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New Year’s (Page 5)

Ginza Cozy Corner unveils cute range of osechi New Year cakes featuring lucky Japanese symbols

• Oona McGee
  Dec 29, 2017
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There are more than a dozen cakes in the new collection, all served with sweet toppings that reflect centuries of meaning and symbolism.

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• (cakes • cute • Ginza Cozy Corner • Japanese New Year • new year • New Year's • New Year's Day • sweets • Year of the Dog)

This beautiful New Year’s cake is a tasty combination of Japanese lucky symbols!

• Kay
  Dec 29, 2017

What better way to celebrate the New Year than with a lovely cake in the shape of Mt. Fuji decorated with Japanese symbols of good fortune?

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• (cake • Gin no Budo • Mt. Fuji • New Year's • sweets)

What’s the best way to ring in the new year in Tokyo? Try the countdown event at Shibuya crossing

• Meg Murphy
  Dec 28, 2017

After its first successful year, the “YOU MAKE SHIBUYA COUNTDOWN” event is back for an even bigger celebration this year!

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• (countdown event • New Year's • Shibuya • Tokyo)

Japanese shrine maidens in Osaka spotted wearing unusual costumes during winter

• Oona McGee
  Jan 23, 2017

One shinto shrine is making news around Japan for dressing their miko in a garment many had never seen before.

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• Japan
• (clothes • costumes • gravure • miko • models • Montbell • new year • New Year's • Osaka • shinto • shrine maidens • shrines • winter)

Colonel Sanders becomes harbinger of death in darkly comical Japanese New Year’s card

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 11, 2017

It’s terror-inducin’ good!

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• (Colonel Sanders • funny • KFC • nengajo • New Year's • Year of the Rooster)

【Lucky Bag Roundup 2017】PPAP inspires a pineapple fukubukuro from Loft

• Oona McGee
  Jan 4, 2017

If Piko Taro bought one lucky bag this year, we sincerely hope it was this one.

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• (fukubukuro • Fukubukuro 2017 • Loft • Lucky Bag Roundup 2017 • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2017 • New Year's • pen pineapple apple pen • piko taro • ppap)

【Lucky Bag Roundup 2017】Spruce up with The Body Shop’s choose-your-own-fragrance fukubukuro

• Oona McGee
  Jan 4, 2017

With so many products to choose from, this is one of the most personalised lucky bags on the market this year!

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• (beauty • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro 2017 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2017 • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2017 • New Year's • The Body Shop)

【Lucky Bag Roundup 2017】IKEA bed & bath bundle gives us $50 worth of goods for just 17 bucks!

• Oona McGee
  Jan 4, 2017

Delving into this blue sack of surprises is like celebrating Christmas all over again!

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• Japan
• (fukubukuro • Fukubukuro 2017 • homewares • ikea • Lucky Bag Roundup 2017 • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2017 • New Year's)

【Lucky Bag Roundup 2017】We celebrate the New Year with a bag full of Godiva chocolates

• Oona McGee
  Jan 4, 2017

The premium Belgian chocolatier brings us quality over quantity with their $46 fukubukuro.

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• (chocolates • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro 2017 • Godiva • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2017 • New Year's)

【Lucky Bag Roundup 2017】Mr. Sato and his crew model 12 outfits from this year’s GAP fukubukuro

• Oona McGee
  Jan 4, 2017

These perfect poster boys pose for a self-chosen GAP collection that costs less than 10 bucks per item!

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• (clothes • fashion • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro 2017 • GAP • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2017 • Mr. Sato • New Year's)

【Lucky Bag Roundup 2017】Lotteria adds cute Japanese character goods to New Year’s fukubukuro

• Oona McGee
  Jan 3, 2017

The popular fast food chain brightens up 2017 with an adorable collection of Sumikkogurashi character merchandise.

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• Japan
• (characters • cute • fast food • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro 2017 • Lotteria • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2017 • New Year's • Sumikko Gurashi • Sumikkogurashi)

【Lucky Bag Roundup 2017】MOS Burger fukubukuro fills us up with fast food and cute goods

• Oona McGee
  Jan 3, 2017

The home-grown Japanese fast food chain adds cute and functional items to their lucky bag this year.

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• (fast food • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro 2017 • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2017 • MOS • Mos Burger • New Year's)

【Lucky Bag Roundup 2017】Subway sandwich chain brings us a bag of goodies for New Year

• Oona McGee
  Jan 3, 2017

We stick to our New Year’s resolutions for eating healthy with a fukubukuro from the biggest sandwich chain in the world.

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• (fast food • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro 2017 • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2017 • New Year's • sandwiches • Subway)

【Lucky Bag Roundup 2017】We take a peek at the Mister Donut fukubukuro from Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jan 3, 2017

How many goods and doughnuts can you get in a lucky bag for less than ten bucks? Come with us as we find out!

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• (donuts • doughnuts • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro 2017 • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2017 • Mister Donut • New Year's • Snoopy • sweets)

【Lucky Bag Roundup 2017】Baskin Robbins delights with a Happy Bag of ice cream-themed goods

• Oona McGee
  Jan 3, 2017

Snoopy is also on hand to join in with the sweet celebrations.

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• (31 Ice Cream • Baskin Robbins • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro 2017 • ice cream • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2017 • New Year's • sweets)

【Lucky Bag Roundup 2017】Celebrate the Year of the Rooster with a KFC Japan fukubukuro

• Oona McGee
  Jan 3, 2017

The contents of this lucky bag are sure to delight fans of KFC.

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• (fast food • fried chicken • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro 2017 • KFC • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2017 • New Year's)

【Lucky Bag Roundup 2017】McDonald’s Japan thrills fast food lovers with tasty-looking merchandise

• Oona McGee
  Jan 3, 2017

McDonald’s ushers in the New Year with a special bag filled with discount coupons, a blanket, a cushion, and even a pair of gloves!

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• (fast food • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro 2017 • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2017 • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • New Year's)

【Lucky Bag Roundup 2017】IKEA packs 14 kitchen items into their fukubukuro for 17 bucks!

• Oona McGee
  Jan 2, 2017

This is one of the best value-for-money lucky bags on the market this year.

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• (fukubukuro • Fukubukuro 2017 • ikea • kitchen goods • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2017 • New Year's)

【Lucky Bag Roundup 2017】Donguri Kyowakoku lucky bag is packed with Studio Ghibli merchandise!

• Oona McGee
  Jan 2, 2017

Fans of the acclaimed anime studio are swooning over this bag full of cute Ghibli merchandise that costs just 25 bucks!

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• (anime • Donguri Kyowakoku • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro 2017 • Ghibli • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2017 • merchandise • New Year's • Studio Ghibli)

【Lucky Bag Roundup 2017】Starbucks Japan satisfies coffee cravings with special fukubukuro

• Oona McGee
  Jan 2, 2017

Starbucks jams this year’s lucky bag with coffee beans, vouchers, and gorgeous drinkware, all for roughly 50 bucks!

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• Japan
• (coffee • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro 2017 • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2017 • New Year's • Starbucks)

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