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Fukushima’s popular dialect T-shirt vending machine gets its first sibling in Iwaki

• Elliot Hale
  Sep 24, 2026
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Pick up a wearable Japanese lesson featuring dinosaurs, hot springs, and deep sea fish.

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• Japan
• (COK • dialects • Fukushima • Fukushima dialect • Iwaki • Japanese linguistics • linguistics • regional dialects • t-shirts • tourism • travel • vending machine)

Fukushima City on edge as resourceful and violent bear still not found

• Master Blaster
  Jun 8, 2026

Cunning bear managed to escape stand-off with police and hunters.

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• Japan
• (animals • bear attacks • bears • COK • Fukushima • safety)

Gundam teams up with 300-year-old daruma maker for wood-carved anime mecha figures[Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  May 24, 2026

It’s a Gun-daruma!

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• Japan
• (anime • art • cool • culture • daruma • Freedom Gundam • Fukushima • Fukushima prefecture • Gundam • Gundam SEED • Justice Gundam • mecha • robots • shirakawa)

Japan now sells…sake made with moth poop?!?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 30, 2026

Moth poo and cherry blossom leaves are the secret ingredients in Secret Spring. 

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• Japan
• (brewery • cherry blossoms • chuhicha • cool • drinks • Fukushima • Haccoba • insect tea • insects • Japanese sake • moth poo • moths • sake • sake brewery • sakura • weird)

Final Fantasy invites you to adventure in Fukushima with Fukushima Fantasy Chocobo fun[Video]

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 27, 2026

A cool/kweh-l reason to visit fantastically beautiful Fukushima.

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• Japan
• (cool • cute • Final Fantasy • Fukushima • Fukushima prefecture • Japan travel • Square Enix • stamp rallies • stamp rally • travel;tourism • video games)

Why do tourists eat noodles with a green onion instead of chopsticks in this Edo town?

• Oona McGee
  Oct 11, 2025

Charming old post town serves up a culinary tradition you won’t find anywhere else in Japan.   

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• Japan
• (cool • cool food • Edo • Edo era • Edo period • food • Fukushima • gourmet • local specialties • must try • negi soba • Noodles • Ouchijuku • post town • regional food • restaurants • SNJO • soba • travel • weird food)

Escape from Tokyo – Another story: Victory beach trip【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 29, 2025

After seeing how far away from Tokyo we could get with 5,000 yen, (US$33.80), the winner of our challenge hits the beach.

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• Japan
• (beautiful • COK • Fukushima • Fukushima prefecture • Go Hatori • nature • SNJO • tourism • travel)

How far away from Tokyo can you get with 5,000 yen? Let’s find out!

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 25, 2025

Our reporters set out to escape Tokyo with a modest budget, a direction to go in, and no other plan.

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• Japan
• (Atami • buses • COK • crazy • Fukushima • Go Hatori • Mr. Sato • Shizuoka • SNJO • Tokyo • tourism • trains • travel)

Chansey Pokémon Park in Japan helps a region heal from disaster

• Oona McGee
  Sep 7, 2025

Fukushima looks to a brighter future with the help of its Lucky Support Pokémon.

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• Japan
• (anime • anime characters • Chansey • cool • Fukushima • Koriyama • lucky • park • play • Pokemon • SNJO • travel • video games)

Edible deep-fried “coal” souvenir ignites our curiosity, so naturally we try it for ourselves

• Krista Rogers
  Mar 11, 2025

Spoiler alert: No, it’s not really coal, but it could seriously be a carbon copy.

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• Japan
• (coal • edible • fish • food • Fukushima • Iwaki • local product • marlin • taste test • weird)

Japanese mountain community’s first baby in 52 years celebrates first birthday

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 7, 2024

Parents want to raise baby in rural community, and community is happy to have her.

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• Japan
• (aging population • Fukushima • kids • moving • rural • society • touching • video)

7-Eleven “Cream Box” is Japan’s newest must-try convenience store sweet

• Oona McGee
  Sep 23, 2024

A unique local specialty, set to become a nationwide comfort food. 

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • bread • COK • combini • convenience stores • cream • Cream Box • food • Fukushima • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • local specialties • local sweets • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

World’s only double-helix wooden structure, Aizu Sazaedo, is mysterious both outside and inside

• Oona McGee
  Sep 12, 2024

Helix maze built at a now-lost Japanese temple is a stunning architectural marvel.

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• Japan
• (Aizu • Aizu Sazaedo • amazing • architecture • Buddhism • COK • double helix building • Fukushima • japanese architecture • SNJO • temples • tourism • tourist sites • travel • wooden buildings)

Japan’s UFO village, where the magnetic field is said to attract visitors from outer space

• Oona McGee
  Sep 1, 2024

UFO stories abound in this area, and there’s plenty to make you think in this under-the-radar town.

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• Japan
• (aliens • COK • cool • Fukushima • Masanuki Sunakoma • mysteries • SNJO • tourist sites • travel • UFO • UFO sighting • UFO Village • UFOs)

The heartwarming story of Japan’s “Weakling Gundam” and the fans who supported it in its hour of need

• Oona McGee
  Aug 27, 2024

A roadside mecha with a touching backstory.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • COK • cool • cute • Fukushima • Gundam • Gundam statue • heartwarming • Hetare Gundam • life-size Gundam • manga • Mobile Suit Gundam • robots • SNJO • touching • tourist sites • travel • Weak Gundam • Weakling Gundam)

A visit to Mugenkyo, the valley of phantom mists, and the abandoned village of Mifuke【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 17, 2023

A perfectly peaceful river cruise takes us on a trip back into the past.

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• Japan
• (beautiful • COK • Fukushima • Mifuke • Mugenkyo • nature • SNJO • travel)

Fukushima man arrested for defecating on another person’s bicycle seat

• Master Blaster
  Feb 17, 2023

The suspect claims to have been attracted to the victim.

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• Japan
• (bicycles • crime • Fukushima • Miyagi • Soma • vandalism)

Often-overlooked castle in Japan looks so beautiful in the snow that we can’t take our eyes off it

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 5, 2023

Castle north of Tokyo looks like suibokuga artwork.

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• Japan
• (Aizuwakamatsu • beautiful • castles • Fukushima • photography • snow • travel • Tsuruga Castle • Wakamatsu Castle)

New unmanned hotel opens in Japan that requires check in and check out by Suica train card only

• Shannon
  Jan 28, 2023

It’s just like boarding the train, except you’ll be sleeping here.

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• Japan
• (Fukushima • Fukushima prefecture • hotel • Hotel B4T • Iwaki Station • Mobile Suica • Suica • Suica hotel • unmanned)

Return to Fukushima: Decontaminated town reopens to residents, but is anybody living there?

• Oona McGee
  Oct 24, 2022

If you ever wanted to live in a post-apocalyptic zombie film, now’s your chance.

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