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7-Eleven Japan’s most popular product with foreign tourists is…a unique chocolate gummy

• Oona McGee
  Jan 30, 2025
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Sweet treat flies under the radar for locals, but becomes a massive hit with overseas visitors.

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• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • chocolate • COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • cool • food • gummies • gummy • gummy candies • gummy candy • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • SNJO • sweets • tourists)

American tourists give us their opinion on the new Icee slushie drinks in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Dec 13, 2024

We find out if the new Icees really taste the same in Japan as they do in the U.S.

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• (cinemas • COK • drinks • Icee • movies • new release • review • slurpees • slushies • SNJO • sweets • taste test • Toho Cinemas • Tokyo • tourists)

Kura Sushi adds new cake party train to conveyor belts at select restaurants

• Oona McGee
  Nov 19, 2024

The perfect way for sushi lovers to celebrate a birthday.

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• Japan
• (Bikurapon Plus • Bikurapon! • capsule toys • COK • Conveyor belt sushi • cool • Kaitenzushi • Kura Sushi • Kurazushi • restaurants • revolving sushi • seafood • sushi • tourist site • tourists • traditional Japan)

Meet the kind Japanese grandpa who takes photos for tourists at the Hachiko statue in Shibuya

• Oona McGee
  Oct 19, 2024

Inspiring individual makes a great impression on foreign tourists.

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• Japan
• (COK • Hachiko • Hachiko statue • interview • Japanese people • ojiisan • photos • Seiji Nakazawa • Shibuya • Shibuya Station • SNJO • society • Tokyo • tourism • tourist site • tourist sites • tourists)

Foreign tourist angers locals for doing pull-ups on torii gate at shrine in Japan

• SoraNews24
  Oct 17, 2024

Sacred sites are not the place for gymnastics.

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• (bad behavior • bad foreigners • foreign tourists • foreigners in Japan • meiwaku gaikokujin • news • nuisance foreigner • shrines • tourism • tourist sites • tourists)

Japanese public toilet in Tokyo has windows that change colour when you use it

• Oona McGee
  Sep 1, 2024

Join us as we use one of Japan’s most unusual restrooms.

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• Japan
• (architecture • art • COK • cool • Japanese restrooms • Japanese toilets • Perfect Days • public restroom • public toilets • restroom • Shibuya • SNJO • The Tokyo Toilet • Toilets • Tokyo • tourism • tourist sites • tourists • transparent toilet • travel • Yoyogi)

Foreign tourists blamed for Japan rice shortage as “Reiwa Rice Riots” leaves shelves bare

• SoraNews24
  Aug 22, 2024

Tourists are said to be eating Japan out of rice, depleting the local food supply. 

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• (COK • foreign tourists • foreign travelers • news • overtourism • rice • tourism • tourists • travel)

Foreign tourists on Shinkansen bullet train break suitcase etiquette, angering local passengers

• SoraNews24
  Aug 19, 2024

If you’re travelling in Japan, you need to be aware of this rule.

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• (bad behavior • bullet train • COK • foreign tourists • Japan Railway • Japanese trains • JR • JR Kyushu • JR Tokai • JR West • luggage rules • manners • oversized luggage • shinkansen • tourists • train etiquette • trains • travel)

Nuisance foreigner climbs onto Family Mart roof in Shibuya, yells “I did it!” before police step in

• SoraNews24
  Aug 15, 2024

Bad behaviour by foreigners sees a new term being coined in the Japanese media.

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• (bad behavior • bad tourist • combini • convenience stores • Family mart • foreigners in Japan • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • news • police • Shibuya • society • tourism • tourists)

Foreign street kart driver crashes into taxi after ignoring road sign in Tokyo

• SoraNews24
  Jun 13, 2024

Go-kart tour accident reveals the dangers of driving on foreign roads.

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• (driving • Driving in Japan • foreigners • foreigners in Japan • go-kart • go-karting • go-karts • news • police • Tokyo • tourism • tourists • travel)

Japanese public toilet in Tokyo is more like a fancy restaurant than a restroom

• Oona McGee
  Jun 5, 2024

High-class Shibuya neighbourhood is home to well-known celebrities…and a famous toilet.

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• (architecture • art • COK • cool • Japanese restrooms • Japanese toilets • movies • Nabeshima Shoto Park • Perfect Days • public restroom • public toilets • restroom • Shibuya • Shoto • SNJO • The Tokyo Toilet • Toilets • Tokyo • tourism • tourist sites • tourists • travel)

Akihabara ramen restaurant becomes a hit with foreign tourists

• Oona McGee
  Jun 4, 2024

Restaurant offers free noodle refills, with a quick lesson in Japanese so you can order like a local.

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• (Akihabara • COK • food • Japanese • Japanese food • Japanese language • Japanese restaurants • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • review • SNJO • Tokyo • tonkotsu ramen • tourists)

New Kura Sushi revolving sushi bar in Ginza is the chain’s most beautiful restaurant in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Jun 4, 2024

Gorgeous features make this more like an Edo theme park than a conveyor belt sushi restaurant.

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• (Bikurapon Plus • Bikurapon! • capsule toys • COK • Conveyor belt sushi • cool • Edo • Ginza • Kaitenzushi • Kura Sushi • Kura Sushi Global Flagship Store • Kura Sushi Global Flagship Store Ginza • Kurazushi • restaurants • revolving sushi • seafood • sushi • tempura • tourist site • tourists • traditional Japan)

Bad-mannered tourists cause chaos at new Mt Fuji viral photo spot, city erects fence to stop them

• Oona McGee
  Jun 1, 2024

Fuji City’s Great Dream Bridge becomes a nightmare for local residents.

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• (bad manners • Fuji • Fuji City • Instagram • Living in Japan • Mt Fuji Great Dream Bridge • Mt. Fuji • news • overcrowding • overtourism • social media • TikTok • tourism • tourists • tourists site • travel)

Has the Mt Fuji Lawson blackout screen really stopped tourists from taking photos?

• Oona McGee
  May 29, 2024

Visit to Fujikawaguchiko reveals the truth about the tourist situation.

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• (COK • convenience stores • Fuji • Fujikawaguchiko • Instagram • Japanese convenience stores • Kawaguchiko • Lawson • Mt. Fuji • news • overtourism • SNJO • social media • TikTok • tourism • tourist sites • tourists • travel)

Tourists damage Mt Fuji Lawson blackout screen that was meant to stop bad-mannered visitors

• Oona McGee
  May 28, 2024

Bad behaviour continues as sightseers find way to override the system.

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• (convenience stores • Fuji • Fujikawaguchiko • Fujisan • Instagram • Japanese convenience stores • Lawson • Mt. Fuji • Mt. Fuji Lawson • news • overcrowding • overtourism • social media • TikTok • tourism • tourist sites • tourists • travel)

Mt Fuji Lawson view now blocked by screens, but will it stop bad-mannered tourists?

• SoraNews24
  May 22, 2024

First look at the new screens makes us wonder if this is a good enough deterrent.

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• (convenience stores • Fuji • Instagram • Japanese convenience stores • Lawson • Mt. Fuji • overtourism • social media • TikTok • tourism • tourists • tourists site • travel)

Japanese public toilet tours become popular with foreign tourists in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  May 17, 2024

Perfect Days and The Tokyo Toilet project see Shibuya’s public restrooms awash with visitors.

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• (architecture • art • COK • cool • Japanese restrooms • Japanese toilets • movies • Perfect Days • public restroom • public toilets • restroom • Shibuya • SNJO • The Tokyo Toilet • Toilets • Tokyo • tourism • tourist sites • tourists • travel)

Tokyo’s beckoning cat temple asks foreign tourists to stop writing on the beckoning cats they buy

• Casey Baseel
  May 17, 2024

Gotokuji claims the figurines are “sacred.”

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• (beckoning cat • Buddhism • cats • COK • culture • ema • Gotokuji • manekineko • religion • temples • tourist manners • tourists)

How to make a secret rice bowl at Ichiran ramen

• Oona McGee
  May 5, 2024

The Ichirandon is causing a stir amongst fans, but it’s a secret dish that isn’t listed on the menu.

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• (COK • donburi • food • hack • Ichiran • Japanese food • Non-ramen Ramen Restaurant Stars • Noodles • ramen • ramen restaurants • rameshi • restaurants • review • Rice Bowl • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • tonkotsu • tonkotsu ramen • tourists)

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