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Pokémon donuts are coming to Krispy Kreme in the U.S. [Photos]
- Casey Baseel
Aug 14, 2026 - Tweet
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Pikachu, the original starter trio, and one more old-school Pokémon are getting ready to warm fans’ hearts and satisfy your sweet cravings.
- Japan, USA
- (anime • cool • cute • donuts • food • Krispy Kreme • manga • Pikachu • Pokemon • sweets • video games)
Starbucks releases tear-jerking new video inspired by heartwarming encounters in Japanese stores
- Oona McGee
Aug 14, 2026
A beautiful homage to the true stories of customers and staff at Starbucks Japan.
- Japan
- (Anri Kumaki • art • commercial • cool • customer service • design • heartwarming • Hidehito Yagi • Japanese commercial • Shinya Nakajima • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • touching • video)
Hello Kitty x Godzilla Happy Meals are coming to McDonald’s, but not in Japan [Video]
- Casey Baseel
Aug 13, 2026
Sanrio’s kaiju crossover gives one cute character two extra heads, plus gives one character often overlooked in Japan some time in the spotlight.
- Japan, USA
- (cool • crazy • cute • fast food • food • Godzilla • Happy Meal toys • Happy Meals • Happy Sets • Hello Kitty • kaiju • Kuromi • McDonald's • My Melody • Sanrio • toys • weird)
Tokyo sweets store has a “350% Pudding Soft Serve”, and people are going wild for it
- Oona McGee
Aug 13, 2026
Is this ice cream dessert worth the hype?
- Japan
- (COK • cool • desserts • Ginza • ice cream • pudding • purin • Purin Lab • review • SNJO • social media • soft serve • taste test • Tokyo • viral • viral food)
7-Eleven Japan adds new doughnut-like tonkotsu ramen fried chicken to its hot food section
- Oona McGee
Aug 11, 2026
Plus, an exclusive bag of snacks to sprinkle on ramen, inspired by the iconic instant noodles.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • Butamen • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • cool • food • fried chicken • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Japanese convenience stores • Noodles • ramen • tonkotsu • tonkotsu ramen)
Are Japan’s room-temperature curry packets the boxed lunch heroes we’ve been looking for? [Taste test]
- Casey Baseel
Aug 10, 2026
Packets of curry you can store and eat at room temperature could be the answer to our prayers for portable, smell-safe curry.
- Japan
- (bento • boxed lunches • clever • COK • cool • curry • curry rice • food • SNJO • taste test)
Starbucks Japan to open Shinkansen platform stores at Kyoto and Nagoya stations
- Oona McGee
Aug 6, 2026
New stores add a fresh taste and aroma to high-speed travel on Japan’s busiest bullet train route.
- Japan
- (bullet trains • cafes • coffee • cool • drinks • Japanese trains • Kyoto • Kyoto Station • Nagoya • Nagoya Station • news • Shin-Yokohama • shinkansen • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Tokaido Shinkansen • trains • travel • Yokohama)
Aichi city throws year-long 20th birthday bash for giant beckoning cat statue, Hello Kitty invited
- Krista Rogers
Aug 6, 2026
The 20th birthday of a local legend calls for collaborations with Hello Kitty, Chubu Centrair International Airport, and 15 local businesses.
- Japan
- (Aichi • Aichi Prefecture • beckoning cat • cats • Chubu Centrair International Airport • cool • cute • Hello Kitty • Japan travel • lucky cat • manekineko • pottery • Tokoname • Tokonyan • tourism • travel)
Final Fantasy plushie shoulder bags are fuzzy and functional [Photos]
- Casey Baseel
Aug 5, 2026
Chocobo, Moogle, and two more Final Fantasy mascot creatures want to go with you on your outside-the-house adventures.
- Japan
- (bags • Cactaur • Chocobo • cool • cute • fashion • Final Fantasy • Moogle • Square Enix • video games)
Toyota Museum’s international retro vehicle parade returns to Aichi this autumn
- Elliot Hale
Aug 4, 2026
Cruise over to Moricoro Park for 120 vintage cars or apply and show off your own pre-1997 classic.
- Japan
- (Aichi • cars • classic cars • COK • cool • Expo 2005 Aichi Commemorative Park • Moricoro Park • Nagakute • retro • TOYOTA • Vintage)
7-Eleven Japan rethinks convenience store sandwiches with a wild new choc-mint variety
- Oona McGee
Aug 3, 2026
Convenience store chain tests our limits by turning the divisive flavour into a cream sandwich.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • choc mint • choco mint • chocolate • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience store sandwich • convenience store sandwiches • convenience stores • cool • food • fruit sandwiches • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese fruit sandwiches • Japanese sandwich • Japanese sandwiches • mint • mint choco • mint chocolate • sandwiches • sweets • weird)
Japanese vending machine sells freshly squeezed lemon juice with a futuristic light show
- Oona McGee
Aug 2, 2026
We test the sourness of the juice but get distracted by a surprise performance.
- Japan
- (cool • drinks • hidden gems • Japanese vending machines • juice • lemon juice • lemons • Osaka • SNJO • vending machines • weird • weird vennding machine)
Air-conditioned dress shirts arrive in Japan to save working professionals from sweltering heat
- Casey Baseel
Aug 2, 2026
These dress shirts are sure to have fans.
- Japan
- (Air conditioning • air-conditioned clothes • clever • cool • dress shirts • fashion • gadgets • heat • shirts • technology • Yofuku no Aoyama)
Starbucks Japan opens new store inside historic seaside quarantine station near Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Aug 1, 2026
Sip on Starbucks in a setting once linked to infectious diseases.
- Japan
- (architecture • artists • cafes • coffee • cool • culture • history • Japan travel • Nagahama Quarantine Station • new openings • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • stores • Tangible Cultural Property • tourism • travel • Umi no Koen • Yokohama)
Starbucks Japan releases first-ever gacha capsule toys, featuring iconic menu items as plush coffee charms
- Oona McGee
Jul 31, 2026
New Japan-exclusive collectibles are only available at select locations.
- Japan
- (capsule toy • capsule toy machines • capsule toys • cool • cute • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • gacha • gacha gacha • gacha toy • gacha toys • gacha vending machine • Matcha Republic • Reserve Roastery • Reserve Roastery Tokyo • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks Reserve Roastery Tokyo • vending machines)
Life-size Legendary Pokémon Mega Rayquaza digitally greeting travelers at Tokyo train station [Vid]
- Casey Baseel
Jul 29, 2026
Mega Rayquaza comes to Shinjuku from the stratosphere.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • cool • manga • Mega Rayquaza • Pokemon • Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket • Rayquaza • shinjuku • Shinjuku Station • video games)
Studio Ghibli Laputa figure looks like it’s really flying thanks to cool visual trick
- Casey Baseel
Jul 27, 2026
Meanwhile, Totoro is as adorable as ever, thanks to being Totoro, in his own magnetic figure form.
- Japan
- (anime • Castle in the Sky • clever • cool • Donguri Kyowakoku • figures • interior • Laputa • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • stationery • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Studio Ghibli releases Japanese curry shirts in honour of anime about the studio’s staff
- Oona McGee
Jul 25, 2026
Test your Ghibli fan level with your knowledge of this character and his unusual restaurant policy.
- Japan
- (anime • clothing • cool • curry • Donguri Kyowakoku • fashion • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • Japanese clothes • Japanese curry • merchandise • shirts • Studio Ghibli • t-shirts • The Ghiblies • The Ghiblies Episode 2)
Dance with demons in Kyoto at this Edo-period Japanese Halloween festival
- Elliot Hale
Jul 25, 2026
Turning a samurai film set into a monster dance party with J-pop choreography.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • crazy • culture • dance • demons • Eigamura • Kaikai Yokai Festival • Kyoto • parade • scary • Terupop • Toei Kyoto Studio Park • tourist sites • travel • Uzumasa Kyoto Village • yokai)
This Japanese train station has a Giant Evangelion Spear of Longinus and lets you ride Eva art trains
- Casey Baseel
Jul 24, 2026
The real-world Village-3 deepens its anime connection.
- Japan
- (anime • art trains • awesome • cool • Evangelion • Japan travel • manga • Shizuoka • stations • Tenryu Futamata • tourism • trains • travel • wrapping trains)
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