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Meet the Japanese salarymen who defy gravity in a Tokyo park during lunchtime

• Oona McGee
  Apr 29, 2023
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Salarymen with superhero strength band together to form a horizontal bar club.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • fitness • gymnastics • health • Hibiya Park • interview • Japanese salaryman • Masanuki Sunakoma • nature • outdoors • parks • salarymen • SNJO • Tokyo • working in Japan)

Massive-variation new Pikachu plushie line lets you find the perfect Pikachu just for you

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 28, 2023

Pokémon Centers Pikatto Pikapika Pikachu Campaign kicks off with the new My Pikachu line.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • cool • cute • Pikachu • plushies • Pokemon • Pokemon Center • SNJO • stuffed animals • video games)

Pikachu helmets are coming to Japanese pro baseball team’s uniforms【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 26, 2023

Yokohama adds some Pokémon style to their batting helmets and caps.

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• Japan
• (anime • Baystars • cool • cute • DeNA Baystars • fashion • hats • Pikachu • Pokemon • sports • video games • Yokohama • Yokohama Baystars)

Is this the rudest parfait in all of Japan?

• Oona McGee
  Apr 26, 2023

“Prohibited Parfait” brings new meaning to nude food.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • desserts • diner • food • Japanese desserts • limited edition • Mariko Ohanabatake • Nagasaki • parfait • retro • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Starbucks Oleato in Japan: Staff note reveals the best thing to drink it with

• Oona McGee
  Apr 23, 2023

Turns out there’s something else you should try when drinking the chain’s new olive-oil infused drinks.

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• Japan
• (bread • coffee • COK • cool • drinks • food • latte • new • oat milk • Oleato • olive oil • Reserve Roastery Tokyo • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks Reserve Roastery • Starbucks Reserve Store • taste test • Yuuichiro Wasai)

An intro to Iwami Kagura battle dancing, Noh theater’s wild awesome cousin, and where to see it

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 22, 2023

Weekly performances with dragons and demons in Japan’s Iwami region are an incredible way to connect with and preserve its history.

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• Japan
• (Arifuku Onsen • awesome • COK • cool • culture • history • hot springs • Iwami • Iwami Kagura • onsen • Shimane • Shimane Prefecture • SNJO • theater • travel)

One Piece x McDonald’s Japan collaboration burgers: Does the treasure taste as good as it looks?

• Oona McGee
  Apr 20, 2023

Join us as we take our taste buds on an adventure with Luffy and the gang.

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• Japan
• (anime • burgers • chicken burgers • Chicken Tatsuta • COK • cool • fast food • food • Luffy • manga • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • One Piece • review • SNJO • straw hat pirates • taste test)

Studio Ghibli’s Mother’s Day corn set is a heartwarming gift for Totoro fans

• Oona McGee
  Apr 19, 2023

Fans of Kiki’s Delivery Service are also in for a pleasant surprise.

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• Japan
• (cool • corn • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • gifts • goods • Jiji • Kiki's Delivery Service • Mother's Day • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

New Studio Ghibli drinks pay homage to famous anime movies

• Oona McGee
  Apr 18, 2023

Cheers to Ghibli!

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• Japan
• (anime • art • Calcifer • cool • cute • drinks • exhibition • Ghibli • Ghibli Exhibition • Howl's Moving Castle • Kobe • movies • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Prince Justin • scarecrow • Studio Ghibli • themed cafe • themed food • themed restaurants • Totoro)

Gorgeous Legend of Zelda 3-D puzzle sets are on the way to test fans’ wisdom【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 13, 2023

Master Sword, Triforce, and Hyrule Crest present three challenges.

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• Japan
• (cool • Legend of Zelda • Master Sword • nintendo • puzzles • toys • Triforce • video games)

Japan’s new portable handheld microwave shoots to the top of our cooking gadget wish list

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 12, 2023

No cord, and no cold food either.

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• Japan
• (awesome • clever • cooking • cooking gadgets • cool • food • gadgets • microwave • portable • technology)

Super Mario meets Godzilla in Tokyo skyline moment of serendipity

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 12, 2023

King of video games and king of the monster show up in the same place at the same time.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • Godzilla • movies • nintendo • Shinjuku Godzilla • Super Mario • The Super Mario Bros. movie • video games)

Subway Japan has sweet red bean sandwiches?!?【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 11, 2023

We try the sandwich shop’s take on anpan, one of Japan’s favorite sweet snacks.

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• Japan
• (anko • COK • cool • fast food • food • sandwich • SNJO • Subway • Subway Japan • Subway sandwich • sweet beans • sweet red beans • sweets • taste test • weird)

Tokyo restaurant with two-year wait now offers random meat packs from vending machine【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 6, 2023

We impulse buy a meal that you’d usually have to plan years in advance.

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• Japan
• (cool • food • meat • vending machines • Wagyu • yakniku)

Japanese melon butter, where have you been all our lives? 【Taste Test】

• Oona McGee
  Apr 5, 2023

Melon butter is here to make everything better. 

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• Japan
• (bread • butter • cooking • cool • jam • Japanese melon • KALDI • melon • Melon Pan • melons • musk melon • new • omelet • SoraKitchen • taste test)

Starbucks Japan starts summer with a new Melon Frappuccino and a trio of vivid treats

• Oona McGee
  Apr 5, 2023

A new collection based around the theme “Play Vivid Summer. My own colour, more vivid.” 

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • cute • drinks • food • Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccino • limited edition • melon • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • summer)

A visit to Green Lawson, the futuristic Japanese convenience store where you get served by an avatar

• Oona McGee
  Apr 4, 2023

Strangely, this convenience store turns out to be surprisingly inconvenient…

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• Japan
• (avatars • bento • combini • convenience store • cool • ecological • environment • environmentally friendly • food • konbini • Lawson • marketing • Mr. Sato • new • remote work • self-checkout • technology • unstaffed store)

4 things that surprised us about Japan’s completely unmanned, 24-hour meat shop

• Shannon
  Apr 4, 2023

Not only is it convenient, but the variety is also great!

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • meat • SNJO • unmanned shops • unmanned store • weird)

Off the beaten Japan travel path in Amami Oshima’s mangrove forests【Photos】

• SoraNews24
  Apr 2, 2023

If you’ve been skipping Amami Oshima on your trips to Japan, you’ve been skipping a beautiful, uncrowded gem.

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• Japan
• (Amami Oshima • animals • beautiful • canoeing • COK • cool • Kagoshima • mangrove • nature • outdoors • SNJO • travel)

New Studio Ghibli exhibition brings anime movie magic to cities around Japan

• Oona McGee
  Apr 1, 2023

Celebrating a famous partnership that’s flourished for decades.

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• Japan
• (anime • art • cool • cute • exhibition • Friday Roadshow • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • Kinyo Road Show • Nausicaa • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind • Studio Ghibli • Tokyo • Toyama • Yoshifumi Kondo)

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