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What the heck is okame soba?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 12, 2023
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An obscure noodle dish a lot of Japanese people don’t even know about.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • food • Japanese food • local cuisine • Noodles • okame soba • recipes • SNJO • soba)

Japan’s famous Don Quijote discount retailer signs can now be yours with custom-made service【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 11, 2023

Original message cards are sure to bring a smile to the face of anyone who loves bargains.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • Don Quijote • signage • signs • SNJO)

Tidying expert Maire Kondo teams up with budget store 3Coins for a home organization line

• Dale Roll
  Mar 10, 2023

No more shoe boxes–we’re using pretty things instead!

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• Japan
• (3 Coins • 3COINS • COK • cool • home organization • interior • kitchen • kitchen goods • Marie Kondo • Tidying Up with Marie Kondo • tidyness)

Master Lego builder’s Great Wave off Kanagawa making move across ocean for Hokusai event【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 10, 2023

Japan’s only Lego Certified Professional recreates Japan’s most famous painting.

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• Japan
• (art • awesome • COK • cool • Great Wave • Great Wave off Kanagawa • hokusai • Katsushika Hokusai • LEGO • Museum of Fine Arts Boston • museums • ukiyo-e • woodblock prints)

Stunning stop-motion samurai video “Hidari” is like nothing you’ve seen before【Video】

• Master Blaster
  Mar 9, 2023

Left is right.

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• Japan
• (animation • art • awesome • cinema • cool • crowdfunding • Hidari Jingoro • stop motion • video • woodworking)

Visiting the Japan Snake Center, the Gunma zoo dedicated entirely to snakes

• Dale Roll
  Mar 9, 2023

Venom Extraction Room’s Snake Meet and Greet is just the start of the weird fun at this facility hidden in the mountains of east Japan.

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• Japan
• (animals • COK • cool • Gunma • Japan Snake Center • reptiles • science • snakes • SNJO • travel • weird • zoo • zoos)

New Japanese KitKat combines two flavours in one for brand new taste sensation

• Oona McGee
  Mar 9, 2023

Piko Taro and his alter ego are on board with this new combination.

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• Japan
• (chocolate • COK • cool • Daimaou Kosaka • food • funny • Japanese chocolate • Japanese KitKats • KitKats • limited edition • marketing • Nestle • new • piko taro • promotion • sweets • videos)

Starbucks unveils first-ever Cola Frappuccino in Japan!

• Oona McGee
  Mar 8, 2023

New limited-edition drinks and goods are inspired by retro American diners. 

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• Japan
• (American • coffee • COK • cool • cups • diner • drinks • drinkware • food • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • limited edition • mugs • retro • sakura • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition)

Fukuoka TeamLab Forest’s sakura exhibit for 2023 is one you don’t want to miss

• Shannon
  Mar 8, 2023

A futuristic hanami you can enjoy in two stages.

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• (art • beautiful • cherry blossoms • COK • cool • events • exhibits • Fukuoka • sakura • Team Lab • TeamLab • TeamLab Forest)

Beautiful Tokyo water bus tour shows you off-the-beaten-path sakura from the land and river【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 7, 2023

The only Tokyo sakura drive that suddenly turns into a cruise.

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• Japan
• (bus tours • buses • cherry blossoms • COK • cool • cruise • sakura • Skytree • SNJO • Tokyo • Tokyo Skytree • travel • water bus)

Coca Cola releases new Mt Fuji bottles in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Mar 4, 2023

Hokusai’s Great Wave off Kanagawa gets a new look for this souvenir coke bottle design. 

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• Japan
• (art • bottles • Coca-Cola • Coca-Cola bottles • COK • Coke • cool • design • drinks • Fuji • hokusai • Katsushika Hokusai • marketing • Mt. Fuji • souvenirs • The Great Wave off Kanagawa • Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji • ukiyo-e)

Samurai armor and mini katana tableware is here to keep your bottles safe and your food stabbed

• Shannon
  Feb 26, 2023

Your drinks will always be protected from now on.

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• Japan
• (armor • COK • cool • drinkware • history • interior • Katana • Makuake • Oda Nobunaga • samurai • swords • tableware • Tokugawa Ieyasu • Toyotomi Hideyoshi)

Extreme budget travel! Can you do a good weekend trip to Taiwan with 50,000 yen (US$370)? – Part 2

• Dale Roll
  Feb 25, 2023

Part 2 of our low-cost adventure in Taipei.

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• Taiwan
• (awesome • budget travel • COK • cool • food • Go Hatori • low-budget • SNJO • Taipei • Taiwan • travel)

This hidden restaurant has amazing views of Tokyo Tower and nothing on the menu is over 10 bucks

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 25, 2023

Restaurant Port offers some of the best scenery and cheapest meals in Minato Ward.

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• Japan
• (awesome • COK • cool • food • hidden restaurants • Minato Ward • restaurants • SNJO • Tokyo Tower • travel • ward office)

Starbucks Japan’s second sakura collection for hanami season 2023 comes with AR cherry blossoms

• Oona McGee
  Feb 24, 2023

Plus a special mini range created by local Japanese craftsmen. 

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2023 • COK • cool • cups • cute • drinkware • flowers • hanami • mugs • sakura • sakura 2023 • sakura goods • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • tumblers)

Extreme budget travel! Can you do a good weekend trip to Taiwan with 50,000 yen (US$370)? – Part 1

• Dale Roll
  Feb 24, 2023

Go’s latest experiment to see how far he can stretch 50,000 yen on a vacation.

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• Taiwan
• (awesome • budget travel • COK • cool • food • Go Hatori • low-budget • SNJO • Taipei • Taiwan • travel)

Cat paw button vending machine debuts in Japan to celebrate Cat Day

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 22, 2023

How could anyone resist the urge to press these buttons?

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• Japan
• (Cat Day • cats • COK • cool • cute • drinks • paw pads • Suntory • vending machines)

Stools made from real taiko drum parts sold by 160-year-old workshop and French designer

• Master Blaster
  Feb 22, 2023

Make every day a festival with these pieces.

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• Japan
• (cool • drums • Japanese traditional crafts • Miyamoto Unosuke Shoten • music • musical instruments • Pierre Charrie • taiko • The Curve)

New Studio Ghibli collection includes a US$2,450 wooden Totoro 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Feb 20, 2023

When the worlds of traditional Japan and Japanese anime collide.

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• Japan
• (chusen • cool • dyeing • Ghibli • goods • handcraft • Hayao Miyazaki • Japanese traditional crafts • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • pottery • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • traditional craft • traditional crafts • traditional culture • traditional handicrafts)

Mothra wants to dominate your home’s interior as a gigantically awesome tissue cover【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 17, 2023

Godzilla’s kaiju colleague is the perfect way to add some giant monster flair to your living or work space.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • crazy • Godzilla • interior • kaiju • mothra • Premium Bandai • tissue • tissue case • tissue cover)

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