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Pokémon Christmas village event taking place nightly in Yokohama

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 13, 2025
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Bayside park lights up every night with Electric-type Pokémon Christmas tree.

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• Japan
• (Akarenga • anime • Christmas • cute • manga • Pikachu • Pokemon • Red Brick Warehouse • video games • Yokohama)

Chinese government’s don’t-go-to-Japan warning has heartwarming non-effect on Yokohama Chinatown

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 5, 2025

Mr. Sato heads to one of Japan’s biggest Chinatowns to see how things are following China’s travel advisory.

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• Japan
• (30+ • China travel warning • ChinatownSNJOsocietytourism • COK • Japan travel • travel • Yokohama • Yokohama Chinatown)

Starbucks Japan opens first-ever branch on Shinkansen bullet train platform

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 20, 2025

It’s not Tokyo, Kyoto, or Osaka that has it, though.

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• Japan
• (bullet trains • cafes • coffee • drinks • Shin-Yokohama • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • stations.Shinkansen • trains • Yokohama)

Mrs. Green Apple’s recent concert gets noise complaints from next city over, 15 kilometers away

• Master Blaster
  Jul 30, 2025

Those darn kids with their rock music and inverted incidence!

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• Japan
• (acoustics • concerts • kawasaki • Mrs. Green Apple • music • noise • physics • science • weather • Yokohama)

New cafe in Japan won’t let you leave until you solve a mystery

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 12, 2025

Hatena Coffee lives up to its name.

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• Japan
• (cafes • cool • crazy • escape rooms • mystery • puzzles • restaurants • riddles • weird • Yokohama)

Japanese bar district to get bilingual wristbands to help start/avoid conversations while drinking

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 4, 2025

There are more than 600 bars and pubs in Noge, and these wristbands seek to help you find one that’s just right for you.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • bars • clever • COK • Noge • pubs • society • Yokohama)

Go on a sh*tty shopping spree at Unco Store poop-themed goods boutique

• Master Blaster
  Feb 5, 2025

What a load of crap!

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • funny • gross • poop • shoes • shopping • SNJO • stores • Unco Shop • unko • weird • Yokohama)

Yokohama’s iconic Red Brick Warehouse is now transformed into a hotpot and sake tasting venue

• Krista Rogers
  Jan 28, 2025

Sample some of the best regional variations of nabe and sake in a Showa-retro space at this event perfect for the middle of winter.

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• Japan
• (Akarenga • community • dining • hotpot • kotatsu • nabe • Red Brick Warehouse • sake • Showa • winter • Yokohama)

K-Arena Yokohama is ranked the music venue with second-highest number of attendees in the world

• Krista Rogers
  Jan 2, 2025

The arena, which recently celebrated its one-year anniversary, is already a major home for global musical acts.

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• Japan
• (arena • concert • entertainment • K-Arena Yokohama • live • Minato Mirai • music • Pollstar • singers • venue • Yokohama)

The best Christmas Market in Japan? Yokohama event is top choice for travellers

• Oona McGee
  Dec 20, 2024

All you need to know about the most popular Christmas Market near Tokyo.

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• Japan
• (Christmas • Christmas 2024 • Christmas Market • COK • cool • food • Red Brick Warehouse • SNJO • things to do • travel • Yokohama)

Hot spring facility’s beautiful views and all-you-can-eat sushi leave us clean, full, and happy

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 15, 2024

Onsen and kaitai show make for a supremely satisfying combination.

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• Japan
• (all-you-can-eat • COK • food • hot springs • kaitai show • maguro • Manyo Club • Minato Mirai • onsen • sashimi • SNJO • sushi • tuna • Yokohama)

Giant, paint-your-own Slimes appear as part of Dragon Quest public art event this summer in Yokohama

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 28, 2024

Many Slimes appear in Minato Mirai!

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • Dragon Quest • Landmark Plaza • Mark Is • Minato Mirai • slime • Square Enix • video games • Yokohama)

Permanent video game art museum now being built in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 20, 2024

Real estate developer with ties to famous game developer spearheading project south of Tokyo.

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• Japan
• (art • art museum • Koei Tecmo • museums • video games • Yokohama)

Sushi Ramen restaurant serves up the best of both worlds in one epic Japanese meal

• Oona McGee
  May 9, 2024

A tip-off from a local opens the door to a wonderful way to feed our desire for Japanese food.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Japanese food • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • review • SNJO • sushi • sushi restaurant • taste test • Yokohama)

Seaside scenery, history, and so many desserts on Yokohama’s Akai Kutsu【Japan Loop Buses】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 27, 2024

Mr. Sato heads south from Tokyo for some bayside bus exploration.

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• Japan
• (buses • COK • food • Japan Loop Buses • Minato Mirai • Mr. Sato • SNJO • Tokyo Loop Buses • tourism • travel • Yokohama • Yokohama Chinatown)

Japan’s life-size moving Gundam closes down, gets sent off in style with fireworks, drone art 【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 1, 2024

Goodbye, Gundam.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • Gundam • Gundam Factory Yokohama • Gundam statue • life-size Gundam • manga • Mobile Suit Gundam • moving Gundam • video • Yokohama)

Cherry blossom taxi tours are a great way to save steps and see sakura in Tokyo and its neighbors

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 8, 2024

Sakura season is short, and Sanwa Koutsu wants to help you see as much of it as you can.

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• Japan
• (cars • cherry blossoms • cool • Kawagoe • Saitama • sakura • taxi tour • taxis • Tokyo • tourism • travel • Yokohama)

Japan’s life-size moving Gundam is closing soon, and the last tickets are about to go on sale

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 23, 2024

Mobile Suit Gundam: goodbye.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • full-scale Gundam • Gundam • Gundam Factory Yokohama • Gundam statue • life-size Gundam • manga • moving Gundam • robots • Yokohama)

Vending machine in Yokohama begins selling bakery bread set to be thrown away, reduces food waste

• Shannon
  Feb 18, 2024

Machine could help save one or two tons of waste annually.

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• Japan
• (bread • coin locker • eco-friendly • food waste • innovative • Japanese bread • Kannai • SDGs • sustainability • unique • vending machine • Yokohama)

Our fridge is full after ordering a lucky bag from restaurant in Yokohama’s Chinatown

• Krista Rogers
  Feb 17, 2024

If you ask us, drowning in dumplings isn’t a bad way to go.

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• Japan
• (Ahiruneko • Chinatown • Chukagai • Daichin Kitchen • dim sum • dumplings • food • frozen • gyoza • online • shumai • steamed buns • Yokohama)

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