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Cherry blossoms are going to bloom on Tokyo’s new license plates

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 2, 2022
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Can you spot the Tokyo cultural salute in the sakura’s pattern?

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• Japan
• (cars • cherry blossoms • cool • driving • license plates • number plates • sakura • Somei Yoshino • Tokyo • Tokyo Tower)

Japan has a special foil for roasting sweet potatoes at home, and it’s like having a time machine

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 29, 2022

Kuro Foil is exactly the kind of culinary black magic we want at this time of year.

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• Japan
• (aluminum foil • clever • COK • cooking • cool • food • SNJO • sweet potatoes • taste test • yaki imo)

Pocky x Street Fighter II collaboration comes with a special game for a limited time

• Oona McGee
  Nov 29, 2022

Will you be able to deliver a Pocky K.O.?

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• Japan
• (arcade games • biscuits • chocolate • COK • cool • food • Glico • Pocky • Pocky K.O. • retro games • Street Fighter • Street Fighter II • sweets • video games)

It’s pretty amazing buses in this Japanese town don’t crash into this mountain every day【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 28, 2022

Nagasaki bus drivers handle hairpin with centimeters to spare.

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• Japan
• (buses • cars • cool • crazy • Nagasaki • transportation • video)

Mt. Fuji looks more like a suibokuga painting than real life in this amazing photo

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 27, 2022

Surrounding mountain range supporting cast makes Japan’s most majestic peak look even more beautiful.

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• Japan
• (art • awesome • beautiful • cool • ink painting • Mt. Fuji • nature • photographu • suibokuga)

Sushi birthday cake turns out to be the best present our reporter could’ve ever asked for

• Oona McGee
  Nov 26, 2022

With this “jewellery box of the sea”, birthday dinner and dessert is sorted in one meal.

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• Japan
• (Ahiruneko • birthday cake • birthdays • cakes • chirashizushi • COK • cool • cute • eating • food • Japanese food • SNJO • sushi • Sushi Cake • taste test • unusual • weird)

Slowpoke Sofa wants to help you live the slow life of your Pokémon dreams【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 26, 2022

And yes, the designers made sure to include his tail.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • Cellutane • chair • cool • cute • furniture • interior • Pokemon • Slowpoke • sofa • video games • Yadon)

Burger King adds a matcha pie to the menu in Japan for a limited time

• Oona McGee
  Nov 24, 2022

This is not a drill, matcha lovers!

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• Japan
• (Burger King • Burger King Japan • COK • cool • desserts • fast food • food • green tea • marketing • matcha • sweets • Uji Matcha)

Japan’s purring cat cuddle cushions evolve into an even higher form of virtual pet life【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 24, 2022

Premium MeowEver gives you the warmth, softness, shape, and even weight of cuddling the pet cat you can’t own.

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• Japan
• (cats • clever • cool • cushion • cute • interior • MeowEver • pets • pillow • technology)

Dr. Martens’ Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji collection is a work of wearable art

• Oona McGee
  Nov 24, 2022

The Great Wave off Kanagawa meets street style for a new generation.

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• Japan
• (art • bags • boots • cool • Doc Martens • Dr. Martens • fashion • hokusai • Katsushika Hokusai • Metropolitan Museum of Art • New York • shoes • The Great Wave off Kanagawa • The Met • Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji • ukiyo-e • ukiyoe • woodblock prints)

Ramen-based fuel now powers one of Japan’s most beautiful sightseeing railways

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 23, 2022

Leftover tonkotsu broth gets a new purpose in Kyushu.

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• Japan
• (biodiesel • cool • eco-friendly • environment • food • ramen • SDGs • tonkotsu • trains)

Pokémon Poké Ball rice balls now on sale in Japan, don’t taste like jelly donuts【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 21, 2022

7-Eleven is the next stop on our quest to become Pokémon food masters.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • anime • COK • convenience stores • cool • food • onigiri • Poké Ball • Pokemon • rice balls • SNO • taste test • video games)

Bleach Coca-Cola is on sale in Japan and won’t kill you, but how does it taste?【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 20, 2022

We crack open a can of the crossover between Coca-Cola and the Bleach anime/manga franchise.

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• Japan
• (anime • Bleach • Coca-Cola • Coca-Cola Japan • COK • Cola • cool • drinks • manga • SNJO • soft drinks • taste test • Thousand Year Blood War)

Tokyo’s Curry Udon Croquette Burger is four of Japan’s favorite foods in one【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 20, 2022

Ikebukuro Bread Festival serves up hybrid rice bowl burgers too.

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• Japan
• (awesome • bread • burgers • COK • cool • crazy • croquette • curry • food • katsu • katsudon • Mr. Sato • oyakodon • rice bowls • sandwiches • SNJO • udon • unagi)

Amazing time-lapse-style video shows 150-year history of the growth of train stations in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 17, 2022

Points of light shine bright, and sometimes disappear, in this fascinating look at the last century and a half.

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• Japan
• (cool • history • stations • time-lapse • train stations • trains • video)

Urusei Yatsura Cafe to open in four cities in Japan as part of celebration of Lum’s return【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 16, 2022

Food and drinks offer the same mix of romance and physical pain as the hit anime, exclusive merch to also be offered for sale online.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • food • manga • restaurants • Rumiko Takahashi • themed restaurants • Urusei Yatsura)

Perfectly recreated 1960s Japanese apartment lets museum visitors go back to mid-Showa era【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 16, 2022

Matsudo Museum recreates Tokiwadaira Danchi, and a day in the life of old-school Japan.

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• Japan
• (1960s • COK • cool • culture • history • museums • retro • Showa • Showa Era • SNJO)

The 2022 Soraniwa Music Festival: A day of music, laughter, and family atmosphere

• Krista Rogers
  Nov 15, 2022

After previously taking part in all kinds of prep work, Seiji finally experiences the culmination of his fellow team members’ hard work and dreams.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • family • Kanagawa • moving • music • music festival • nature • outdoor • Sagamihara • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • Soraniwa • touching)

Enter the Upside Down from Tokyo — we visit the Stranger Things pop-up cafe in Shibuya

• Katie Pask
  Nov 15, 2022

Stranger Pronto is a must for all fans of the hit Netflix series.

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• Japan
• (cafe • cool • food • Netflix • pop-up cafe • Pronto • Shibuya • SNJO • Stranger Things • Tokyo)

You can eat Kirby’s scarf at the Kirby Cafe this winter【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 13, 2022

Just as we’re bringing out our winter clothes, the Nintendo series-themed cafe is bringing out its winter menu.

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• Japan
• (cafes • COK • cool • cute • food • Kirby • Kirby Café • nintendo • restaurants • sweets • themed restaurants • video games)

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