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Picturesque Tokyo park plays host to millions of flowers and soap bubbles this spring

• Elliot Hale
  Mar 28, 2026
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Rapeseed, tulips, nemophila, and over a million poppies line up for a floral relay.

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• Japan
• (Anji Tabata • beautiful • cherry blossoms • COK • flower festival • flowers • Nemophila • poppies • rapeseed • sakura • Showa Kinen Park • spring • Tachikawa City • Tokyo • tulips)

Starbucks Japan adds new Sencha Matcha Tea Frappuccino to its menu, but only at 28 locations

• Oona McGee
  Mar 28, 2026

Expand your knowledge of Japanese tea culture with three new green “experiences”.

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• Japan
• (dessert drink • drinks • Frappuccino • green tea • Japanese Frappuccino • limited edition • limited edition flavors • matcha • sencha • spring • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • Starbucks Tea & Cafe • Starbucks Tea and Cafe • tea • Teavana)

Starbucks Japan has a new Frappuccino on the menu, but does it really taste like a cream puff?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 26, 2026

Starbucks goes strawberry crazy this spring, but is it a good thing?

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• (choux cream • cream puff • cream puffs • dessert drink • drinks • Frappuccino • fruit • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese strawberry • limited edition • limited edition flavors • shu cream • spring • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • strawberries)

Starbucks Japan adds exclusive limited-edition Frappuccino drinks to the menu for spring

• Oona McGee
  Mar 24, 2026

Choux cream pastry is one of the flavours ready to boost your mood this season.

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• (choux cream • coffee • cream puff • cream puffs • dessert drink • drinks • Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccino • limited edition • limited edition flavors • shu cream • spring • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition)

Starbucks Japan releases new My Fruit³ Frappuccino at only 34 stores around the country

• Oona McGee
  Mar 17, 2026

Rare, super-personalised Frappuccino gets a new look for spring. 

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• Japan
• (dessert drink • drinks • Frappuccino • fruit • Japanese Frappuccino • latte • limited edition • limited edition flavors • My Fruit³ Frappuccino • Peach • spring • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition)

Is this Japan’s most extreme cherry blossom viewing? Leap, cycle and climb through 2,500 sakura

• Elliot Hale
  Mar 13, 2026

Why sit on a tarp when you can zoom through flowers on a 100-meter slide or risk falling into the trees from 370 meters in the air?

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• Japan
• (amusement park • athletic course • attractions • Bubble Works • cherry blossoms • COK • culture • event • flower viewing • flowers • hanami • illumination • illuminations • Kanagawa • Night Bubble Show • Sagamiko • Sagamiko Illumillion • Sagamiko Mori Mori • Sagamiko Onsen Ururi • sakura • spring • tourism • travel)

The top 10 graduation songs in Japan as chosen by current Japanese high school students

• Krista Rogers
  Mar 13, 2026

From covers of classics to altogether newer songs, these are the melodies that Japanese youth associate with graduation in this current Reiwa age.

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• Japan
• (graduation • high school • sakura • Shibuya Trend Research • songs • spring • survey • Top Ten)

Spring pollen may be damaging your skin, so what’s Japan’s best moisturizing anti-hay fever spray?

• Elliot Hale
  Mar 8, 2026

Tell the plants “No, thank you!” to stinging skin with these five popular sprays.

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• Japan
• (BCL • hay fever • health • Kose • moisturize • pollen • pollen-protection spray • Shiseido • skin • skin care • spray • spring)

Starbucks Japan releases a new Cream Puff Frappuccino for a limited time

• Oona McGee
  Mar 7, 2026

Exclusive drinks will make you feel like you’re biting into a choux cream pastry.

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• (choux cream • coffee • cream puff • cream puffs • dessert drink • drinks • Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccino • latte • limited edition • limited edition flavors • shu cream • spring • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition)

Is Starbucks Japan’s new Hinamatsuri Girls’ Day Frappuccino suitable for adults?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 4, 2026

Tiny Frappuccino is designed for young girls, so we find out if it’s too sweet for adults. 

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • Doll's Festival • drinks • Frappuccino • girls' day • Hinamatsuri • Hinamatsuri Frappuccino • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • Peach • sakura • SNO • spring • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition)

Sakura Festival in Chiyoda mixes illuminations, boats, music, and Rilakkuma in the heart of Tokyo

• Krista Rogers
  Mar 3, 2026

Celebrate the fleeting cherry blossom season with a plethora of things to do right around the Imperial Palace.

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• Japan
• (boats • cherry blossoms • Chiyoda • illuminations • Imperial Palace • light up • lights • music • night • Rilakkuma • sakura • Sakura Festival in Chiyoda 2026 • spring • Tokyo)

Starbucks Japan releases first-ever Hinamatsuri Girls’ Day Frappuccino

• Oona McGee
  Feb 26, 2026

New mini-size Frappuccino caters to girls and the traditional doll’s festival that honours them.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • Doll's Festival • drinks • Frappuccino • girls' day • Hinamatsuri • Hinamatsuri Frappuccino • limited edition • limited edition flavors • Peach • sakura • spring • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition)

Fives places around Japan to appreciate the plum blossoms this season

• Krista Rogers
  Feb 16, 2026

Spring hasn’t quite sprung yet but we can still soak up its essence in the humble yet mighty plum blossoms.

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• Japan
• (beautiful • flowers • gardens • Ibaraki • Kanagawa • Kyoto • Osaka • outdoors • plum • plum blossoms • spring • travel • ume)

Hey, Japanese taxi driver! Take us to the best sakura site in Yamanashi Prefecture!

• Oona McGee
  Apr 18, 2025

Local tip-off takes us to a hanami cherry blossom viewing site that’s yet to be discovered by overseas tourists.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • COK • flower viewing • hanami • Hey Japanese taxi driver • hidden gems • off the beaten path • off the beaten track • peach blossoms • sakura • SNJO • spring • taxi • taxis • tourist sites • travel • Yamanashi • Yamanashi Prefecture)

Visiting the top sakura site in Kanto…without any planning

• Oona McGee
  Apr 9, 2025

What could go wrong?

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • Gongendo • hanami • Saitama • sakura • SNJO • spring • tourist sites • travel)

Ring in spring with cherry blossom Made in Japan Telecasters from Fender Japan

• Master Blaster
  Mar 18, 2025

Sakuuuuuura on the water…

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • Fender • Fender Flagship Tokyo • guitars • Made in Japan Sakura Telecaster • music • musical instruments • sakura • spring)

Ghibli Park holds spring matsuri festival with special events to celebrate one-year anniversary

• SoraNews24
  Feb 11, 2025

Japanese anime theme park opens its doors to non-ticket holders with a special application system.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • Amusement Parks • anime • festivals • Ghibli • Ghibli Park • Howl's Moving Castle • Japanese festivals • Kiki's Delivery Service • manga • movies • Nagoya • news • spring • Studio Ghibli • theme parks • Valley of Witches)

Reservations are now open for Tokyo’s Meguro River Ohanami Chandon Cruises

• Krista Rogers
  Feb 6, 2025

Beat the crowds on the land and see the sakura like you’ve never seen them before on a luxurious river cruise this spring.

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• Japan
• (boats • Chandon • cherry blossoms • COK • hanami • Meguro River • river cruise • sakura • Sparkling wine • spring • Tokyo • travel)

Disney brings some cherry blossom magic to its spring merchandise in Japan

• Elliot Hale
  Jan 25, 2025

Celebrate cherry blossom season with Disney’s cutest spring collection yet.

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• Japan
• (Baymax • Big Hero 6 • cherry blossoms • COK • cute • Disney • sakura • spring • Winnie the Pooh)

Can slapping on some nose filters prevent the anguish of hay fever?

• Master Blaster
  Mar 27, 2024

And is the illusion of snot better than actual snot?

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• Japan
• (allergies • band-aids • bandages • First Defense • hay fever • health • nose filter • spring)

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