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You’ll never win cash or prizes or cash at this Tokyo pachinko parlor, and that’s why it’s so cool
- Casey Baseel
May 20, 2026 - Tweet
Tampopo is part pachinko parlor, part video game arcade, and part museum.
- Japan
- (Arcades • COK • cool • Fussa • game centers • Mr. Saro • pachinko • pachinko parlors • retro • SNJO)
Studio Ghibli adds mini pillows and massive mats to its anime merchandise store in Japan
- Oona McGee
May 19, 2026
My Neighbour Totoro is here to help you look and feel cool in traditional Japanese style.
- Japan
- (anime • cool • cushions • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • igusa • interior • interiors • Japanese interior • mats • merchandise • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • pillows • Studio Ghibli • summer • Totoro)
Kanji ice cream becomes a sell-out hit in Japan
- Oona McGee
May 18, 2026
A fun new way to learn kanji… and reward yourself for it at the same time.
- Japan
- (3D ice cream • cool • ice cream • Japanese language • Kamakura • kanji • Kanji Ice • Kanji Ice Cream • new sweets • sweets • tourism • tourist sites • travel • treats • unusual ice creams)
Shochu maker on remote Japanese island plays music as its spirits age, flavor varies by genre
- Casey Baseel
May 18, 2026
Rock shochu and reggae shochu really do taste different from each other.
- Japan
- (alcohol.shochu • Amami Islands • Amami Oshima • COK • cool • crazy • drinks • kokuto shochu • music • Nishihira’s Sonic Aging Project • SNJO)
7-Eleven Japan upsizes popular products like egg sando and pork ramen but how big are they really?
- Oona McGee
May 14, 2026
Getting more convenience store food for our yen is always a fun time, but this campaign is bordering on ridiculous.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • cool • egg sando • egg sandwich • egg sandwiches • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese egg sandwiches • ramen • SNJO)
Pokémon retro black-and-white Game Boy art T-shirts are on the way from Uniqlo[Photos]
- Casey Baseel
May 12, 2026
Pixel art designs have cool Easter eggs for old-school fans to spot.
- Japan
- (anime • cool • fashion • manga • Pikachu • Pokemon • shirts • t-shirts • Uniqlo • UT • video games)
Dr Pepper knockoff Mr Popper is a cult drink in Japan, but does it taste like the real thing?
- Oona McGee
May 11, 2026
The poor man’s Dr Pepper might not be so poor after all.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • crazy • Dr. Pepper • drinks • Mr Popper • sodas • soft drinks)
Mt. Fuji hot spring inn gets even more beautiful after dark with Firefly Festival
- Casey Baseel
May 10, 2026
Even when Mt. Fuji is hidden in shadows, there’s still something breathtaking to see here.
- Japan
- (beautiful • COK • cool • fireflies • hot springs • hotels • Japan travel • Japanese inns • Mt. Fuji • nature • onsen • ryokan • tourism • travel)
This train station bento boxed lunch shop has been in business for nearly 100 years
- Casey Baseel
May 9, 2026
Inside Chiba Station, Manyoken is a piece of edible history.
- Japan
- (bento • bento boxes • boxed lunches • Chiba • COK • cool • food • old restaurants • pork cutlet • SNJO • stations • taste test • tonkatsu • trains)
Nintendo’s Super Mario throws out first pitch at professional baseball game in Japan[Video]
- Casey Baseel
May 8, 2026
Turns out Mario throws a baseball like he throws a fireball.
- Japan
- (baseball • Baystars • cool • Mario • nintendo • Nippon Professional Baseball • NPB • sports • Super Mario • video • video games • Yokohama • Yokohama Stadium)
Final Fantasy VII’s Tifa’s bar pops up in real-world Tokyo, and we stop by for drinks[Photos]
- Casey Baseel
May 7, 2026
Seventh Heaven arrives in Roppongi with a twist on its name and another for its cocktails.
- Japan
- (alcohol • canned cocktails • chu-hi • cocktails • COK.Tifa • cool • drinks • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth • Final Fantasy VII remake • Future Lemon • Roppongi Hills • Sacre Lemon • SNO • sours • Square Enix • taste test • video games)
Holy Fungus Mud Volleyball is Japan’s most filthily beautifying bacteria event of the summer!
- Casey Baseel
May 6, 2026
Getting dirty in Gifu comes with benefits for your skin and stomach.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • cosmetics • crazy • funny • Gifu • mud • skin treatments • sports • volleyball • weird • wellness)
Art Fire Festival lights up the night at a unique venue in the mountains of Japan
- Casey Baseel
May 6, 2026
Sarusho continues to shine in its second life.
- Japan
- (art • awesome • closed schools • cool • fire • Gunma • hotels • pyrotechnics • schools)
Samurai Coffee: Try Edo period coffee once enjoyed by Japanese warriors
- Oona McGee
May 4, 2026
Cafe in Japan uses a recipe from an old document to recreate a historic brew.
Japan’s new Pokémon jackets give you the look and powers of the Kanto starter trio
- Casey Baseel
Apr 30, 2026
Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle jackets won’t be available in stores, though.
- Japan
- (anime • BOSS • Boss coffee • Bulbasaur • canned coffee • Charmander • coffee • cool • drinks • fashion • jackets • manga • Pokemon • shirts • squirtle • t-shirts • video games)
Hello Kitty is now a transforming truck robot[Photos]
- Casey Baseel
Apr 27, 2026
Optimus kawaii.
- Japan
- (cars • cool • crazy • cute • Hello Kitty • robots • Sanrio • Takara Tomy • tomica • toys • trucks • weird)
Tifa’s Final Fantasy VII bar is going to pop up in real-world Tokyo
- Casey Baseel
Apr 25, 2026
Seventh Heaven becomes Lemon’s Heaven.
- Japan
- (alcohol.chu-hi • canned cocktails • cocktails • cool • drinks • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth • Final Fantasy VII remake • Future Lemon • Roppongi Hills • sours • Square Enix • video games)
G-cha & Ba-cha serves Japanese green tea with a heartwarming backstory in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Apr 25, 2026
When you support these cool grandparents, you’ll get a lot in return too.
- Japan
- (cafes • cool • G-Cha & Ba-Cha • green tea • ice cream • matcha • matcha ice cream • matcha latte • restaurants • seniors • Shibuya • SNJO • tea • Tokyo)
The dream of riding Final Fantasy Chocobos is coming to Tokyo VR centers
- Casey Baseel
Apr 24, 2026
Final Fantasy XIV VR experience will give you the chance to prove you’re the kweh-kist Chocobo jockey around.
- Japan
- (awesome • Chocobo • Chocobos • cool • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy XIV • Square Enix • Tyffon • Tyffonium • video games • VR • XR)
Burger King Japan’s All Heavy customisation hack may not be all it’s cracked up to be
- Oona McGee
Apr 22, 2026
The results of this taste test are truly baffling.
- Japan
- (All Heavy • Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • cool • fast food • food • food hack • food hacks • hack • hacks • SNJO • whopper)
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Pachinko parlor operator arrested for not obscuring the act of gambling well enough
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First-ever cafe on Tokyo Imperial Palace Garden grounds is now open
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New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
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Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
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