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This traditional Japanese castle keep is home to a branch of government
- Oona McGee
Jul 23, 2025 - Tweet
Ruling the land from inside a Japanese fortress.
- Japan
- (castle • castles • cool • culture • Fukui • government • history • japanese castle • Japanese castles • SNJO • travel)
We found a literal hole in the wall in Tokyo for great coffee at amazing prices
- Casey Baseel
Jul 20, 2025
We’d have fallen in love with this Harajuku spot even if they didn’t give you free dessert (but they do).
- Japan
- (cafes • coffee • COK • cool • drinks • Harajuku • Himitsu no Drip • restaurants • SNJO • weird)
We found the classiest branch of one of Japan’s best cheap restaurants on a Kyoto side street
- Casey Baseel
Jul 15, 2025
We hardly recognized this beef bowl joint’s sign, and another surprise was waiting inside.
- Japan
- (beautiful • beef bowls • COK • cool • food • gardens • gyudon • Kyoto • Matsuya • restaurnts • SNJO)
Japanese hotel offering sports car touge tours, no Japanese-language ability required
- Casey Baseel
Jul 13, 2025
Mt. Fuji-area hotel offers two routes, one to a mountain pass holy ground.
- Japan
- (awesome • cars • COK • cool • driving • Fuji Speedway • Fuji Speedway Hotel • hotels • JDM • Mt. Fuji • Mt. Fuji lakes • sports cars • touge • tourism • TOYOTA • travel)
TeamLab opening amazing outdoor art exhibit at one of Japan’s more uniquely beautiful gardens【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 10, 2025
A Forest Where Gods Live returns to Mifuneyama Rakuen.
One of the coolest restaurants in Tokyo isn’t actually always in Tokyo — Dining on the Tokyo Restaurant Bus
- Casey Baseel
Jul 9, 2025
We hop on the open-air mobile restaurant for dinner, drinks, and some of the Tokyo area’s most unique night views.
- Japan
- (beautiful • buses • COK • cool • foods • kawasaki • Kawasaki factories • restaurants • SNJO • Tokyo • tourism • travel • Willer • Willer Express)
Soon you’ll be able to spend the night in a convenience store parking lot when traveling in Japan
- Casey Baseel
Jul 8, 2025
Lawson convenience stores adding car camping program at select locations.
- Japan
- (camping • cars • Chiba • convenience stores • cool • crazy • hotels • Lawson • tourism • travel • weird)
We deeply regret going into this tunnel on our walk in the mountains of Japan
- Casey Baseel
Jul 7, 2025
Seiji’s stroll in Okutama takes a dark turn.
- Japan
- (beautiful • COK • cool • creepy • funny • Mountains • Nippara • Nippara cave • Nippara Limestone Cave • Okutama • outdoors • scary • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • tourism • travel)
KFC Gundam bucket is here to celebrate 30th anniversary of franchise’s breakout overseas hit
- Casey Baseel
Jul 6, 2025
I just feel chicken emotion.
- China, Japan
- (anime • cool • crazy • Endless Waltz • food • fried chicken • Gundam • Gundam Wing • Hong Kong • Kentucky Fried Chicken • KFC • manga • weird)
This Japanese train station has its very own hot spring bathhouse, right on the platform【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 3, 2025
We hop on the train to Mizunuma, then hop into the bath.
- Japan
- (baths • COK • cool • Gunma • hot springs • onsen • SNJO • stations • tourism • trains • travel)
Calpis taps to flow at 1,000 sites across Japan in new plan from beverage maker Asahi
- Casey Baseel
Jun 29, 2025
Yogurt-like drink has been beloved by Japanese people young and old for generations.
- Japan
- (Asahi Soft Drinks • Calpico • Calpis • cool • crazy • drinks • hotels • soft drinks • weird)
Nattoku! Factory offers free factory tours of a famous natto brand production process
- Krista Rogers
Jun 24, 2025
Diehard lovers of Japan’s infamous fermented soy beans can now get a glimpse of the sticky production process.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • factories • fermented soybeans • food • Futon Natsuno • Ibaraki • museum • natto • Nattoku! Factory • Okame • SNJO • Takano Foods • weird)
Studio Ghibli adds beanbag plushies to its anime merchandise store in Japan
- Oona McGee
Jun 19, 2025
Beanbags with character…from My Neighbour Totoro, The Boy and the Heron, and Spirited Away.
- Japan
- (anime • cool • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • fans • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • No Face • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • summer • Totoro)
Does the Shirotama Maker kitchen gadget really create perfect instant ramen eggs?
- Oona McGee
Jun 18, 2025
Cup Noodle’s Nissin creates a way to elevate your ramen, but it might be more hassle than it’s worth.
- Japan
- (chicken ramen • cooking • cool • eggs • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • video)
Starbucks Japan releases exclusive new Mango Au Lait for summer
- Oona McGee
Jun 16, 2025
A simple beverage that’s ripe for customisation.
- Japan
- (cool • drinks • fruit • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • mango • mangoes • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • summer)
There’s a new museum in Japan, but almost all of its location is a secret
- Elliot Hale
Jun 16, 2025
Historic Edo-period buildings, modern art, and secret doors all feature in a unique adventure.
- Japan
- (art • COK • cool • culture • history • museums • mystery • Secret Museum Yanai Yamaguchi • tourism • Town of White Walls • travel • Yamaguchi • Yamaguchi Prefecture • Yanai)
Real-world Pokémon Diamond and Pearl! Playing with Japan’s Pokémon Fossil Excavation Kits【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 11, 2025
Activity kits turn tables into the Sinnoh Underground and adult Pokémon fans into happy little kids again.
- Japan
- (anime • COK • cool • fossils • manga • Pokemon • Pokemon Center • Pokémon Diamond and Pearl • SNJO • toys • video games)
Japanese yokai spirits enter the modern era in Nagoya’s new digital art experience
- Elliot Hale
Jun 10, 2025
Enter a world of eerie beauty full of ancient demons.
- Japan
- (Aichi • art • art exhibition • beautiful • COK • cool • culture • digital art • digital art exhibition • exhibiton • history • Hitohata • Nagoya • yokai)
Studio Ghibli wind chime adds anime charm to the summer breeze
- Oona McGee
Jun 5, 2025
The sounds of a Japanese summer, with the help of magical movie characters.
- Japan
- (anime • anime merchandise • cool • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • manga • merchandise • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Studio Ghibli • summer • Totoro • wind chime)
Perfect instant ramen eggs every time! Cup Noodle’s Nissin creates Shirotama Maker kitchen gadget
- Casey Baseel
Jun 4, 2025
An easy way to make your already easy meal even more delicious.
- Japan
- (chicken ramen • cooking • cool • eggs • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • Noodles • ramen • video)
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First-ever cafe on Tokyo Imperial Palace Garden grounds is now open
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- Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
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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
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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
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