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7-Eleven Japan has a new Creamy Iced Cafe Latte that’s a hit on social media
- Oona McGee
Jun 14, 2026 - Tweet
How to buy the new viral convenience store coffee that locals are raving about.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • cafe latte • coffee • COK • combini • convenience stores • drinks • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • Seven Cafe • SNJO • taste test)
Sanrio Hotel Floria isn’t actually a hotel, but it’s still a must visit for fans traveling in Tokyo
- Casey Baseel
Jun 14, 2026
Hello Kitty and friends imagined what their perfect hotel would be like, and they’re inviting you in.
Luxury houseplant fraud leads to arrest of Takamatsu man
- Master Blaster
Jun 13, 2026
Grand theft arbor.
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • crime • fraud • houseplants • Operculicarya hyphaenoides • plants • weird)
Two of Kyoto’s famous temples tackle streetside trash with solar-powered trash cans
- Elliot Hale
Jun 13, 2026
Bringing futuristic solutions to historic streets.
- Japan
- (COK • eco-friendly • Japan travel • Kyoto • overtourism • public trash cans • SmaGO • technology • tourism • trash cans • travel)
New Japanese overnight train coming to connect Tokyo with Tohoku in sleep-travel style
- Casey Baseel
Jun 13, 2026
Luna Azul can take you from Tokyo to Akita or Aomori while you snooze.
- Japan
- (Akita • Aomori • COK • East Japan Railway Company • hot springs • Japan Railway Company • Japan travel • JR • JR East • Kusatsu • onsen • overnight trains • Shibukawa • Tohoku • tourism • trains • travel)
Date handsome cockroaches in a new dating sim from one of Japan’s leading pest control companies
- Elliot Hale
Jun 12, 2026
From the country that gave the world a pigeon dating sim comes a short romance game starring cockroaches.
- Japan
- (bugs • cockroaches • COK • crazy • dating simulators • Earth • Earth Chemical • romance games • video games • weird)
Japan’s cheap beef bowl chain goes upscale with Matsuya Premium, but is it worth the higher price?
- Casey Baseel
Jun 12, 2026
Ordinarily cheap Matsuya opens a high-priced Matsuya inside another upscale Matsuya.
- Japan
- (beef • beef bowls • bento • boxed lunches • COK • department stores • food • Ginza Matsuya • gyudon • Japanese beef • Japanese food • Kobe beef • Matsuya • Matsuya Ginza • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • Wagyu)
East Japan Railway announces plans to abolish magnetic-strip tickets
- Casey Baseel
Jun 11, 2026
End of an era is coming for ecological and economic reasons.
- Japan
- (COK • East Japan Railway Company • Japan Railway • Japan travel • JR • JR East • tourism • trains • travel)
Trigun Legacy Cafe coming to two Japanese cities this summer to salute series’ original form
- Casey Baseel
Jun 11, 2026
Humanoid Typhoon to hit Shibuya and Namba this July.
- Japan
- (anime • COK • food • manga • Marui • restaurants • themed restaurants • Trigun)
Shakey’s Japan creates matcha mochi, Kyoto fish, and Kansai Chili Con Carne pizzas
- Casey Baseel
Jun 11, 2026
Japan’s Kansai region inspires some very bold baking in Shakey’s Japan’s ovens.
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • food • green tea • matcha • mochi • nama yatsuhashi • pizza • restaurants • saikyoyaki • Shakey's • Shakey’s Japan • Shakey’s Pizza • sweets • weird)
Pump yourself up with Yokohama’s new extravagant Cool Fuel ice cream
- Krista Rogers
Jun 11, 2026
With its slogan “Melt the Rule,” Cool Fuel offers a new kind of five-layered ice cream-eating experience centered on Mascarpone cheese flavor.
Burger King Japan offering all-you-can-eat quad-burgers, whoever eats the most gets more in December
- Casey Baseel
Jun 11, 2026
Beefy gauntlet has been thrown down once again by Burger King Japan.
- Japan
- (all-you-can-eat • Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • COK • food • hamburgers • One Pounder Challenge • one-pounder • restaurants)
This shop combines traditional Japanese sweets with…mayonnaise?!?[Taste test]
- Casey Baseel
Jun 10, 2026
Even with a shop name like Mayo x Mayo, we weren’t expecting this much mayo.
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • daifuku • dango • food • Japanese food • mayo • mayonnaise • mitarashi dango • mochi • SNJO • sweets • taste test • weird)
Gun found in Japanese convenience store restroom, traced to forgetful on-duty cop
- Casey Baseel
Jun 10, 2026
A public restroom stall shock that had nothing to do with cleanliness.
- Japan
- (bathrooms • COK • convenience stores • crazy • crime • firearms • funny • gun • police • restrooms • weird)
Retro fashion magazines from Tokyo’s street market remind Mr. Sato of a special gift from his dad
- Casey Baseel
Jun 9, 2026
Mr. Sato is filled with appreciation for the other Mr. Sato.
- Japan
- (COK • fashion • Japan travel • moving • Mr. Sato • retro • SNJO • Sugamo • touching • tourism • travel)
New Tokyo sweets shop offers 648 different mochi ice cream dumpling combinations
- Casey Baseel
Jun 9, 2026
Customizable Yukimi Daifuku shop makes an amazing variety of sweet treats so that you can find the perfect one for you.
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • food • ice cream • Japanese food • Lotte • mochi • mochi ice cream • sweets • Yukimi Daifuku)
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.
Japan’s cheap beef bowl chain Matsuya opens gourmet Premium Matsuya with Kobe beef…inside Matsuya
- Casey Baseel
Jun 8, 2026
A tale of four Matsuyas, and a whole lot of gourmet wagyu beef.
- Japan
- (beef • beef bowls • bento • boxed lunches • COK • department stores • food • Ginza Matsuya • gyudon • Japanese beef • Japanese food • Kobe beef • Matsuya • Matsuya Ginza • restaurants • Wagyu)
Japanese rice cooker recipe gives us a tasty new way to enjoy vegetables and wieners
- Oona McGee
Jun 7, 2026
Quick and easy, this is a meal that’ll have you going back for seconds.
- Japan
- (COK • cooking • food • Japanese food • recipe • recipes • rice • rice cooker • sausages • SNJO • SoraKitchen • vegetables • wiener)
With hot sweaty Shibuya summer on the way, free sodium tablets to be given out in downtown Tokyo
- Casey Baseel
Jun 6, 2026
Stay salty, everybody.
- Japan
- (COK • health • heat • heat exhaustion • heatstroke • Shibuya • sodium • wellness)
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