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Godzilla-shaped ice cream on sale in Tokyo near the sight his most adorable rampage

Casey Baseel
Nov 30, 2025
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You can eat Shin Godzilla’s Kamata-kun very close to Kamata.

Japan
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Japanese highway rest stop slow-melting ice cream fish dessert: An offer too strange to refuse

SoraNews24
Aug 20, 2025

There are several things in that concept that might not seem like they should go together, but we can’t so no to a dessert this unique.

Japan
(Chikuwa • COK • crazy • fish • fish cakes • fish sausage • food • highwat rest stops • ice cream • Kariya Highway Oasis • neruimono • parking areas • rest stops • SNJO • sweets • taste test • weird)

Japanese school east of Tokyo is now a rest stop where you can spend the night【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Jul 29, 2024

Going back to school at Hota Elementary.

Japan
(Chiba • COK • cool • hotels • michi no eki • rest areas • rest stops • road stations • schools • SNJO • tourism • travel)

The reasons why Japanese highway rest stops have angled parking

Oona McGee
Aug 23, 2023

Clever design is a literal lifesaver.

Japan
(cars • clever • COK • cool • design • driving • Driving in Japan • expressways • highway rest stops • highways • parking area • parking areas • rest stops • service area • SNJO • travel • UX design)

Highway rest stop’s new high-tech trash cans are another reason Japan’s parking areas rule

Casey Baseel
May 12, 2023

“They’ve taken their trash cans to the next level.”

Japan
(cars • clean • clever • COK • cool • driving • highway rest stops • parking areas • rest stops • SNJO • trash • travel)

The top 10 most surprising rest stops in Japan, as picked by a Japanese “Rest Stop Maniac”

Dale Roll
Feb 15, 2023

Yes, there are otaku for highway rest stops, too!

Japan
(driving • Japan travel • michi no eki • rest stops • road trip • shopping • sightseeing • travel)

Largest Japanese giant salamander dies, aged…Maybe 70 or so?

Master Blaster
Mar 4, 2021

Yuzumaru, we hardly knew ye.

Japan
(animals • Innai • Japanese giant salamander • Oita • rest stops • roadside stations • salamanders • USA)

10 best rest stops in Japan ranked by customer satisfaction for 2018

Master Blaster
Oct 27, 2018

Seems the people of Japan are listening to their stomachs when choosing the best of the nation’s roadside attractions.

Japan
(COK • food • michi no eki • ranking • rest stops • road stations • travel)

Japanese designers’ brilliant way to stop people forgetting their smartphones in public restrooms

Casey Baseel
Aug 19, 2018

Browsing while pooping is an internationally loved pastime, so here’s a clever way to make sure you never leave your phone behind.

Japan
(bathrooms • cars • clever • COK • cool • design • Hokkaido • life hacks • rest stops • Smartphones • Toilets)

Open stall indicators, fresh flowers, and the superb cleanliness of a Japanese highway restroom

Casey Baseel
Oct 8, 2015

On long car trips in the U.S., I didn’t really find the prospect of using a highway rest stop bathroom significantly more appealing than just holding it until I got to my destination, whether that meant waiting until the next city or the next state. Honestly, given how filthy a lot of the public toilets were, I was generally happier with a deserted stretch of road or a grove of trees I could pull over near.

In Japan, though, it’s a different story, as this video of a rest stop bathroom shows it to be cleaner and classier than the one in many people’s homes.

Japan
(awesome • bathrooms • culture • rest stops • Toilets • travel • video)

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