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The 10 most annoying things foreign tourists do on Japanese trains, according to locals
- SoraNews24
Feb 19, 2026 - Tweet
Train etiquette can be hard to navigate for tourists, but locals need to watch their manners too.
- 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.
- 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.
- Global, Japan
- (anime • cool • fashion • manga • Manga Plus • Manga Plus T-Shirt Maker • shirts • Shueisha • t-shirts)
How to make curry in a rice cooker with zero prep work and no water[Recipe]
- Casey Baseel
Feb 19, 2026
Two steps, one piece of cooking equipment, and zero problems.
- Japan
- (clever • COK • cooking • cooking hacks • cool • crazy • curry • curry rice • food • Japanese curry • recipe • rice cooker • rice cooker recipe • SNJO • weird)
We tried six Japanese burger chains’ coffee to test the state of fast food coffee in Japan[Taste test]
- SoraNews24
Feb 18, 2026
In a rare twist, we headed to McDonald’s Japan, Mos Burger, and more without buying a single sandwich, because today we’re all about the beans.
- Japan
- (Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • coffee • COK • drinks • fast food • First Kitchen • food • hamburgers • KFC • KFC Japan • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Mos Burger • SNJO • taste test • Wendey’s Japan • Wendy's • Zetteria)
Japanese potato chip Rubik’s Cubes coming soon
- Master Blaster
Feb 18, 2026
Delicious difficulty added to the classic puzzle.
- Japan
- (Calbee • games • Mega House • potato chips • puzzles • rubik's cube • snacks)
Crazy-cheap Tokyo lunch: All-you-can-eat curry rice for 220 yen (US$1.40)!
- Casey Baseel
Feb 18, 2026
We go looking for faults in this sounds-too-good-to-be-true Ikebukuro offer.
- Japan
- (awesome • cafes • cheap eats • cheap food • COK • crazy • curry • curry rice • food • Internet cafes • manga cafes • net cafes • restaurants • SNJO)
Is Sapporio’s Snow Festival awesome enough to be worth visiting even if you hate the snow? [Pics]
- Casey Baseel
Feb 18, 2026
Can Hokkaido’s annual outdoor art event charm a Tohoku girl who’s always been lukewarm on winter travel?
- Japan
- (awesome • beautiful • COK • cool • Hokkaido • Sapporo • Sapporo Snow Festival • Saya Togashi • SNJO • snow • travel.tourism.Japan travel)
Japan has trams that say “sorry” while they ride around town…but why?
- Oona McGee
Feb 18, 2026
Gomen means sorry in Japanese, but in this town you’ll see it written on the streetcar destination displays.
- Japan
- (Anpanman • COK • Gomen • Japanese train stations • kochi • Kochi Prefecture • Shikoku • SNJO • streetcar • Takashi Yanase • train stations • trains • tram • trams • travel)
Japan’s bathhouse-themed bar replaces hot water with unlimited alcohol
- Elliot Hale
Feb 17, 2026
Styled like a traditional sento, this izakaya chain lines its walls with 13 working faucets that let you pour your own drink.
- Japan
- (alcohol • all you can drink • bar • COK • cool • izakaya • Miyagi • pub • Sendai • Taishu Shusen Terumae • Terumae • theme bar)
Shizuoka hot springs town invites you to see one of the longest hina doll displays in Japan
- Krista Rogers
Feb 17, 2026
This stairway of hina dolls at a local shrine is a true sight to behold and might actually make you lose your breath for good reason.
- Japan
- (big • display • Doll Festival • dolls • festival • hina matsuri • hot springs • Inatori Onsen • Japan travel • march • Shizuoka Prefecture • shrine • Susano Shrine • tourism • travel)
Cute coffins now available at Tokyo’s coffin relaxation salon[Photos]
- Casey Baseel
Feb 17, 2026
Unique Takadanobaba meditation space gets a splash of cuteness to brighten up the deathly décor.
- Japan
- (COK • cool.coffins • crazy • cute • meditation • scary • weird)
The other side of Shibuya Station has a great restaurant for trying tamagokakegohan
- SoraNews24
Feb 17, 2026
It’s worth going against the tourist flow to grab a bite here.
- Japan
- (COK • eggs • food • restaurants • Shibuya • Shibuya Station • SNJO • tamagokakegohan • teishoku)
Poop is in full bloom at the Unko Museums for cherry blossom season
- Master Blaster
Feb 17, 2026
Spring is in the air.
- Japan
- (cherry blossoms • COK • events • funny • gross • Nagoya • Okinawa • poop • sakura • Tokyo • Unko Museum • weird)
Playing Switch 2 games with just one hand is possible thanks to Japanese peripheral maker
- Casey Baseel
Feb 17, 2026
Gametech wants you to be able to keep one hand free for doing other things while you play.
Sakura Totoro is here to get spring started early with adorable pouches and plushies
- Casey Baseel
Feb 16, 2026
Totoro is tickled pink, and so are we.
- Japan
- (anime • cherry blossoms • Donguri Kyowakoku • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • plushies • pouches • sakura • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Fives places around Japan to appreciate the plum blossoms this season
- Krista Rogers
Feb 16, 2026
Spring hasn’t quite sprung yet but we can still soak up its essence in the humble yet mighty plum blossoms.
- Japan
- (beautiful • flowers • gardens • Ibaraki • Kanagawa • Kyoto • Osaka • outdoors • plum • plum blossoms • spring • travel • ume)
Legendary pie cafe Anna Miller’s finally returns to Tokyo after three-year absence
- Casey Baseel
Feb 16, 2026
Welcome back, Anna (and Anna’s pies)!
- Japan
- (Anna Miller’s • cafes • COK • food • pie • pies • restaurants • SNJO • sweets)
Naruto and Converse team up for new line of shinobi sneakers[Photos]
- Casey Baseel
Feb 16, 2026
Wearable salutes to six iconic characters from the shonen ninja saga.
What’s up with the secret basement at this Japanese train station?
- Oona McGee
Feb 15, 2026
There’s one level in this underground dungeon that can only be seen, but not accessed, by the public.
- Japan
- (COK • elevators • Japanese train stations • Korakuen • mysteries • SNJO • Subway • subways • Tokyo • trains • trains stations)
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