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American ehomaki? Searching for lucky Setsubun sushi rolls in the U.S.【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 5, 2024
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Looking for a taste of home-away-from-home while back home.

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• Japan, USA
• (Caliornia • COK • culture • Ehomaki • food • futomaki • setsubun • SNO • sushi)

Japan’s Setsubun Bean-Throwing Bazooka is so powerful demons won’t dare come near you

• Oona McGee
  Feb 3, 2024

Taking Japanese customs of demon-vanquishing to impressive new levels.

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• Japan
• (beans • COK • cool • culture • funny • gadgets • mame • oni • setsubun • SNJO • weird)

It’s time to throw beans and banish demons! A look at family Setsubun traditions in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 2, 2024

From ogre teachers to desserts in the dark, the SoraNews24 team shares their Setsubun styles.

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• Japan
• (beans • COK • culture • funny • oni • setsubun • SNJO • weird)

Japan has a set phrase for the crazy busy feeling we all get at the start of the year

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 31, 2024

If you’re shocked that January is almost over, Japanese has a phrase for that.

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• Japan
• (COK • culture • Japanese language • learning japanese • linguistics • SNO • society)

Shinto shrine naked festival ritual asks men to cover up for first time in three-century history

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 23, 2024

Loincloths at least, gentlemen, says shrine in change of policy in how to ask the gods for a good harvest and plenty of fish.

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• Japan
• (COK • culture • festivals • shinto • shrines)

Japanese model’s revealing outfit prompts debate about appropriate Coming of Age Ceremony attire

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 11, 2024

Kimono and suits are the standard clothing choice for this annual event, but this model chose something much skimpier.

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• Japan
• (COK • Coming of Age Ceremony • Coming of Age Day • culture • fashion • kimono • Seijiin no Hi • seijiinshiki • society)

Kitakyushu’s Seijinshiki Coming-of-Age Ceremony: Where new adults go wild with outlandish kimono

• Oona McGee
  Jan 9, 2024

Japanese style usually errs on the conservative side, but not at this ceremony. 

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• Japan
• (bosozoku • coming of age • Coming of Age Ceremony • Coming of Age Day • cosplay • culture • fashion • hakama • kimono • Kitakyushu • seijinshiki • SNJO • society • Yankee • youth)

Why Sensoji temple in Asakusa is better at night

• Oona McGee
  Dec 30, 2023

One of Tokyo’s most historic areas is even more spectacular without the crowds.

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• Japan
• (Asakusa • COK • cool • culture • Seiji Nakazawa • Sensoji • Sensoji Temple • SNJO • temples • Tokyo • Tokyo at Night • tourism • tradition • travel)

Japanese exam-taking jeans: The luckiest jeans in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Dec 16, 2023

Drawing on cool traditional details and the mystical power of kotodama to help you pass any test in style.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • culture • Edwin • entrance exams • exams • fashion • japanese design • Japanese jeans • jeans • juken • kotodama • lucky • tests • tradition)

Starbucks teams up with 164-year-old Kyoto doll maker for Year of the Dragon decorations【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 11, 2023

Higashiyama artisans craft figurines, bells, and gosho ningyo dolls to ring in the new year.

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• Japan
• (art • Chinese zodiac • COK • culture • interior • jimoto • Jimoto Plus • Kyoto • New Year's • Oshogatsu • Shimada Koen • Starbucks • Year of the Dragon)

Kyoto hotel OMO5 Kyoto Gion offers Yojiya cosmetics Pretty Girl Room Stay for New Year’s season

• Krista Rogers
  Nov 27, 2023

OMO5 Kyoto Gion by Hoshino Resorts partners with Kyoto cosmetics brand Yojiya for Fresh Beginnings in Kyoto Pretty Girl themed rooms.

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• Japan
• (accomodation • COK • cosmetics • culture • Hoshino Resort • hotels • Kyoto • OMO5 Kyoto Gion • travel • winter • Yojiya)

One-of-a-kind Osaka-themed Uniqlo Shinsaibashi opens

• Master Blaster
  Nov 24, 2023

You’ve never seen a Uniqlo quite like this.

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• Japan
• (culture • Kyuji Fujikawa • Osaka • Shinsaibashi • shopping • Taro Kido • travel • Uniqlo)

Kyoto’s “ikezu” culture of backhanded compliments explained in hilarious souvenir sticker series

• Oona McGee
  Nov 21, 2023

Behind the calm, polite face of a Kyotoite is an angry woman who wants to shout at you for being so uncultured.

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• Japan
• (COK • culture • funny • honne • ikezu • Japanese dialects • Japanese language • Kyoto • kyoto ben • Kyoto dialect • language • learn Japanese • LOL • manners • society • souvenirs • tatemae • tradition)

Macross anime and Japan’s oldest kabuki theater collaborate for special art exhibit

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 20, 2023

Traditional deculture!

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• Japan
• (anime • culture • kabuki • Kyoto • Macross • manga • Minami-za)

Tokyo vending machine sells beautiful shugifukuro money envelopes for wedding and other gifts

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 14, 2023

A modern twist on Japan’s traditional gift-giving culture.

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• Japan
• (art • beautiful • culture • envelopes • shugibukuro • vending machines)

Panju: A Rare Japanese sweet you can buy from a food cart for less than 30 cents

• Oona McGee
  Nov 11, 2023

A hidden gem that’s popular with locals. 

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• Japan
• (Ashikaga City • COK • cool • culture • food • Japanese food • Japanese shrines • Japanese sweets • Panju • shrines • SNJO • souvenirs • Takamichi Furusawa • Tochigi)

100-year-old brush shop in Tokyo sells a Japanese body brush that’s painfully good

• Oona McGee
  Nov 11, 2023

Mr Sato treats his skin to a beauty product that’s surprisingly painful. 

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• Japan
• (Asakusa • bathing • baths • beauty • brush • brushes • COK • cool • crazy • culture • fashion • Mr. Sato • products • shops • SNJO • Tokyo • tradition)

Expensive Japanese nail clippers: Are they worth it?

• Oona McGee
  Nov 8, 2023

Precision quality from a city known for its blacksmithing techniques. 

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • crazy • culture • expensive • fashion • grooming • Mr. Sato • nail clippers • nails • Niigata • SNJO • Suwada • Tokyo • tradition)

Japanese temple shop sells special shumai dumplings…with no meat in them

• Oona McGee
  Oct 31, 2023

You won’t find shumai like this anywhere else.

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• Japan
• (Ashikaga City • COK • cool • culture • dumplings • food • Japanese food • shumai • SNJO • souvenirs • Takamichi Furusawa • temples • Tochigi • vegetarian)

300-year-old Tokyo comb company sells 30,000-yen wooden hair combs—Are they worth it?

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 29, 2023

And if you’d rather have a 60,000-yen comb, this Asakusa shop has some of those too.

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• Japan
• (Asakusa • COK • comb • combs • cool • crazy • culture • expenive • fashion • hair • Mr. Sato • SNJO • Tokyo • tradition)

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