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61-year-old Japanese fisherman falls off boat and defies odds to swim to safety

Master Blaster
Apr 17, 2026
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Captain Crunch Time.

Japan
(accident • accidnet • amazing • Ehime • fisherman • Ocean • overboard • sea • swimming)

Lawson convenience store at popular tourist site is one of the most unusual in Japan

Oona McGee
Apr 11, 2026

Japanese konbini blends into a setting that inspired Studio Ghibli.

Japan
(combini • convenience store • convenience store finds • convenience stores • cool • Dogo Onsen • Ehime • food • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • Lawson • SNJO • weird)

Orange rice and orange curry from Ehime is even orangier than expected

Master Blaster
May 19, 2025

“Oh My God!!”

Japan
(curry • Dogo Onsen • Ehime • food • mikan • Mikan Gohan • Mikan Rice • oranges • Salted Mikan Sea Bream Curry • souvenirs • travel)

Unusual vending machine in Akihabara sells drinks you won’t find anywhere else in Tokyo

Oona McGee
May 6, 2025

Sometimes the most unique vending machines are hiding in plain sight.

Japan
(Akihabara • coffee • COK • drinks • Ehime • Japanese vending machines • juice • new • Pom Juice • SNJO • taste test • vending machine • vending machines)

The story of our miracle cork-gun shot at Dogo Onsen in Ehime Prefecture

Master Blaster
Mar 10, 2025

A tale of beginner’s luck and cheap prizes.

Japan
(COK • cork guns • Dogo Onsen • Ehime • festivals • funny • games • hot springs • Kewpie dolls • shooting gallery • SNJO • travel)

Orders of regional Japanese fish dish jakoten explode after politician insults them

Shannon
Nov 7, 2023

Karma is particularly strong when it comes to Japanese cuisine, apparently.

Japan
(Akita • Akita Prefecture • Ehime • Ehime Prefecture • jakoten • regional food)

Government declaration that ‘miso’ made since 1950s can’t legally be called ‘miso’ sparks debate

Katie Pask
Nov 8, 2022

The decision incensed netizens around the country, with 2chan’s founder even getting involved.

Japan
(2channel • Barley miso • culture • Ehime • food • government • law • Miso • miso soup • Uwajima)

Fights break out at Japanese fight festival

Master Blaster
Oct 24, 2022

The first rule of fight festival is: No fighting!

Japan
(culture • dashi • Ehime • festivals • fight festivals • floats • kenka matsuri • Niihama • Niihama Taiko Festival)

Ukrainian sumo wrestlers take refuge in Japan to train for upcoming tournaments

Shannon
Jun 28, 2022

What better place for them to train than the birthplace of sumo?

Japan
(Asakusa • COK • Ehime • goodwill • Oita • sightseeing • sports • Sumo • sumo wrestlers • sumo wrestling • training • Ukraine)

No more neckties! Japanese prefecture abolishes necktie dress code for government employees

Casey Baseel
May 4, 2022

Decision is a plus for workers and the environment.

Japan
(COK • Cool Biz • dress code • Ehime • fashion • neckties • society • ties • working in Japan)

Shikoku Island holds world landmark lookalike photography contest judged by AI

Master Blaster
Apr 18, 2022

Many of the greatest places on Earth are all on one rural Japanese island.

Japan
(AI • Ehime • Kagawa • kochi • photography • Shikoku • Tokushima • travel • world landmarks)

Japanese high school kendo coach caught forcing students to pay birthday-tribute money

Ingrid Tsai
Apr 22, 2021

Typically, students are encouraged to report bullying to the adults, but what do you do when the adult is the bully?

Japan
(crime • Ehime • extracurricular activities • high school students • Kendo • martial arts • news • schools • sports • Teachers)

Now you can ‘stay’ in a Japanese castle without even leaving your sofa

Katie Pask
Aug 14, 2020

There are even futons for you to ‘sleep’ on!

Japan
(castles • cool • Ehime • history • hotels • stay home • technology • travel • virtual reality • VR)

Ehime man arrested for hitting cop who interfered with his Pokémon GO game

Master Blaster
Feb 25, 2019

When it comes to belligerent Pokémon players, Ehime Police gotta catch’em all.

Japan
(assault • assaulting an officer • crime • Ehime • Pokémon GO • Pokemon Special Weekend • smartphone games)

Japan’s biggest, baddest piece of playground equipment set to close down

Richard Simmonds
Mar 3, 2018

The slide in a children’s playground in Ehime, not suitable for children, will be no more after injuries and safety worries.

Japan
(cool • crazy • dangerous • Ehime • funny • playground • Shikoku • slide • twitter • video)

Japan’s most famous cat island moving towards plan to spay, neuter all of its kitty inhabitants

Casey Baseel
Feb 24, 2018

Aging, shrinking human population says it can no longer take care of all of the frisky felines.

Japan
(animals • Aoshima • Cat Island • cats • cute • Ehime • society • travel)

Japanese Twitter falls in love with unusual vending machine in Akihabara

Oona McGee
Jan 19, 2018

There’s good reason why people from around Tokyo are making the trip to Electric Town to get a taste of these special beverages.

Japan
(Akihabara • citrus • cool • dekopon • Ehime • fruits • iyokan • juice • mandarins • mikan • Pom Juice • vending machines)

Japanese origami vending machine makes news around the country

Oona McGee
Apr 14, 2017

The unusual machine with the sweet folded paper designs is warming people’s hearts around Japan.

Japan
(cool • cute • Ehime • origami • papercraft • tourism • travel • vending machines)

Japanese citrus farmers deal with crop-stealing wild boars by killing them, selling their meat

Casey Baseel
Oct 18, 2016

When life hands you lemons, make lemonade. When it hands you wild boars, make sausages.

Japan
(agriculture • Ehime • farms • food • fruit • meat • oranges • pork • wild boars)

Japan’s “cat island” Aoshima is being overwhelmed by tourists

Krista Rogers
Nov 13, 2014

Aoshima (青島), which is incorporated into Ozu City, Ehime Prefecture, is a small, unpretentious island in the Seto Inland Sea of Japan (which one of our English-language correspondents has covered extensively). However, the 0.5 km² island does have one unique claim to fame–it’s known as a paradise for cats and cat lovers.

We actually featured Aoshima on our list of the 11 top cat islands in Japan back in April. After one Japanese Twitter user shared photos of the island’s hordes of cats online, Aoshima has experienced an unprecedented influx of tourists, leaving the local residents baffled and unprepared to deal with the flood of people streaming in.

Japan
(Aoshima • cats • Ehime • island • tourism)

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