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Japanese pudding gets a massive big-eats upgrade at this Tokyo cafe

• Oona McGee
  3 days ago
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Can we demolish a four-kilo purin made with 32 eggs? 

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• Japan
• (big eats • cafe • cafes • desserts • Harajuku • huge • huge food • must try • Omotesando • pudding • purin • SNJO • Sweet Check • sweets • Tokyo)

Tokyo’s Rikugien Garden announces nighttime foliage illumination event ahead of autumn

• Krista Rogers
  Sep 9, 2026

Stroll among the illuminated autumn leaves after-hours in one of Tokyo’s most popular Japanese landscape gardens for only one and a half weeks.

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• Japan
• (autumn • fall • foliage • gardens • illuminations • maples • metropolitan • nighttime • Rikugien • Tokyo)

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

• Oona McGee
  Sep 9, 2026

New designs give us an insight into Japan’s prefectural flowers and regional gems.

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• Japan
• (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)

Japanese Starbucks that’s also an art gallery hosts exhibition by painters from Tokyo’s top art school

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 4, 2026

Starbucks in artsy neighborhood wants to showcase work by local creatives.

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• Japan
• (art • art galleries • artists • cafes • coffee • cool • events • exhibitions • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Tokyo • Tokyo University of the Arts • Yanaka • Yanaka Ginza)

Solo travel in Japan: $3 all-you-can-drink deal at this conveyor belt restaurant is a fun time for one

• Oona McGee
  Sep 3, 2026

No need to feel self-conscious when you can use this automatic ordering and delivery system.

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• Japan
• (all you can drink • all-you-can-eat • cheap eats • food • meat • restaurants • SNJO • solo dining • solo grill • solo travel • Tokyo • yakiniku)

Family Mart releases Famima convenience store products nationwide, but which ones are worth buying?

• Oona McGee
  Sep 1, 2026

We review all the products to find out which ones should you try and which ones you should miss.

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• Japan
• (Azabudai • convenience store • convenience store finds • convenience stores • Family mart • Famima • Famima Park Azabudai • Japanese convenience stores • SNO • Tokyo)

Solo travel in Japan: Hidden beer garden in Tokyo is a haven for single visitors

• Oona McGee
  Aug 30, 2026

This rooftop in Kabukicho is a hidden oasis where all diners will feel welcome. 

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• Japan
• (beer gardens • cheap eats • food • izakaya • Japanese restaurants • Kabukicho • Restaurant • restaurants • shinjuku • SNJO • solo dining • solo travel • Tokyo)

Janken Kebab: Win at rock-paper-scissors and get extra fillings at this fun Japanese kebab shop

• Oona McGee
  Aug 30, 2026

Kebabs taste better with a side of janken. 

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • COK • Ikuna Kamezawa • kebab • kebab norimaki • SNJO • Star Kebab • Tokyo)

Is Tokyo’s Odaiba, once one of its trendiest neighborhoods, becoming a ghost town? [Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 30, 2026

We check to see whether or not the rumors of Odaiba’s death have been greatly exaggerated.

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• Japan
• (Aomi • COK • Japan travel.SNJO • odaiba • Tokyo • tourism • travel • urban exploring)

Tokaido Lumière Express: Stay overnight inside the Shinkansen from Osaka to Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Aug 27, 2026

For about 2,000 yen more than a regular reserved seat, you can spend the night on board the bullet train instead of paying for a hotel.

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• Japan
• (bullet train • bullet trains • Central Japan Railway • Central Japan Railway Company • Japan Railway Company • Japan travel • JR • JR Central • news • Osaka • overnight trains • shinkansen • Tokaido Shinkansen • Tokyo • tourism • trains • travel)

Sushi Bus: Japan’s first conveyor-belt bus lets you eat sushi while sightseeing around Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Aug 21, 2026

Jiro dreams of sushi, but he never would’ve dreamed of this.

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• Japan
• (bus tour • Conveyor belt sushi • cool • sightseeing • sightseeing bus • sushi • Sushi Bus • sushi restaurant • things to do • things to do in Tokyo • Tokyo • tour • tourism • tours • travel • Willer)

You can send your suitcase from Tokyo to Kyoto on the Shinkansen for same-day delivery… but it’ll cost you

• Oona McGee
  Aug 20, 2026

Overlooked luggage-forwarding service will become easier to use this autumn, especially for tourists staying in private rentals like Airbnbs.

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• Japan
• (Bounce • bullet train • COK • hands free • hands-free travel • Japanese trains • JTB • Kyoto • luggage • luggage delivery • luggage forwarding • luggage storage • Osaka • shinkansen • Tokyo • Tokyo Station • tourists • trains • travel)

Dog-friendly Wanwan Liner bus to begin operations between Tokyo and Osaka this fall

• Krista Rogers
  Aug 19, 2026

This upcoming doggy express offers a new option for long-distance travel in comfort with your Best Friend.

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• Japan
• (animals • BIG Bus • bus • buses • COK • dog • highway buses • Japan travel • Osaka • pet friendly • pets • Tokyo • tourism • travel • Wanwan Liner)

Best burger in Tokyo? JB’s serves up a cheap craft burger that not a lot of people know about

• Oona McGee
  Aug 16, 2026

There’s good reason why this burger chain is ranked in the top 100 Best Hamburgers in Japan.

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• Japan
• (burgers • fast food • food • hamburgers • JB’S Tokyo • restaurants • SNJO • Tokyo • Yoyogi)

Watch a sumo bout inside Tokyo Tower, at a new restaurant endorsed by two yokozuna

• Oona McGee
  Aug 15, 2026

Sumo and chanko nabe are just some of the highlights of this new Japanese culture experience.

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• Japan
• (chanko nabe • COK • cool • dining • dinner • Restaurant • restaurants • sport • Sumo • sumo wrestlers • Tokyo • Tokyo Sumo Stable Entertainment • Tokyo Tower • tourism • tourist sites • yokozuna)

Tokyo sweets store has a “350% Pudding Soft Serve”, and people are going wild for it

• Oona McGee
  Aug 13, 2026

Is this ice cream dessert worth the hype?

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • desserts • Ginza • ice cream • pudding • purin • Purin Lab • review • SNJO • social media • soft serve • taste test • Tokyo • viral • viral food)

Wagyu ramen for foreign tourists appears in Kabukicho, with a very high price tag

• Oona McGee
  Aug 12, 2026

What makes this bowl of noodles cost around twice as much as a regular ramen, and is it worth it?

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• Japan
• (beef • food • Japanese food • Kabukicho • Mita Seimenjo • Noodles • ramen • ramen restaurant • ramen restaurants • restaurants • Tokyo • tourists • Wagyu)

Sweet dreams are made of cheese at this all-you-can-eat cheese and doria restaurant

• Krista Rogers
  Aug 4, 2026

Our stomachs are more than pleased after eating all of the cheese.

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• Japan
• (all-you-can-eat • cheese • COK • doria • Jiyugaoka • Saint Marc • SNJO • sweets • Tokyo)

Tokyo security guard’s famous station tape font becomes official custom Nike streetwear

• Elliot Hale
  Aug 1, 2026

Upgrade your wardrobe with custom clothes featuring the iconic font of a Shinjuku Station legend.

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• Japan
• (art • calligraphy • clothes • COK • fashion • font • graphic design • Mr. Sato • Nike • Nike Shinjuku • packing tape • shinjuku • Shuetsu Sato • SNJO • streetwear • tape • Tokyo • typography)

New service lets Tokyo tourists display their faces on giant screen at Japan’s busiest intersection

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 31, 2026

Pedestrian crossing outside Shibuya Station to lean even harder into tourist selfie appeal.

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• Japan
• (Japan travel • Shibuya • Shibuya crossing • Shibuya intersection • Shibuya Scramble • Shibuya scramble crossing • Tokyo • tourism • travel)

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