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Japan asked to vote on what to officially call insanely hot days

Master Blaster
Mar 6, 2026
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Good idea to hold the election before it’s too hot to think.

Japan
(COK • heat • Japan Meteorological Agency • Japanese language • JMA • linguistics • meteorology • science • weather)

Japanese government planning higher ticket prices for foreign tourists at Tokyo National Museum

Casey Baseel
Mar 6, 2026

Agency for Cultural Affairs wants two-tiered ticket pricing system at 12 National Museums.

Japan
(Japan travel • museums • overtourism • Tokyo National Museum • tourism • travel • two-tiered pricing • Ueno • Ueno Park)

Studio Ghibli now sells Ursula’s backpack from Kiki’s Delivery Service at its anime shop in Japan

Oona McGee
Mar 6, 2026

Channel the cool confidence of a Ghibli character with a real-world bag…that comes with a giant price tag.

Japan
(anime • backpacks • bags • cool • fashion • GBL • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • Kiki's Delivery Service • manga • movies • shop • shopping • Studio Ghibli • Ursula)

Visiting Japan’s one-and-only, and only-for-a-limited-time, Dragon Ball noodle restaurant[Photos]

Casey Baseel
Mar 6, 2026

Marugame Seimen branch in downtown Tokyo transforms into an anime eatery with awesome artwork inside and out.

Japan
(anime • COK • cool • Dragon Ball • food • manga • Marugame Seimen • Noodles • restaurants • Senzu Beans • SNJO • taste test • udon)

7-Eleven Japan now sells bagels…cooked in bamboo steamers

Oona McGee
Mar 5, 2026

Like a bagel masquerading as a Chinese steamed bun.

Japan
(7-Eleven • bagels • combini • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • konbini • steamed buns)

Over four billion yen in lost cash was found in Tokyo last year, setting new record

Casey Baseel
Mar 5, 2026

Billions turned in to police, and billions returned to owners.

Japan
(COK • crazy • Japan travel • lost and found • lost money • lost property • society • tourism • travel)

Japan’s Human Washing Machine pods are now on sale for home use, and they’re not cheap

Casey Baseel
Mar 5, 2026

But can you really put a price on this kind of science fiction-grade luxury?

Japan
(bathing • baths • cool • crazy • Expo 2025 • Future Human Washing Machine • Human Washer in the Future • human washing machine • Human Washing Machine of the Future • technology • Yamada Denki)

Starbucks Japan has a limited-edition candle…that hasn’t sold out yet

Oona McGee
Mar 5, 2026

Does this mean the candle isn’t any good?

Japan
(candle • candles • Joyful Medley • limited edition • merchandise • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks candle • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • tea)

Taste-testing Japan’s real-world Dragon Balls and Senzu Beans at Marugame Seimen

SoraNews24
Mar 5, 2026

The treasures of Dragon Ball come to one of Japan’s favorite noodle restaurant chains.

Japan
(anime • COK • cool • Dragon Ball • food • manga • Marugame Seimen • Noodles • restaurants • Senzu Beans • SNJO • taste test • udon)

Japan’s cherry blossom season predicted to start earlier than we’d thought, especially in Tokyo

Casey Baseel
Mar 4, 2026

Updated forecast says a burst of warm weather, with more sun to come, will be speeding up cherry blossom buds’ development.

Japan
(cherry blossom forecast • cherry blossom forecast 2026 • cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms forecast • cherry blossoms forecast 2026 • flowers • Japan cherry blossom forecast • Japan cherry blossoms forecast 2026 • Japan travel • nature • sakura • sakura forecast • sakura forecast 2026 • tourism • travel)

Live-action One Piece’s Luffy teaches Sesame Street’s Elmo a Japanese word for friendship[Video]

Casey Baseel
Mar 4, 2026

Aspiring pirate kings share hugs with each other and a bit of Japanese culture with the world.

Japan, USA
(anime • culture • Elmo • Iñaki Godoy • Japanese language • learning japanese • linguistics • Live action • live-action One Piece • manga • Nakama • Netflix • Netflix One Piece • One Piece • Sesame Street)

Is Starbucks Japan’s new Hinamatsuri Girls’ Day Frappuccino suitable for adults?

Oona McGee
Mar 4, 2026

Tiny Frappuccino is designed for young girls, so we find out if it’s too sweet for adults.

Japan
(cherry blossoms • Doll's Festival • drinks • Frappuccino • girls' day • Hinamatsuri • Hinamatsuri Frappuccino • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • Peach • sakura • SNO • spring • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition)

One Piece creator has hidden secret of anime treasure’s identity in chest at bottom of real-world ocean

Casey Baseel
Mar 4, 2026

After keeping secret for nearly 30 years, Eiichiro Oda has written it down on a paper, put that paper in a chest, and tossed it into the sea, where it remains even now.

Japan
(anime • awesome • cool • crazy • Eiichiro Oda • manga • One Piece • video)

Sakuramochi festival sweetens things up at Tokyo’s Seibu Ikebukuro this season

Krista Rogers
Mar 4, 2026

One of Tokyo’s biggest shopping areas is giving you the chance to try 19 kinds of the traditional spring sweet spanning two major regional differences.

Japan
(cherry blossoms • Ikebukuro • sakura • sakuramochi • Seibu Department Store • sweets • traditional • wagashi)

Is Tokyo Station’s startlingly expensive wagyu bento boxed lunch worth its high price?[Taste test]

SoraNews24
Mar 3, 2026

The Yukifuri Wagyu Obanazawa Sirloin and Rib Loin Steak Rice Box has a long name, a high price, and our stomach’s interest.

Japan
(beef • bento • boxed lunches • COK • Ekiben • expensive food • food • Japan travel • meat • SNJO • steak • taste test • Tokyo Station • tourism • travel • Wagyu)

Starbucks Japan unveils new sakura cherry blossom collection for hanami season 2026

Oona McGee
Mar 3, 2026

Sakura is usually associated with the colour pink, so why is this collection so blue?

Japan
(cherry blossoms • COK • cups • drinkware • hanami • hanami 2026 • limited edition • mugs • sakura • sakura 2026 • sakura drinkware • sakura goods • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • Starbucks sakura • tumblers)

Kyoto raises hotel accommodation tax to fight overtourism, travelers could pay up to 10 times more

Casey Baseel
Mar 3, 2026

Higher rates now in effect, projected to bring in more than 7 billion yen in extra revenue.

Japan
(accommodation tax • COK • hotels • Japan travel • Kyoto • overtourism • tourism • travel)

Sakura Festival in Chiyoda mixes illuminations, boats, music, and Rilakkuma in the heart of Tokyo

Krista Rogers
Mar 3, 2026

Celebrate the fleeting cherry blossom season with a plethora of things to do right around the Imperial Palace.

Japan
(boats • cherry blossoms • Chiyoda • illuminations • Imperial Palace • light up • lights • music • night • Rilakkuma • sakura • Sakura Festival in Chiyoda 2026 • spring • Tokyo)

Chance to play Tetris on a massive staircase in Kyoto Station coming in March

Master Blaster
Mar 3, 2026

The one time you won’t get in trouble for playing on the stairs.

Japan
(awesome • cool • crazy • Daikaidan • Grand Staircase • Kyoto • Kyoto Station • Tetris • video games)

Lawson adds doughnuts to its convenience store sweets range, but are they good enough to go viral?

Oona McGee
Mar 2, 2026

A new convenience store sweet…but you need to be lucky to find it.

Japan
(combini • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • donuts • doughnuts • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • konbini • Lawson • SNJO • sweets)

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