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Summer survival tip! Muji lets you fill water bottles for free, even if you didn’t buy them there
- Casey Baseel
Aug 1, 2024 - Tweet
Even most Japanese shoppers aren’t aware of this cool free service.
- Japan
- (cool • drinks • eco-friendly • environment • heath • life hacks • muji • Mujirushi • Mujirushi Ryohin • reusable water bottles • water • water bottles)
Buy a Japanese ambulance, pachinko machine or samurai sword at this government auction site
- Oona McGee
Aug 1, 2024
Weird and wonderful treasures you won’t find anywhere else, and at shockingly low prices.
- Japan
- (auctions • cars • cool • government • government auction • Japanese cars • Japanese property • Katana • KSI Government Auction • online auctions • property • samurai sword • second-hand • shopping • unusual • wakizashi • weird)
Summer nights at this amazing Tokyo open-air museum are like stepping back in time
- Casey Baseel
Jul 31, 2024
Downtown Summer Evening returns to Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum.
- Japan
- (architecture • COK • cool • culture • Edo Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum • history • museums)
Pizza Hut x Tamagotchi collaboration features first-ever pink-dough pizza
- Oona McGee
Jul 30, 2024
Magic awaits in this new collection.
- Japan
- (Bandai • campaigns • COK • cool • crazy • food • marketing • pizza • Pizza Hut • Pizza Hut Japan • Pizza Hut Melts • Tamagotchi)
Japanese school east of Tokyo is now a rest stop where you can spend the night【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 29, 2024
Going back to school at Hota Elementary.
- Japan
- (Chiba • COK • cool • hotels • michi no eki • rest areas • rest stops • road stations • schools • SNJO • tourism • travel)
Come play hide-and-seek on a deserted Japanese island this August and November
- Master Blaster
Jul 27, 2024
Not it!
- Japan
- (COK • cool • crazy • deserted island • hide-and-seek • Japan Kakurenbo Association • Nagasaki • sports • travel • Tsumaga Island • weird)
New samurai glasses are Japan’s latest weird must-have souvenir
- Oona McGee
Jul 27, 2024
See the world through the eye of Date Masamune, the One-eyed Dragon.
- Japan
- (cool • Date Masamune • funny souvenirs • glasses • Heso Productions • Japanese souvenirs • merchandise • samurai • Sendai • Sengoku • shopping • souvenirs • weird)
New Nintendo Lego kit is a beautiful piece of moving pixel art of Mario and Yoshi【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 26, 2024
Super Mario World inspires 16-bit-style Lego kit.
- Japan, USA
- (cool • LEGO • nintendo • Nintendo Lego • Super Mario • Super Mario World • toys • video games)
McDonald’s adds a new Cheese Bacon Potato Pie to its menu in Japan for a limited time
- Oona McGee
Jul 26, 2024
Former idol group member stars in the new commercial, set at a Japanese summer festival.
- Japan
- (bon-odori • COK • commercials • cool • fast food • festivals • food • Japanese commercials • Japanese festival • limited edition • Mai Shiraishi • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • news • Nogizaka46 • Obon • obon odori • pies • summer • summer festival)
Nintendo history you can feel – Super NES, N64, and GameCube controllers become capsule toys
- Casey Baseel
Jul 23, 2024
New capsule toy series recreates the most iconic parts of three generations of Nintendo controllers.
- Japan
- (capsule toys • cool • Gamecube • nintendo • Nintendo 64 • retro games • Super Famicom • Super NES • video game controllers • video games)
Kyoto Tower mascot termination reveals dark side behind cute Japanese characters
- Oona McGee
Jul 23, 2024
Sayonara, Tawawa-chan. It’s a shame you got caught in the cross hairs.
- Japan
- (artists • COK • cool • crazy • designers • Kyoto • Kyoto tower • mascot characters • Mascots • Tawawa • Tawawa-chan • tourist sites • travel • weird • yurukyara)
Japan Railways now has giant robots performing maintenance work via VR-goggled operators
- Casey Baseel
Jul 23, 2024
Robo-workin’ on the railroad.
- Japan
- (awesome • COK • cool • Japan Railway Company • JR • JR West • robots • technology • trains • transportation • WEST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY)
5 reasons why this new 7-Eleven ice cream is amazing
- Oona McGee
Jul 21, 2024
A sweet convenience store tip-off from a local.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • cafe latte • coffee • COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • cool • ice cream • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • SNJO • summer • sweets • taste test)
Lawson adds UFO Catcher crane games to convenience stores in Japan
- Oona McGee
Jul 20, 2024
New machines are proving to be popular with foreign tourists.
- Japan
- (combini • conbini • convenience stores • cool • crane game • Japanese convenience stores • kombini • konbini • Lawson • news • UFO catcher)
Pokémon cafe meal kits are coming to our homes and stomachs!【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 18, 2024
Snorlax’s face has never looked so delicious!
- Japan
- (anime • cooking • cool • cute • Eevee • food • Pikachu • Pokemon Cafe Mix • Pokémon Cafe ReMix • Snorlax • video games)
Pronto Pokémon cafe collaboration in Japan gives us themed food and drinks…and free merch!
- Oona McGee
Jul 17, 2024
Pikachu takes us on a culinary adventure with some legendary stars along for the ride.
- Japan
- (anime • cafes • clever • COK • cool • drinks • food • Ogerpon • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pronto • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • Terapagos • video games)
Japanese house is actually a cheap hotel where you can stay for US$24 a night
- SoraNews24
Jul 15, 2024
Forget capsule hotels, here you can get a room in a Japanese house instead.
- Japan
- (budget travel • cheap accommodation • cheap hotels • cheap stays • COK • cool • history • hotels • Kanagawa • kawasaki • ryokan • SNJO • tourism • travel)
Peachy keen life hack! Japan’s Zen-Noh shares an ingeniously easy way to pit a peach in seconds【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 15, 2024
The fastest, easiest way possible to get a prized peach ready to eat.
Repeating retro meals in teen-town Tokyo – A visit to Ikebukuro’s Takase
- Casey Baseel
Jul 14, 2024
Time feels like it’s standing still in this downtown Tokyo dining complex with over a century of history.
Secret tent onsen in the forest is one of the most unusual hot springs in Japan
- Oona McGee
Jul 12, 2024
A unique outdoor experience, where you pay for your bath by the litre.
- Japan
- (bathing • COK • cool • hot springs • Masanuki Sunakoma • onsen • outdoor baths • Panthalassa no Umi Ashikaga Onsen • rotenburo • SNJO • Tochigi • tourism • travel)
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Pachinko parlor operator arrested for not obscuring the act of gambling well enough
Starbucks Japan unveils new winter drinkware collection with limited-edition Stanley cups
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First-ever cafe on Tokyo Imperial Palace Garden grounds is now open
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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
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