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What’s inside the McDonald’s Big Smile Bag in Japan
- Oona McGee
Aug 15, 2021 - Tweet
All part of the chain’s Japan-exclusive 50th anniversary celebrations.
- Japan
- (burgers • COK • design • fast food • food • fries • fukubukuro • limited edition • lucky bag • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Mr Speedee • packaging • retro • SNJO • Speedee Service System)
Choosing one of the six Osomatsu-san brothers from Surugaya’s 2021 fukubukuro lucky bags【Pics】
- Ingrid Tsai
Jan 10, 2021
What’s in store this time from these sextuplets?
- Japan
- (Akihabara • anime • anime goods • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2021 • Fukubukuro Roundup • Fukubukuro Roundup 2021 • Lucky Bag Roundup • Lucky Bag Roundup 2021 • Lucky Bags • Osomatsu-san • SNJO • Surugaya)
What’s inside the lucky bag from Akihabara’s largest adult toy shop?
- SoraNews24
Jan 6, 2021
Adult department store M’s’ eroticism expert picks out a blind-buy bundle for women and couples that includes a tube of Surprisingly Gooey Feeling Super Gooey Type.
- Japan
- (COK • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2021 • Fukubukuro Roundup 2021 • lucky bag 2021 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2021 • Lucky Bags • SNJO)
Starbucks Japan lucky bag showdown! We snag three fukubukuro, but are they all the same?【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 5, 2021
You can always count on cool drinkware, cute plushies, and free coffee from Starbucks Japan at New Year’s.
- Japan
- (coffee • COK • daruma • drinkware • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2020 • Fukubukuro Roundup • Fukubukuro Roundup 2021 • Lucky Bag Roundup • Lucky Bag Roundup 2021 • Lucky Bags • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)
The Animate anime lucky bag is an otaku mind-blowing value【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 5, 2021
SoraNews24’s otaku reporter heads to one of Tokyo’s biggest anime fan neighborhoods and gets a massive return on his fukubukuro investment.
- Japan
- (Animate • anime • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2021 • Fukubukuro Roundup 2021 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2021 • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2021)
The Mos Burger x Rilakkuma lucky bag is a treat for Rilakkuma fans, has some Mos Burger value too
- Dale Roll
Jan 2, 2021
One of Japan’s most covered lucky bags, and with good reason!
- Japan
- (burgers • COK • cute • fast food • food • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2020 • Fukubukuro Roundup 2021 • hamburgers • Lucky Bag Roundup 2021 • Lucky Bags • merchandise • Mos Burger • Rilakkuma • SNJO)
Mister Donut x Pokémon fukubukuro lucky bag is a deliciously cute adventure
- Oona McGee
Dec 31, 2020
Chansey and friends are just the icing on the cake for this doughnut extravaganza.
- Japan
- (Chansey • coupon • cute • donuts • doughnuts • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2021 • Fukubukuro Roundup 2021 • lucky bag • Lucky Bag Roundup 2021 • Mister Donut • Pokemon)
Studio Ghibli retail chain brings out a mystery fukubukuro lucky bag for New Year
- Oona McGee
Dec 30, 2020
Filled with awesome Ghibli character goods, Donguri Kyowakoku has some of the best lucky bags in all of Japan.
- Japan
- (anime • Donguri Kyowakoku • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2021 • Ghibli • Kiki's Delivery Service • lucky bag • Lucky Bag Roundup 2021 • merchandise • My Neighbour Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Peer into Beard Papa’s lucky bag of cream
- Master Blaster
Dec 30, 2020
The Beard Papa tote bag is just the tip of this creamberg.
- Japan
- (Beard Papa • COK • coupons • cream puffs • food • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2021 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2021 • Lucky Bags • SNJO)
Mister Donut back at it again with 2021 MisDo Pokémon Lucky Bags
- Shannon
Dec 24, 2020
Donuts, bags for your donuts, calendars for your donut shopping days – this bag has it all.
- Japan
- (coupon • cute • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2021 • lucky bag • Mister Donut • Pokemon)
We bought a “Plastic Model Vegeta” lucky bag from Laox, got a model we really didn’t expect
- Dale Roll
Jan 10, 2020
To our surprise, it was not a lucky bag just devoted to Vegeta models, as we initially thought.
- Japan
- (Dragon Ball • Dragonball • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2020 • funny • Laox • lucky bag • Lucky Bag Roundup 2020 • Mr. Sato • plastic models)
It’s under 9,000 (yen)! Testing out luck with the Dragon Ball figure lucky bag【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 8, 2020
All we knew was that the bag contained Dragon Ball anime figures, and that was all we needed to know.
- Japan
- (anime • COK • Dragon Ball • figures • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2020 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2020 • Lucky Bags • manga • SNJO • Son Goku)
Japanese store’s for-adults lucky bag provides everything you need to get lucky all by yourself
- Casey Baseel
Jan 8, 2020
Multiple Tengas are just part of the high-value package.
- Japan
- (COK • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2020 • Lammtarra • Lucky Bag Roundup 2020 • Lucky Bags • SNJO)
Cosplay lucky bag delivers costumes aimed at first-time cosplayers in Japan
- Oona McGee
Jan 7, 2020
Is this how you’re meant to cosplay?
- Japan
- (COK • cosplay • cosplay costumes • cosplayers • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2020 • lucky bag • Lucky Bag Roundup 2020 • SNJO)
Godzilla Store crushes New Year with king of the 2020 fukubukuro lucky bags
- Oona McGee
Jan 7, 2020
Extra rare merchandise limited to only 100 lucky shoppers.
- Japan
- (fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2020 • Godzilla • Ippudo • lucky bag • Lucky Bag Roundup 2020 • movies • SNJO)
Sukiya beef bowl chain makes Japanese New Year fun with limited-edition fukubukuro
- Oona McGee
Jan 6, 2020
13 reasons why 2020 ought to be the Year of the Beef Bowl.
- Japan
- (beef bowl • beef bowls • fast food • food • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2020 • Japanese food • lucky bag • Lucky Bag Roundup 2020 • SNJO • Sukiya)
Naomi Osaka appears inside fukubukuro lucky bag from famous Japanese candy retail chain
- Oona McGee
Jan 6, 2020
Tennis star makes a surprise appearance in a bag filled with snacks and sweets.
- Japan
- (candy • chocolate • food • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2020 • lucky bag • Lucky Bag Roundup 2020 • Naomi Osaka • SNJO • sweets)
Ippudo ramen gives noodle lovers a fantastic fukubukuro lucky bag for 2020
- Oona McGee
Jan 6, 2020
Start the New Year right with this once-in-a-year gift from the world-famous ramen chain.
- Japan
- (food • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2020 • Ippudo • lucky bag • Lucky Bag Roundup 2020 • Noodles • ramen • SNJO)
Yoshinoya fukubukuro lucky bag comes with sought-after beef bowl, sold at only one place in Japan
- Oona McGee
Jan 6, 2020
We go on a journey to find the Holy Grail of beef bowls.
- Japan
- (beef bowl • food • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2020 • Japanese food • lucky bag • Lucky Bag Roundup 2020 • SNJO • Yoshinoya)
Ikea hot dog lucky bag is one of the most unusual fukubukuro available in Japan this year
- Oona McGee
Jan 5, 2020
Ikea Japan gives locals a lesson on how to make a good hot dog for the New Year.
- Japan
- (food • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2020 • hot dogs • ikea • ikea japan • lucky bag • Lucky Bag Roundup 2020 • SNJO)
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