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Instagrammable library in Japan shelters the local community with forests of books

• Oona McGee
  Nov 20, 2025
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Relax and unwind inside this aesthetically pleasing haven. 

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• Japan
• (architecture • books • communities • community • cool • Instagram • Instagrammable • libraries • library • reading • SNJO • social media • Tochigi • Tochigi Prefecture • tourist sites • travel)

What happened when pose maestro Julio Janpierre met Mr Sato in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Sep 5, 2025

Tokyo has never seen this much blue steel since Hansel and Derek Zoolander.  

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • fashion • Instagram • Julio Janpierre • Kabukicho • Mr. Sato • photography • poses • shinjuku • SNJO • social media star • TikTok • TikToker • Tokyo)

Diving into the 2024 JC & JK Buzzword Award nominations for trendy Japanese slang and more

• Krista Rogers
  Dec 2, 2024

We take a closer look at some of the entries selected by Gen Z and Gen Alpha Japanese schoolgirls and suddenly feel very old.

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• Japan
• (2024 Buzzword Awards • high school • Instagram • JCJK • JK • junior high school • language • linguistics • slang • social media • teenagers • trends)

Shogun Coffee Soft Serve is a divine ice cream for modern-day samurai in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jun 3, 2024

Saza Coffee captures the essence of traditional Japan in a sweet dessert.

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• Japan
• (cafes • coffee • coffee ice cream • coffee sweets • food • ice cream • Instagram • review • samurai • Saza • Saza Coffee • shogun • Shogun Coffee • SNJO • social media • soft serve • soft serve ice cream • sweets • taste test)

Bad-mannered tourists cause chaos at new Mt Fuji viral photo spot, city erects fence to stop them

• Oona McGee
  Jun 1, 2024

Fuji City’s Great Dream Bridge becomes a nightmare for local residents.

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• Japan
• (bad manners • Fuji • Fuji City • Instagram • Living in Japan • Mt Fuji Great Dream Bridge • Mt. Fuji • news • overcrowding • overtourism • social media • TikTok • tourism • tourists • tourists site • travel)

Has the Mt Fuji Lawson blackout screen really stopped tourists from taking photos?

• Oona McGee
  May 29, 2024

Visit to Fujikawaguchiko reveals the truth about the tourist situation.

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• Japan
• (COK • convenience stores • Fuji • Fujikawaguchiko • Instagram • Japanese convenience stores • Kawaguchiko • Lawson • Mt. Fuji • news • overtourism • SNJO • social media • TikTok • tourism • tourist sites • tourists • travel)

Tourists damage Mt Fuji Lawson blackout screen that was meant to stop bad-mannered visitors

• Oona McGee
  May 28, 2024

Bad behaviour continues as sightseers find way to override the system.

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• Japan
• (convenience stores • Fuji • Fujikawaguchiko • Fujisan • Instagram • Japanese convenience stores • Lawson • Mt. Fuji • Mt. Fuji Lawson • news • overcrowding • overtourism • social media • TikTok • tourism • tourist sites • tourists • travel)

Mt Fuji Lawson view now blocked by screens, but will it stop bad-mannered tourists?

• SoraNews24
  May 22, 2024

First look at the new screens makes us wonder if this is a good enough deterrent.

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• Japan
• (convenience stores • Fuji • Instagram • Japanese convenience stores • Lawson • Mt. Fuji • overtourism • social media • TikTok • tourism • tourists • tourists site • travel)

Tokyo sweets store sells beautiful soft serve ice creams that look like works of art

• Oona McGee
  May 6, 2024

We try the edibile flowers that everyone’s talking about right now, and let you know where you can get them.

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• Japan
• (cafes • food • ice cream • Instagram • review • SNJO • social media • soft serve • soft serve ice cream • sweets • taste test • TikTok • Toranomon Hills)

Art Aquarium Ginza offers a captivating new way to enjoy the cherry blossoms–with goldfish!

• Krista Rogers
  Mar 8, 2023

The extremely Instagrammable museum ushers in sakura season with gorgeous displays of real fish, illuminations, and cherry blossom decorations galore.

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• Japan
• (art • Art Aquarium Museum • beautiful • cherry blossom • COK • Ginza • goldfish • hanami • Instagram • limited • photo spot • sakura • Tokyo)

The golden escalator hidden at a Tokyo train station

• Oona McGee
  Oct 4, 2022

“Celebrity escalator” looks set to become one of the most Instagrammable spots in the city.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • escalators • golden • Instagram • Instagrammable • Japanese train stations • Otemachi • SNJO • station • Tokyo • train stations)

Stuffed pepper cooking hack from Japan goes viral online

• Oona McGee
  Mar 17, 2022

Genius tip shows us we’ve been stuffing our peppers wrong this whole time.

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• Japan
• (capsicum • clever • cooking • cooking hacks • food • hacks • Instagram • life hacks • recipes • SNJO • stuffed capsicums • stuffed peppers • twitter)

Step into a manga at Japan’s 2-D cafes in Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto

• Oona McGee
  Feb 25, 2022

Magical cafes whisk you away from the harsh realities of 3-D living. 

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• Japan
• (2-D crush • 2D • anime • art • cafe • cafes • cool • design • illustration • Instagram • Kyoto • manga • Osaka • photography • Shin-Okubo • themed cafe • Tokyo)

Olympic gold medalist skateboarder wears a kimono on the half-pipe【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Jan 27, 2022

Furisode means “swinging sleeves” and boy, do these sleeves swing. 

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• Japan
• (beautiful • Coming of Age Day • furisode • gold medal • Instagram • Japanese women • kimono • Olympics • photos • Sakura Yosozumi • Seijin no Hi • seijinshiki • skateboarding • skateboards • sport • Tokyo 2020 Olympics)

Instagram ideals vs reality: “Boyfriend buys me Pocari Sweat” photo isn’t what it seems

• Oona McGee
  Dec 10, 2021

Fashion model reveals the reality behind this image isn’t as romantic as it looks.

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• Japan
• (beautiful women • boyfriend • cosplay • funny • girlfriend • ideal vs. reality • Instagram • photos • pocari sweat • social media)

Survey reveals Japan’s Generation Z dresses for social media, not for self-expression

• Dale Roll
  Sep 26, 2021

Brands are out, coordinating how you look with what you’re doing is in. 

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• Japan
• (clothing • fashion • Generation Z • Instagram • shibuya 109 • social media • survey)

74-year-old Japanese politician starts Instagram account for open dialog about COVID-19

• Master Blaster
  Sep 5, 2021

We shouldn’t rule out a milk crate challenge at this point.

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • COVID-19 • Instagram • Japan Community Health Care Organization • Shigeru Omi • social media)

Instagram queen Naomi Watanabe’s latest post uses trick art to turn herself into sushi

• Dale Roll
  May 7, 2021

These clever photos are part of the the catalogue art for her newest Spring & Summer fashion line.

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• Japan, USA
• (art • creative advertising • fashion • Instagram • Naomi Watanabe • photography • Punyus • sushi)

Quaint robot ninja virtual sightseeing tours to be held in Kochi Prefecture

• Master Blaster
  May 7, 2021

Probably the only time you’ll hear the phrase “quaint robot ninja.”

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• Japan
• (cool • Instagram • kochi • Ninja • NIN_NIN • robots • sightseeing • technology • tourism • travel • video)

It takes only two simple steps to achieve this gorgeous springtime look【Pics】

• Ingrid Tsai
  May 5, 2021

Best part of it all is that it only takes one beauty product.  

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• Japan
• (beauty • COK • cool • cosmetics • cute • dried flowers • flowers • Instagram • Instagrammable • makeup • Natsuki Gojo • SNJO • trends)

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