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One Piece creator has hidden secret of anime treasure’s identity in chest at bottom of real-world ocean

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 4, 2026
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After keeping secret for nearly 30 years, Eiichiro Oda has written it down on a paper, put that paper in a chest, and tossed it into the sea, where it remains even now.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • crazy • Eiichiro Oda • manga • One Piece • video)

Chance to play Tetris on a massive staircase in Kyoto Station coming in March

• Master Blaster
  Mar 3, 2026

The one time you won’t get in trouble for playing on the stairs.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • crazy • Daikaidan • Grand Staircase • Kyoto • Kyoto Station • Tetris • video games)

Japan’s craziest burger chain takes menchi katsu to new extreme levels

• Oona McGee
  Feb 28, 2026

We find out what gives the Naughty Menchi Katsu Burger its unusual name. 

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• Japan
• (burgers • cool • crazy • Dom Dom • Dom Dom Hamburger • DomDom • fast food • food • katsu • menchi katsu • weird)

Drift ice in Japan is a disappearing winter miracle you need to see now

• Oona McGee
  Feb 27, 2026

A trip on the Aurora icebreaker boat takes you to the southernmost point where the ocean freezes.

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• Japan
• (Abashiri • Aurora • awesome • beautiful • boat • boats • COK • cool • drift ice • Hokkaido • ice • sightseeing boats • SNJO)

Japan Extreme Budget Travel! A trip from Tokyo to Izumo for just 30,000 yen [Part 2]

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 27, 2026

Things got off to a good start on our crazy-cheap trip to the land of the gods, but with funds running low, will we have a roof over our heads on a snowy night?

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• Japan
• (beautiful • budget travel • cheap • COKGo Hatori • cool • crazy • extreme budget travel • Izumo • Izumo Taisha • Japan Extreme Budget Travel • Japan travel • nature • Shimane • Shimane Prefecture • shrines • SNJO • tourism • travel)

Japan Extreme Budget Travel! A trip from Tokyo to Izumo for just 30,000 yen [Part 1]

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 26, 2026

Can we make it from the capital to the land of the gods, sightsee, eat, find a hotel, and make it home for just 30,000 yen (US$195)?

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• Japan
• (budget travel • cheap • COKGo Hatori • cool • crazy • extreme budget travel • Izumo • Izumo Taisha • Japan Extreme Budget Travel • Japan travel • Shimane • Shimane Prefecture • shrines • SNJO • tourism • travel)

Japan has only one airport named after a samurai, so let’s check out Kochi Ryoma【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 25, 2026

Local legend Sakamoto Ryoma was all about modernizing Japan.

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• Japan
• (airports • COK • cool • culture • history • Japan travel • kochi • Kochi Prefecture • Sakamoto Ryoma • samurai • Shikoku • SNJO • tourism • travel)

Skyscraper sized Pokémon cards to appear in Tokyo all year long in Tocho projection mapping event

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 23, 2026

Tokyo’s 242.9-meter (797-foot) city hall will be lit up with Pokémon cards starting this spring.

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• Japan
• (amime • awesome • card games • COK • collectible card games • cool • cute • manga • Pikachu • Pokemon • pokemon cards • Tocho • Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building • trading card games)

New service lets you turn manga pages into T-shirt designs, over 200 titles to choose from

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 19, 2026

Manga Plus adds feature that lets fans put manga page art they’ve fallen in love with onto a shirt.

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• Global, Japan
• (anime • cool • fashion • manga • Manga Plus • Manga Plus T-Shirt Maker • shirts • Shueisha • t-shirts)

How to make curry in a rice cooker with zero prep work and no water[Recipe]

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 19, 2026

Two steps, one piece of cooking equipment, and zero problems.

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• Japan
• (clever • COK • cooking • cooking hacks • cool • crazy • curry • curry rice • food • Japanese curry • recipe • rice cooker • rice cooker recipe • SNJO • weird)

Is Sapporio’s Snow Festival awesome enough to be worth visiting even if you hate the snow? [Pics]

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 18, 2026

Can Hokkaido’s annual outdoor art event charm a Tohoku girl who’s always been lukewarm on winter travel?

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• Japan
• (awesome • beautiful • COK • cool • Hokkaido • Sapporo • Sapporo Snow Festival • Saya Togashi • SNJO • snow • travel.tourism.Japan travel)

Japan’s bathhouse-themed bar replaces hot water with unlimited alcohol

• Elliot Hale
  Feb 17, 2026

Styled like a traditional sento, this izakaya chain lines its walls with 13 working faucets that let you pour your own drink.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • all you can drink • bar • COK • cool • izakaya • Miyagi • pub • Sendai • Taishu Shusen Terumae • Terumae • theme bar)

Playing Switch 2 games with just one hand is possible thanks to Japanese peripheral maker

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 17, 2026

Gametech wants you to be able to keep one hand free for doing other things while you play.

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• Japan
• (clever • cool • crazy • nintendo • Switch 2 • video games • weird)

How to make fancy matcha sake chocolates with just 15 minutes of real work【Recipe】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 13, 2026

Matcha mirin nama chocolate sounds, looks, and tastes fancy, but is super-easy to make.

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• Japan
• (chocolate • cooking • cooking sake • cool • crazy • food • ganache • green tea • matcha • matcha sweets • mirin • nama choco • nama chocolate • recipe • rice wine • sake • sweets • weird)

McDonald’s Japan hack: What happens when you put an apple pie inside a Big Mac?

• Oona McGee
  Feb 11, 2026

This could be the best idea in the world…or the worst.

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• Japan
• (apple pie • Big Mac • cool • fast food • food • food hack • hack • hacks • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • SNJO • sweets)

New Family Mart cinema opens inside Japanese airport

• Oona McGee
  Feb 10, 2026

Japan’s first permanent cinema in an airport is called the Family Mart Lovers Theatre…but why?

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• Japan
• (airports • awesome • cinema • convenience stores • cool • Family mart • Faminchi • Japan travel • Japanese convenience stores • movies • Naha • naha airport • Okinawa • theatre • tourism • travel • weird)

A robot joins the team at a fast-food restaurant, but in an unlikely city in northern Japan

• Elliot Hale
  Feb 6, 2026

OriHime arrives at a local Mos Burger to test the future of inclusive work.

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• Japan
• (accessibility • Avatar Robot Cafe • cafes • clever • COK • cool • disabilities • fast food • food • Iwate • Morioka • Mos Burger • OriHime • OryLab • restaurants • robots • society • technology)

Huge Evangelion Unit-01 head appearing in lights in Japan to celebrate anime’s 30th anniversary

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 6, 2026

The Minato Mirai neighborhood is looking extra futuristic with Eva light-up and fireworks.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • Cosmo Clock • Evangelion • Ferris wheel • light up • manga • Minato Mirai • Yokohama)

Naruto jerseys coming to Major Leage Baseball theme nights, Hello Kitty to take over a field

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 5, 2026

The Brewers believe it!

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• Japan, USA
• (anime • awesome • baseball • cool • cute • Hello Kitty • Major League Baseball • manga • Miami Marlines • Milwaukee Brewers • MLB • Naruto • Ninja • Sanrio • sports)

Starbucks Japan releases new Chocolate Milk for Valentine’s Day

• Oona McGee
  Feb 4, 2026

The green mermaid shakes up the menu with a limited-edition twist on a classic drink.

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• Japan
• (chocolate • Chocolate milk • cool • drinks • Frappuccino • limited edition • limited edition flavors • milk • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • Valentine's Day)

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