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New Shinkansen platform vending machine sells local-flavor treats from 127-year-old snack maker

• Casey Baseel
  4 days ago
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A new way to get your hands on a popular souvenir at Shin Osaka.

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• Japan
• (bullet train • food • Japan travel • Osaka • Osaka ikaten • rice crackers • senbei • Shin Osaka • shinkansen • shrimp chips • squid • stations • tourism • trains • travel • vending machines)

Go to hell! …at a limited time historical art exhibit coming to Osaka

• Master Blaster
  Sep 7, 2026

It’ll be a hell of a good time.

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• Japan
• (art • Buddhism • COK • culture • Descent into Hell • events • exhibitions • hell • jigoku • museums • mythology • Osaka • religion • shinto • Yomi)

Elderly couple donates 400 million yen to erect Myaku-Myaku statue in Osaka

• Master Blaster
  Sep 3, 2026

Multi-million-dollar Myaku-Myaku donation.

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• Japan
• (2025 Osaka World Expo • donation • Mascots • money • Myaku-Myaku • Osaka • statues • tower of the sun)

Nonstop flights from U.S. to Okinawa return after 54 years, making travel faster than before

• Oona McGee
  Aug 28, 2026

United Airlines will soon fly nonstop to Japan’s tropical southern islands, with a new direct route to Osaka as well.

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• Japan, USA
• (Air travel • airlines • airplanes • airports • international flights • Los Anageles • Naha • naha airport • Okinawa • Osaka • San Francisco • tourism • travel • United • United Airlines)

Tokaido Lumière Express: Stay overnight inside the Shinkansen from Osaka to Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Aug 27, 2026

For about 2,000 yen more than a regular reserved seat, you can spend the night on board the bullet train instead of paying for a hotel.

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• (bullet train • bullet trains • Central Japan Railway • Central Japan Railway Company • Japan Railway Company • Japan travel • JR • JR Central • news • Osaka • overnight trains • shinkansen • Tokaido Shinkansen • Tokyo • tourism • trains • travel)

Osaka Starbucks has one of the city’s coolest photo vantage points, but it’s going away soon

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 24, 2026

We head to Osaka to say goodbye to Ebitsuta, and get a new view at one of the city’s most famous landmarks.

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• Japan
• (COK • Dotonbori • Japan travel • Kani Doraku • Osaka • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • tourism • travel • Tsutaya)

You can send your suitcase from Tokyo to Kyoto on the Shinkansen for same-day delivery… but it’ll cost you

• Oona McGee
  Aug 20, 2026

Overlooked luggage-forwarding service will become easier to use this autumn, especially for tourists staying in private rentals like Airbnbs.

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• Japan
• (Bounce • bullet train • COK • hands free • hands-free travel • Japanese trains • JTB • Kyoto • luggage • luggage delivery • luggage forwarding • luggage storage • Osaka • shinkansen • Tokyo • Tokyo Station • tourists • trains • travel)

Dog-friendly Wanwan Liner bus to begin operations between Tokyo and Osaka this fall

• Krista Rogers
  Aug 19, 2026

This upcoming doggy express offers a new option for long-distance travel in comfort with your Best Friend.

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• Japan
• (animals • BIG Bus • bus • buses • COK • dog • highway buses • Japan travel • Osaka • pet friendly • pets • Tokyo • tourism • travel • Wanwan Liner)

Japanese vending machine sells freshly squeezed lemon juice with a futuristic light show

• Oona McGee
  Aug 2, 2026

We test the sourness of the juice but get distracted by a surprise performance.

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• Japan
• (cool • drinks • hidden gems • Japanese vending machines • juice • lemon juice • lemons • Osaka • SNJO • vending machines • weird • weird vennding machine)

Japanese government okays plan to create a backup capital city

• Master Blaster
  Jul 27, 2026

Always good to have a spare lying around.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • capital city • fukushoto • Japan Innovation Party • Nagoya • Nippon Ishin no Kai • Osaka • politics • Tokyo • vice-capital)

Tokyo and Osaka make it into this year’s EIU ranking of the world’s Top Ten Most Liveable Cities

• Krista Rogers
  Jul 16, 2026

Plus, we share our recommendations for off-the-beaten-path places to visit in each of them.

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• Japan
• (Economist • Global Liveability Index • lifestyle • living • Most Liveable Cities • Osaka • ranking • Tokyo)

Japan now has a takoyaki sandwich…created by a Michelin-listed restaurant

• Oona McGee
  Jul 15, 2026

Osaka’s popular street food gets a new life in sandwich form.

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• (food • Japanese sandwiches • Japanese street food • Michelin • Michelin restaurant • octopus balls • octopus dumplings • Osaka • restaurants • sandwich • sandwiches • SNJO • street food • takoyaki • weird food)

Japan launches first overnight Shinkansen bullet train between Tokyo and Osaka this summer

• Oona McGee
  Jun 24, 2026

Late-night high-speed service allows passengers to travel while they sleep, making better use of time and cutting hotel costs.

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• (bullet train • bullet trains • Central Japan Railway • Central Japan Railway Company • Japan Railway Company • Japan travel • JR • JR Central • news • Osaka • overnight trains • shinkansen • Tokaido Shinkansen • Tokyo • tourism • trains • travel)

Japan Railways partners with Overwatch, heroes hit the Shinkansen for bullet train collaboration

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 7, 2026

And yes, there is a reason Mercy is dressed that way.

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• Japan
• (bullet train • Central Japan Railway Company • Japan Railways • Japan travel • JR • JR Central • JR Tokai • Osaka • shinkansen • tourism • travel • video games)

Osaka is hosting a “hentai” event, but it’s probably not what you think

• Elliot Hale
  May 31, 2026

No tentacles here, folks! Only beautifully strange plants.

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• Japan
• (animals • COK • cool • events • expo • houseplants • Osaka • plants • reptiles • science • SNJO • terrariums • weird)

Japan’s cafe that won’t let you go home until you solve a puzzle is opening in Osaka’s canal district

• Casey Baseel
  May 30, 2026

Hatena Coffee continues to make customers smile as they scratch their heads.

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• Japan
• (cafes • coffee • cool • crazy • Dotonbori • drinks • food • Hatena Coffee • Namba • Osaka • puzzles • restaurants)

Sushi Pizza surprises diners in one of the best food destinations in Japan

• Oona McGee
  May 28, 2026

New fusion food looks set to become a hit on social media. 

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• Japan
• (food • izakaya • new releae • Osaka • pizza • restaurants • seafood • sushi • sushi pizza)

Huge display of drones and fireworks together coming to Osaka this June

• Master Blaster
  May 13, 2026

You got your drones in my fireworks! You got your fireworks in my drones!

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• Japan
• (drones • events • Fire Brand • fireworks • Inakako Fireworks • Kato Fireworks • Katsuragi Fireworks • Maishima Sports Island • Osaka • Osaka Bay Skylumina • Red Cliff • shows)

Deer that appeared in downtown Osaka gets a new home, a new name, and a lot of snacks[Video]

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 8, 2026

Likely wanderer from Nara Park won’t be going back, but has a new place to live in a hot spring town.

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• Japan
• (animals • crazy • cute • deer • environment • moving • Nara • Nara deer • Nara Park • nature • Osaka • Shika-yan • touching • video • weird)

Deer are appearing in Osaka City, may have wandered there from Nara[Video]

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 26, 2026

No one’s sure what to do with them, since Nara’s deer lose their protected status when they leave the park.

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• Japan
• (animals • crazy • deer • environment • Nara • Nara deer • Nara Park • nature • Osaka • video • weird)

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