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“We want to be Japan’s best cheap restaurant” says new (but also not new) Akihabara noodle joint

Casey Baseel
Jul 24, 2026
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Akihabara Ramen Center is dead. Long live Akihabara Seimen Center.

Japan
(Akihabara • cheap eats • COK • food • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • Tokyo • udon)

Eight great words for talking about summer in Japan in Japanese

Casey Baseel
Jul 24, 2026

Taking a break in the shade? Here’s some Japanese vocabulary and cultural knowledge that could be yours by the time you step back into the sun.

Japan
(cicadas • COK • fireworks • Japanese language • learning japanese • linguistics • SNO • summer)

Which country’s foreign tourists spend the most money per-person in Japan? Hint: Not the U..S. or China

Casey Baseel
Jul 23, 2026

One country’s travelers spend more than double the total average for tourists in Japan, and it’s one the Japanese tourism industry hasn’t paid much attention to.

Japan
(COK • Japan Tourism Agency • Japan travel • Mexico • Survey on Inbound Tourism Spending Trends • tourism • travel)

New Shinkansen luggage drop-off system begins in Japan, making train travel even easier

Oona McGee
Jul 23, 2026

“Hands-Free” service lets Shinkansen travellers send their suitcases by bullet train without carrying them onboard.

Japan
(bullet train • COK • East Japan Railway Company • Hakobyun • Japanese trains • JR East • luggage • luggage delivery • luggage forwarding • Multi-Ecube • Sendai • shinkansen • Tokyo • Tokyo Station • trains • travel)

Taco sandwiches appear in Japan with new Lunch Pack sandwich pocket flavor[Taste test]

Casey Baseel
Jul 22, 2026

Yamazaki’s beloved series branches out with a new fluffy taco offering.

Japan
(COK • food • Lunch Pack • sandwich pockets • sandwiches • SNO • tacos • taste test • Yamazaki • Yamazaki Baking)

Giant Snorlax, other snoozing Pokémon appear in Yokohama for Pokémon Sleeping Faces Research [Pics]

Casey Baseel
Jul 21, 2026

Sleepy Pokémon and smiling faces from an adorable fan event going on in Japan right now.

Japan
(anime • COK • cool • cute • Landmark Plaza • manga • Mark Is • Minato Mirai • Pokemon • Pokémon Sleep • SNO • Snorlax • video games • Yokohama)

Cup Noodle releases cold-water instant ramen in Japan, but can it really be made with just cold water?

Oona McGee
Jul 20, 2026

New Hiyashi Cup Noodle cuts out the need for boiling water, so we put it to the test.

Japan
(COK • cold noodles • cool • Cup Noodle • cup noodles • food • hiyashi chuka • HIyashi Cup Noodle • hiyashi ramen • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • instant rice • kimchi • news • Nissin • Noodles • Pot Noodles • ramen • SNJO • summer)

Japan’s popular curry chain Cocoichi has an elusive delivery-only noodle menu

Elliot Hale
Jul 20, 2026

We investigated a suspicious noodle store on Uber Eats only to have our curry udon dreams come true.

Japan
(CoCo Ichiban • coco ichibanya • COK • curry • curry udon • delivery app • food • food delivery • Japanese curry • Japanese food • Menya CoCo Ichi • SNJO • Uber Eats • Yuuichiro Wasai)

Japan’s favorite quasi-local curry launches convenience store version – Does it match the real deal?

Casey Baseel
Jul 19, 2026

Is it worth go going to Family Mart to try the convenience store version of Go Go Curry?

Japan
(COK • curry • curry rice • Family mart • food • Go! Go! Curry • Japanese convenience stores • SNJO • taste test)

Tokyo’s viral 90-yen cafe pop-up returns to Harajuku with yogurt coffee

Elliot Hale
Jul 19, 2026

Enjoy 45 unique drinks at budget prices.

Japan
(cafes • coffee • COK • cool • drinks • drip coffee • Drip Pod • event • Harajuku • Himitsu no Drip • iced coffee • limited time • Natsuno Futon • Omotesando • SNJO • UCC • UCC coffee • yogurt coffee)

Family Mart’s new Tokyo flagship convenience store doesn’t feel convenient, but is that a problem?

Casey Baseel
Jul 18, 2026

Of course, it’s possible the goal was never really to be convenient anyway.

Japan
(Azabudai • COK • convenience store drinks • convenience store food • convenience stores • Family mart • Famima • Famima Park Azabudai • flagship store • Japanese convenience stores • Mr. Sato • new opening • Nigo • SNJO • Tokyo • Toranomon)

Gundam’s Char Aznable normal suit becomes roomwear for doing normal stuff in the real world [Pics]

Casey Baseel
Jul 18, 2026

It’s the perfect outfit for when you want to start relaxing three times as quickly.

Japan
(anime • Char • Char Aznable • COK • Cospa • cosplay • fashion • Gundam • manga • Mobile Suit Gundam.mecha • robots • roomwear)

Defacing the Japanese flag is now a crime, says government, punishable by up to two years in jail

Casey Baseel
Jul 17, 2026

Causing “unpleasantness” could put you behind bars.

Japan
(COK • crime • flag • Japanese flag • Japanese flag law • laws • society)

Baskin-Robbins Japan’s semi-secret affogato is a perfect mix of fun and fancy [Taste test]

Casey Baseel
Jul 17, 2026

Not every Baskin-Robbins Japan branch has it, but it’s very much worth tracking down.

Japan
(affogato • Baskin Robbins • Baskin-Robbins Japan • coffee • COK • drinks.espresso • food • ice cream • SNJO • sweets • Thirsty-one)

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.

Japan
(awesome • chikan • COK • crime • trains)

Tokyo Disneyland and Disney Sea raising ticket prices, free Fast Pass ending next month

Casey Baseel
Jul 16, 2026

New economic realities are coming to the place that bills itself as the land of dreams.

Japan
(Amusement Parks • COK • Disney • Disney Sea • Disneyland • Japan travel • Oriental Land • theme parks • Tokyo Disney Resort • Tokyo Disney Sea • Tokyo Disneyland • tourism • travel)

Japan’s new Calpis pudding: The right call for summer, or tampering with purin perfection?

Casey Baseel
Jul 15, 2026

Taste-testing a unique mix of two things Japan loves, but may or may not be meant to be enjoyed together.

Japan
(Calpico • Calpis • COK • food • pudding • purin • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Hiker needs to be rescued from Mt. Fuji two times in two days, but system is working as intended

Casey Baseel
Jul 15, 2026

There have been a lot of dumb hikers needing to be rescued from Japan’s tallest mountain recently, but this time the circumstances are a little different.

Japan
(COK • hikers • hiking • Mt. Fuji • Mt. Fuji rescue • outdoors • rescue)

Cup Noodle unveils first-ever cold-water instant ramen in Japan

Oona McGee
Jul 15, 2026

Iconic instant ramen brand now has a cold-water-only version designed to beat the heat.

Japan
(COK • cold noodles • cool • Cup Noodle • cup noodles • food • hiyashi chuka • HIyashi Cup Noodle • hiyashi ramen • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • instant rice • kimchi • news • Nissin • Noodles • Pot Noodles • ramen • summer)

Survey shows foreigners’ desire to work in Japan long-term dropping, but that’s not the whole story

Casey Baseel
Jul 11, 2026

Annual study finds sharp decline in interest among foreign residents to stick around for the long haul, but it’s probably leaving out some differing voices.