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Starbucks releases tear-jerking new video inspired by heartwarming encounters in Japanese stores

• Oona McGee
  Aug 14, 2026
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A beautiful homage to the true stories of customers and staff at Starbucks Japan.

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• Japan
• (Anri Kumaki • art • commercial • cool • customer service • design • heartwarming • Hidehito Yagi • Japanese commercial • Shinya Nakajima • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • touching • video)

Tokyo security guard’s famous station tape font becomes official custom Nike streetwear

• Elliot Hale
  Aug 1, 2026

Upgrade your wardrobe with custom clothes featuring the iconic font of a Shinjuku Station legend.

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• Japan
• (art • calligraphy • clothes • COK • fashion • font • graphic design • Mr. Sato • Nike • Nike Shinjuku • packing tape • shinjuku • Shuetsu Sato • SNJO • streetwear • tape • Tokyo • typography)

Hatsune Miku collaborates with Hokusai’s art in new Vocaloid ukiyo-e illustration series [Pics]

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 17, 2026

The styles of six virtual idols, one modern-day illustrator, and one legend of Japanese art history come together in beautiful ways.

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• Japan
• (anime • art • Hatsune Miku • hokusai • Katsushika Hokusai • manga • The Great Wave • The Great Wave off Kanagawa • Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji • ukiyo-e • virtual idols • woodblock paintings • woodblock prints)

Enoshima’s magical night lantern festival is back this summer with spectacular views

• Elliot Hale
  Jul 12, 2026

An island transforms into a wonderland of digital art, musical sea shells, and 1,000 glowing lanterns.

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• Japan
• (art • beautiful • culture • day-trips • digital art • digital art exhibition • Enoshima • Enoshima Tourou • festival • Fujisawa • illumination • Japanese lanterns • Kanagawa • lantern festival • shrine • summer festival • tourism • travel)

Grandpa Sensei solo art exhibition returning to Tokyo and he’ll be there every day of it

• Master Blaster
  Jul 9, 2026

Take it easy and enjoy some painting with Harumichi Shibasaki.

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• Japan
• (art • crayons • events • exhibitions • Grandpa Sensei • Harumichi Shibasaki • Hiltopia Art Square • painting • watercolor)

Studio Ghibli has a new anime out, and there’s only one place in the world where you can see it

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 8, 2026

A Night in the Valley of Witches makes its screening debut, and Hayao Miyazaki’s first-ever art exhibition created for Ghibli’s theme park, three years in the making, opens too.

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • anime • art • COK • Ghibli Park • Goro Miyazaki • Hayao Miyazaki • manga • Studio Ghibli • theme parks)

Tochigi man shares his family’s process for creating 16 years worth of rice paddy art

• Krista Rogers
  Jul 8, 2026

The Nakano family opens a second rice paddy art site this year and shares more about the process that goes into their annual labor of love.

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• Japan
• (art • beautiful • COK • cool • Nasushiobara • nature • process • rice • rice field • rice paddy • Tochigi Prefecture • viewing)

Why you shouldn’t feel guilty about using manga for studying and the top series for learning

• Krista Rogers
  Jul 1, 2026

Survey reveals that the power of storytelling in manga can do a lot for learning more about the world around us.

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• Japan
• (art • Atam Academy • learning • manga • study • survey)

Gundam teams up with 300-year-old daruma maker for wood-carved anime mecha figures[Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  May 24, 2026

It’s a Gun-daruma!

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• Japan
• (anime • art • cool • culture • daruma • Freedom Gundam • Fukushima • Fukushima prefecture • Gundam • Gundam SEED • Justice Gundam • mecha • robots • shirakawa)

Now you can carry the unnerving terror and beauty of Noh masks with you with new pouches from Japan

• Casey Baseel
  May 14, 2026

Practical and horrifying!

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• Japan
• (accessories • art • culture • Felissimo • masks • Noh • pouches • scary • scrazy • weird)

Art Fire Festival lights up the night at a unique venue in the mountains of Japan

• Casey Baseel
  May 6, 2026

Sarusho continues to shine in its second life.

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• Japan
• (art • awesome • closed schools • cool • fire • Gunma • hotels • pyrotechnics • schools)

Hayao Miyazaki’s Whisper of the Heart concept art revealed in new Ghibli illustration book

• Casey Baseel
  May 4, 2026

Image Board Collection series turns spotlight on two classic Studio Ghibli anime.

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• Japan
• (anime • art • books • Hayao Miyazaki • illustration • manga • Miyazaki Hayao Image Board Collection • On Your Mark • Studio Ghibli • whisper of the heart)

Immerse yourself in TeamLab Yoro Valley’s outdoor nighttime art exhibition in Chiba’s wilderness

• Krista Rogers
  Apr 20, 2026

TeamLab’s newest artistic “digitized nature” vision features interactive light and sound elements as you traverse an ancient forest.

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• Japan
• (art • Chiba • digitized • forest • interactive • nature • nighttime • outdoor • projection mapping • TeamLab • Yoro Valley)

Pikachu to cuddle with kimono-clad beauty on Tokyo street as part of flower art event

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 17, 2026

Exhibition near Tokyo Station mixes flowers, anime, and ukiyo-e aesthetics.

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• Japan
• (anime • art • COK • cool • cute • flowers • manga • Tokyo Station • ukiyo-e • video games • woodblock paintings)

Japan’s popular bead bonsai kit is as beautiful as it is gruelling to make

• Elliot Hale
  Apr 16, 2026

Gorgeous and tiny, yet contains the potential to break spirits and thumbs.

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• Japan
• (art • arts and crafts • beautiful • bonsai • COK • craft • crafts • cute • DIY • interior • miniature • miniature trees • sakura • SNJO • Tokyo)

Pokémon lacquerware series expands for Year of the Horse with new handcrafted design[Video]

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 31, 2026

Century-old lacquerware company, supplier to the royal family, turns its makie skills to a beloved Fire-type.

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• Japan
• (anime • art • beautiful • Chinese zodiac • cute • dishware • interior • lacquer • lacquerware • manga • Pikachu • Pokemon • Ponyta • tableware • video games • Yamada Heiando)

Studio Ghibli releases new anime character socks to put a magical spring in your step

• Oona McGee
  Mar 29, 2026

Put your best foot forward with the help of some beloved movie characters. 

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• Japan
• (anime • art • cool • Donguri Kyowakoku • fashion • Ghibli • Howl's Moving Castle • Kiki's Delivery Service • manga • My Neighbour Totoro • socks • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • whisper of the heart)

Drinkable pixels: 7-Eleven Japan creates new convenience store juice with “pixels” inside

• Oona McGee
  Mar 25, 2026

Exciting new juice with over-the-top design features can only be found in six prefectures.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • art • combini • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • cute • design • drinks • Japanese convenience stores • juice • konbini • limited edition • Peach • pixel • pixel art • Pixels)

Ghibli Museum building becomes a cuddly cushion

• Oona McGee
  Mar 25, 2026

Now you can literally hug a Ghibli building. 

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• Japan
• (anime • anime merchandise • architecture • art • beautiful • building • buildings • Cake House • Catbus • cool • cushion • cute • design • Ghibli • Ghibli Museum • manga • merchandise • Studio Ghibli)

Create a tiny Ghibli anime world on your bookshelf with new miniature papercraft art kits

• Oona McGee
  Mar 23, 2026

Star characters from Ghibli short film Mr Dough and the Egg Princess play inside these mini museums.

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• Japan
• (anime • anime merchandise • anime short • art • art kit • beautiful • cute • Ghibli • Ghibli Museum • Ghibli shorts • Mamma Aiutto • manga • merchandise • miniature • miniatures • Mr Dough and the Egg Princess • short films • Studio Ghibli)

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