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Why Sensoji temple in Asakusa is better at night

• Oona McGee
  Dec 30, 2023
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One of Tokyo’s most historic areas is even more spectacular without the crowds.

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• Japan
• (Asakusa • COK • cool • culture • Seiji Nakazawa • Sensoji • Sensoji Temple • SNJO • temples • Tokyo • Tokyo at Night • tourism • tradition • travel)

TeamLab Borderless moves from Odaiba to Azabudai with new exhibits for 2024

• Oona McGee
  Dec 28, 2023

Japan’s most incredible interactive light museum gets a new home in Tokyo.

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• Japan
• (art • Azabudai Hills • beautiful • COK • cool • events • exhibits • museums • Team Lab • TeamLab • TeamLab Borderless • tourist site • videos)

Godzilla vs McDonald’s! King of monsters takes on fast food king’s new Godzilla Burgers【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 28, 2023

Dramatic and delicious teaser shows off Japan’s newest plan to protect itself from the hungry kaiju.

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• Japan
• (burgers • cool • crazy • fast food • food • funny • Godzilla • hamburgers • kaiju • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • video)

Easy DIY open-air bath setup makes life at our Japanese country house better than ever【SoraHouse】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 26, 2023

Now there’s even more to love about our crazy cheap house in the mountains north of Tokyo.

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• Japan
• (baths • clever • COK • cool • DIY • Go Hatori • home improvement • open-air bath • SNJO • SoraHouse • Yoshio)

We accidentally turned our cheap country house into a “gaming house” for Christmas【SoraHouse】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 25, 2023

Please note that this article and its included video contain flashing lights and gaudy colors.

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• Japan
• (Christmas lights • COK • cool • crazy • funny • SNJO • SoraHouse • video)

Totoro and Kiki star in new Ghibli stationery collection

• Oona McGee
  Dec 21, 2023

Adorable designs bring a new look to some of the studio’s most popular anime characters.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • Kiki's Delivery Service • memo pad • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • notebook • pencils • stationery • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Catch trendy Pokémon at Harajuku’s Takeshita Street for a limited time

• Oona McGee
  Dec 20, 2023

Happy Winter event gives us Pokémon like we’ve never seen them before.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • cool • events • Harajuku • P.K. Sanjun • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • SNJO • Takeshita Dori • Takeshita Street • Tokyo • travel • video games)

Daruma Man: The Japanese gacha capsule toy series we never knew we needed

• Oona McGee
  Dec 19, 2023

Here to help you with the heavy work of making all your wishes come true.  

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• Japan
• (capsule machines • capsule toy • capsule toy machines • capsule toys • cool • cute • daruma • gacha • gacha machines • gachapon • Kitan Club • new year • SNJO)

Japanese exam-taking jeans: The luckiest jeans in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Dec 16, 2023

Drawing on cool traditional details and the mystical power of kotodama to help you pass any test in style.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • culture • Edwin • entrance exams • exams • fashion • japanese design • Japanese jeans • jeans • juken • kotodama • lucky • tests • tradition)

Japan’s chocolate Poké Ball DIY Pokémon cooking toys are about to get even better with new version

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 14, 2023

The Pokémon Choco Tama series continues to evolve.

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• Japan
• (anime • chocolate • chocolate eggs • cooking • cool • cute • food • kitchen gadgets • Pikachu • Pokemon • sweets • Takara Tomy • Takara Tomy Arts • video games)

Tokyo’s 400-year-old Shinto shrine welcomes Roombas to help with annual susuosame ceremony【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 14, 2023

Akihabara-adjacent Kanda Shrine is always ready to try new things while keeping the old ones too.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • cool • cute • Kanda • Kanda Myojin • kanda shrine • robots • Roomba • shrines • technology • video • weird)

Setting up a campfire-heated footbath at our cheap Japanese country house【SoraHouse】

• Master Blaster
  Dec 13, 2023

McGyver would be proud.

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• Japan
• (clever • COK • cool • DIY • footbath • Go Hatori • home improvement • SNJO • SoraHouse • Yoshio)

Gacha capsule toy machine sells…Japanese rice bags?!

• Oona McGee
  Dec 12, 2023

Putting a new spin on the supermarket shop.

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• Japan
• (bags • capsule machines • capsule toy • capsule toy machines • capsule toys • challenge • cool • cute • gacha • gacha machines • gachapon • Niigata • rice • SNJO • Tarlin)

How to pull a beer from the can so it tastes like it’s from a keg

• Oona McGee
  Dec 10, 2023

Japanese senpai shares a drinking hack to make canned beer taste infinitely better. 

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• Japan
• (alcohol • beer • bonenkai • canned beer • COK • cool • draft beer • drinks • hacks • lifehack • Masanuki Sunakoma • SNJO • trick)

It’s time to take a trip to pancake paradise with Japan’s new Warmer Plate kitchen gadget

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 10, 2023

Nitori puts the hot in hotcakes.

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• Japan
• (clever • COK • cooking gadgets • cool • food • gadgets • kitchen gadgets • Nitori • pancakes • SNJO)

Enjoy a Japanese tea ceremony in a traditional storehouse

• Oona McGee
  Dec 9, 2023

A unique setting for a unique tea ceremony.

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• Japan
• (architecture • cafes • COK • cool • food • green tea • Gunma • Gunma restaurants • Japanese food • Japanese tea • Japanese tea ceremony • kura • ocha • old buildings • restaurants • review • SNJO • tea • traditional architecture • traditional Japan)

Ghibli releases a Howl’s Moving Castle that walks and lights up【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Dec 8, 2023

Yes, this moving castle actually moves, and it’s cuter than we could’ve imagined.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • Donguri Kyowakoku • Hayao Miyazaki • Howl's Moving Castle • Studio Ghibli • toys • video)

Introducing Nomen: Ramen without the noodles【Taste test】

• Oona McGee
  Dec 7, 2023

Is this guilt-free way to “eat” noodles a trend that’s going to catch on?

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • crazy • food • Instant Ramen • Mr. Sato • Nomen • Noodles • ramen • review • SNJO • taste test • weird)

Year of the Dragon Pooh! Disney Japan’s plushies gets early Chinese zodiac changeover【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 7, 2023

Eto Pooh drops early.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • cute • daruma • Disney • Disney Store • eto • Lunar New Year • plushies • tsum tsum • Winnie the Pooh • Year of the Dragon)

Hotcake-man steamed pancake buns make their heroic return to Japanese convenience stores

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 2, 2023

We missed you, Hotcake-man!

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• Japan
• (chukaman • COK • convenience stores • cool • Family mart • food • Hotcake-man • hotcakes • Morinaga • pancakes • steamed buns • sweets)

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