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

• Oona McGee
  Aug 13, 2026
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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)

Maximum entry fee for sento public baths in Tokyo increases slightly for adults next month

• Krista Rogers
  Jul 30, 2026

The rise in the entry fee comes amid an increase in public bathhouse users in Tokyo and a decrease in the total number of sento.

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• Japan
• (bathhouse • costs • fee increase • onsen • public bath • sento • Tokyo)

Japanese government okays plan to create a backup capital city

• Master Blaster
  Jul 27, 2026

Always good to have a spare lying around.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • capital city • fukushoto • Japan Innovation Party • Nagoya • Nippon Ishin no Kai • Osaka • politics • Tokyo • vice-capital)

Family Mart’s new Famima flagship in Tokyo has a hidden gem that most visitors miss

• Oona McGee
  Jul 26, 2026

A must-try convenience store drink you won’t find anywhere else.

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• Japan
• (Azabudai • convenience store drinks • convenience stores • drinks • Family mart • Famima • Famima Park Azabudai • flagship store • Japanese convenience stores • jasmine tea • milk tea • new opening • Nigo • SNJO • tapioca • tea • Tokyo • Toranomon)

Japanese Coo-Che becomes a viral sensation, and everyone wants a taste

• Oona McGee
  Jul 25, 2026

“Drinkable Cigare” is so hard to get it’s been dubbed a “phantom”.

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• Japan
• (biscuits • Cigare • Coo-Che • cookies • food • Ichibangai • langue de chat • limited edition • milkshake • milkshakes • new • shakes • souvenirs • sweets • Tokyo • Tokyo Station • Tokyo Station Ichibangai • YOKU MOKU)

“We want to be Japan’s best cheap restaurant” says new (but also not new) Akihabara noodle joint

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 24, 2026

Akihabara Ramen Center is dead. Long live Akihabara Seimen Center.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • cheap eats • COK • food • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • Tokyo • udon)

New Shinkansen luggage drop-off system begins in Japan, making train travel even easier

• Oona McGee
  Jul 23, 2026

“Hands-Free” service lets Shinkansen travellers send their suitcases by bullet train without carrying them onboard.

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• Japan
• (bullet train • COK • East Japan Railway Company • Hakobyun • Japanese trains • JR East • luggage • luggage delivery • luggage forwarding • Multi-Ecube • Sendai • shinkansen • Tokyo • Tokyo Station • trains • travel)

Mos Burger opens Mosh Burger ＆ Bar in Ginza, but is it fated to be a short-lived sensation?

• Oona McGee
  Jul 20, 2026

The curse of the specialty burger store threatens to strike again in Tokyo.

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• Japan
• (fast food • food • Ginza • Mos Burger • Mosh Burger & Bar • restaurants • SNJO • Tokyo)

Family Mart’s new Tokyo flagship convenience store doesn’t feel convenient, but is that a problem?

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 18, 2026

Of course, it’s possible the goal was never really to be convenient anyway.

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• Japan
• (Azabudai • COK • convenience store drinks • convenience store food • convenience stores • Family mart • Famima • Famima Park Azabudai • flagship store • Japanese convenience stores • Mr. Sato • new opening • Nigo • SNJO • Tokyo • Toranomon)

Mass murder plot stopped by friend of Akihabara mass murderer

• Master Blaster
  Jul 17, 2026

A friend to the friendless.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara Massacre • crime • murder • Shuitsu Otomo • Tokyo • Tomohiro Kato • Toyama)

Tokyo and Osaka make it into this year’s EIU ranking of the world’s Top Ten Most Liveable Cities

• Krista Rogers
  Jul 16, 2026

Plus, we share our recommendations for off-the-beaten-path places to visit in each of them.

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• Japan
• (Economist • Global Liveability Index • lifestyle • living • Most Liveable Cities • Osaka • ranking • Tokyo)

Tokyo’s Giga Mart lets visitors “steal” from a convenience store… if cameras don’t catch you

• Oona McGee
  Jul 15, 2026

Pull off a convenience store heist without breaking the law. 

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• Japan
• (Azabudai Hills • Azabudai Hills Gallery • convenience store • convenience stores • events • exhibitions • Giga Mart • GigaMart • Japanese convenience stores • steal • stealing • TOH • Tokyo)

Onidon opens in Tokyo with unique fusion tempura rice balls you won’t find anywhere else

• Oona McGee
  Jul 14, 2026

Onigiri tendon looks set to become Japan’s newest viral food sensation.

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• Japan
• (food • Japanese food • new • Ochanomizu • Onidon • onigiri • restaurants • rice balls • snacks • SNJO • tempura • tempura bowls • tendon • Tenya • Tokyo)

Man arrested in Tokyo after allegedly luring foreign tourists into shady Kabukicho establishments

• Oona McGee
  Jul 14, 2026

Tokyo police issue warning to overseas visitors as dozens of people report scams by suspected touts in the city’s nightlife district.

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• Japan
• (bar barkers • bars • crime • Kabukicho • kyakuhiki • news • police • restaurants • shinjuku • street touts • Tokyo • touts)

Shake Shack has five regional shakes hiding on the menu in Japan, and here’s how to find them

• Oona McGee
  Jul 13, 2026

Tokyo and Kyoto are just two of the places where you’ll find these secret gems.

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• Japan
• (drinks • exclusive • green tea • hojicha • Japan-exclusive • Kyoto • matcha • regional • regional exclusive • Shake Shack • Shake Shack Japan • shakes • SNJO • Tokyo)

Family Mart opens new “Famima” flagship store in Tokyo that’s like a tourist attraction

• Oona McGee
  Jul 10, 2026

With fitting rooms, an official mascot and a takeaway stand, this is not your average Japanese convenience store.

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• Japan
• (A Bathing Ape • Azabudai • convenience store • convenience store drinks • convenience store food • convenience store sandwiches • convenience stores • Family mart • Famima • Famima Park Azabudai • flagship store • Human Made • Japanese convenience stores • new opening • news • Nigo • Tokyo • Toranomon)

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