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Cup Noodle in hot water once again for unflattering Grand Slam support ad
- Master Blaster
Sep 17, 2020 - Tweet
It took longer then three minutes, but Cup Noodle got everyone steaming again.
- Japan
- (advertising • Cup Noodle • fashion • Harajuku • Naomi Osaka • Nissin • sports • tennis)
Uniqlo now sells flowers in Tokyo, but are they on brand with quality for price?
- Oona McGee
Aug 16, 2020
We ask a professional florist to rate the cost of these fashionable blooms.
Morons caught blasting adult-video audio inside one of Tokyo’s busiest train stations
- Casey Baseel
Aug 15, 2020
But it wasn’t naked people that they wanted to watch.
Feast your multiple eyes on the Harajuku Kawaii Monster Cafe’s tasty, toothsome dishes
- Katy Kelly
Aug 2, 2020
The concept restaurant brings us juicy bursts of color and flavor for their monstrous summer menu.
- Japan
- (aesthetic • cute • food • Harajuku • Instagrammable • Kawaii • Kawaii Monster Cafe • monster • Restaurant • Tokyo • weird)
Toilet paper miracle ends 11 harrowing minutes in a Harajuku McDonald’s restroom
- Master Blaster
Jun 16, 2020
A valuable lesson for us all in our reporter’s darkest fraction of an hour.
- Japan
- (Harajuku • McDonald's • P.K. Sanjun • public restroom • toilet paper • Toilets • Tokyo)
World’s first Ikea convenience store opens in Harajuku, Japan
- Oona McGee
Jun 9, 2020
An urban twist on the familiar Ikea warehouse, now in the heart of Tokyo.
- Japan
- (Harajuku • homewares • ikea • ikea japan • new opening • news • photos • shopping • Tokyo)
Harajuku crowded during coronavirus?! TV show slammed for using old footage to incite panic
- Oona McGee
May 21, 2020
Poster outside Takeshita Street McDonald’s alerts viewers to fake news on Japanese television.
- Japan
- (coronavirus • COVID-19 • fake news • Harajuku • Japanese media • Japanese TV • media • news • social distancing • Takeshita Dori • Takeshita Street • Tokyo)
Harajuku looks eerily quiet during the coronavirus outbreak 【Photos】
- Oona McGee
Apr 4, 2020
Does this mean young people are heeding the government’s advice to stay at home?
- Japan
- (coronavirus • COVID-19 • Harajuku • news • social distancing • Tokyo)
Video shows final moment for Harajuku Station as Tokyo landmark closes after 96 years in service
- Casey Baseel
Mar 24, 2020
Farewell, Harajuku Station…and hello, Harajuku Station!
Indulge in this sumo, public bath-themed room during your next stay in Tokyo’s Harajuku district
- Krista Rogers
Mar 24, 2020
“Dosukoi” is the next iteration of themed travel accommodations being offered by the fun and inventive Moshi Moshi Rooms.
- Japan
- (accommodation • Airbnb • Asobi System • Harajuku • hotels • Moshi Moshi Rooms • public bath • public baths • Rokuyon • sento • Sumo • travel)
Get a “playful” look with the new Kirby clothing collaboration
- Katie Pask
Dec 16, 2019
A Nintendo character well-known for his ability to inhale things, but his new clothes collaboration certainly doesn’t suck!
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- Japan
- (awesome • clothes • collaboration • Converse • cute • fashion • Harajuku • Harajuku fashion • Japan • Kirby • nintendo)
Experience afternoon tea with a Japanese twist in Harajuku!【Photos】
- Eli Pang
Dec 7, 2019
Regardless if you’re a tea aficionado or simply in need of a break, unwind and de-stress at this cozy tea salon in the heart of Tokyo’s fashionable Harajuku district.
Harajuku Station will be demolished after the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics
- Oona McGee
Nov 20, 2019
After three years of consultations, the fate of Tokyo’s oldest wooden station building has finally been revealed.
- Japan
- (East Japan Railway Company • Harajuku • Harajuku Station • Japan Railways • Japanese train stations • JR • stations • Tokyo • trains)
Mipig Harajuku: We visit the new micro pig cafe in Tokyo
- SoraNews24
Nov 10, 2019
Mipig takes its design inspiration from the story of The Three Little Pigs.
- Japan
- (animal cafes • animals • cafes • COK • cute • Harajuku • Mipig Cafe • pigs • restaurants • SNJO • themed restaurants • Tokyo)
Have coffee with adorable piggies at Tokyo’s brand-new micro pig cafe in trendy Harajuku
- Casey Baseel
Oct 19, 2019
English-friendly animal cafe opening its second branch, giving away free tickets.
- Japan
- (animal cafes • cafes • COK • cute • Harajuku • Mipig Cafe • pigs • restaurants • themed restaurants • Tokyo)
Tapioca tea is the biggest thing in Tokyo right now, so we try Tokyo’s biggest tapioca tea【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 30, 2019
Mr. Sato follows the lead of trendy teens with a little tapiru time with a giant boba drink.
- Japan
- (big food • boba • COK • crazy • drinks • Harajuku • Mr. Sato • SNJO • sweets • tapioca • tapioca tea)
We visit Tokyo Tapioca Land in Harajuku
- Oona McGee
Aug 20, 2019
Boba fantasy land or boba fail? We find out if this bubble tea pop-up is really as bad as its reviews.
- Japan
- (boba • bubble tea • COK • drinks • Harajuku • Mr. Sato • SNOJ • sweets • tapioca bubble tea • tapioca tea • Tokyo • Tokyo Tapioca Land)
Bubble tea amusement park to open in Harajuku, promises to be the “tapioca land of your dreams”
- Dale Roll
Jul 19, 2019
Boba fans won’t want to miss this!
- Japan
- (boba • bubble tea • COK • drinks • Harajuku • sweets • tapioca bubble tea • tapioca tea • Tokyo • Tokyo Tapioca Land)
Hello Kitty and Kawaii Monster Cafe Harajuku team up for possibly cutest, tastiest collab ever
- Dale Roll
Jul 5, 2019
Fans of all things cute will not want to miss this!
- Japan
- (colorful food • Harajuku • Harajuku fashion • Hello Kitty • kawaii Harajuku • Kawaii Monster Cafe • limited edition • pop-up cafes • Sanrio)
Looking for a unique afternoon tea in Tokyo? Have a picnic indoors at Fruit Picnic in Harajuku
- CJ
Apr 21, 2019
Relax on a lawn and enjoy some good food without having to actually sit outside.
- Japan
- (all-you-can-eat • cafe • fruit • garden • Harajuku • picnic • strawberries)
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Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
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