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Rakuten randomly offers 58 New Year’s osechi feasts in Japan, but did we get a star or a dud?

• Krista Rogers
  Jan 7, 2026
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Will Ikuna go big or go home with her New Year’s feast this year?

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• (COK • dining • food • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2026 • fukubukuro roundup 2026 • Gion Iwamoto • Ikuna Kamezawa • Kyoto • Lucky Bag 2026 • lucky bag roundup 2026 • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2026 • New Year's • osechi • random • SNJO)

Starbucks teams up with 166-year-old Kyoto doll maker for Year of the Horse decorations【Photos】

• Elliot Hale
  Dec 19, 2025

Higashiyama doll artisans deliver some festive holiday cheer alongside their more traditional Japanese lineup.

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• (art • Chinese zodiac • Christmas decorations • COK • culture • Gosho ningyo • interior • jimoto • Jimoto Plus • Kyoto • New Year's • ornaments • Oshogatsu • Shimada Koen • Starbucks • Starbucks Reserve Roastery Tokyo • Tokyo • Year of the Horse)

Kyoto samurai house wants to share its history of seppuku, torture and gold coins with visitors

• Oona McGee
  Dec 12, 2025

If these walls could talk, they would probably scream.

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• (cool • culture • Edo period • Former Maekawa Residence • history • Kyoto • samurai • SNJO • tourists sites • travel)

Is Kyoto less crowded with tourists after China’s don’t-go-to-Japan warning?【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 1, 2025

No city in Japan is more symbolic of overtourism these days than Kyoto, so is the travel downturn from China having a noticeable effect?

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• (China travel warning • COK • Gion • Japan travel • kiyomizu • Kyoto • Nishiki Market • politics • SNJO • society • tourism • travel)

All-you-can-eat oboro tofu restaurant in Kyoto is a guilt-free experience

• Oona McGee
  Nov 24, 2025

What the heck is oboro tofu, and why can you eat so much of it without feeling sick?

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• (all-you-can-eat • COK • food • Japanese food • Kyoto • oboro tofu • restaurants • SNJO • tabehodai • tofu)

Kyoto’s for-adults immersive samurai theme park announces opening date

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 21, 2025

Renovations are almost finished for Toei’s Uzumasa Kyoto Village.

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• (Amusement Parks • awesome • cool • culture • Edo period • Eigamura • history • Kyoto • Kyoto Studio Park • movies • samurai • theme parks • Toei • Uzumasa Kyoto Village)

7-Eleven Japan offering sakura extract lipstick blessed by 300-year-old Kyoto temple

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 19, 2025

Sakura Veil plumpers make a stop at temple in the Kyoto foothills before making their way to convenience stores.

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• (7-Eleven • cherry blossoms • COKsakura • convenience stores • cosmetics • fashion • Japanese convenience stores • Kyoto • lipstick • makeup • temples)

New Kyoto experience package lets you film epic samurai battles with your friends

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 3, 2025

Something a little more action-packed than the typical kimono stroll photo shoot.

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• (Arashiyama • awesome • COK • cool • history • Kyoto • photo shoot • samurai • samurai armor)

How to travel from Tokyo to Kyoto on the overnight bus and not lose your sanity

• Oona McGee
  Nov 3, 2025

Sleep capsule pods on the night bus are an overlooked option for travelling in Japan. 

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• (bus tour • bus travel • busses • COK • Japanese bus • Kyoto • night bus • Osaka • overnight bus • overnight buses • SNJO • Tokyo • tourism • travel • Willer • Willer Express • Willer Travel)

160-year-old Kyoto sweets maker crafts beautiful Pokémon treats【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 23, 2025

Shichijo Kanshundo’s beautiful friendship with Pikachu and pals continues.

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• (anime • food • Kyoto • manga • Pokemon • senbei • Shichijo Kanshundo • sweets • video games • wagashi)

Fire breaks out in Kyoto hotel, mobile battery to blame

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 8, 2025

Hotel is located across street from Kyoto Station, had more than 1,000 guests inside when fire started.

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• Japan
• (fire • hotels • Kyoto • mobile batteries • mobile battery • technology • tourism • travel)

Speed sutras and taxi-riding geisha preserve Kyoto’s traditions through scorching hot weather

• Elliot Hale
  Oct 6, 2025

Even weeks of record heat won’t keep Kyoto from carrying on its cherished rituals.

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• (COK • cool • cultural traditions • culture • geisha • Gion • Hassaku • Kamo River • Kyoto • maiko • Nishi Honganji temple • Noryo Yuka • summer • summer heat • sutra • taxi • tradition)

Kyoto restaurant train reveals a different side of Japan not often seen by foreign tourists

• Oona McGee
  Oct 4, 2025

Travel off the beaten path and enjoy exquisite meals on this very special Japanese train. 

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• (Amanohashidate • cool • Eiji Mitooka • food • Japanese food • Japanese trains • Kyoto • restaurant train • Sea of Japan • SNJO • sweets • Tango • Tango Kuromatsu • tourist sites • trains • travel)

Kyoto’s green Black Thunder and gold-box green Black Thunder: Which best meets matcha needs?

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 26, 2025

There’s a premium matcha version of Japan’s favorite cheap chocolate cookie snack, and we need to know if it offers anything the standard one doesn’t.

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• (Black Thunder • chocolate • food • green tea • Kyoto • matcha • SNJO • sweets • taste test • tea)

Kyoto karaoke joint is like a dystopian city

• Oona McGee
  Sep 20, 2025

Step inside “Neo-Kyoto’s most flourishing karaoke facility in 2221”.

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• (COK • cool • dystopian • hidden gem • Jankara • karaoke • Kyoto • neo Kyoto • secret finds • tourism • travel)

Take a look inside the Future Train, a unique new restaurant diner and cafe in Kyoto

• Oona McGee
  Sep 13, 2025

A retired Thunderbird gets a pink facelift and futuristic interiors that’ll whisk you away to another world.

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• (cafe • cool • Ekiben • food • Future Train • Future Train Kyoto Diner & Cafe • Japanese food • Japanese trains • Kyoto • pink • restaurants • Sebastian Masuda • themed restaurants • Thunderbird • trains)

What’s the most satisfying part of Japan to visit? Japanese locals make a surprising pick【Survey】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 6, 2025

Kyoto drops out of the top 10 in annual survey.

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• (Jalan • Kagawa • Kagawa Prefecture • Kyoto • Shikoku • society • survey • tourism • travel)

Temple-heavy Kyoto presenting a unique challenge for travelers looking for Muslim prayer rooms

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 5, 2025

Kyoto City Tourism Association extends help to those looking for a place to pray the Islamic way.

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• (COK • Kyoto • Muslim prayer rooms • religion • shrines • society • temples • tourism • travel)

Is Kyoto really as crowded with foreign tourists as they say?

• Oona McGee
  Sep 4, 2025

Assessing the state of overtourism firsthand reveals some surprising results. 

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• Japan
• (beautiful • COK • Kiyomizu Temple • Kiyomizu-dera • Kiyomizudera • Kyoto • overtourism • SNJO • temples • tourism • tourist sites • tourists • travel)

Parents of 10-year-old in Kyoto who spent 4.6 million yen on TikTok and more seek reimbursement

• Krista Rogers
  Sep 3, 2025

Them’s the breaks…even when you’re breaking the bank.

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• (crazy • Kyoto • Parenting • parents • smartphone • society • TikTok • tipping • youth)

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