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Lucky Bag Roundup 2020

We finally get our mouthwatering Ichiran Ramen fukuburo lucky bag

• Shannon
  Jan 21, 2021
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Replicating the Ichiran Ramen experience at home? A dream come true.

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• Japan
• (delicious • Fukubukuro Roundup 2020 • Ichiran • Lucky Bag Roundup 2020 • ramen • stay at home)

Mr. Sato meets a familiar friend in this electronics lucky bag from Akihabara 【Photos】

• Shannon McNaught
  Jan 11, 2020

It’s not déjà vu, Mr. Sato; it’s just luck.

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• Japan
• (electronics • foot warmer • Fukubukuro Roundup 2020 • hair straightener • Lucky Bag Roundup 2020 • Moomin)

We bought a “Plastic Model Vegeta” lucky bag from Laox, got a model we really didn’t expect

• Dale Roll
  Jan 10, 2020

To our surprise, it was not a lucky bag just devoted to Vegeta models, as we initially thought.

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• Japan
• (Dragon Ball • Dragonball • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2020 • funny • Laox • lucky bag • Lucky Bag Roundup 2020 • Mr. Sato • plastic models)

It’s under 9,000 (yen)! Testing out luck with the Dragon Ball figure lucky bag【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 8, 2020

All we knew was that the bag contained Dragon Ball anime figures, and that was all we needed to know.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • Dragon Ball • figures • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2020 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2020 • Lucky Bags • manga • SNJO • Son Goku)

Japanese store’s for-adults lucky bag provides everything you need to get lucky all by yourself

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 8, 2020

Multiple Tengas are just part of the high-value package.

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• Japan
• (COK • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2020 • Lammtarra • Lucky Bag Roundup 2020 • Lucky Bags • SNJO)

Cosplay lucky bag delivers costumes aimed at first-time cosplayers in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jan 7, 2020

Is this how you’re meant to cosplay? 

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• Japan
• (COK • cosplay • cosplay costumes • cosplayers • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2020 • lucky bag • Lucky Bag Roundup 2020 • SNJO)

Godzilla Store crushes New Year with king of the 2020 fukubukuro lucky bags

• Oona McGee
  Jan 7, 2020

Extra rare merchandise limited to only 100 lucky shoppers.

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• Japan
• (fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2020 • Godzilla • Ippudo • lucky bag • Lucky Bag Roundup 2020 • movies • SNJO)

Sukiya beef bowl chain makes Japanese New Year fun with limited-edition fukubukuro

• Oona McGee
  Jan 6, 2020

13 reasons why 2020 ought to be the Year of the Beef Bowl. 

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• Japan
• (beef bowl • beef bowls • fast food • food • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2020 • Japanese food • lucky bag • Lucky Bag Roundup 2020 • SNJO • Sukiya)

Naomi Osaka appears inside fukubukuro lucky bag from famous Japanese candy retail chain

• Oona McGee
  Jan 6, 2020

Tennis star makes a surprise appearance in a bag filled with snacks and sweets.

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• Japan
• (candy • chocolate • food • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2020 • lucky bag • Lucky Bag Roundup 2020 • Naomi Osaka • SNJO • sweets)

Ippudo ramen gives noodle lovers a fantastic fukubukuro lucky bag for 2020

• Oona McGee
  Jan 6, 2020

Start the New Year right with this once-in-a-year gift from the world-famous ramen chain.

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• Japan
• (food • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2020 • Ippudo • lucky bag • Lucky Bag Roundup 2020 • Noodles • ramen • SNJO)

Yoshinoya fukubukuro lucky bag comes with sought-after beef bowl, sold at only one place in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jan 6, 2020

We go on a journey to find the Holy Grail of beef bowls.

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• Japan
• (beef bowl • food • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2020 • Japanese food • lucky bag • Lucky Bag Roundup 2020 • SNJO • Yoshinoya)

Ikea hot dog lucky bag is one of the most unusual fukubukuro available in Japan this year

• Oona McGee
  Jan 5, 2020

Ikea Japan gives locals a lesson on how to make a good hot dog for the New Year.

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• Japan
• (food • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2020 • hot dogs • ikea • ikea japan • lucky bag • Lucky Bag Roundup 2020 • SNJO)

Happy New Year from NERV! We crack open the 2020 Evangelion fukubukuro lucky bag【Pics】

• Katy Kelly
  Jan 4, 2020

Plenty of fanservice awaits in this end-of-year Evangelion package, and we didn’t even have to queue for one.

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• Japan
• (anime merchandise • Evangelion Store Shinjuku • Fukubukuro Roundup 2020 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2020 • Neon Genesis Evangelion • SNJO • Takashi Harada)

Krispy Kreme fukubukuro lucky bag comes with cute limited-edition doughnuts for New Year in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jan 4, 2020

Gifts so good the diet will just have to wait until another day. 

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• Japan
• (donuts • doughnuts • food • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2020 • Krispy Kreme • lucky bag • Lucky Bag Roundup 2020 • sweets)

Wholesome reporter seeks nostalgic fukubukuro experience, gets huge haul of anime goods instead

• Eli Pang
  Jan 4, 2020

Despite kicking off the new year with a plethora of anime merch, something felt amiss for our Japanese-language reporter’s fukubukuro experience.

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• Japan
• (Animate • anime goods • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2020 • Kichijoji • Lucky Bag Roundup 2020 • new year 2020)

Starbucks Japan lucky bag is the most hard-to-get fukubukuro of the New Year

• Oona McGee
  Jan 3, 2020

A lucky bag so popular it can only be purchased by lottery winners.

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• Japan
• (fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2020 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2020 • Lucky Bags • new year 2020 • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)

Studio Ghibli celebrates New Year with a fukubukuro lucky bag packed with anime merchandise

• Oona McGee
  Jan 3, 2020

Donguri Kyowakoku delivers one of the best lucky bags of the New Year, with a very unusual Totoro.

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• Japan
• (anime • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2020 • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • Kiki's Delivery Service • lucky bag • Lucky Bag Roundup 2020 • merchandise • My Neighbour Totoro • Princess Mononoke • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

We bought the Mister Donut Pokémon lucky bag, and here’s what we got! 【Photos】

• Shannon McNaught
  Jan 3, 2020

This was probably the best purchase we made at the end of 2019.

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• Japan
• (collaboration • Fukubukuro Roundup 2020 • Japanese New Year • lucky bag • Lucky Bag Roundup 2020 • Pokemon)

Mr. Sato hunts for New Year’s lucky tablets in the wilderness of Akihabara

• Master Blaster
  Jan 3, 2020

No one puts the “fuku” in “fukubukuro” like Akihabara.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2020 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2020 • Mr. Sato • new year 2020 • tablet • Tokyo)

Pokémon/Mister Donut lucky bag is this year’s can’t-miss fukubukuro exclusive merch collection

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 27, 2019

No matter which of the possibilities are inside, there’s no way fans of Pokémon, or donuts, will be walking away disappointed.

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• Japan
• (anime • cute • donuts • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2020 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2020 • Lucky Bags • Mister Donut • Pikachu • Pokemon • sweets • video games)

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  • Ichiran releases an at-home counter kit that turns your desk into a ramen restaurant
  • Starbucks Japan releases new Bearista glass tumbler that changes character with every drink

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  Today

  1. Ichiran releases an at-home counter kit that turns your desk into a ramen restaurant
  2. Starbucks Japan releases new Bearista glass tumbler that changes character with every drink
  3. Tokyo police arrest the Ame-zing Spider-Man
  4. Starbucks Japan reveals new Joyful Capsule gacha toy release date
  5. Move aside, Asahi Super Dry – Asahi Spice Beer is in town, and it’s hotter than you think
  6. Japanese drivers reminded to look out for drunk people passed out on the road this holiday season
  7. Life-size Gundam head going on display in Osaka, hopefully will find permanent home
  8. Historical-themed illumination display returns to Osaka Castle this winter
  9. KFC now sells takikomi gohan rice boxes in Japan, if you know where to look for them [Taste test]
  10. “Sweet sake” with yuzu is coming to Japan’s wonderful world of hot canned drinks this winter

  Weekly

  1. Tokyo cracks down on Airbnb-style rentals with new laws limiting operator days and more
  2. Starbucks Japan unveils new winter drinkware collection with limited-edition Stanley cups
  3. America’s first-ever permanent One Piece store is now open [Photos]
  4. Pachinko parlor operator arrested for not obscuring the act of gambling well enough
  5. Tokyo neighborhood adds new “smart trash cans” to deal with increasing amounts of tourist litter
  6. Two Tokyo neighborhoods to gather on bridge and shift their recognized border through tug-of-war
  7. New Era celebrates three decades of Pokémon with new 30th anniversary cap line [Photos]
  8. Pokémon card game’s expansion features art from Fist of the North Star creator
  9. Japan’s new matcha vending machines serve freshly prepared matcha in five different strengths
  10. Starbucks Japan reveals new Joyful Capsule gacha toy release date

  Monthly

  1. Pokémon Company announces first-ever permanent Pokémon store to open outside Asia
  2. Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
  3. Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
  4. Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
  5. Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
  6. Chainsaw robots helping keep trains running safely in east Japan [Video]
  7. New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
  8. Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
  9. Tokyo cracks down on Airbnb-style rentals with new laws limiting operator days and more
  10. Studio Ghibli creates illustrated Kyoto sightseeing map, available at any 7-Eleven Japan store

  Yearly

  1. Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
  2. Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
  3. Studio Ghibli has a new anime out, and there’s only one place in the world where you can see it
  4. Starbucks Japan releases new drinkware and goods for Valentine’s Day
  5. Starbucks Japan releases new sakura goods and drinkware for cherry blossom season 2026
  6. Japan’s newest Shinkansen has no seats…or passengers [Video]
  7. Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
  8. Japanese ninja certification exam attracts 131 candidates from Japan and abroad
  9. Salomon releases Japan-exclusive Mt. Fuji hiking gear that doubles as an amazing souvenir
  10. Japan reportedly adding Japanese language skill requirement to most common foreigner work visa

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