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Hello Kitty Choco Egg figures are an adorable trip through three periods of Japanese pop culture【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 27, 2025 - Tweet
Kitty-chans representing the Showa, Heisei, and Reiwa eras are waiting inside these sweet treats.
- Japan
- (Choco Egg • Choco Eggs • chocolate • COK • cute • figures • food • Heisei • Heisei era • Hello Kitty • Reiwa • Reiwa era • retro • Sanrio • Showa • Showa Era • SNJO • sweets)
The old-school awesomeness of the New Akao, a Showa-era hot spring hotel still standing tall
- Casey Baseel
Jul 15, 2025
Timeless scenery and retro luxury are waiting for travelers in Atami.
- Japan
- (Atami • COK • hot springs • hotels • onsen • retro • Shizuoka • Shizuoka Prefecture • Showa • Showa period • SNJO • tourism • travel)
New retro museum in Tokyo is like a time portal back to the Showa era【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
May 17, 2025
A look back at Japan’s past in one of Tokyo’s more modern neighborhoods.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • history • museums • odaiba • Odaiba Retro Museum • Showa • Showa Era • Showa period • Showa retro • tourism • travel)
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)
Yokohama’s iconic Red Brick Warehouse is now transformed into a hotpot and sake tasting venue
- Krista Rogers
Jan 28, 2025
Sample some of the best regional variations of nabe and sake in a Showa-retro space at this event perfect for the middle of winter.
- Japan
- (Akarenga • community • dining • hotpot • kotatsu • nabe • Red Brick Warehouse • sake • Showa • winter • Yokohama)
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)
Lawson Store 100 releases retro line of Japanese convenience store foods
- Master Blaster
Aug 31, 2023
Let’s take it back to ’79, give or take a decade.
- Japan
- (agepan • convenience stores • food • ginger pork • Lawson Store 100 • Napolitan • omurice • pilaf • Showa • Showa Retro Fair)
Reflecting on an old red-light district in Tokyo as another landmark closes its doors forever
- Dale Roll
Jul 16, 2023
The neighborhood of Otsuka is very different from what it once was–and even more so without its most iconic building.
- Japan
- (batting cage • COK • geisha • history • Otsuka • pachinko • red light district • Showa • Showa Era • SNJO • Tokyo)
McDonald’s Japan goes old-school with new Showa-era Kissa Mac sweets lineup【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 19, 2023
A taste of nostalgia for the golden era of Japanese coffee shops is coming to the golden arches.
- Japan
- (fast food • food • ice cream • kissaten • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • McDonald's pie • melon soda • parfaits • pudding • purin • Showa • Showa Era • sweets)
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.
Taking a trip through time at Chiba’s Showa-era yankee-style fashion shop【Photos】
- Dale Roll
Nov 4, 2022
And we were tempted to custom order an embroidered silk jacket while we were at it!
Former sake brewery in Japan gets a new life as…whatever the heck this is
- Oona McGee
May 17, 2022
Looking for a weird place to visit in Japan? This spot ticks all the boxes.
- Japan
- (art • characters • COK • Kinnikuman • Masanuki Sunakoma • Mazinger Z • nostalgia • Saitama • sake brewery • Showa • SNJO • Spider-Man • statues • travel • weird • wtf)
Japanese gacha machine sells nostalgic super tiny books, and we tried it out
- Shannon
May 16, 2022
Read some tiny flashbacks from the Showa Era!
- Japan
- (bean book • gacha gacha • gacha toys • gacha vending machine • mame hon • mini book • Showa • Showa Era • Vintage)
What does Showa-era curry taste like? We try making some with an old-timey roux
- Dale Roll
Feb 28, 2022
Our Japanese-language reporter had no idea what to expect.
- Japan
- (COK • cooking • curry • food • Showa • Showa Era • SNJO • SoraKitchen • taste test)
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.
Cup Noodle is taking us back to the Japan of the ‘80s and ‘90s with special ramen flavor revivals
- Dale Roll
Sep 24, 2021
Two beloved flavors from the Showa and Heisei periods make their triumphant return to the shelves!
- Japan
- (Cup Noodle • Heisei • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • Noodles • nostalgia • ramen • Showa)
Bandai releases a retro item with zodiac signs in gachapon capsule toy form…but what is it?
- Krista Rogers
Jun 8, 2021
This little device could almost always be found in cafés in Japan throughout the latter part of the Showa Period (1926-1989).
- Japan
- (capsule toy • fortune-telling • fun • gachapon • luck • miniature • omikuji • retro • roulette • Showa • vending machine • zodiac signs)
Japanese elementary school “randoseru” bag brand creates Showa-inspired line for adults
- Shannon
May 17, 2021
A fashionable way to relive the good old Showa days.
- Japan
- (Ikedaya • Japanese backpack • Japanese fashion • randoseru • Showa • Showa Era • stylish)
Street footage from Hollywood movie “Tokyo Joe” shows post-war Shibuya colourised by AI 【Video】
- Oona McGee
Sep 24, 2020
Originally used as the background for Humphrey Bogart’s close-up, these Japanese folks are now having their time in the spotlight.
- Japan
- (black and white • cool • culture • DeOldify • history • hollywood • Hollywood movies • Humphrey Bogart • movies • old video • Shibuya • Showa • Tokyo • Tokyo Joe • video)
Mr. Sato vibe-checks a hidden retro café in the heart of Shibuya’s modern Miyashita Park 【Photos】
- Ingrid Tsai
Aug 11, 2020
Is the appeal in that it’s retro or that it’s just hard to find?
- Japan
- (all you can drink • cafe • dessert • Miyashita Park • Mr. Sato • retro • secret • Shibuya • Showa)
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
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