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Eight low-key great places to spend the day (or half a day) in Japan this fall
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Oct 19, 2026 - Tweet
Fall means an abundance of good weather but a shortage of time in Japan, but here are eight spots that are quick to see but you’ll remember for a long, long time.
- Japan
- (anime • Arakawa Amusement Park • art • Attack on Titan • beautiful • COK • Evangelion • Hakone • Hakone Open-Air Museum • Hitachi Seaside Park • Imperial Palace • Japan travel • manga • nature • Oita • parks • Shimane • Smal Worlds • SNJO • Tocho • Tokyo • Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building • tourism • travel)
Kyushu yakisoba Sofuren’s new food truck ventures into the Kanto region for the first time
- Krista Rogers
Jul 16, 2026
This “Kyushu soul food” also has a fun connection to the creator of a manga/anime series of titanic proportions.
- Japan
- (Attack on Titan • food • food truck • Hajime Isayama • Hita • Kanto • Kyushu • Oita Prefecture • Sofuren • yakisoba)
Sailor Moon and others teach foreign tourists Japanese etiquette in Manga Manners art series
- Casey Baseel
Apr 27, 2025
Characters from Akira, Cardcaptor Sakura, Ghost in the Shell, and more explain the basics of Japanese manners at Shinkansen stations.
- Japan
- (AKIRA • anime • Attack on Titan • Cardcaptor Sakura • Chiikawa • etiquette • Ghost in the Shell • japanese manners • Kodansha • manga • manners • Sailor Moon • shinkansen • stations • Tokyo Revengers • trains • travel)
Attack on Titan sukajan jackets bring elegant action to your wardrobe, are two garments in one
- Casey Baseel
Jan 30, 2025
Eren and Mikasa literally have your back, but watch out for your inner Titan.
- Japan
- (anime • Attack on Titan • fashion • jackets • manga • sukajan • Yokosuka jackets)
New Attack on Titan theme park attraction coming to Fuji-Q Highland
- Casey Baseel
Sep 3, 2024
No time to ease new Survey Corps recruits into duty as Battle of Liberio begins.
- Japan
- (Amusement Parks • anime • Attack on Titan • COK • fuji-q highland • manga • theme parks)
Kodansha’s K Manga app launches with 60 English simupubs among 400 titles
- Master Blaster
May 11, 2023
Oh, K Manga!
- Japan
- (apps • Attack on Titan • Blue Lock • Don’t Toy With Me • Edens Zero • English manga • K Manga • Kodansha • manga • Miss Nagatoro • simupub • Tokyo Revengers)
Kodansha to release popular manga in Japan and USA simultaneously in K Manga this May
- Master Blaster
Mar 23, 2023
The wait is over.
- Japan, USA
- (Attack on Titan • Blue Lock • Chihayafuru • Edens Zero • Ghost in the Shell • K Manga • Kodansha • manga • online manga • rent a girlfriend • Seven Deadly Sins)
Attack on Titan x Uniqlo pairing unleashes a colossal collaboration on the world
- Krista Rogers
Mar 14, 2023
Upcoming line of T-shirts celebrates the anime moving into its final story arc.
- Japan
- (anime • Attack on Titan • clothing • collaboration • fashion • Hajime Isayama • manga • Uniqlo)
Live-action Attack on Titan musical reveals in-costume photos of full cast【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 22, 2022
More than a dozen characters from the anime franchise will take the stage to fight/sing at Titans.
- Japan
- (anime • Attack on Titan • Attack on Titan the Musical • Live action • manga • musical • stage play)
A live-action Attack on Titan musical is on the way【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 6, 2022
Nothing makes you want to sing like slicing open the necks of some naked giants, right?
- Japan
- (anime • Attack on Titan • crazy • Live action • manga • musicals • stage plays • video • weird)
Japanese drummer makes rubber chicken cover of Attack on Titan Theme 【Interview】
- Shannon
Apr 28, 2022
No live chickens were harmed in the making of this masterpiece.
- Japan
- (Attack on Titan • cover song • drummer • funny • interview • rubber chicken • Shingeki no Kyojin)
“Is Attack on Titan any good?” customer asks Japanese fried chicken chef – and for a good reason
- Casey Baseel
Apr 18, 2022
Small talk takes a sudden turn.
- Japan
- (anime • Attack on Titan • fried chicken • funny • Hajime Isayama • karaage • manga • restaurants)
2021 Magademy Award nominees announced, celebrating excellence in being a manga character
- Master Blaster
Feb 11, 2022
A total of 17 manga stars were chosen by fans in four categories.
- Japan
- (Attack on Titan • Chihayafuru • Detective Conan • Do Not Say Mystery • Frieren • Magademy Awards • Magademy Awards 2021 • manga • Promise Cinderella • Ranking of Kings • Space Brothers • The Apothecary Diaries • The Fable • Tokyo Revengers • Yona of the Dawn • Yowamushi Pedal)
American sports website promotes upcoming Super Bowl via…Attack on Titan?
- Katie Pask
Feb 3, 2022
American football is cruel and unforgiving, and yet it is also beautiful.
- Japan
- (anime • AoT • art • Attack on Titan • awesome • Eren • Eren Yeager • Japanese Twitter • Super Bowl • super bowl 2022 • twitter)
Live action Attack on Titan actress Satomi Ishihara confirms pregnancy, due date in spring
- Katy Kelly
Jan 15, 2022
The star announced the happy news through her agency this month.
- Japan
- (Attack on Titan • beautiful women • celebrities • Godzilla • kids • movies • pregnancy • Satomi Ishihara • Shin Godzilla)
Taste-testing the Attack on Titan rice ball that “shouldn’t be on sale”【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 3, 2022
Sorry, Sasha, but your loss is our gain.
- Japan
- (anime • Attack on Titan • COK • convenience stores • food • Japan Railway • JR • manga • New Days • onigiri • rice balls • SNO • taste test)
Attack on Titan rice ball is as titanic as the Japanese anime
- Oona McGee
Dec 20, 2021
Convenience store onigiri just got a whole lot more colossal.
- Anime & Manga, Japan
- (anime • Attack on Titan • bento • COK • convenience stores • food • Japan Railways • JR East • NewDays • onigiri • rice balls • stations • taste test • trains)
Winter 2022 anime line-up looks absolutely phenomenal【Seiji’s World of Anime】
- Katie Pask
Oct 21, 2021
Titans, Demon Slayers and JoJos are set to go head-to-head.
- Japan
- (2022 winter anime • anime • Attack on Titan • Demon Slayer • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba • Jojo's Bizzare Adventure • Seiji's world of anime • SNJO • The Irregular at Magic High School • world's end harem)
Hilariously low-quality Attack on Titan Levi figures lead fans to start petition for replacements
- Casey Baseel
Oct 14, 2021
Look what they did to fans’ best boy.
Titan trash can to be placed near a Coca-Cola vending machine in Oita to help promote recycling
- Dale Roll
Sep 15, 2021
Hopefully it will help people realize they’re not supposed to throw trash in recycling bins.
- Japan
- (Attack on Titan • Coca-Cola • eco-friendly • recycling • trash • trash can • trash disposal in Japan • vending machine)
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