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Starbucks Japan’s All-time Best Tumbler Vote: Which ones will be re-released?
- Oona McGee
Jun 19, 2024 - Tweet
Coffeehouse chain celebrates online store’s 10th anniversary with a special election campaign that customers will want to vote in.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • cute • drinks • Frappucino • merchandise • miniature food • mugs • shopping • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Tokyo • tumblers)
Starbucks Japan has a miniature collection, but you’ll need patience to get it
- Oona McGee
Jun 9, 2024
There’s only one way you can get your hands on these one-of-a-kind miniature goods.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • cute • drinks • food • Frappucino • merchandise • miniature food • miniature goods • miniatures • shopping • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Tokyo)
Studio Ghibli releases new waffle bags for My Neighbour Totoro and Kiki’s Delivery Service fans
- Oona McGee
May 24, 2024
New range of pouches and bags is designed to soothe.
- Japan
- (anime • bags • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Hayao Miyazaki • Jiji • Kiki's Delivery Service • merchandise • My Neighbor Totoro • pouches • shopping • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Studio Ghibli releases giant Totoro plushies in Japan
- Oona McGee
May 23, 2024
Two Totoros that are as big as their price tags.
- Japan
- (anime • anime shop • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • GBL • Hayao Miyazaki • merchandise • My Neighbor Totoro • plush toys • plushies • shopping • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Studio Ghibli unveils cool Japanese fans for summer
- Oona McGee
May 22, 2024
No Face and Totoro will keep you looking and feeling cool all summer long!
- Japan
- (anime • anime merchandise • Donguri Kyowakoku • fans • Ghibli • goods • Japanese fans • merchandise • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • No Face • shop • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • summer • Totoro)
Studio Ghibli passport cases are here to keep you company while you travel
- Oona McGee
May 21, 2024
Bringing you one step closer to travelling on a Ghibli passport.
- Japan
- (anime • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • Jiji • Kiki's Delivery Service • merchandise • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • No Face • passport • passport case • passports • shop • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • travel • travel goods)
Studio Ghibli releases art crystal puzzles and folding umbrellas for rainy season in Japan
- Oona McGee
May 9, 2024
New line of products has us looking forward to rainy days.
- Japan
- (anime • anime characters • anime merchandise • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • Jiji • Kiki's Delivery Service • merchandise • My Neighbor Totoro • puzzles • shopping • shops • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • umbrellas)
Studio Ghibli releases new mug and tumbler collection featuring Jiji and Totoro
- Oona McGee
May 8, 2024
Stay hydrated with anime characters that love outdoor excursions.
- Japan
- (anime • bottles • Donguri Kyowakoku • drinkware • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • Jiji • Kiki's Delivery Service • merchandise • mugs • My Neighbor Totoro • shopping • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • tumblers)
Starbucks Japan sells a paper tote bag that looks like a free bag…so should you buy it?
- Oona McGee
May 6, 2024
When a paper bag becomes a fashion statement.
- Japan
- (bags • COK • cool • cute • Kraft • Mai Tsubomi • merchandise • shopping • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Tokyo • tote bags)
Enjoy a Pokémon tea ceremony with new matcha goods featuring Poltchageist and Sinistcha
- Oona McGee
May 3, 2024
Everything you need to create your own Pokémon tea ceremony.
- Japan
- (anime • anime merchandise • cool • cute • green tea • Japanese tea ceremony • kissaten • matcha • merchandise • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokemon Center • pokémon merchandise • Poltchageist • Sinistcha • tea ceremony • tea goods • teapot • video games)
Studio Ghibli unveils new goods that tip the hat to The Cat Returns
- Oona McGee
May 1, 2024
Bringing anime characters out of the film and into real life in a beautiful way.
- Japan
- (anime • anime characters • anime merchandise • anime movies • Baron • cats • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • merchandise • shop • Studio Ghibli • The Cat Returns)
Studio Ghibli unveils massive T-shirt collection featuring top anime movie characters
- Oona McGee
Apr 30, 2024
A dozen new ways to add Ghibli flair to our wardrobes.
- Japan
- (anime • Donguri Kyowakoku • GBL • Hayao Miyazaki • Kiki's Delivery Service • merchandise • My Neighbor Totoro • No Face • shirts • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • t-shirts • Totoro)
Studio Ghibli glasses cases let anime characters keep an eye on your spectacles
- Oona McGee
Apr 19, 2024
Luisa and The Baron, Jiji, Totoro and No Face are spectacles all of their own.
- Japan
- (anime • Donguri Kyowakoku • glasses • Hayao Miyazaki • Jiji • Kiki's Delivery Service • merchandise • My Neighbor Totoro • No Face • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • The Cat Returns • Totoro)
Studio Ghibli bath mats and towels will help wash your worries away
- Oona McGee
Apr 9, 2024
Totoro, the Catbus, and Jiji from Kiki’s Delivery Service are now super absorbent…and fully cute.
- Japan
- (anime • bathrooms • Catbus • Donguri Kyowakoku • Hayao Miyazaki • Kiki's Delivery Service • merchandise • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • towels)
New Studio Ghibli bedding sets are cool in all senses of the word
- Oona McGee
Apr 9, 2024
Drift off to sleep with characters from Kiki’s Delivery Service and My Neighbour Totoro.
- Japan
- (anime • bedding • beds • bedsheets • Donguri Kyowakoku • Hayao Miyazaki • Kiki's Delivery Service • merchandise • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • pillows • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
New Ghibli T-shirts let you carry No Face and the Levitation Stone in your pocket
- Oona McGee
Mar 28, 2024
Anime secrets hidden in the pockets of these shirts add flair to your streetwear.
- Japan
- (anime • Aogaeru • cool • fashion • GBL • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • Levistone • merchandise • No Face • spirited away • streetwear • Studio Ghibli • t-shirts)
Studio Ghibli unveils Mother’s Day gift set that captures the love in My Neighbour Totoro
- Oona McGee
Mar 28, 2024
Because the gift of corn is a special one for lovers of Ghibli.
- Japan
- (anime • corn • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • gift • Hayao Miyazaki • merchandise • Mother's Day • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Studio Ghibli releases Kiki’s Delivery Service chocolate cake pouches in Japan
- Oona McGee
Mar 27, 2024
A delicious way to store your valuables.
- Japan
- (anime • cake • chocolate • Donguri Kyowakoku • Hayao Miyazaki • Kiki's Delivery Service • merchandise • Studio Ghibli)
Studio Ghibli releases The Boy and the Heron doll that never, ever gives up
- Oona McGee
Mar 22, 2024
Anime character delivers a lesson in resilience with a dash of Ghibli magic.
- Japan
- (anime • Donguri Kyowakoku • Hayao Miyazaki • How Do You Live • merchandise • Studio Ghibli • The Boy and the Heron)
A Sumo Wrestler’s Tail: Studio Ghibli short anime film gets a new merchandise collection
- Oona McGee
Mar 7, 2024
Now you can own some of Ghibli’s rarest and cutest anime characters.
- Japan
- (A Sumo Wrestler's Tail • anime • anime art • anime merchandise • anime movies • art • Chu Zumo • cute • Ghibli • Ghibli Museum • Ghibli shorts • Hayao Miyazaki • merchandise • movies • shopping • souvenirs • Studio Ghibli)
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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
Tokyo police arrest the Ame-zing Spider-Man
Life-size Gundam head going on display in Osaka, hopefully will find permanent home
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Japanese drivers reminded to look out for drunk people passed out on the road this holiday season
Historical-themed illumination display returns to Osaka Castle this winter
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Tokyo cracks down on Airbnb-style rentals with new laws limiting operator days and more
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