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Saitama is home to the best strawberries in Japan that you’ve probably never even heard of

• Master Blaster
  Feb 24, 2026
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Central prefecture quietly becomes the strawberry capital of Japan.

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• Japan
• (Amaou • Amarin • Benihoppe • food • fruit • Saitama • strawberries • Tochiotome)

Highest Starbucks in Japan set to open this spring in the Tokyo sky

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 24, 2026

New cafe will offer beautiful views of the city, Mt. Fuji, and cherry blossoms.

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• Japan
• (cafes • cherry blossoms • coffee • Japan travel • restaurtants • sakura • Skytree • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Tokyo Skytree • tourism • travel)

Skyscraper sized Pokémon cards to appear in Tokyo all year long in Tocho projection mapping event

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 23, 2026

Tokyo’s 242.9-meter (797-foot) city hall will be lit up with Pokémon cards starting this spring.

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• Japan
• (amime • awesome • card games • COK • collectible card games • cool • cute • manga • Pikachu • Pokemon • pokemon cards • Tocho • Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building • trading card games)

Adorable Totoro acorn key holders come with a special guest hidden inside[Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 23, 2026

Donguri Kyowakoku lives up to its name with this Ghibli gear.

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• Japan
• (anime • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Yakuzen ramen restaurant in Tokyo is very different to a yakuza ramen restaurant

• Oona McGee
  Feb 23, 2026

This tonkotsu ramen has medicinal benefits that can boost your energy after a long day of sightseeing.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • ginseng • health • healthy food • Jimbocho • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • Tokyo • tonkotsu • tonkotsu ramen • yakuzen • yakuzen ramen)

Osaka establishes first designated smoking area in Dotonbori canal district to fight “overtourism”

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 23, 2026

Street food hot spot wants to be cleaner, but it might just be pushing the smoke down the street.

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• Japan
• (Dotonbori • Japan travel • Osaka • overtourism • smoking • tourism • travel)

Tokyo Skytree turns pink for the cherry blossom season

• Elliot Hale
  Feb 23, 2026

Japan’s tallest tower transforms into a cherry blossom-viewing spot, complete with pink projections and themed drinks.

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• Japan
• (cafe • cafes • cherry blossoms • COK • drinks • events • food • illumination • Japan travel • photo spot • sakura • Tokyo Sky Tree • Tokyo Skytree • tourism • travel)

Hey, 2020s kids! The ’90s have a sticker picture message waiting for you in Tokyo

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 22, 2026

30th anniversary celebration looks to link Heisei and Reiwa eras with shared love for purikura.

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• Japan

Burning through cash just to throw things away tops list of headaches when moving house in Japan

• Elliot Hale
  Feb 22, 2026

Spring relocations in Japan can drain your budget faster than expected, and garbage disposal fees are the biggest surprise.

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• Japan
• (COK • garbage disposal • Living in Japan • moving • moving companies • oversized garbage • society • sodai gomi • survey)

Last chance coming up for amazing east Japan for all-you-can-ride Shinkansen-inclusive train pass

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 21, 2026

Get your Kyun Pass while you can.

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• Japan
• (Japan Rail Pass • Japan train pass • Japan travel • Rail Pass • shinkansen • tourism • train pass • trains • travel)

566 million yen in gold bars donated to Japanese city’s water bureau

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 21, 2026

Osaka Municipal Water Bureau suddenly becomes quite a bit closer to being flush with funds.

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• Japan
• (crazy • donation • gold • gold bars • weird)

Starbucks Japan complexly raises prices, will now charge for takeout bags

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 21, 2026

Ecological goals and economic concerns mean no more free bags and more by-location price variations.

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• Japan
• (cafes • coffee • drinks • eco-friendly • ecology • environmentally friendly • environmeny • food • resuable bags • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)

Shibuya Station’s Hachiko Gate and Yamanote Line stairway locations change next month

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 20, 2026

Minor changes to majorly congested Tokyo train station are good to know before you go.

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• Japan
• (Hachiko • Japan travel • Shibuya • Shibuya Station • stations • tourism • trains • travel)

Japan’s new “Cunte” contact lenses aren’t pronounced like you’re probably thinking they are

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 20, 2026

Cunte Jelly Trick and other lenses’ names might be too clever for their own good.

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• Japan
• (COK • Contact lenses • crazy • fashion • funny • Japanese language • linguistics • weird • Why Does Engrish Happen?)

Starbucks Japan adds new sakura Frappuccino and cherry blossom drinks to the menu

• Oona McGee
  Feb 20, 2026

Limited-edition spring drinks make their way to Starbucks, but are they worth buying? 

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• Japan
• (cherry blossom • cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2026 • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • hanami • Japanese Frappuccino • K. Masami • latte • matcha • review • sakura • sakura 2026 • sakura Frappuccino • SNJO • soda • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test • tea)

Cherry blossom mochi lattes arrive at Japan’s Pronto cafe chain to start sakura sweets season

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 20, 2026

What’s creamy on the outside, jiggly on the inside, and pink and delicious all over? This new sakura dessert drink.

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• Japan
• (cafes • cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms sweets • COK • drinks • Pronto • restaurants • sakura • sakura sweets • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Japan just had its first same-month foreign tourist decrease in four years

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 19, 2026

One country is clearly the cause, but fewer foreign tourists might not put the pressure it expects on Japan.

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• China, Japan
• (China travel advisory • China travel warning • COK • foreign tourists • japan national tourism organization • Japan travel • jnto • society • tourism • travel)

The 10 most annoying things foreign tourists do on Japanese trains, according to locals

• SoraNews24
  Feb 19, 2026

Train etiquette can be hard to navigate for tourists, but locals need to watch their manners too.

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• Japan
• (COK • etiquette • Japanese trains • manners • society • subways • tourism • train etiquette • train manners • train travel • trains • travel)

Japanese zoo’s monkey bonds with Ikea stuffed orangutang following abandonment by mother[Video]

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 19, 2026

Punch’s life started with a metaphorical gut-punch, but things are cuddlier, and happier, now.

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• Japan
• (animals • cute • Ichikawa • Ichikawa City Zoo • ikea • monkeys • moving • plushies • punch • touching • video • zoos)

New service lets you turn manga pages into T-shirt designs, over 200 titles to choose from

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 19, 2026

Manga Plus adds feature that lets fans put manga page art they’ve fallen in love with onto a shirt.

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• Global, Japan
• (anime • cool • fashion • manga • Manga Plus • Manga Plus T-Shirt Maker • shirts • Shueisha • t-shirts)

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