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Japanese eSports prodigy becomes youngest-ever gold medalist at Asian Games

• Master Blaster
  Sep 30, 2026
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That young, calm, and kind kid sure plays a mean Puyo Puyo.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • Asian Games • esports • gold medal • Puyo Puyo • video games • Yuki Kurihara)

My night trapped in Nagoya’s flood: what do you do when Japan’s trains shut down?

• Elliot Hale
  Sep 22, 2026

Here is essential advice for surviving sudden disaster in Japan.
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• Japan
• (Aichi • disaster • disaster preparedness • disaster response • evacuation • flood • flooding • heavy rain • Nagoya • natural disaster • SNO)

Studio Ghibli theme park announces new expansion saluting a previously off-limits anime

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 11, 2026

After initially saying no to a Nausicaa area, Ghibli has had a change of heart.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • Amusement Parks • anime • Hayao Miyazaki • Japan travel • manga • Nagoya • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind • Studio Ghibli • theme parks • tourism • travel)

Aichi city throws year-long 20th birthday bash for giant beckoning cat statue, Hello Kitty invited

• Krista Rogers
  Aug 6, 2026

The 20th birthday of a local legend calls for collaborations with Hello Kitty, Chubu Centrair International Airport, and 15 local businesses.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • Aichi Prefecture • beckoning cat • cats • Chubu Centrair International Airport • cool • cute • Hello Kitty • Japan travel • lucky cat • manekineko • pottery • Tokoname • Tokonyan • tourism • travel)

Toyota Museum’s international retro vehicle parade returns to Aichi this autumn

• Elliot Hale
  Aug 4, 2026

Cruise over to Moricoro Park for 120 vintage cars or apply and show off your own pre-1997 classic.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • cars • classic cars • COK • cool • Expo 2005 Aichi Commemorative Park • Moricoro Park • Nagakute • retro • TOYOTA • Vintage)

Japanese government okays plan to create a backup capital city

• Master Blaster
  Jul 27, 2026

Always good to have a spare lying around.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • capital city • fukushoto • Japan Innovation Party • Nagoya • Nippon Ishin no Kai • Osaka • politics • Tokyo • vice-capital)

What’s up with the Ghibli Park photo and video ban?

• Oona McGee
  May 31, 2026

Theme park prohibition strangely opens the door to a new kind of creative freedom. 

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• Japan
• (Aichi • Amusement Parks • anime • culture • Ghibli Park • Goro Miyazaki • Hayao Miyazaki • manga • Mei and Satsuki's House • photography • social media • society • theme parks • travel)

Japan’s adorable pudding chick becomes a transit card mascot

• Elliot Hale
  May 29, 2026

One of Japan’s most popular dessert mascots is set to go with you as you tap through ticket gates.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • buses • COK • cute • IC cards • Japan Railways • Japan travel • JR • JR Central • Nagoya • Piyorin • Toica • tourism • trains • transportation • travel)

Stunning central Japan wisteria festival is like a purple fantasy straight out of a Ghibli movie

• Elliot Hale
  Mar 20, 2026

Move over, sakura. Purple is the new pink.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • beautiful • COK • flower festival • flowers • Nagoya • nature • park • seasonal flowers • tourism • travel • Tsushima • wisteria)

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)

Nagoya’s dark-red miso has continued to capture tastebuds for generations

• Elliot Hale
  Dec 31, 2025

One taste and lighter varieties may never be enough for you again.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • akamiso • culture • Elliot Hale • fermented soybeans • hatcho miso • history • Ichibiki • local cuisine • local food • mamemiso • Miso • miso soup • Nagoya • Okazaki • red miso • regional food • SNO • soybean miso • Tokai • tradition • Yabaton)

Toyota City civil servant arrested for using government access to run a detective agency

• Master Blaster
  Dec 8, 2025

Public worker by day, private dick by night.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • civil servants • crime • moonlighting • personal information leak • private detective • private investigator • Toyota City)

Japanese town suing resident for being a jerk

• Master Blaster
  Dec 3, 2025

How big of a jerk do you need to be before your own town sues you?

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• Japan
• (Aichi • customer harassment • law • lawsuit • Mihama • obstruction of business)

Japanese yokai spirits enter the modern era in Nagoya’s new digital art experience

• Elliot Hale
  Jun 10, 2025

Enter a world of eerie beauty full of ancient demons.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • art • art exhibition • beautiful • COK • cool • culture • digital art • digital art exhibition • exhibiton • history • Hitohata • Nagoya • yokai)

Mr. Sato visited Black Thunder’s new factory, but was mostly captivated by their sukajan jackets

• Elliot Hale
  May 24, 2025

He went for the chocolate and came back as part of the brand.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • Black Thunder • chocolate • chocolate bars • chocolate factory • COK • factory shop • factory tours • Mr. Sato • SNJO • sukajan • tour • Toyohashi)

Udon Doughnuts boom in popularity, get a whole new look at Japanese restaurant chain

• Oona McGee
  May 23, 2025

Behold the Udonuts, with a texture like no other doughnut in Japan.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • donuts • doughnuts • food • Marugame • Marugame Seimen • Mr. Sato • Noodles • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test • travel • udon • Udonatsu • Udonuts)

The top 9 sakura cherry blossom viewing spots in Japan that you should know about

• Oona McGee
  Apr 4, 2025

The best seasonal events and hidden sites for an unforgettable hanami experience.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • cherry blossoms • Gaisen sakura • hanami • Okayama • oldest sakura in Japan • Osaka • Saitama • sakura • Shiga • Tochigi • tourism • travel • Yamanashi • Yamataka Jindai Zakura)

Ghibli Park holds spring matsuri festival with special events to celebrate one-year anniversary

• SoraNews24
  Feb 11, 2025

Japanese anime theme park opens its doors to non-ticket holders with a special application system.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • Amusement Parks • anime • festivals • Ghibli • Ghibli Park • Howl's Moving Castle • Japanese festivals • Kiki's Delivery Service • manga • movies • Nagoya • news • spring • Studio Ghibli • theme parks • Valley of Witches)

Studio Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki shares his beloved car with fans

• Oona McGee
  Jan 29, 2025

As one era ends, a new one begins for the Citroën at Ghibli Park.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • Amusement Parks • anime • cars • Citroën • displays • exhibit • exhibition • Ghibli • Ghibli Park • Ghibli Park tickets • Hayao Miyazaki • heartwarming • Studio Ghibli • theme parks • tourism • travel)

Sugakiya brings back the ’70s with a retro ramen experience in Nagoya

• Elliot Hale
  Dec 31, 2024

Blending the store’s unique flavors and vintage vibes to create a satisfying taste of nostalgia.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • COK • food • Nagoya • Noodles • Osu • ramen • restaurants • retro • SNJO • Sugakiya • Vintage)

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