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These retro cafe bath salts smell so good you could almost eat them (though you shouldn’t)

• Dale Roll
  May 6, 2023
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Bask in the glory of Japanese ’80s-era cafes with bath salts that smell like dessert!

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• Japan
• (1980s • 80s • bath powder • COK • cool • food • kissaten • melon soda • pudding • purin • retro • Showa Era • weird)

Is this the rudest parfait in all of Japan?

• Oona McGee
  Apr 26, 2023

“Prohibited Parfait” brings new meaning to nude food.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • desserts • diner • food • Japanese desserts • limited edition • Mariko Ohanabatake • Nagasaki • parfait • retro • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Starbucks Japan’s new parfait cake has to be seen to be believed

• Oona McGee
  Mar 18, 2023

W0w. Just…wow.

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• Japan
• (American • cakes • COK • cool • diner • food • limited edition • parfait • retro • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • taste test)

Starbucks Japan now has its first-ever Cola Frappuccino, but is it any good?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 17, 2023

We find out if this retro American diner experience is all it’s cracked up to be. 

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• Japan
• (American • coffee • COK • cool • diner • drinks • food • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • K. Masami • limited edition • retro • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • taste test)

Starbucks unveils first-ever Cola Frappuccino in Japan!

• Oona McGee
  Mar 8, 2023

New limited-edition drinks and goods are inspired by retro American diners. 

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• Japan
• (American • coffee • COK • cool • cups • diner • drinks • drinkware • food • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • limited edition • mugs • retro • sakura • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition)

Japanese sweets box from Amazon Japan is a treasure trove of dagashi nostalgia

• Oona McGee
  Jan 7, 2023

A treasure chest filled with cute and nostalgic Japanese sweets!

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• Japan
• (Amazon Japan • Amazon Japana • candy • cheap sweets • COK • cute • dagashi • Japanese candy • Japanese sweets • nostalgia • retro • shopping • SNJO • sweets)

We visit Evangelion’s real-life Village-3, a hidden gem where time has stopped【Photos】

• Katie Pask
  Nov 26, 2022

A must-see for fans of Evangelion and trains in general!

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• Japan
• (anime • Evangelion • retro • Shizuoka • SNJO • trains • Village-3)

Perfectly recreated 1960s Japanese apartment lets museum visitors go back to mid-Showa era【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 16, 2022

Matsudo Museum recreates Tokiwadaira Danchi, and a day in the life of old-school Japan.

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• Japan
• (1960s • COK • cool • culture • history • museums • retro • Showa • Showa Era • SNJO)

Rune Naito, the man who pioneered concept of ‘kawaii’, to have 90th anniversary art exhibition

• Katie Pask
  Oct 25, 2022

The artist said to have created the kawaii aesthetic will feature in an exhibition celebrating his 90th birthday.

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• Japan
• (art • art exhibition • beautiful • cute • Kawaii • Osaka • retro • rune naito • Showa Era)

Japanese vending machine mecca: Around 100 rare retro machines await you at this unusual location

• Oona McGee
  Oct 5, 2022

Step back in time with old-school vending machines that dispense unique products in retro packaging.

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• Japan
• (Bon curry • burgers • cool • curry • food • Japanese food • Japanese vending machines • Noodles • retort curry • retro • retro technology • soba • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel • udon • unusual • vending machines • weird)

Pikachu in 1920s Tokyo images use A.I. to toss the Pokémon mascot 100 years into Japan’s past

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 8, 2022

It’s like Pikachu used some super effective time travel powers.

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• Japan
• (1920s • A.I. • anime • cool • cute • image-generating A.I. • Pikachu • Pokemon • retro • video games • weird)

Unboxing the McDonald’s French Fry Snack Maker【Review】

• Oona McGee
  Aug 23, 2022

Will this retro toy turn out to be a cool gadget or worthless garbage?

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• Japan
• (bread • COK • cool • fast food • food • french fries • fries • funny • gadgets • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • retro • retro toys • review • SNJO • taste test • toys)

Retro reveals: Men choose the top ten anime series of the 1970s

• Krista Rogers
  Mar 10, 2022

These iconic series, spanning sci-fi to sports, were instrumental in paving the way for anime of subsequent decades.

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• Japan
• (1970s • anime • Ashita no Joe • COK • Doraemon • lupin III • Mobile Suit Gundam • retro • Space Battleship Yamato • survey • Top Ten)

Retro Japanese-style hotel room with kotatsu, free ice cream is both amazingly cool AND warm

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 28, 2021

Staff thoughtfully provides everything you need to never leave the warm Showa-style kotatsu paradise.

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• Japan
• (cool • hotels • kotatsu • retro • Showa • travel • Urayasu)

Collapsed shed at our cheap countryside house reveals unusual Japanese gems from the past

• Oona McGee
  Dec 8, 2021

Dilapidated outbuilding at the SoraHouse contains some surprise items that could tell a story or two.

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• Japan
• (cheap • COK • country life • countryside • crazy • homes • Housing • Japanese houses • Living in Japan • property • retro • rural • slow life • SNJO • SoraHouse)

Retro Japanese toys make childhood lottery dreams come true

• Oona McGee
  Oct 12, 2021

These are the games kids used to play before Japanese video games.

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• Japan
• (candy • cheap sweets • COK • dagashi • food • Japanese toys • retro • retro toys • shopping • SNJO • sweets • toys)

Dance the decades away with Travis Japan on their newly dedicated YouTube channel

• Krista Rogers
  Sep 1, 2021

The Johnnys’ Jr. group also feeds our love for nostalgic and classic J-Pop.

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• Japan
• (dance • decades • Johnny's • Johnnys’ Jr. • nostalgia • retro • Travis Japan)

What’s inside the McDonald’s Big Smile Bag in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Aug 15, 2021

All part of the chain’s Japan-exclusive 50th anniversary celebrations.

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• Japan
• (burgers • COK • design • fast food • food • fries • fukubukuro • limited edition • lucky bag • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Mr Speedee • packaging • retro • SNJO • Speedee Service System)

We visit Kyushu’s oldest wooden train station building, get hit with a nostalgia overload

• Katie Pask
  Aug 5, 2021

Take a trip back to 1895 with this quaint slice of Japanese history!

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• Japan
• (cool • Fukuoka • retro • train • train stations • trains • travel • wooden stations • yusubaru)

The young girl starring in this cool retro-style McDonald’s Japan video is actually 62 years old!

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 22, 2021

McDonald’s Japan celebrates its 50th birthday by recreating the scene on opening day at its first restaurant in Tokyo.

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• Japan
• (ads • beautiful women • cool • fast food • food • hamburgers • history • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • moving • retro • touching • video)

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