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Chinese government tells citizens to not travel to Japan during Chinese New Year

Casey Baseel
Jan 28, 2026
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China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says Japan has too many criminals and earthquakes to be safe for Chinese people.

Japan
(China travel advisory • China travel warning • Chinese New Year • Japan travel • Lunar New Year • politics • society • tourism • travel)

Totoro and No-Face red envelopes are here to help celebrate Lunar New Year in Ghibli style【Pics】

Casey Baseel
Feb 4, 2023

Anime icons from Hayao Miyazaki films sure to be welcome at any Lunar New Year’s party.

Japan
(anime • Chinese New Year • Donguri Kyowakoku • Hayao Miyazaki • hongbao • Lunar New Year • makkurokurosuke • My Neighbor Totoro • No Face • red envelope • Soot Sprite • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Nagasaki Lantern Festival is like Studio Ghibli’s Spirited Away in real life

Oona McGee
Feb 4, 2023

Local resident reveals the secret spots you won’t want to miss during this breathtaking festival.

China, Japan
(beautiful • China • Chinese New Year • COK • events • festival • festivals • gorgeous • lanterns • Mariko Ohanabatake • Nagasaki • Nagasaki Lantern Festival • SNJO • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • travel)

Tokyo Tower lights up with hope in first-ever event celebrating Chinese New Year

Katie Pask
Feb 11, 2021

It’s the first time in the tower’s history for such an event to happen.

China, Japan
(awesome • beautiful • China • Chinese New Year • coronavirus • COVID-19 • Hope • Tokyo • Tokyo Tower)

Starbucks Year of the Ox collections bring Chinese zodiac style to China, Taiwan, Thailand【Pics】

Casey Baseel
Jan 20, 2021

From playfully cute to quietly elegant, these beautiful bovines are here to keep you company on your coffee break.

China, SE Asia, Taiwan
(Chinese New Year • Chinese zodiac • coffee • cute • drinkware • eto • Hong Kong • Starbucks • Year of the Ox)

Costume-less Chinese lion dance videos show real humans, real behind-the-scenes magic【Video】

Koh Ruide
Apr 30, 2019

Effortlessly twirling and leaping, these acrobats are amazing… even outside of their costumes!

China
(acrobat • amazing • Chinese New Year • cool • dance • lion dance • performance • somersault • training • video)

Starbucks Korea’s Year of the Dog puppy cupcakes look adorable, get stabbed in the face【Videos】

Casey Baseel
Feb 20, 2018

Videos show lunar New Year treats require a forceful stabbing that breaks hearts while making mouths water.

Korea
(Chinese New Year • cupcakes • Lunar New Year • Starbucks • sweets • video • Year of the Dog)

Video shows the truth behind one Chinese woman tricking parents with rental boyfriend【Video】

Scott Wilson
Sep 3, 2016

When mom won’t quit with the marriage nagging, desperate action must be taken.

China
(boyfriend • Chinese New Year • leftover women • marriage • parents • rent a boyfriend • rent a man)

China’s extreme cold weather leaves buildings covered in ice both inside and out

Jamie Koide
Jan 28, 2016

A seriously cold snap in China leaves one residential community looking like it came straight out of Disney’s Frozen.

China
(Chinese New Year • extreme weather • freezing pipes • frozen stairway • ice • video)

Chinese comedians pitch brilliant boyfriend-rental service to fend off nagging parents 【Video】

Scott R Dixon
Feb 25, 2015

The Lunar New Year is China’s biggest holiday and the time when most of the country travels back home in impressive numbers, prays for luck and of course spends some quality time with family who remind their adult children why they’re failing at life. And the Spring Festival, as it’s commonly called, can be an exceptionally annoying time for single 20- and 30-somethings whose more traditional parents gripe constantly about the lack of a significant other and the every-decreasing hope of a grandchild. A Chinese comedy group put out a video recently that offers single woman a solution to this headache—a company that rents out boyfriends to impress your parents and get them off your case until the next New Year holiday.

China
(Chinese New Year • funny • Lunar New Year • Mamahuhu • romance)

A temple in China reportedly charged $19,470 to light the first incense stick for the new year

BUSINESS INSIDER
Feb 5, 2014

January 31st marked the Lunar New Year, and this is a time when many flock to temples and light incense and pray for the new year.

China News, cited by Chinascope, reported that a temple in Zhejiang Province used this opportunity to jack up prices for the chance to light the first incense. The temple reportedly charged $19,470 to light the first incense.

China
(Chinese New Year • incense • Pull Partners • temple)

What’s worse than overcrowded trains? Overcrowded trains filled with garbage

Michelle Lynn Dinh
Jan 29, 2014

As many of you may know, the past week was the absolute busiest time to travel in China. With the New Year’s holiday coming up, many people who work in the big cities make the several hour, and in some cases several day, journey back home to be with family. With all those people trying to move around the country at roughly the same time, things are going to get a little cozy. Making matters worse, many passengers seem to have missed the trash receptacles, instead choosing to throw their garbage into the aisle.