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Final visit to the last Cold Stone Creamery in Tokyo before it closes leaves us with a bad taste

• Oona McGee
  Apr 24, 2025
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Could the demise of Cold Stone have been prevented in Japan if they’d done this earlier?

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• (COK • Cold Stone • Cold Stone Japan • foods • Harajuku • ice cream • swets)

Cold Stone permanently closing its final Tokyo branch, but why is the chain struggling in Japan?

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 22, 2025

Once the hottest ice cream chain in the country, Cold Stone is now just one step away from completely disappearing from Japan.

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• (COK • Cold Stone • Cold Stone Japan • foods • Harajuku • ice cream • swets)

Black Thunder grab event in Tokyo gets you a fistful of chocolate bars for less than 30 cents

• Oona McGee
  Feb 11, 2025

How many of these iconic Japanese chocolates can we grab for 40 yen?

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• Japan
• (Black Thunder • candy • chocolate • chocolates • cool • events • food • Harajuku • marketing • Shibuya • snacks • sweets • taste test • Tokyo • Yuraku Confectionery)

After 21 years, Harajuku’s famous Lolita fashion and cosplay shop is permanently closing

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 5, 2024

End of the line for Bodyline.

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• (closing • cosplay • cosplayers • fashion • Harajuku • Lolita fashion • Takeshita Dori • Takeshita Street)

Marion Crepes and Pokémon Peaceful Place team up for sweet, Insta-worthy treats

• Krista Rogers
  Aug 27, 2024

Which adorable Pokécrepe do you choose?

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• Japan
• (collaboration • food • Harajuku • Marion Crepes • Pokemon • Pokémon Peaceful Place • PokéPeace • sweets)

Starbucks releases college sweatshirts and baseball caps in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jun 21, 2024

Harajuku-born brand teams up with Starbucks for a very cool collegiate collection. 

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• Japan
• (American fashion • baseball caps • BEAMS • clothes • COK • college • college style • cool • cute • drinks • fashion • Frappucino • Harajuku • merchandise • shopping • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweatshirts • Tokyo)

Harajuku’s new Harakado complex: A cool place to drink matcha in a secret oasis above the city

• Oona McGee
  Jun 4, 2024

Former Condomania site springs to life with a hidden gem inside an amazing Tokyo building.

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• Japan
• (architecture • buildings • cafes • COK • cool • Harajuku • Harakado • Harappa • matcha • matcha latte • new • new openings • news • Omokado • Omotesando • Shibuya • shopping • shopping mall • shops • SNJO • Tokyo)

Shu macaron and herbal Japanese tea pairings are a feast for the eyes and mouth in Harajuku

• Krista Rogers
  May 20, 2024

Enjoy these stylish shu macarons with original blends of tea to enhance the flavors even more. 

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• Japan
• (cafe • cafes • cream puff • cream puffs • drinks • food • green tea • Harajuku • macaron • macarons • pastry • shu cream • sweets • Takeshita Dori • Takeshita Street • tea • Tokyo)

Harajuku Station’s beautiful old wooden building is set to return, with a new complex around it

• Oona McGee
  Apr 26, 2024

Newly released design shows how the former station building will blend into a more modern landscape.

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• (architecture • buildings • Construction • Harajuku • Harajuku Station • history • Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • JR East • news • Shibuya • Tokyo • train stations • trains)

Tokyo’s adorable Shiba Inu crepe might be the most Harajuku you can wrap in a dessert

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 10, 2024

Takeshita Street continues to be at the forefront of Japan’s kawaii and crepe culture.

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• Japan
• (crepes • cute • dogs • food • Harajuku • Shiba dog • Shiba Inu • sweets • Takeshita Dori • Takeshita Street • Takeshitadori)

Catch trendy Pokémon at Harajuku’s Takeshita Street for a limited time

• Oona McGee
  Dec 20, 2023

Happy Winter event gives us Pokémon like we’ve never seen them before.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • cool • events • Harajuku • P.K. Sanjun • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • SNJO • Takeshita Dori • Takeshita Street • Tokyo • travel • video games)

Does Harajuku’s ramen restaurant with a constant line live up to the hype? Let’s find out!

• Dale Roll
  Nov 4, 2023

Are lines deceptive, or is the food as good as they suggest?

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Harajuku • Kyushu Jangara • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • Takashi Harada • tonkotsu • tonkotsu ramen)

Fantasy RPG-style cosplay weapon shop opening in downtown Tokyo

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 21, 2023

Takumi Armory is here to make Harajuku feel like an RPG starter town.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • cosplay • crazy • Harajuku • Takumi Armory • Takumi Kogei • video games)

We take a giraffe nap in a standing sleep pod at a cafe in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Aug 25, 2023

Testing the benefits of vertical sleep and coffee in Harajuku.

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• (cafes • coffee • coffee nap • COK • cool • crazy • Egawa Tasuku • giraffe • giraffenap • Harajuku • interior • nap • Nescafe • pods • sleep • SNJO • standing nap • standing sleep • Tokyo • weird)

Godiva Dessert joins the cute crepe game in Harajuku

• Oona McGee
  Jul 31, 2023

There’s a new sweets store in town, with a luxury chocolate crepe you can’t get anywhere else. 

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• Japan
• (cafes • chocolate • COK • crepes • desserts • food • Godiva • Godiva Cafe • Godiva Dessert • Harajuku • Mr. Sato • restaurants • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Tokyo’s newest ultra-cheap, no-barista cafe has a secret【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 19, 2023

After learning The Secret of Drip, we think we need to have an important conversation with our boss.

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• Japan
• (cafes • coffee • COK • drinks • Harajuku • ice coffee • kitchen gadgets • Omotesando • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • UCC coffee)

Cold Stone Creamery returns to the Tokyo city center, and with Tokyo-only menu items!

• Dale Roll
  Jul 17, 2023

And of course, we went to check it out.

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• Japan
• (Cold Stone • Cold Stone Creamery • crepes • food • Harajuku • ice cream • Japanese sweets • matcha • sweet potato • sweets)

We stop by the first-ever Fender Flagship store in Tokyo for a ham sandwich

• Master Blaster
  Jul 10, 2023

These sandwiches have some good action.

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• Japan
• (coffee • cortado • Fender • Fender Cafe • Fender Flagship Tokyo • food • guitars • Harajuku • Mr. Sato • Tokyo)

“Horse Feces Cafe” opens in Tokyo, looks stylish and delicious【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 1, 2023

Bafun Yasai cafe looks like a fun place to dine and drink with friends.

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• Japan
• (animal welfare • animals • cafes • COK • cool • Harajuku • horses • restaurants • weird)

Noodle joint in Harajuku becomes a hot topic with foreigners on Reddit, but is it any good?

• Oona McGee
  May 26, 2023

Let’s find out if this Tokyo restaurant is a foreign tourist trap or a place that’s truly worth visiting.

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• Japan
• (carbonara • COK • cool • Harajuku • Japanese food • Menchirashi • Noodles • reddit • restaurants • review • Seiji Nakazawa • Shibuya • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo • tourist sites • tourists • udon)

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