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Believe it or not, this row of retro Japanese bars is actually a hotel!【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 25, 2025 - Tweet
Northern Japanese town famous for its castles and cherry blossoms also has one of the country’s most unique hotels.
Japanese motor home is like a time machine to a bubble era Tokyo private bar, on sale now【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Feb 21, 2025
It’s like someone opened a 1980s Ginza lounge in the back of a motor home.
- Japan
- (bars • bubble era • camping • camping cars • cars • COK • cool • crazy • motor homes • outdoors • retro • SNJO)
Space and time get all jumbled up in the Showa-style Cafe de Paris in Tokyo
- Master Blaster
Feb 10, 2025
Coffee and sandwiches are all relative.
- Japan
- (Cafe de Paris • cafes • coffee • coffee shops • COK • cool • food • Hakushaku • Ikebukuro • restaurants • retro • retro cafes • Showa • SNJO • Tokyo)
Second-hand video game fukubukuro lucky bags reveal nostalgic surprises
- Elliot Hale
Jan 4, 2025
An ordinary trip turns into a jackpot of retro games.
- Japan
- (COK • fukubukuro 2025 • games • Guruguru Daiteikoku • hachioji • lucky bag 2025 • retro • retro games • SNJO • Takuya Inaba • Tokyo • video games)
Sugakiya brings back the ’70s with a retro ramen experience in Nagoya
- Elliot Hale
Dec 31, 2024
Blending the store’s unique flavors and vintage vibes to create a satisfying taste of nostalgia.
- Japan
- (Aichi • COK • food • Nagoya • Noodles • Osu • ramen • restaurants • retro • SNJO • Sugakiya • Vintage)
This downtown Tokyo cafe is like a time machine that takes you back 50 years into the past
- SoraNews24
Dec 21, 2024
Beloved by one of history’s greatest manga creators, this Shinjuku landmark has its own sense of history too.
- Japan
- (cafes • COK • Doraemon • food • Fujiko F. Fujio • kissaten • pancakes • restaurants • retro • shinjuku • SNJO)
A carlator is shaking things up on our way to one of Japan’s last revolving restaurants
- Elliot Hale
Dec 1, 2024
A full-body dining experience like no other, complete with stunning, panoramic views.
- Japan
- (cafe • cafes • food • Hyogo • Kobe • restaurants • retro • revolving restaurant • ropeway • SNJO • tourism • travel)
The delicious flavors of Smell, an old-school junkissa coffee shop in downtown Tokyo
- Elliot Hale
Oct 17, 2024
Sip the flavors of nostalgia in this Showa-era cafe that’s also a way to beat the lines at one of Tokyo’s most popular bakeries.
- Japan
- (Asakusabashi • cafes • COK • drinks • egg sandwich • food • junkissa • kissaten • Masanuki Sunakoma • retro • SNJO • Tokyo)
We try to buy a retro Japanese coin-operated arcade machine at this secondhand shop near Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Oct 6, 2024
A giant Pikachu beguiles us with its cute face and affordable price tag, but there’s one surprising hurdle to owning one.
- Japan
- (anime • Arcades • children • coin-operated rides • cute • department stores • fun • Hobby Off • kiddie rides • nostalgia • parks • Pikachu • retro • secondhand shop)
Super budget-friendly retro Tokyo hotel feels like having your own 1960s Asakusa apartment
- Casey Baseel
Sep 18, 2024
Staying here is like a cozy time trip.
We check out the local flavors of the commonly confused Ome and Aomi areas of Tokyo in one day
- Krista Rogers
Jul 18, 2024
A tiny part of a kanji is all that separates these place names in written form, but there’s a much bigger difference in their respective atmospheres.
- Japan
- (Aomi • City Circuit Tokyo Bay • COK • explore • microcomputer • Mr. Sato • museum • nostalgia • odaiba • Ome • racing • retro • Showa • SNJO • Tokyo • train • travel • Unicorn Gundam)
Repeating retro meals in teen-town Tokyo – A visit to Ikebukuro’s Takase
- Casey Baseel
Jul 14, 2024
Time feels like it’s standing still in this downtown Tokyo dining complex with over a century of history.
Japanese curry restaurant at Shinjuku Station is like stepping into a time machine
- Oona McGee
Jul 7, 2024
Experience Tokyo dining the way it used to be, at an eatery loved by locals.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • food • Japanese curry • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • restaurants • retro • review • shinjuku • Shinjuku Station • shopping • SNJO • stations)
McDonald’s Japan’s new pancake pie is a taste sensation
- Oona McGee
Apr 30, 2024
An unusual pie with a very unusual filling.
- Japan
- (commercials • drinks • fast food • food • Japanese commercials • kissaten • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • new • news • pie • pies • retro • SNJO • sweets • taste test)
McDonald’s Japan releases a pancake pie for new retro kissaten coffeeshop series
- Oona McGee
Apr 20, 2024
Classic Japanese desserts get a Kissa Mac makeover for a limited time.
- Japan
- (commercials • drinks • fast food • food • Japanese commercials • kissaten • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • new • news • pie • pies • retro • sweets)
We visit one of the last rooftop amusement parks in Japan and feel like we stepped back in time
- Dale Roll
Nov 12, 2023
Our reporter returns to a place of her childhood that’s still going strong after decades of operation.
- Japan
- (Arcades • children • coin-operated rides • department stores • fun • kiddie rides • Mariko Ohanabatake • Nagasaki • nostalgia • parks • playgrounds • retro)
Epic melon pancakes found at hidden cafe in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Nov 6, 2023
Proof that some of Tokyo’s best secrets are hiding underground.
- Japan
- (cafe • cafes • COK • drinks • food • Ginza • Japanese melon • kissaten • Masanuki Sunakoma • melon • pancakes • restaurants • retro • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test • Tokyo)
Ultra-retro cafe in Tokyo is like a hidden hideout, serves up cheap breakfasts with great coffee
- Oona McGee
Oct 15, 2023
Step back in time at this old-school Japanese kissaten.
- Japan
- (art • breakfast • cafe • cafes • COK • drinks • food • kissaten • restaurants • retro • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test • Tokyo)
Retro vending machine corner is a hidden gem in the Japanese countryside
- Oona McGee
Sep 9, 2023
Step back in time with retro meals from the past but be warned — contents are hot!
- Japan
- (cool • food • Gunma • Japanese food • Japanese vending machines • Noodles • ramen • retro • retro technology • retro vending machines • SNJO • soba • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel • udon • unusual • vending machines • weird)
We visit the oldest remaining Komeda Coffee cafe in Japan for a retro blast from the past
- Dale Roll
Jun 25, 2023
And it did not disappoint!
- Japan
- (1970s • 80s • Aichi • cafe • coffee • coffee shop • Komeda Coffee • Nagoya • old-fashioned • retro)
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