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Get your cakes in about a minute with Tokyo Station’s unmanned Tokyo Banana shop
- Master Blaster
Oct 15, 2025 - Tweet
No fuss, no muss, no people.
- Japan
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Tokyo big walk – Walking from Tokyo Station to the Big Sight convention center on Tokyo Bay【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 14, 2025
A unique way to see some very different Tokyo neighborhoods. Read More
- Japan
- (COK • cool • SNJO • Tokyo • Tokyo Big Sight • tourism • travel • urban exploring • walking • walking course)
Godzilla and King Ghidorah fight it out inside this Tokyo hotel room that you can stay in【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 14, 2025
Godzilla’s greatest rival comes to challenge him for his Shinjuku crown.
- Japan
- (awesome • COK • cool • Ghidora • Godzilla • hotels • kaiju • shinjuku • SNJO • tourism • travel)
Kyoto travel alternative: The “little Kyoto” of Shuzenji【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 14, 2025
Sometimes great travel experiences come in little-Kyoto packages.
- Japan
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Studio Ghibli adds new Totoro and Spirited Away shirts to its GBL streetwear range in Japan
- Oona McGee
Oct 11, 2025
Maintain street cred with design details that true anime fans will appreciate.
- Japan
- (anime • beautiful • Catbus • cool • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • GBL • Kashira • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • shirts • spirited away • streetwear • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Japanese hotel chain’s new service: A bed and pajamas for otaku travelers’ plushies
- Casey Baseel
Oct 11, 2025
This oshi travel extra isn’t free, but that might be part of the point.
- Japan
- (anime • COK • cool • hotels • Idols • manga • oshi • oshi katsu • otaku • plushies • tourism • Toyoko Inn • travel • weird)
Why do tourists eat noodles with a green onion instead of chopsticks in this Edo town?
- Oona McGee
Oct 11, 2025
Charming old post town serves up a culinary tradition you won’t find anywhere else in Japan.
- Japan
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Human washing machine pods coming to Japanese hotels【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 9, 2025
Pods wash you with no scrubbing or effort on your part.
Giant real-world Kingdom Hearts Keyblade plays music and magic sound effects from the game【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 9, 2025
Recreation of Sora’s sword produces lights and sounds for all tiers of seven classes of spells.
- Japan
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Japan’s new ultra luxurious hotel looks like a castle, is priced for aristocrats【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 6, 2025
Golden luxury for travelers with cash to spare.
- Japan
- (castles • cool • Luxury • luxury travel • Nagoya • Nagoya Castle • tourism • travel)
Speed sutras and taxi-riding geisha preserve Kyoto’s traditions through scorching hot weather
- Elliot Hale
Oct 6, 2025
Even weeks of record heat won’t keep Kyoto from carrying on its cherished rituals.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • cultural traditions • culture • geisha • Gion • Hassaku • Kamo River • Kyoto • maiko • Nishi Honganji temple • Noryo Yuka • summer • summer heat • sutra • taxi • tradition)
Japanese convenience store opens new branch inside public high school【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 4, 2025
Sure beats stale snacks from the vending machine.
- Japan
- (convenience stores • cool • high schools • schools • video • weird • Yamazaki • Yamazaki Shop)
Kyoto restaurant train reveals a different side of Japan not often seen by foreign tourists
- Oona McGee
Oct 4, 2025
Travel off the beaten path and enjoy exquisite meals on this very special Japanese train.
- Japan
- (Amanohashidate • cool • Eiji Mitooka • food • Japanese food • Japanese trains • Kyoto • restaurant train • Sea of Japan • SNJO • sweets • Tango • Tango Kuromatsu • tourist sites • trains • travel)
Tasting–and troubleshooting–the elusive, slushy-like Below Zero version of Mitsuya Cider
- Krista Rogers
Oct 1, 2025
We learned some hacks for ensuring the special drink that’s said to partially freeze when you open it does what it’s supposed to do.
- Japan
- (Below Zero • COK • cool • drinks • frozen • Mitsuya Cider • Natsuno Futon • SNJO • soda • soft drinks • vending machines)
Two days to hunt down all of Tottori’s 20 Pokémon manhole covers [Part One]
- Elliot Hale
Sep 25, 2025
With a Pokéfuta in every municipality, Tottori lets you explore the entire prefecture on your quest to catch ’em all.
- Japan
- (anime • COK • cool • cute • Ikuna Kamezawa • Pokéfuta • Pokélids • Pokemon • Pokémon manhole covers • sandshrew • SNJO • stamp rally • Tottori • Tottori Prefecture • tourism • travel • video games)
Japanese instant curry promises flavor of day-old curry right away, and that’s a very good thing
- Casey Baseel
Sep 24, 2025
Ashita no Curry wants to time-warp you to the curry of tomorrow.
- Japan
- (cool • crazy • curry • curry rice • food • instant curry • Japanese curry • taste test • weird)
Japanese retro croquette store stands strong against the winds of modernisation
- Oona McGee
Sep 24, 2025
From 700 branches to just four, this little croquette stand needs our support.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • croquettes • food stalls • hachioji • hidden finds • Japanese food • Japanese shops • restaurants • retro • secret gems • shops • SNJO • Tokyo • weird)
Starbucks Japan releases exclusive new pyjama drink and goods in collaboration with Gelato Pique
- Oona McGee
Sep 23, 2025
Japanese loungewear and sleepwear brand takes “wearable dessert” concept to new levels.
- Japan
- (autumn • Bearista • coffee • COK • cool • cosy • drinks • Gelato Pique • latte • limited edition • loungewear • sleepwear • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition)
Studio Ghibli releases new My Neighbor Totoro Plate for 2026
- Oona McGee
Sep 22, 2025
Yearly Plate is filled with gorgeous anime details.
- Japan
- (anime • Catbus • cool • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • interior • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • Noritake • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • Yearly Plate)
Japan’s 10 best Ferris wheels for beautiful views, as chosen by travelers【Survey】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 22, 2025
A look around Japan for the best places to see the country from up and above.
- Japan
- (Amusement Parks • beautiful • COK • cool • Ferris wheels • Jalan • survey • theme parks • tourism • travel)
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First-ever cafe on Tokyo Imperial Palace Garden grounds is now open
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Pokémon Company announces first-ever permanent Pokémon store to open outside Asia- Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
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Chainsaw robots helping keep trains running safely in east Japan [Video]
New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
Studio Ghibli creates illustrated Kyoto sightseeing map, available at any 7-Eleven Japan store
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
Studio Ghibli has a new anime out, and there’s only one place in the world where you can see it
Starbucks Japan releases new drinkware and goods for Valentine’s Day
Starbucks Japan releases new sakura goods and drinkware for cherry blossom season 2026
Japan’s newest Shinkansen has no seats…or passengers [Video]
Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
Japanese ninja certification exam attracts 131 candidates from Japan and abroad
Salomon releases Japan-exclusive Mt. Fuji hiking gear that doubles as an amazing souvenir
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