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Ghost in the Sheel goes traditional with Japanese porcelain Tachikoma robots, only 50 to be made

• Master Blaster
  Feb 3, 2026
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Perfect with your other ornaments or as a stand-alone complex.

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• Japan
• (anime • art • ceramic • COK • cool • culture • Ghost in the Shell • Hataman • manga • Nabeshima ware • porcelain • tachikoma)

How to make a lucky sushi roll with KFC fried chicken skin【SoraKitchen】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 3, 2026

Mr. Sato dreams up an innovative way to ensure good luck and give yourself an excuse to eat fried chicken.

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• Japan
• (COK • Ehomaki • fried chicken • fried chicken skin • Kentucky Fried Chicken • Kentucky Fried Chicken Japan • KFC • KFC Japan • setsubun • SNJO • SoraKitchen • sushi • sushi rolls)

Japan has abolished advance deportation notifications to foreigners’ lawyers

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 3, 2026

16-year policy swept away with less than a week for transition.

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• Japan
• (COK • crime • deportation • foreigners in Japan • immigration • Living in Japan • society)

Cherry blossom sake rice beer arriving in Japan well ahead of cherry blossom season, but how?

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 2, 2026

The return of the sakura and the arrival of sakura beer are both annual events, but their timing doesn’t have to match.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • beer • cherry blossoms • drinks • sakura • Sankt Gallen)

Trouble making friends? Sticker collecting works surprisingly well

• Master Blaster
  Feb 2, 2026

Good friends stick together.

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• Japan
• (COK • friendship • haruka takagi • hobbies • making friends • SNJO • sticker collecting • sticker trading • stickers)

Kyoto planning surprise late-night inspections of Airbnb-style rentals to fight overtourism

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 2, 2026

Local residents’ complaints about bad-mannered tourists prompt pledges from mayor to consider tighten regulations.

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• Japan
• (Airbnb • COK • hotels • Japan travel • Kyoto • short-term rentals • society • tourism • travel)

Japanese women sound off on their minimum height requirements for a husband【Survey】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 1, 2026

Participants also list other ways a guy can make up for vertical shortcomings.

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• Japan
• (marriage • relationships • romance • society • survey)

Japan has been tossing message-bearing coconuts into the ocean since the 1980s

• Elliot Hale
  Feb 1, 2026

Only a tiny fraction of them ever get found, but that’s just part of the charm.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • Atsumi Peninsula • Cape Irago • coconut • COK • Ishigaki • Kouhey • Kuroshio • Okinawa • Okinawa Fes Milafete • Shimazaki Toson • SNJO • Yanagita Kunio • yashi no mi)

Why you should visit Shizuoka, the green tea oasis in the middle of Japan’s golden route

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 1, 2026

While you’re rushing between Tokyo and Kyoto, don’t forget to take some time to stop and sip the tea.

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• Japan
• (beautiful • castles • COK • culture • drinks • food • gardens • green tea • Japan travel • matcha • Shizuoka • Shizuoka City • Shizuoka Prefecture • SNJO • sweets • tea • tourism • travel)

Japanese movie theater chain’s popcorn earns highest Grand Prix quality certification

• Master Blaster
  Jan 31, 2026

Star-studded popcorn for star-studded movies.

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• Japan
• (109 Cinemas • Grand Prix • Japan Food Selection • movie theaters • movies • Nuchi Masu • popcorn • Popcorn (Salted) M Size • Preferred Popcorn)

Yokai are descending upon Tokyo this spring in the latest immersive art experience

• Elliot Hale
  Jan 31, 2026

From ghostly processions to playful monsters, this exhibition shows off the charm of Japan’s folklore with modern visual technology.

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• Japan
• (3-D art • art • art exhibition • beautiful • COK • cool • culture • digital art • digital art exhibiton • exhibition • history • Hitohata • Immersive Museum • museums • Tokyo • ukiyo-e • yokai • Yokai Immersive Experience)

420 million yen in cash-filled suitcases stolen on Tokyo streets, incidents at Haneda and Hong Kong follow

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 31, 2026

Three robbery attempts, all connected to Hong Kong currency exchange, take place within 14 hours of each other.

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• China, Japan
• (COK • crazy • crime • Haneda • Haneda Airport • Hong Kong • Okachimachi • robbery • theft • Ueno • video)

Japan’s suicides fall to lowest recorded number ever, but one demographic hits all-time high

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 31, 2026

Statistics show overall situation is improving, but some at-risk individuals need more help than ever.

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• Japan
• (mental health • society • suicide • youth)

Japanese man gets drunk and falls asleep on Tokyo streets, then gets robbed by foreign national

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 30, 2026

They say no one sleeps in Tokyo’s nightlife districts, and here’s a good reason not too.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • crazy • crime • drunk • robbery • Shibuya • theft • weird)

Morning-after pill finally available in Japan without a prescription, must be taken at pharmacy

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 30, 2026

After 15 years of needing a doctor’s permission, women and teens in Japan can now buy emergency contraceptives over the counter, but still with some strings attached.

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• Japan
• (birth control • contraceptives • emergency contraceptives • health • medecine • morning-after pill • pregnancy • society)

Is Starbucks Japan’s new extra-expensive Valentine’s Day espresso Frappuccino worth the price?

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 30, 2026

Starbucks is getting into Godiva territory with the price of its newest chocolate dessert drink, but is the quality there?

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• Japan
• (affogato • cacao • chocolate • coffee • COK • cookies • drinks • espresso • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccinos • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets • taste test • Valentine's Day)

Japan’s got a subscription service for pillows with or without plastic tubes inside

• Master Blaster
  Jan 30, 2026

Why own a comfy pillow when you can lease one?

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• Japan
• (comfort • health • pillows • plastic • shopping • sleeping • subscription services • The Pillow)

New Studio Ghibli stamps leave an impression on your stationery…and your heart

• Oona McGee
  Jan 30, 2026

Dress up notebooks and sticky notes with memorable anime scenes from Japan.

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• Japan
• (anime • art • Calcifer • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • Howl's Moving Castle • Japanese stationery • Jiji • Kiki's Delivery Service • Laputa • Laputa: Castle in the Sky • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • No Face • spirited away • stamps • stationery • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Japan cherry blossom forecast update moves up sakura dates for many parts of the country

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 29, 2026

Forecast shows you might need to move your cherry blossom plans in Japan up by a few days.

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• 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)

And now, we eat a bear paw we bought in Japan’s Chiba Prefecture【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 29, 2026

Bear with Seiji as he cooks up some high-quality, high-rarity meat.

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• Japan
• (bear meat • bears • COK • cooking • crazy • food • hot pot • nabe • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taste test • weird)

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