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This upcycled Kyoto train cafe is the ultimate kawaii spring experience

• Elliot Hale
  Mar 28, 2026
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Produced by Kawaii Monster Cafe creator, the Future Train diner serves up pink teriyaki burgers and wobbly pancakes aboard the Sakura Express.

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• (cafe • cherry blossoms • cool • cute • diner • food and drinks • Future Train • Future Train Diner & Cafe • Japanese trains • Kyoto • pink • Restaurant • sakura • Sakura Express • seasonal menu • seasonal specials • Sebastian Masuda • themed restaurants • train • Umekoji Highline)

Take a look inside the Future Train, a unique new restaurant diner and cafe in Kyoto

• Oona McGee
  Sep 13, 2025

A retired Thunderbird gets a pink facelift and futuristic interiors that’ll whisk you away to another world.

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• (cafe • cool • Ekiben • food • Future Train • Future Train Kyoto Diner & Cafe • Japanese food • Japanese trains • Kyoto • pink • restaurants • Sebastian Masuda • themed restaurants • Thunderbird • trains)

Kirby Cafe x Captain Sweets Burger release “double strawberry burgers” exclusive to Tokyo Station

• Krista Rogers
  Apr 17, 2025

Don’t panic–these “burgers” aren’t a combination of meat and sweets but are rather burger-shaped cookie sandwiches in Kirby-inspired pink.

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• (Captain Sweets Burger • collaboration • cookie sandwich • Kirby • Kirby Café • nintendo • pink • souvenir • strawberry • Tokyo Station)

Our Japanese writer tries the cutting edge in men’s fashion from AliExpress

• Master Blaster
  Sep 15, 2023

Not all heroes wear capes.

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• (AliExpress • autumn • fall • fashion • Incerun • Masanuki Sunakoma • pink • shirts • shopping • sleeves)

Pink drinks hit different at Starbucks in Japan

• Oona McGee
  May 14, 2022

We’ll get our pink drinks whatever way we can have them. 

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• (drinks • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • limited edition • pink • pink drink • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • strawberries)

A cherry blossom menagerie of animals and designs is coming to Fukuoka’s TeamLab Forest museum

• Dale Roll
  Feb 19, 2022

Get in the spirit of spring with amazing interactive digital art exhibits!

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• (cherry blossoms • digital art museum • Fukuoka • interactive art • pink • sakura • spring • Team Lab • TeamLab • TeamLab Forest)

Starbucks Japan unveils new sakura drinkware and menu items at the Tokyo Roastery

• Oona McGee
  Feb 8, 2022

Cherry blossoms bloom across sweets, drinks, mugs, and leather accessories this hanami season.

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• (accessories • cakes • cherry blossoms • drinks • drinkware • hanami • limited edition • pink • Reserve Roastery Tokyo • sakura • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks Reserve • Starbucks Reserve Roastery • Starbucks Reserve Roastery Tokyo • sweets)

New Harajuku-themed hotel room promises to surround you in pink and zany kawaii-ness

• Dale Roll
  Aug 2, 2021

Use Moshi Moshi Rooms for your next Harajuku stay!

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• (Airbnb • cute • Harajuku • hotel • hotels • Kawaii • Moshi Moshi Rooms • pink • themed rooms • Tokyo • travel)

Cherry blossom curry is set to bring spring to your plate even before the sakura arrive

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 19, 2021

Beautiful curry is easy to prepare and made with the petals of Japan’s favorite flower.

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• (beautiful • cherry blossoms • cool • curry • food • instant curry • instant food • pink • sakura)

Natsumi’s pink scooter from Weathering with You now on sale from Honda for a limited time

• Dale Roll
  Jul 11, 2020

If you’ve wanted to race around the streets of your home town on a pink-and-white scooter like Natsumi, now’s your chance!

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• (Honda • HondaGO • pink • scooter • Super Cub • Weathering with You)

New line of Kirby cosmetics make makeup fun with star-shaped palettes and pink lush lipsticks

• Dale Roll
  Apr 25, 2020

Spice up your makeup collection with Kirby!

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• (cosmetics • cute • Kirby • Kirby Café • makeup • Monosense • nintendo • pink • video games)

Pink sakura season comes to IKEA store restaurants and cafes across Japan

• Kay
  Mar 2, 2020

If you’re in the mood for pink foods, look no further this spring than IKEA stores in Japan. 

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• (food • ikea • pink • sakura)

Cook your own pink Hello Kitty noodles with her Tokyo Tonkotsu Ramen set

• Kay
  Apr 29, 2019

Yup, there’s nothing quite like a bowl of pink Hello Kitty-themed ramen to make your day. 

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• (COK • cute • food • Hello Kitty • Noodles • pink • ramen • Sanrio • SNOJ)

Turn heads under the cherry blossoms with a sakura hat from Japan

• Oona McGee
  Mar 25, 2019

Pink hat perfectly resembles a traditional Japanese sakura sweet.

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• (cherry blossoms • cute • fashion • hanami • hats • Kawaii • LOL • pink • sakura • sakura 2019 • sakura mochi • sweets • Village Vanguard)

Starbucks Japan adds new sakura cherry blossom items to its You Are Here Collection

• Oona McGee
  Mar 20, 2019

Plus a Mt Fuji notebook and two adorable plush “bear-istas” dressed in kimono.

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• (cherry blossoms • drinks • drinkware • hanami • pink • sakura • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • You Are Here)

Enjoy the cherry blossoms under a sakura umbrella

• Oona McGee
  Mar 18, 2019

Turn heads everywhere you go this hanami season.

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• (cherry blossoms • hanami • handicrafts • Japanese traditional crafts • parasol • pink • sakura • traditional crafts • umbrellas)

We try the new sakura Frappuccino from Starbucks Japan【SoraNews24 Taste Test】

• Oona McGee
  Feb 17, 2018

The new limited-edition beverage takes its inspiration from a traditional Japanese springtime confection.

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• (cherry blossoms • drinks • Frappuccino • limited edition • Meg • pink • sakura • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets)

We try the heavenly Starbucks pink latte in Japan 【Taste Test】

• Oona McGee
  Jan 11, 2018

It looks like a sakura drink, but it gets its colour from a different blend of ingredients.

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• (drinks • fruit • limited edition • pink • Starbucks • teas • Teavana)

Pretty in pink: Sakura curry available in Japan for a limited time

• Meg Murphy
  Apr 26, 2017

Not quite ready to say goodbye to the cherry blossoms? Then it’s time to enjoy some sakura curry.

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• (cherry blossoms • cool • curry • food • pink • sakura • weird)

Adorable Kirby merchandise gets special launch party with custom-made Kirby cupcakes! 【Pics】

• Kay
  Apr 24, 2017

Advance sale of super-cute Kirby clothing called for celebration in a Kirby-themed room with cute Kirby cupcakes!

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• (clothes • cute • Harajuku • Kirby • nintendo • pink • sweets • Yummy Mart)

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