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Mr. Sato taste tests not only the original takoyaki, but its predecessor, radioyaki, in Osaka

• Krista Rogers
  Oct 15, 2025
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Our ace reporter learns that the fried balls of octopus in Kansai are not quite what he expected.

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• (Aizuya • akashiyaki • COK • food • Kansai • Mr. Sato • Osaka • radioyaki • SNJO • takoyaki)

Tokyo big walk – Walking from Tokyo Station to the Big Sight convention center on Tokyo Bay【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 14, 2025

A unique way to see some very different Tokyo neighborhoods. Read More

• Japan
• (COK • cool • SNJO • Tokyo • Tokyo Big Sight • tourism • travel • urban exploring • walking • walking course)

JR Hokkaido train driver in trouble for reading book about trains on stopped train

• Master Blaster
  Oct 14, 2025

Employee accused of not being devoted enough to his work.

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• (books • Hokkaido • JR Hokkaido • Otaru Station • reading • train drivers • trains)

Studio Ghibli releases new anime tea and mugs in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Oct 14, 2025

A beautiful way to add a calming sense of escapism to your day.

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• Japan
• (anime • beautiful • cups • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • Jiji • Ki&Ki • Kiki's Delivery Service • manga • mugs • My Neighbor Tototo • Studio Ghibli • tea • Totoro)

Godzilla and King Ghidorah fight it out inside this Tokyo hotel room that you can stay in【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 14, 2025

Godzilla’s greatest rival comes to challenge him for his Shinjuku crown.

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• (awesome • COK • cool • Ghidora • Godzilla • hotels • kaiju • shinjuku • SNJO • tourism • travel)

Classy and cute, Ghibli cloth coasters are here in time for autumn tea time【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 14, 2025

Tea with Totoro, anyone?

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• Japan
• (anime • coasters • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • drinks • Howl's Moving Castle • interior • Kiki's Delivery Service • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Kyoto travel alternative: The “little Kyoto” of Shuzenji【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 14, 2025

Sometimes great travel experiences come in little-Kyoto packages.

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• Japan
• (bamboo • beautiful • COK • cool • hot springs • Izu • Izu Peninsula • little Kyoto • onsen • Shizuoka • sho-Kyoto • Shuzenji • SNJO • temples • tourism • travel)

Dragons shine at nighttime illumination event coming to Tokyo’s Toshogu Shrine later this month

• Krista Rogers
  Oct 13, 2025

Enjoy the lit-up structures of an important shrine inside of Ueno Park this autumn complete with special omamori and more.

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• Japan
• (beautiful • COK • illlumination • light up • shrines • Tokyo • Ueno • Ueno Toshogu Shrine)

Totoro belly warmers are ready to keep your tummy toasty through the cold months ahead【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 13, 2025

My haramaki Totoro.

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• (anime • Donguri Kyowakoku • fashion • haramaki • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • warm)

Green is the new color this autumn at Osaka hotel’s latest sweet buffet

• Elliot Hale
  Oct 13, 2025

Celebrate the fall season with chestnuts, grapes, and decadent matcha treats.

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• Japan
• (buffet • buffets • chestnuts • COK • food and drinks • grapes • Hotel New Otani • hotel restaurants • matcha • matcha sweets • Nagano Purple • Osaka • Restaurant • Shine Muscat • sweets buffet • Uji Matcha • Yamamasa Koyamaen)

Ice cream with Japanese dashi kelp stock shocks us enough to try it【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 13, 2025

A combination we’d never imagined, but is it one we’ll want to forget?

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• Japan
• (bonito • COK • crazy • dashi • food • ice cream • katsuobushi • kelp • SNJO • sweets • taste test • weird)

Almost arrested in Tokyo: Hentai Kamen cosplay leads to a brush with police in Shinjuku Ni-chome

• Oona McGee
  Oct 13, 2025

Our boss tested the limits of Tokyo’s most liberated neighbourhood and was detained by police.

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• (COK • crime • culture • hentai kamen • police • shinjuku • SNJO • Tokyo)

Starbucks celebrates Halloween with new Frappuccino, tea and drinkware in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Oct 13, 2025

Join us as we find out if these new items live up to the hype.

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• Japan
• (autumn • COK • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • halloween • Halloween 2025 • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • limited edition • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition)

Studio Ghibli releases cosy new anime socks to warm our toes and hearts this autumn

• Oona McGee
  Oct 12, 2025

My Neighbour Totoro, Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle and Kiki’s Delivery Service feature in this new collection.

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• Japan
• (anime • beautiful • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • fashion • GBL • Kiki's Delivery Service • manga • Porco Rosso • socks • Studio Ghibli)

Hello Kitty Picnic Garden event comes to Tokyo’s swanky Roppongi district this month

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 12, 2025

Kitty-chan is celebrating her birthday in style.

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• Japan
• (cute • Hello Kitty • picnic • Roppongi Hills • Sanrio)

Ghibli Park making first update ever to its step-into-anime photo spots, some scenes going away

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 12, 2025

Hayao Miyazaki’s latest anime makes its photo spot debut, but a classic Castle in the Sky scene is bowing out.

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • anime • Ghibli Park • Hayao Miyazaki • manga • The Boy and the Heron • theme parks)

Studio Ghibli adds new Totoro and Spirited Away shirts to its GBL streetwear range in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Oct 11, 2025

Maintain street cred with design details that true anime fans will appreciate. 

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• Japan
• (anime • beautiful • Catbus • cool • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • GBL • Kashira • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • shirts • spirited away • streetwear • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Japanese hotel chain’s new service: A bed and pajamas for otaku travelers’ plushies

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 11, 2025

This oshi travel extra isn’t free, but that might be part of the point.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • cool • hotels • Idols • manga • oshi • oshi katsu • otaku • plushies • tourism • Toyoko Inn • travel • weird)

Non-Japanese babies make up more than 3 percent of births in Japan, a record high

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 11, 2025

Percentage is even higher in Tokyo and other areas attractive to foreign residents, and even then doesn’t tell the full story of how Japan is becoming more international.

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• Japan
• (babies • COK • foreigners in Japan • internationalism • society)

New Inuyasha figures are always adorably sitting, even if you don’t tell them “Osuwari!”【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 11, 2025

You’ll still say it though, of course.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • figures • Inuyasha • Look Up • manga • Rukappu • Rumiko Takashashi)

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