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Will our cosplay lucky bag purchase leave us feeling sew lucky or hemmed in?【Photos】

• Krista Rogers
  Dec 24, 2024
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Initially we were stumped by the origin sources of our cosplays but the mystery was later revealed.

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• (anime • Blue Archive • clothing • COK • cosplay • Costume • fashion • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2024 • Fukubukuro Roundup 2025 • lucky bag 2025 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2025 • manga • outfit • Project Sekai • SNJO • video games)

Nakano Broadway sells a fukubukuro lucky bag for foreigners, but is it a good deal or a scam?

• SoraNews24
  Dec 21, 2024

We get an expert opinion on the worth of the anime and voclaoid figures in the Kawaii Lucky Bag.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • anime • COK • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2025 • Hatsune Miku • Kawaii • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2025 • mange • Nakano • Nakano Broadway • Oshi no Ko • overlord • SNJO • Tokyo)

Chiikawa lucky bag required a four-month wait, but was it worth it?【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 18, 2024

We had to wait a third of the year for this New Year’s fukubukuro, and now it’s time to find out if our patience was rewarded.

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• (Chiikawa • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2025 • Fukubukuro Roundup 2025 • luck bags • lucky bag 2025 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2025)

Pokémon Mister Donut lucky bags essentially pay you with Pokémon merch for eating dessert

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 2, 2024

Japan’s sweetest deal in the fukubukuro sphere is back!

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• Japan
• (anime • donuts • food • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2025 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2025 • Lucky Bags • manga • Mister Donut • Pikachu • Pokemon • sweets • video games)

Taking revenge on Starbucks in Japan with 10,000 yen at the Reserve Roastery Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Dec 1, 2024

Risky revenge visit leaves us with some newfound revelations.

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• (COK • desserts • drinks • fukubukuro • limited edition • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2025 • Reserve Roastery Tokyo • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • Starbucks Reserve Roastery Tokyo • sweets • taste test)

7-Eleven Japan releases fukubukuro lucky bags filled with convenience store surprises

• Oona McGee
  Nov 23, 2024

Cute details that konbini lovers will go mad for.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • COK • combini • convenience stores • cool • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2025 • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2025 • SNJO)

Come buy the SoraNews24 lucky bag and help support a good cause at Subculture Market

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 17, 2024

We go from lucky bag buyers to sellers to raise money for disaster relief.

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• Japan
• (charity • Daikanyama • disaster relief • fukubukuro • Lucky Bags • Noto earthquake • SNJO)

We channel our inner Osakan auntie with a lucky bag full of animal-print clothes

• Dale Roll
  Mar 10, 2024

Nothing exudes confidence like being covered in leopard print. 

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• Japan
• (animal print • clothes • COK • crazy • fashion • fukubukuro • funny • leopard print • lucky bag • Masanuki Sunakoma • Osaka Oba-chan • SNJO)

Do ANA international inflight meals taste better on the ground than they do in the air?

• Oona McGee
  Feb 12, 2024

A fun way to feel like you’re going on a trip…and losing weight at the same time. 

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• (Air travel • airline food • airplanes • All Nippon Airways • ANA • COK • eco-friendly • food • fukubukuro • in-flight meals • Lucky Bags • SNJO • Takashi Harada • taste test • travel)

A few snags don’t stop the satisfaction of this used shonen manga lucky bag

• Master Blaster
  Feb 9, 2024

The bag itself even has its own redemption arc.

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• Japan
• (Bleach • Book Market • COK • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2024 • Jojo's bizarre adventure • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2024 • manga • Mitsudomoe • One Piece • Shonen Champion • Shonen Jump • SNJO • Surugaya • Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan)

The one in which we sample top-notch melon in the Crown Melon Lucky Bag

• Krista Rogers
  Jan 25, 2024

This melon specialty shop’s unique lucky bag puts a fruity spin on the New Year’s tradition.

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• (COK • crown melon • food • fruit • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2024 • Fukubukuro Roundup 2024 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2024 • Lucky Bags • melon • mikan • Shizuoka • SNJO • specialty)

A look inside Amazon Japan’s lowest-rated lucky bag

• Master Blaster
  Jan 23, 2024

If you buy one, don’t forget to adjust the knob.

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• (Amazon Japan • Amazon lowest-rated • COK • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2024 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2024 • Lucky Bags • Masanuki Sunakoma • SNJO • weird)

Akihabara Radio Kaikan’s gacha capsule toy lucky bag is an otaku delight【Photos】

• Oona McGee
  Jan 22, 2024

Anime characters and cute models are some of the surprise finds in this fukubukuro. 

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • anime • capsule toys • COK • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2024 • gachapon • Jujutsu Kaisen • Lucky Bag Roundup 2024 • Lucky Bags • manga • otaku • Radio Kaikan • SNJO)

What’s inside the for-adult-men Pokémon fashion lucky bag from Shimamura?【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 11, 2024

This New Year’s fukubukuro sort of has us thinking about a different time of year.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • fashion • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2024 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2024 • Lucky Bags • Mimikyu • Pokemon • Shimamura • SNJO • video games)

Opening 70 toys in a capsule toy lucky bag is our best tip for killing time over the holidays

• Krista Rogers
  Jan 11, 2024

We crack open an overwhelming batch of toys–from the charming to the wacky–in which there’s gotta be something for everyone.

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• Japan
• (capsule toys • COK • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2024 • Fukubukuro Roundup 2024 • gacha gacha • gashapon • haruka takagi • lucky bag 2024 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2024 • Lucky Bags • SNJO)

This lucky bag stuffed with green tea made us feel like real adults for once

• Dale Roll
  Jan 10, 2024

Nothing makes you feel sophisticated like brewing and drinking the perfect cup of tea!

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• Japan
• (COK • drinks • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2024 • green tea • Itoen • Kagoshima • Lucky Bag Roundup 2024 • Lucky Bags • Mariko Ohanabatake • Shizuoka • SNJO • tea)

We score big with Kaldi’s wine lucky boxes thanks to some sage advice

• Krista Rogers
  Jan 9, 2024

A helpful hack sets up our reporter for success to get the sparkling wine of her dreams.

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• Japan
• (COK • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2024 • Fukubukuro Roundup 2024 • haruka takagi • KALDI • lucky bag 2024 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2024 • Lucky Bags • SNJO • Sparkling wine • wine)

Can Japan’s yami kawaii fashion still work without the yamu? We find out with this lucky bag【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 8, 2024

Trying on Ank Rouge’s fukubukuro yami-kei starter kit.

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• Japan
• (Ank Rouge • COK • fashion • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2024 • Ikuna Kamezawa • Lucky Bag Roundup 2024 • Lucky Bags • SNJO • yami kawaii)

Akihabara capsule toy lucky bag is filled with cute characters and cool crap (literally)【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 8, 2024

Mulan Akiba delivers the randomized gacha goods.

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• Japan
• (anime • capsule toys • COK • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2024 • gachapon • Lucky Bag Roundup 2024 • Lucky Bags • manga • otaku • SNJO)

Japanese osechi New Year’s meal lucky bag gives us way more than we bargained for

• Oona McGee
  Jan 7, 2024

This is not what we were expecting.

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• Japan
• (fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2024 • Ikuna Kamezawa • Japanese New Year • lucky bag 2024 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2024 • Lucky Bags • New Year's food • osechi • SNJO)

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