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Dog-friendly Wanwan Liner bus to begin operations between Tokyo and Osaka this fall
- Krista Rogers
yesterday - Tweet
This upcoming doggy express offers a new option for long-distance travel in comfort with your Best Friend.
- Japan
- (animals • BIG Bus • bus • buses • COK • dog • highway buses • Japan travel • Osaka • pet friendly • pets • Tokyo • tourism • travel • Wanwan Liner)
Japan’s Rabbit Island in danger of becoming Boar Island, tourists asked to follow feeding rules
- Casey Baseel
3 days ago
One of the cutest places in Japan needs visitors’ help keeping rabbit food, and rabbits themselves, from becoming boar food.
- Japan
- (animals • boars • COK • cute • Ehime Prefecture • environment • nature • Okunoshima • Rabbit Island • rabbits • tourism.Japan travel • travel • wild boars)
If you love Pokémon and cats, you’ll love Japan’s cat Pokémon cat toys and feeding dishes[Photos]
- Casey Baseel
Jul 22, 2026
Some Pokémon fun to share with your real-world Meowth, Litten, or Sprigatito.
- Japan
- (animals • anime • cats • cute • manga • pet supplies • pets • Pokemon • video games)
A donut and sugar-loving bear in Japan is breaking into homes, checking fridges for sweet snacks
- Casey Baseel
Jul 18, 2026
Iwate town sets traps to try to catch the bear with a sweet tooth, with some even being installed inside people’s houses.
Krispy Kreme Japan adds two cute limited-edition doughnuts to its summer menu
- Oona McGee
Jul 4, 2026
Stay cool with penguins and drift ice, complete with popping candy crystals.
- Japan
- (animals • cute • donuts • doughnuts • drift ice • food • Hokkaido • Kawaii • Krispy Kreme • Krispy Kreme Japan • penguins • summer • sweets)
Japan’s new pettably fuzzy cat-shaped earbud chargers meow to let you know their status[Video]
- Casey Baseel
Jul 1, 2026
Neko also has a three-minute purr mode for relaxing to.
Family Mart Japan installs red-eyed “Monster Wolf” to keep bears away from convenience store
- Oona McGee
Jun 25, 2026
The giant wolf emits loud warning sounds and shouts out phrases like, “What are you looking at? Do you really think you can beat me?”
- Japan
- (animals • bear attacks • bears • convenience store • convenience stores • countryside • countryside life • Family mart • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese countryside • Monster Wolf • news • Rural Japan • rural life)
Japanese university welcomes birth of baby deer on campus, president waives entrance exam[Videos]
- Casey Baseel
Jun 16, 2026
Educator in Nara’s most famous deer town fast tracks admission to institute of higher learning.
Japan now has “edible cat fur” for people who really love felines
- Oona McGee
Jun 15, 2026
When you like a cat so much you want to eat its fur.
- Japan
- (animals • cat fur • cat hair • cats • crazy • Delicious Cat Fur • edible cat fur • Fur • necoichi • pet owners • pets • weird)
Bears appear at one of Kyoto Prefecture’s most popular tourist spots[Video]
- Casey Baseel
Jun 12, 2026
People have been traveling to Amanohashidate for centuries, and this week apparently bears are too.
- Japan
- (Amanohashidate • animals • bear attacks • bears • Japan travel • Kyoto Prefecture • tourism • travel • video)
Fukushima City on edge as resourceful and violent bear still not found
- Master Blaster
Jun 8, 2026
Cunning bear managed to escape stand-off with police and hunters.
Cup Noodle hamster wheel is the new adorable pet toy animal lovers in Japan want[Video]
- Casey Baseel
Jun 5, 2026
Instant ramen maker shows that even hamsters will fall in love with Cup Noodle, if given the chance.
- Japan
- (animals • crazy • Cup Noodle • cute • food • funny • hamsters • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • pats • pet supplies • pet toys • ramen • video • weird)
Art exhibition coming to Tokyo this month brings the cute, scary, and weird to ukiyo-e
- Krista Rogers
Jun 2, 2026
Animals & Monsters: Cute, Scary, and a Little Weird is the perfect exhibition for anyone who delights in art that doesn’t take itself too seriously.
- Japan
- (animals • art museum • cute • exhibition • Harajuku • monsters • Ota Memorial Museum of Art • scary • Shibuya • Tokyo • ukiyo-e • weird • yokai)
Extra-cute Sea Animal crepes come to Japan’s cafe chain born from a sweet fashion brand
- Casey Baseel
Jun 1, 2026
Gelato Pique’s spinoff cafes pique our interest with adorable ice cream and mochi treats.
- Japan
- (animals • cafes • crepes • cute • fashion • food • gelato • Gelato Pique • Gelato Pique cafe • ice cream • restaurants • SNJO • sweets)
Osaka is hosting a “hentai” event, but it’s probably not what you think
- Elliot Hale
May 31, 2026
No tentacles here, folks! Only beautifully strange plants.
- Japan
- (animals • COK • cool • events • expo • houseplants • Osaka • plants • reptiles • science • SNJO • terrariums • weird)
Same name tops lists of most popular dog and cat names in Japan, and there’s probably a reason why
- Casey Baseel
May 27, 2026
Cultural quirks have a hand in making the same name the favorite for dogs and cats in annual study.
- Japan
- (animals • cats • COK • dogs • Japanese language • Japanese pet names • linguistics • pet names • pets • society)
Krispy Kreme releases new limited-edition fox doughnuts at only four stores in Japan
- Oona McGee
May 25, 2026
Kitakitsune Milk celebrates the charm of Hokkaido with kawaii style.
- Japan
- (animals • cute • donuts • doughnuts • food • fox • foxes • Hokkaido • Kawaii • kitsune • Krispy Kreme • sweets)
Memorial bell inside Hiroshima’s Peace Park has been silenced, but for a sweet reason
- Casey Baseel
May 22, 2026
Children’s Peace Monument is going to be a quieter place for a while.
- Japan
- (animals • birds • Children’s Peace Monument • cute • Hiroshima Peace Park • Hiroshima.Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park • Sadako Sasaki • sparrows • video)
Japan has a new cute and clever sunblock for cat lovers
- Casey Baseel
May 20, 2026
The adorable bottle is only part of what makes this a fun and convenient way to protect yourself from UV rays.
- Japan
- (animals • beauty • Biore • cats • clever • COK • cute • skincare • SNJO • sunblock • sunscreen • wellness)
Self-proclaimed Americans arrested for breaking into Punch the monkey’s Japanese zoo habitat
- Casey Baseel
May 18, 2026
Intruder enters home of beloved stuffed animal-loving macaque.
- Japan
- (animals • crime • forced obstruction of business • Ichikawa • Ichikawa City Zoo • Ichikawa Zoo • monkeys • punch • Punch the monkey • zoo)
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