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Giant wagashi cushions will turn your home sweet home into home sweet Japanese sweets home

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 10, 2026
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Nitori lets you cuddle up with taiyaki, dorayaki, and more.

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• Japan
• (cool • crazy • cushions • cute • dorayaki • food • interior • Japanese food • Japanese sweets • Nitori • sweets • taiyaki • wagashi • weird)

Sushi Bus starts running in Japan, but is it a tourist trap or tourist must-do?

• Oona McGee
  Oct 10, 2026

We take a trip on the world’s first conveyor belt sushi bus…and it’s like nothing we’ve ever seen before.

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• Japan
• (bus tour • Conveyor belt sushi • cool • food • Japanese food • sightseeing • sightseeing bus • SNO • sushi • Sushi Bus • sushi restaurant • things to do • things to do in Tokyo • Tokyo • tour • tourism • tours • travel • Willer)

New Sonic the Hedgehog figure costs 1 million yen, is made of Arita ware Japanese porcelain [Vid]

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 8, 2026

Yoyoyo says the Sega star not only has gotta go fast, he’s gotta be Arita-yaki too.

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• Japan
• (Arita • Arita ware • Arita-yaki • art • beautiful • cool • crazy • culture • figures • Sega • Sonic • Sonic the Hedgehog • video games • Yoyoyo)

Video released of Pikachu’s real-world trip to space! [Video]

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 8, 2026

Face of the Pokémon franchise hitches a ride to the International Space Station as part of European Space Agency mission.

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• Europe, Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • cute • European Space Agency • International Space Station • manga • Pikachu • plushies • Pokemon • science • space • video • video games)

Tokyo no-map-app walk! Getting lost with Mr. Sato on the way to Kishimojin

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 6, 2026

Mr. Sato wanted to get lost in order to rediscover the joy of urban exploring.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • map apps • Mr. Sato • navigation apps • Smartphones • SNJO • temples • Tokyo • urban exploring • weird • Zoshigaya)

Make-your-own-Totoro plushie workshop event coming to Ghibli Park park this fall

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 5, 2026

Why build a bear when you could build a Totoro?

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • crafts • Ghibli Park • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • plushies • Studio Ghibli • Tototo)

Viral Yokohama cafe tops teas with mini teapots with a clever smoldering secret [Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 5, 2026

We head to Chazhong for a treat for our taste buds and our eyes.

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• Japan
• (cafes • clever • COK • cool • drinks • milk team • SNJO • tea • Yokohama • Yokohama Chinatown)

Japan’s first-ever conveyor-belt Sushi Bus announces Tokyo tour start date, reservations now open

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 1, 2026

Hopefully the food prep won’t be as lazy as the AI video preview.

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• Japan
• (bus tour • Conveyor belt sushi • cool • crazy • food • Japan travel • Japanese food • restaurants • sightseeing • sightseeing bus • sushi • Sushi Bus • Tokyo • tourism • travel)

Foreign sports team competing in Japan finds critical uniform item at convenience store

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 1, 2026

Family Mart proves once again that Japanese convenience stores have everything.

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• Japan
• (Asian Games • convenience stores • cool • Family mart • Family Mart socks • fashion • Japanese convenience stores • socks • sports • Uzbekistan • volleyball • weird)

Studio Ghibli’s Calcifer is ready to light up your home as a magical-looking candle lamp [Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 30, 2026

Fireless fire spirit is ready to provide the cozy glows of the Ghibli anime film.

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• Japan
• (anime • Calcifer • cool • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Howl's Moving Castle • interior • manga • Studio Ghibli)

Japan’s new travel route literally through the mountains links two other beautiful alpine courses

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 29, 2026

Tateyama Kurobe Alpen Route and Kurobe Gorge Railway will finally be connected this fall.

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• Japan
• (awesome • beautiful • cool • Hokuriku • Ishikawa • Japan travel • Kurobe Gorge Railway • Kurobe Unazuki Canyon Route • Mountains • nature • Tateyama Kurobe Alpen Route • tourism • Toyama • travel)

Robot bartender bar opening in Kyoto, and no, they’re not controlled by AI

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 28, 2026

Human hearts and minds will be at the core of the OrySNACK Kyoto experience.

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• Japan
• (bars • cool • drinks • Japan travel • Kyoto • OriHime • Ory Labs • restaurants • robots • society • technology • tourism • travel)

Japan now has facial-recognition ticket gates, but why aren’t people using them?

• Oona McGee
  Sep 28, 2026

New walk-through gates are designed to speed up the flow of passengers, but there’s something tripping them up.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • East Japan Railway Company • facial recognition • Japan Railway • Japan travel • Japanese train stations • JR • JR East • Osaka • public transport • tourism • train stations • trains • transport • travel)

Japan’s Cell Phone Memory Restart event reunites users with old photos and past selves

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 26, 2026

A solution for when your trips down memory lane are blocked by a phone that won’t turn on or hold a charge.

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• Japan
• (cell phones • COK • cool • KDDI • Natsuno Futon • phones • retro • retro tech • smartphone • SNJO • technology)

New Godzilla figure is adorable, destructive, and baseball-loving for Dodger Stadium Godzilla Night

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 25, 2026

City of Angels welcomes King of the Monsters at Dodger Stadium.

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• Japan
• (baseball • bobblehead • cool • Dodgers • figures • Godzilla • Godzilla Minus Zero • kaiju • Los Angeles • MLB • movies • sports • toys)

Pikachu plushie actually goes into space as part of Pokémon/European Space Agency collaboration

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 22, 2026

Shared spirit of adventure leads to team-up between Pokémon franchise ahead of World Space Week.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • cute • European Space Agency • manga • Pikachu • plushies • Pokemon • science • space • video • video games)

Final Fantasy VII’s Buster Sword gets real-world practicality as a giant towel [Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 22, 2026

The fantasy of using Cloud’s sword every day can now become a reality.

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• Japan
• (awesome • Buster Sword • cool • crazy • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • interior • Square Enix • towels • video games)

Tokyo cafe challenges customers to play with their food? Challenge accepted!

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 21, 2026

Riding the waves and eating the sweets in Asagaya.

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• Japan
• (cafes • COK • cool • food • gelato • Japanese food • Japanese sweets • restaurants • SNJO • sweets • taiyaki)

Three Daiso ideas for a super-cheap but still cool (or cute) Halloween look

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 21, 2026

Further proof that no matter what we need, we can probably find it at Japan’s favorite 100 yen store.

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• Japan
• (100 yen shops • 100-yen stores • COK • cool • cosplay • Daiso • halloween • Halloween costumes • Natsuki Goto • SNJO)

Everything old is new, and cool, again at this hotel in Japan’s hot spring town comeback king

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 17, 2026

As a new generation of travelers discovers Atami, it’s the New Akao’s time to shine again.

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• Japan
• (Atami • COK • cool • hot springs • Hotel New Akao • hotels • Japan travel • New Akao • onsen • retro • Shizukoa • Showa retro • SNJO • tourism • travel)

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