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Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Sep 9, 2026
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New designs give us an insight into Japan’s prefectural flowers and regional gems.

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• (47 prefectures • convenience store • convenience store finds • convenience stores • Convenience Wear • cool • Family mart • Famima • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese prefectures • Line Socks • socks • stickers • Tokyo • travel)

Suntanned Hello Kitty steals the show in Japanese magazine’s Sanrio freebies

• Oona McGee
  Jul 12, 2026

Proof that magazines in Japan are unlike anywhere else in the world.

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• Japan
• (character goods • Cinnamoroll • cool • cute • Hello Kitty • Japanese magazines • Kuromi • magazine freebies • magazines • merchandise • My Melody • Pochacco • Sanrio • SNJO • stickers • tote bag • tote bags)

Starbucks Japan creates special drink bottle bags, adorable stickers for all 47 prefectures[Pics]

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 23, 2026

Starbucks Day Trip line gives each and every part of Japan a chance to shine.

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• Japan
• (cool • cute • drink bottles • drinks • drinkware • Starbucks • Starbucks Day Trip • Starbucks Japan • stickers)

Japan’s sticker wars are reaching a breaking point, even for enthusiasts

• Krista Rogers
  Jun 4, 2026

Our resident sticker-collecting writer shares why she’s saying “enough is enough” and is extricating herself from a sticky situation.

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• Japan
• (COK • cute • haruka takagi • seals • SNJO • sold out • stickers • trends)

A look back on 40 years of Japanese schools banning stuff

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 9, 2026

Mr. Sato leads an office roundtable discussion on weird things Japanese schools have said “Nope, you can’t do that” about.

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• (COK • Mr. Sato • school rules • schools • SNJO • society • stickers • youth)

Trouble making friends? Sticker collecting works surprisingly well

• Master Blaster
  Feb 2, 2026

Good friends stick together.

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• Japan
• (COK • friendship • haruka takagi • hobbies • making friends • SNJO • sticker collecting • sticker trading • stickers)

Japan is in the grip of sticker fever and no one is safe, including us

• Master Blaster
  Jan 27, 2026

If loving stickers is wrong, then Japan doesn’t want to be right.

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• Japan
• (Bon Bon Drop • COK • cute • Osaka • Shizuku-chan • shopping • SNJO • sticker collecting • Sticker Festival • stickers • Tamagotchi)

New line of Evangelion fishing lures and other gear released by Japanese maker Dress

• Master Blaster
  Dec 15, 2025

Fish are in their sea, all is right with the world.

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• Anime & Manga, Japan
• (bakkan • dress • Evangelion • fish grips • fishing • fishing lures • pliers • stickers)

Family Mart makes new anti-food-waste stickers, free for other stores and restaurants to use too

• Master Blaster
  Oct 27, 2025

Help the crying food and save money too!

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• Japan
• (business • characters • convenience stores • copyright • Family mart • food waste • stickers)

Does Chiikawa’s cuteness have a breaking point? Testing anime character’s edible stickers【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  May 20, 2025

Looking for the limits of Chiikawa and friends.

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• Japan
• (anime • Chiikawa • COK • cute • food • funny • manga • SNJO • stickers)

Starbucks Japan sells a new water bottle with bonus extras to spark joy

• Oona McGee
  Mar 20, 2025

The Joy Pack Water Bottle brings colour and fun to your hydration session.

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• Japan
• (Bearista • bottles • cafes • coffee • COK • cute • drinks • drinkware • limited edition • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks drinkware • Starbucks Japan • stickers • water • water bottles)

Ghibli Soot Sprite stickers use special Japanese washi paper for sticky realism

• Oona McGee
  Jan 22, 2024

Plus, they only need water to adhere to surfaces.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • cute • Ghibli Museum • Hayao Miyazaki • makkurokurosuke • My Neighbor Totoro • Soot Sprite • stickers • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

“A secret from Hayao Miyazaki”: Toshio Suzuki draws Totoro anime stamps but keeps it hush-hush

• Oona McGee
  Dec 15, 2023

Studio Ghibli co-founder Suzuki wants to keep this a secret between him and us.

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• (anime • art • cute • cute stamps • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • line • Line stamps • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • stamps • stickers • Studio Ghibli • Toshio Suzuki • Totoro)

Pokémon baked goods booming in South Korea, boosted further by BTS

• Master Blaster
  Mar 15, 2022

Those BTS guys have impeccable taste.

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• Japan, Korea
• (baked goods • BTS • business • food • Pokemon • South Korea • SPC Samlip • stickers)

Demon Slayer and Pretty Cure anime-themed Happy Meals arrive at McDonald’s Japan

• Krista Rogers
  Mar 8, 2021

These super limited-time releases slay all of the competition. 

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• Japan
• (anime • Demon Slayer • fast food • food • Happy Meal • Kimetsu no Yaiba • manga • McDonald's Japan • Pretty Cure • stickers • toys)

Japanese amusement park offers mask stickers so guests can silently ‘scream’ on roller coasters

• Katie Pask
  Aug 3, 2020

Scream with your mask, not with your mouth.

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• Japan
• (amusement park • Amusement Parks • coronavirus • crazy • funny • Kumamoto • mask sticker • masks • scream • stickers • theme parks • weird)

Bring cute cats into your home with amazing new wall seals from Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jun 13, 2016

This is one clever workaround for animal-loving renters who aren’t allowed pets in their home.

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• Cats, Cute, Japan
• (animals • cats • cute • cute. cats • dogs • home decor • pets • stickers • wall stickers)

Ramen stickers let you show what your favorite Japanese food is and make new friends all at once

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 22, 2016

Tired of solo ramen runs? Designer’s cool stickers will help you meet like-minded foodies.

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• Food & Drink, Internet, USA
• (art • Fanny Chu • food • ramen • stickers)

LINE sticker creator Kanahei’s cute characters come to life in theme cafe

• Evie Nyan
  Jan 15, 2016

Have you heard of Japanese illustrator and social media sticker creator Kanahei yet? She’s behind one of the most popular sticker collections on the LINE app, and now her cute critters are set to adorn dishes in their very own theme cafe in Tokyo!

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• Japan
• (cafes • characters • cute • kanahei • line • restaurants • stickers)

Sexiest stickers ever? Boys’ love game maker produces official stickers of gentlemen’s nip-nips

• Joan Coello
  Oct 30, 2015

Earlier this week, we took a look at Out Division, a boys love online game produced by BLobby, and its unique nipple matching memory game. Even among fans of the genre, people who generally enjoy the visual delight that is dishevelled men, some found the nipple-centric features of Out Division to be slightly disturbing and borderline ridiculous.

But it seems the game maker’s fixation with man nips doesn’t end there: BLobby has announced its participation in this year’s Animate Girl’s Festival, and it has prepared some rather eye-catching merch for the event…

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• Japan
• (boys love • fujoshi • merchandise • online game • stickers)

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