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Starbucks Japan reveals this year’s lucky bag, but you’ll have to act fast to get one

• Casey Baseel
  3 days ago
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Fukubukuro season starts very early for Starbucks fans in Japan.

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• Japan
• (bags • cafes • coffee • drinks • drinkware • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup • fukubukuro roundup 2027 • Lucky Bag Roundup • lucky bag roundup 2027 • Lucky Bags • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)

Japanese curry rice burger gets all the attention in Mos Burger’s new birthday celebration campaign

• Oona McGee
  Jul 21, 2026

There are some showstoppers in this limited-time promotion, but the unique twist on Japanese curry rice is all we can look at.

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• Japan
• (burgers • curry • curry rice • drinks • fast food • food • Japanese curry • limited edition • Lucky Bags • merchandise • Mos Burger • rice • rice burger • rice burgers • weird)

Time to open the final Village Vanguard Luck Bag of 2026, the magical girl Red Lucky Bag

• Master Blaster
  Jan 22, 2026

Another year, another assortment of weird cushions…

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• Japan
• (fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2026 • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2026 • magical girls • New Year's • shopping • Village Vanguard)

The Yellow Lucky Bag from Village Vanguard is so bad it may damage Japan-US relations

• Master Blaster
  Jan 16, 2026

The opinions expressed in this lucky bag are the store’s personal views and don’t reflect those of our organization.

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• Japan, USA
• (fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2026 • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2026 • New Year's • shopping • toilet golf • Village Vanguard)

Village Vanguard’s Blue Lucky Bag may have the most impressive piece of junk ever created

• Master Blaster
  Jan 14, 2026

This toy may be both the greatest and worst thing ever made.

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• Japan
• (fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2026 • Kendama • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2026 • New Year's • plush toys • shopping • Village Vanguard)

Village Vanguard tries to tickle us pink with a Pink Lucky Bag

• Master Blaster
  Jan 13, 2026

Our love-hate relationship with the popular store continues.

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• Japan
• (fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2026 • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2026 • New Year's • Pink Lucky Bag • shopping • Village Vanguard)

What’s inside Starbucks Japan’s fukubukuro lucky bag for 2026?

• Oona McGee
  Jan 11, 2026

A bundle so sought after we had to resort to unprecedented methods to get one. 

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• Japan
• (drinks • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2026 • Lucky Bag 2026 • Lucky Bags • new year • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)

How lucky are the themed retro video game lucky bags from this shop in the Tokyo boonies?

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 10, 2026

Love, conquest, existence, and gatherings.

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• Japan
• (COK • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2026 • fukubukuro roundup 2026 • lucky bag roundup 2026 • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2026 • retro games • SNJO • video games)

Things get heavy with the Gold Lucky Bag from Village Vanguard

• Master Blaster
  Jan 8, 2026

All that is gold does not glitter.

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• Japan
• (fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2026 • fukubukuro roundup 2026 • lucky bag roundup 2026 • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2026 • New Year's • shopping • Village Vanguard)

The Purple Lucky Bag from Village Vanguard is an extra-large waste of money

• Master Blaster
  Jan 7, 2026

It really puts the “fuk” and “u” back into “fukubukuro.”

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• Japan
• (COK • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2026 • fukubukuro roundup 2026 • lucky bag roundup 2026 • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2026 • New Year's • novelty goods • SNJO • Village Vanguard)

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

Will Ikuna go big or go home with her New Year’s feast this year?

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• Japan
• (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)

Village Vanguard’s most expensive Black Lucky Bag sets an ominous tone for 2026

• Master Blaster
  Jan 6, 2026

I see a bag of goods and it’s all painted black.

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• Japan
• (COK • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2026 • Fukubukuro Roundup • fukubukuro roundup 2026 • Lucky Bag Roundup • lucky bag roundup 2026 • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2026 • New Year's • SNJO • Village Vanguard)

Japanese thug wear from Birth Japan perfect for those breaking bad next year

• Master Blaster
  Dec 30, 2025

Becoming a Japanese street tough might just be the change of pace you need.

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• Japan
• (Birth Japan • clothing • crime • diamond • fashion • Lucky Bags • Masanuki Sunakoma • shopping • yakuza • Yankee)

What’s inside the McDonald’s Japan fukubukuro lucky bag for 2026?

• Oona McGee
  Dec 9, 2025

Join us as we take a pre-sale sneak peek at what the brand will be serving up for lucky customers at New Year. 

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• Japan
• (Big Mac • cool • fast food • food • Francfranc • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2026 • lucky bag • Lucky Bag 2026 • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2026 • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • merchandise • SNJO)

Sanrio lucky bag gives you cute My Melody and Kumori merch, all your money back in burgers coupons

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 24, 2025

If you like Sanrio and hamburgers, there’s really no reason not to snag this fukubukuro.

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• Japan
• (burgers • cute • food • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2026 • fukubukuro roundup 2026 • hamburgers • Kuromi • lucky bag roundup 2026 • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2026 • Mos Burger • My Melody • Sanrio)

Starbucks Japan reveals this year’s lucky bag bundle, pre-order lottery opens tomorrow

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 3, 2025

Starbucks gets a jump on Japan’s fukubukuro New Year’s tradition.

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• Japan
• (coffee • drinks • drinkware • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2026 • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2026 • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)

Lucky leaping leopards! It’s the fukubukuro for Osaka ladies and now men too

• Master Blaster
  Jan 25, 2025

Ride the tiger!

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• Japan
• (COK • fashion • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2025 • Fukubukuro Roundup 2025 • funny • Lucky Bag Roundup 2025 • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2025 • Masanuki Sunakoma • Naniwa Komachi • Osaka • Osaka Obachan • SNJO)

Japan’s Poop Lucky Bag is a sack of crap, but is it the good kind?

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 24, 2025

Unco Inc.’s bundle includes a card that could come in very handy in certain circumstances.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2025 • Fukubukuro Roundup 2025 • funny • Lucky Bag Roundup 2025 • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2025 • poo • poop • SNJO • Unco • unko • weird)

We delight in the gastronomic treasures we found in the Hokkaido Umaimonokan lucky bag

• Krista Rogers
  Jan 23, 2025

This lucky bag was the perfect example of how the annual New Year’s deal can truly expand your horizons–not to mention, your soup skills.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2025 • Hokkaido • lucky bag 2025 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2025 • Lucky Bags • SNJO • Umaimonokan)

What’s in the KFC Japan fukubukuro lucky bag?

• Oona McGee
  Jan 12, 2025

The Colonel gives us more than we bargained for, despite a year of rising costs.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • fried chicken • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2025 • Fukubukuro Roundup 2025 • Kentucky Fried Chicken • KFC • KFC Japan • lucky bag • lucky bag 2025 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2025 • Lucky Bags • SNJO)

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