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Add a little magic to your meal at Mahou Dining Bar Osmand in Tokyo, now with escape rooms
- Master Blaster
May 23, 2025 - Tweet
Waiter, there’s an eight of spades with my initials on it in my soup.
- Japan
- (escape rooms • magic • Mahou Dining Bar • Osmand • restaurants • Roppongi • Tokyo • Warlocks and Mystic Dungeon)
Soak in the art literally and figuratively at TeamLab’s and TikTok’s new collab sauna exhibit
- Ingrid Tsai
Feb 1, 2021
Another thought-provoking, gorgeous exhibition from the beloved digital art collective.
- Japan
- (art • beautiful • collaboration • digital art • museums • Roppongi • sauna • TeamLab • TikTok • Tokyo)
Menya Musashi’s shaved ice ramen is the perfect dish to beat the Tokyo summer heat【Taste Test】
- Kay
Aug 25, 2020
Because ramen doesn’t always have to be steaming hot.
- Japan
- (COK • fun foods • Menya Musashi • ramen • Roppongi • shaved ice • SNO • summer)
Japan’s first 100 percent non-alcoholic and vegan bar to open in Tokyo’s Roppongi district
- Krista Rogers
Jul 12, 2020
Get ready to enjoy stylish non-alcoholic beverages and vegan bites in a chic setting on your next night, or morning, out.
- Japan
- (0% Non-Alcohol Experience • bar • dining • drinking • non-alcoholic • Roppongi • Shingo Gokan • stylish • Tokyo • vegan)
Starbucks brings out Minty Chocolate Tea Frappuccino…at just one location in Japan
- Oona McGee
May 15, 2019
We try one of the most rare and sought after drinks in the country.
- Japan
- (drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • mint • mint chocolate • Roppongi • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Tokyo)
Gwyneth Paltrow visits Japan, dines on sushi and soba as Goop beauty brand debuts in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
May 13, 2019
New Goop pop-up shop and cafe opens in Tokyo for a limited time.
- Japan
- (beauty • celebrities • COK • fashion • Goop • Gwyneth Paltrow • health and wellness • hollywood • Honmura An • movie stars • pop-up • pop-up cafes • pop-up shops • Roppongi • shopping • skincare • soba • sushi • Sushi Iwa • Tokyo • wellness)
Häagen-Dazs Matcha Salon: We dine on a full course of green tea treats at Tokyo pop-up restaurant
- Oona McGee
May 3, 2019
Luxury ice cream maker treats diners in Japan to a green experience that stimulates all five senses.
- Japan
- (COK • green tea • Häagen-Dazs • ice cream • matcha • restaurants • Roppongi • Roppongi Hills • sweets)
Tokyo hotel’s 100,000-yen (US$900) hamburger is topped with a wagyu steak to honor new emperor
- Casey Baseel
Apr 3, 2019
Roppongi hotel uses two kinds of beef, gold powder in ludicrously luxurious, massively mouthwatering burger.
- Japan
- (beef • burgers • Emperor of Japan • Grand Hyatt Tokyo • hamburgers • hotels • Hyatt • new era name • restaurants • Roppongi • Tokyo • Wagyu)
Häagen-Dazs Japan opening Tokyo restaurant to serve special all-matcha course meal
- Casey Baseel
Mar 26, 2019
Each dish will use the same exclusive green tea blend that the company uses for its delicious matcha ice cream.
- Japan
- (COK • Häagen-Dazs • ice cream.green tea • matcha • restaurants • Roppongi • Roppongi Hills • sweets)
A totally new Pokémon GO experience using both sights and sounds opens in Tokyo
- Master Blaster
Oct 15, 2018
Would you like to be, in Roppongi, in a Pokémon GO AR Garden, in the shade?
- Japan
- (AR • event • Mori Garden • Niantic • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • Pokemon GO AR Garden • Roppongi • Roppongi Hills • smartphone games • Tokyo • video games • VR)
Cute ducklings cross busy Tokyo street with the help of a good samaritan 【Video】
- Oona McGee
May 19, 2018
The care and patience given to the little duck family in the middle of downtown Tokyo is warming hearts around the country.
Jack-‘o-lantern trash bags being handed out to fight litter during Tokyo Halloween parties
- Casey Baseel
Oct 25, 2016
Celebration’s image tarnished in recent years as partiers leave huge amounts of trash on the streets.
Venture through the Tokyo Metro Network to complete the Ghibli Quiz Rally!
- Shannon McNaught
Jul 20, 2016
Would you like to go on a scavenger hunt through Tokyo Metro’s maze of subways with Studio Ghibli? Well, if you’re in Tokyo between July and September, you’re in luck!
- Japan
- (Ghibli Expo • quiz rally • Roppongi • scavenger hunt • Studio Ghibli • Studio Ghibli Exhibition • subways • Tokyo • Tokyo Metro)
We visit Japan’s first hedgehog cafe in Roppongi, Tokyo【Pics & Video】
- Oona McGee
May 10, 2016
You can now add hedgehogs to the list of cute animals to visit on your next trip to the Japanese capital.
World’s first Snoopy Museum opens in Tokyo’s Roppongi Hills
- KK Miller
Apr 22, 2016
Get your dancing paws ready for a Snoopy-tastic experience!
- Japan
- (Charles M. Schulz • charlie brown • museum • Peanuts • Roppongi • Snoopy • Tokyo)
We got a sneak peek at the stellar Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Exhibit【Photos】
- KK Miller
Apr 17, 2016
We knew it was going to be sailor-tastic, but it’s better than we imagined.
A feast for the eyes — Sailor Moon Art Exhibit is coming to Tokyo this April!
- Kay
Jan 28, 2016
Sailor Moon fans can look forward to an exciting treat in the coming months — an art exhibit in the fashionable Roppongi district of Tokyo!
Check out Tokyo’s incredible Christmas illuminations!【Video】
- Oona McGee
Dec 3, 2015
Last year, we treated to you a slide-show of some of the best Christmas lights on display in Tokyo. This year, we’re bringing you a full video!
- Japan
- (Caretta • Christmas lights • illuminations • Japan • Marunouchi • pretty • Roppongi • Tokyo • video)
Tokyo’s massive Monster Burger is the combining robot of hamburgers
- Casey Baseel
Oct 23, 2015
With Halloween just around the corner, people across Japan are getting ready to transform into all manner of awesome creatures. As a matter of fact, even some restaurants are getting into the spirit with special Halloween menu items, and we found one that’s a genuine monster: Tokyo’s massive Monster Burger, which is actually five burgers combined as one!
- Japan
- (awesome • burgers • crazy • food • hamburgers • huge food • Mr. Sato • restaurants • Roppongi • Tokyo)
Chill out with a tasty shaved ice treat from Mercedes-Benz’s ICE MONSTER tie-in shop
- Jamie Koide
Jul 22, 2015
We’re not even halfway through summer here in Japan yet, and already we’ve seen a number of strange collaboration combinations, including barley and eel soda and soft-serve sushi.
This time we’d like to introduce another curious combination, in the form of a new Mercedes-Benz x Ice Monster shop that recently popped up in Roppongi, Tokyo. But what do luxury car makers know about making the perfect frozen ice treat? Our ever-popular reporter Mr. Sato heads out to investigate.
- Japan
- (Japanese food • kakigori • limited time • Mercedes-Benz • Roppongi • shaved ice • summer • sweets • Tokyo)
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