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Life-size Legendary Pokémon Mega Rayquaza digitally greeting travelers at Tokyo train station [Vid]
- Casey Baseel
Jul 29, 2026 - Tweet
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Mega Rayquaza comes to Shinjuku from the stratosphere.
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This Japanese train station has a Giant Evangelion Spear of Longinus and lets you ride Eva art trains
- Casey Baseel
Jul 24, 2026
The real-world Village-3 deepens its anime connection.
- Japan
- (anime • art trains • awesome • cool • Evangelion • Japan travel • manga • Shizuoka • stations • Tenryu Futamata • tourism • trains • travel • wrapping trains)
Teen girl in Japan refuses to be victim, personally escorts train pervert to police for arrest
- Casey Baseel
Jul 17, 2026
Things did not turn out how this creep had planned.
Krispy Kreme Japan’s free doughnut deal could sway you from a convenience store breakfast
- Oona McGee
Jul 14, 2026
Once only available at select stores, this breakfast deal is now available across Japan.
- Japan
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Japan now has a Pokémon airport that features every species of Flying-type ever[Video]
- Casey Baseel
Jul 9, 2026
Noto Satoyama Pokémon With You Airport wants to help bring travelers to a part of Japan that could use more visitors.
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Japan’s Pokémon mailboxes saved from removal with last-minute extension on final day
- Casey Baseel
Jul 1, 2026
Pikachu, Eevee, and Piplup get new leases on life in Yokohama, and it’s thanks to fans.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • COK • cool • cute • Eevee • mailbox • manga • Pikachu • Piplup • Pokemon • post office • travel • video games • Yokohama)
Japan’s Pikachu and Eevee Pokémon mailboxes to be removed at end of month
- Casey Baseel
Jun 18, 2026
The time has come to say goodbye to Yokohama’s adorable Poké-postal infrastructure.
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- (anime • awesome • COK • cool • cute • Eevee • mailbox • manga • Pikachu • Piplup • Pokemon • post office • travel • video games • Yokohama)
Gigantic gacha machine appears in Tokyo department store for capsule toy celebration
- Casey Baseel
May 30, 2026
Monster Capsule is a gacha behemoth.
- Japan
- (awesome • capsule toys • crazy • gacha • gacha toys • gachapon • Ikebukuro • Parco • Qualia • vending machine toys)
Pikachu cakes and other adorable Pokémon 30th anniversary food coming to Tokyo luxury hotel
- Casey Baseel
May 29, 2026
Special sweets designed to satisfy your sweet tooth and cool you off in the summer heat.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • COK • cute • Grand Hyatt • Grand Hyatt Tokyo • hotels • Hyatt • Japan travel • manga • Pikachu • Pokemon • tourism • travel • video games)
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.
- Japan
- (art • awesome • closed schools • cool • fire • Gunma • hotels • pyrotechnics • schools)
The dream of riding Final Fantasy Chocobos is coming to Tokyo VR centers
- Casey Baseel
Apr 24, 2026
Final Fantasy XIV VR experience will give you the chance to prove you’re the kweh-kist Chocobo jockey around.
- Japan
- (awesome • Chocobo • Chocobos • cool • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy XIV • Square Enix • Tyffon • Tyffonium • video games • VR • XR)
Japanese-style afternoon tea in this Japanese manor house outside downtown Tokyo is something special
- Casey Baseel
Apr 20, 2026
The atmosphere is as elegant as the cuisine at this amazing restaurant.
- Japan
- (afternoon tea • architecture • awesome • beautiful • COK • cool • culture • food • history • oyashiki • restaurants • SNJO • yashiki)
Japan’s awesomely beautiful Alpen Route snow corridor is now open
- Casey Baseel
Apr 18, 2026
This part of Japan gets so much snow you have to wait until spring to see it, but the wait is over!
- Japan
- (Alpen Route • awesome • beautiful • COK • Japan travel • outdoors • snow • Tateyama • Tateyama Kurobe Alpen Route • tourism • travel)
Downtown Tokyo’s meaty monster Kaibutsu ramen will challenge your stomach, thrill your taste buds
- Casey Baseel
Apr 12, 2026
This ramen behemoth only appears two days a week, but for serious carnivores, it’s worth waiting for.
Krispy Kreme Japan giving free donuts with morning drink purchases at all branches, maybe forever
- Casey Baseel
Apr 10, 2026
This isn’t a limited-time offer – the free morning donut service has no specified end date!
- Japan
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30 Pikachus want to share a Tokyo hotel room with you that has separate Grass, Water, Fire spaces
- Casey Baseel
Apr 10, 2026
Grand Hyatt Tokyo celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Pokémon franchise with one Pikachu for every year.
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Japan’s Mos Burger creates tempura rice bowl bento boxed lunch burger, but not for its menu
- Casey Baseel
Mar 23, 2026
New item seeks to put four food categories in your hand all at once.
- Japan
- (awesome • bento • boxed lunches • burgers • crazy • fast food • food • Mos Burger • noriben • rice • rice burgers • tempura)
7-Eleven Japan’s giant fried chicken skewer would be too big to eat, so it’s really for cuddling
- Casey Baseel
Mar 16, 2026
Comfort food to snuggle up with is just one of the crazy prizes in the 7-Eleven Happy Kuji collection.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • awesome • convenience stores • crazy • food • fried chicken • funny • Happy Kuji • Japanese convenience stores • karaage • kuji • plushies • prize lottery • weird)
Real-life Professor Oak? Pokémon Company recruiting PhD holders in science and agriculture
- Casey Baseel
Mar 12, 2026
Doctorate degree, bilingual communication skills, and research regarding plants and animals are only requirement for mysterious position with Pokémon Company.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • cool • crazy • manga • Pokemon • Pokémon Company • the pokemon company • video games)
Pizza Hut Japan teams up with creator of one of the country’s best kinds of ramen for ramen pizza
- Casey Baseel
Mar 10, 2026
Yokohama ramen continues to bring differently delicious tastes together with ie-kei pizza.
- Japan
- (awesome • crazy • food • ie-kei • ie-kei ramen • Noodles • pizza • Pizza Hut • Pizza Hut Japan • ramen • restaurants • weird • Yoshimuraya)
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