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Studio Ghibli adds folding fans to its anime specialty store in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jun 4, 2025
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Totoro and No Face whisk you away to enchanted worlds.

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• (anime • cool • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • fans • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • No Face • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • summer • Totoro)

Starbucks Japan releases exclusive new matcha drinks at select stores this summer

• Oona McGee
  Jun 3, 2025

Limited-edition drinks are like nothing the chain has ever produced before.

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• (cool • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • teas • Teavana)

Studio Ghibli releases Japanese sake flask and cup set for anime lovers

• Oona McGee
  Jun 1, 2025

Porco Rosso steals the spotlight with a tokkuri and ochoko you won’t find anywhere else.

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• (anime • cool • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Hayao Miyazaki • Japanese sake • manga • ochoko • Porco Rosso • sake • sake set • Studio Ghibli • tokkuri • Totoro)

Studio Ghibli releases new My Neighbour Totoro scrunchie and ribbon sets in Japan

• Oona McGee
  May 28, 2025

Enhance your style with subtle nods to the anime film.

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• (anime • cool • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • fashion • Ghibli • hair accessories • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • scrunchies • Studio Ghibli • summer • Totoro)

Kura Sushi opens new high-end revolving bar restaurant in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  May 27, 2025

Conveyor belt sushi goes upmarket with premium fish you won’t get at regular chains.

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• (COK • Conveyor belt sushi • cool • food • Japanese food • kaiten sushi • Kaitenzushi • Kura Sushi • Kurazushi • Muten Kura • restaurants • revolving sushi • SNJO • sushi)

Studio Ghibli releases new My Neighbour Totoro and Spirited Away bamboo fans for summer

• Oona McGee
  May 22, 2025

Stay cool with the help of these iconic anime characters.

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• (anime • Catbus • cool • Donguri Kyowakoku • fans • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • No Face • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • summer • Totoro • Uchiwa)

Starbucks Japan releases a new limited-edition drink that’s big on simplicity

• Oona McGee
  May 21, 2025

We find out if simplicity equals perfection or a desire for more flavour.

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• (COK • cool • drinks • fruit • limited edition • limited edition flavors • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • strawberry • summer • taste test)

Studio Ghibli’s new Howl’s Moving Castle curtain brings magical anime charm to your home

• Oona McGee
  May 21, 2025

A dash of magic from Howl’s room, now available in the real world.

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• (anime • anime merchandise • cool • curtains • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • Howl's Moving Castle • manga • merchandise • movies • Studio Ghibli)

In search of the fish with a human face in Japan

• Oona McGee
  May 20, 2025

Travel to a hidden spot that’s home to a carp with a human face.

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• (carp • cool • fish • koi • SNJO • travel • Yamagata • Yamagata Prefecture)

New retro museum in Tokyo is like a time portal back to the Showa era【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  May 17, 2025

A look back at Japan’s past in one of Tokyo’s more modern neighborhoods.

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• (COK • cool • history • museums • odaiba • Odaiba Retro Museum • Showa • Showa Era • Showa period • Showa retro • tourism • travel)

Steampunk vending machines appear in Japan, and here’s how to find them

• Oona McGee
  May 16, 2025

Two unusual machines look like they’re powered by steam and wood.

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• (coffee • coffee beans • COK • cool • drinks • Japanese vending machines • Kanagawa • new • Noborito • Noborito Station • SNJO • steampunk • taste test • travel • vending machine • vending machines • Yomiuriland)

Tom Cruise brings Mission: Impossible – Final Reckoning to Tokyo with special surprises

• Oona McGee
  May 11, 2025

We reveal what really went on at the red carpet premiere.

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• (actors • celebrities • COK • cool • Greg Tarzan Davis • Hayley Atwell • Hollywood film • Hollywood movies • Mission Impossible • Mission Impossible The Final Reckoning • movies • Pom Klementieff • premiere • red carpet • Simon Pegg • SNJO • Toda • Tom Cruise • voice actors • voice actresses)

Welcome to Japan’s smallest natural mountain, where you get a climbing certificate at the summit

• Oona McGee
  May 8, 2025

A unique place to get a shrine stamp that tourists are yet to discover.

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• Japan
• (cool • mountain • mountain climbing • Mountains • nature • SNJO • Tokushima • tourist site • travel • unique)

Studio Ghibli brings Princess Mononoke’s Wolf Fang Dagger to life as a ballpoint pen

• Oona McGee
  May 6, 2025

Take a stab at writing with a little anime movie magic.

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• (anime • anime merchandise • cool • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • Japanese stationery • manga • merchandise • movies • pens • Princess Mononoke • san • stationery • Studio Ghibli)

Japanese convenience store with customer showers proves they really do have everything【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  May 5, 2025

This Seicomart has everything you need to get conveniently clean.

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• (awesome • COK • convenience stores • cool • crazy • Seicomart • shower • SNJO • weird)

Studio Ghibli releases new anime cushions for Totoro and Kiki’s Delivery Service fans

• Oona McGee
  May 2, 2025

Support your tush with supporting characters from two top anime movies.

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• (anime • cool • cushions • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • interior • Jiji • Kiki's Delivery Service • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

New Kyoto crane game cakes are poised to become the next big thing in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Apr 30, 2025

Mogmog Catcher serves up all the fun of a UFO Catcher with every bite.

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• (cakes • castella • claw machine • COK • cool • crane game • cute • food • Kyoto • Kyoto Suzunariya • must try • sweets • UFO catcher)

City hall in Japan now has a giant Evangelion robot statue in its lobby【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 26, 2025

The real-world Village-3 from Evangelion Thrice Upon a Time launches the Shin Hamamatsu Project.

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• (anime • awesome • cool • Eva Unit-01 • Evangelion • Evangelion Unit 01 • manga • Rebuild of Evangelion • statue • Thrice Upon a Time • video)

Studio Ghibli unveils new anime hug pillow from Whisper of the Heart

• Oona McGee
  Apr 25, 2025

From Shizuku’s lap in the anime world straight to your lap in the real world.

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• Japan
• (anime • anime merchandise • anime pillows • cool • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • hug pillow • huggie pillows • huggy pillow • manga • merchandise • Studio Ghibli • whisper of the heart)

Electric conveyor belt sushi kit brings the fun of a revolving sushi restaurant into your home

• Oona McGee
  Apr 25, 2025

We put At-home Sushi Party goods from Japanese 300-yen store 3 Coins to the test.

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• Japan
• (COK • conveyer belt sushi • Conveyor belt sushi • cooking • cool • food • gadgets • Japanese food • Japanese gadget • Kaitenzushi • restaurants • revolving sushi • seafood • sushi • sushi kit • technology • toys)

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