government-issued ID card.
- Japan
- (concerts • idol singers • Idols • my number • My Number Card • sports)
Yakiniku Like in Tokyo starts serving up solo shabu shabu hot pot, and we tried it
- Shannon
Nov 30, 2022
Party of one? No problem at this Yakiniku Like.
- Japan
- (COK • hot pot • Japanese beef • restaurants • Shabu-shabu • shinjuku • SNJO • solo dining • Yakiniku Like)
A visit to Japan’s Kirby Cafe to eat the Kirby car cake and more!【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 30, 2022
Kirby car cake is the true breakfast of champions.
- Japan
- (cafes • COK • cute • food • Kirby • Kirby and the Forgotten Land • Kirby Café • nintendo • restaurants • SNO • Solamachi • sweets • themed cafes • Tokyo Skytree • video games)
Travelling to Japan soon? New entry requirements you need to know about
- Oona McGee
Nov 29, 2022
Things have recently changed, making the process smoother for international tourists.
- Japan
- (border restrictions • COK • coronavirus • entry ban • entry restrictions • foreigners in Japan • Haneda Airport • international tourists • Japan travel • Narita Airport • news • reopening • reopening borders • SNJO • tourism • tourists • travel)
Mr. Sato gets his first pole dancing performance invitation, nearly blows it【Video】
- Master Blaster
Nov 29, 2022
You’re only as old as you feel.
- Japan
- (Aerial Dance Hachinohe • Aomori • Chainsaw Man • COK • dancing • fitness • Kenshi Yonezu • Mr. Sato • pole dancing • SNJO)
Yoshitomo Nara x Stella McCartney shared capsule collection coming soon to shelves
- Krista Rogers
Nov 29, 2022
This upcoming collaboration combines the work of one of Japan’s most iconic contemporary artists with eco-conscious high fashion and social activism.
- Japan
- (activism • art • COK • collaboration • fashion • Stella McCartney • Yoshitomo Nara)
The Fuwatoro Yamaimo Teppan just might be 7-Eleven Japan’s dish of the year【Taste test】
- Shannon
Nov 29, 2022
Only available in select areas of Japan!
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • COK • convenience stores • food • SNJO • taste test • yam • yamaimo)
Japan has a special foil for roasting sweet potatoes at home, and it’s like having a time machine
- Casey Baseel
Nov 29, 2022
Kuro Foil is exactly the kind of culinary black magic we want at this time of year.
- Japan
- (aluminum foil • clever • COK • cooking • cool • food • SNJO • sweet potatoes • taste test • yaki imo)
Pocky x Street Fighter II collaboration comes with a special game for a limited time
- Oona McGee
Nov 29, 2022
Will you be able to deliver a Pocky K.O.?
- Japan
- (arcade games • biscuits • chocolate • COK • cool • food • Glico • Pocky • Pocky K.O. • retro games • Street Fighter • Street Fighter II • sweets • video games)
The 5 best Japanese bento to buy at Kyoto Station
- Oona McGee
Nov 28, 2022
These ekiben are a feast for the eyes as well as the taste buds.
- Japan
- (bento • COK • Ekiben • food • gourmet • Japanese food • Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • K. Masami • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • train stations • trains • travel)
The new mustard mayo black pepper yakisoba “Demon King” flavor is here to terrorize tongues
- Krista Rogers
Nov 28, 2022
Our reporter’s tastebuds get taunted when he underestimates the true power of the Demon King.
- Japan
- (black pepper • Demon King • mustard mayonnaise • Noodles • Peyoung • pk sanjun • taste test • yakisoba)
This Tempura Soba Burger has some famous credentials behind its creation
- Oona McGee
Nov 28, 2022
Will these unlikely bedfellows make for an illicit relationship or sublime harmony?
- Japan
- (bread • burgers • COK • eating • food • ginger • Iwashita New Ginger • Japanese food • Japanese sandwiches • Mr. Sato • restaurants • sandwiches • SNJO • soba • taste test • tempura • Tokyo • weird • yakisoba)
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- Pachinko parlor operator arrested for not obscuring the act of gambling well enough
- Continuing cyberattacks hit Japanese arcade hard [Photos]
- Starbucks Japan reveals this year’s lucky bag, but you’ll have to act fast to get one
- Princess Mononoke was going to look totally different, new Studio Ghibli artbook shows
- Liquid croissant coffee is coming to Japanese stores this month
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Liquid croissant coffee is coming to Japanese stores this month
Continuing cyberattacks hit Japanese arcade hard [Photos]
Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
Pachinko parlor operator arrested for not obscuring the act of gambling well enough
Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
Princess Mononoke was going to look totally different, new Studio Ghibli artbook shows
Starbucks Japan reveals this year’s lucky bag, but you’ll have to act fast to get one
First-ever cafe on Tokyo Imperial Palace Garden grounds is now open
Godzilla becomes a Japanese randoseru backpack, as do two of his greatest rivals [Photos]
Japan’s free stock image site of muscular men doing whimsical and mundane things reveals rankings
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- Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America- Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
Life-size Monster Hunter dragon statues to be built at Japanese shopping mall
Modern exosuits are opening up ancient Japanese castle climbs to everyone
Evangelion announces collaboration with Hard Rock Cafe
Studio Ghibli homeware brand’s faux oil lamp brings light, smiles, and Kiki’s Jiji to your home
Cold Stone is closing its final branch in all of east Japan, but it’s going down singing
Starbucks Japan unveils new Christmas goods for 2026, with exclusive holiday surprises
Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
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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
- Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
- Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
What’s it like to stay in a Japanese container hotel?- Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
Chainsaw robots helping keep trains running safely in east Japan [Video]
New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
Tokyo train station will play Godzilla theme song as new departure melody
Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
Yearly
Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
Studio Ghibli has a new anime out, and there’s only one place in the world where you can see it
Starbucks Japan releases new drinkware and goods for Valentine’s Day
Starbucks Japan releases new sakura goods and drinkware for cherry blossom season 2026
Japan’s newest Shinkansen has no seats…or passengers [Video]
Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
Japanese ninja certification exam attracts 131 candidates from Japan and abroad
Salomon releases Japan-exclusive Mt. Fuji hiking gear that doubles as an amazing souvenir
Japan reportedly adding Japanese language skill requirement to most common foreigner work visa
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