2022
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December 2022
- The meaning of the mandarin and 6 other Japanese New Year traditions explained
- How to make noodles look restaurant quality in just three seconds
- We get a rare whiff of the corpse flower, a.k.a. the world’s stinkiest flower, in Tokyo botanical garden
- Mr. Sato orders Kura Sushi’s New Year’s kosechi meal for one but gets a chilly surprise
- 2022’s top stories in games and tech 【SoraNews24 Year in Review】
- This lucky bag of Tokyo snacks is full of delicious treats to take home–wherever home is!
- Secret staff cafeteria in Tokyo is a hidden gem you won’t find in travel guides
- 2022’s top stories in food and cooking news 【SoraNews24 Year in Review】
- Pokémon x Mister Donut fukubukuro lucky bag is a very sweet way to ring in the new year
- The top five Starbucks Frappuccinos in Japan in 2022
- 2022’s top stories in anime, manga, and Studio Ghibli news 【SoraNews24 Year in Review】
- This year’s Revlon Lucky Bag is not only totally worth buying but easy to get, too
- There’s an Initial D-themed Fujiwara Tofu Cafe, but not in Japan【Taste test】
- Japanese teacher who asked permission to jerk off at convenience store has been fired
- First episode trailer for Trigun reboot released, series starts January 17
- We buy Kentucky Fried Chicken’s box of New Year’s food, but it comes with a surprising extra
- This is the first cafe in Japan to serve Mont Blanc, and it’s closing down after 90 years【Taste test】
- Survey reveals how Japanese people plan to spend the 2023 New Year’s holiday
- Creepy shrine video has Japanese Internet wondering where it is, if it leads to alternate world
- “Adult anime” geta new meaning with McDonald’s Japan ad from Fist of the North Star creator【Video】
- You don’t have to go all the way to Haneda to find a vending machine that sells airplane meals
- Thanko’s lucky bag for 2023 brings the heat in more ways than one
- Can Amazon Japan’s low-rated clothes drying bag save us in a pinch?
- We try the recommended way to eat Ippudo’s new instant cup rice…which involves twice the Ippudo
- Zelda isn’t the Nintendo anime adaptation Japanese fans want to see most, survey says
- Tokyo train operator begins issuing body cameras, but it’s not employee conduct that worries them
- Will you really catch a cold if you sleep under a Japanese kotatsu table?
- Putting on a magic show with Amazon Japan’s lowest rated magic props
- Starbucks Japanese New Year’s Frappuccino: Too delicious to wait for January to drink【Taste test】
- New unlimited cat subscription service in Japan blasted online
- Turning a crazy cheap country Japanese house into a home — Step 15: Trash to Treasure【SoraHouse】
- How hard is it to get a hug if you’re feeling cold at the SoraNews24 office?【Experiment】
- How to get a date in Japan, according to hosts in Kabukicho
- Super sweet office romance manga produced by Japan Agriculture about the power of sugar
- Looking to gift some food? Here are some of Japan’s most popular snacks with online sales
- Life-size Sword Art Online anime girl figure wears real, custom-made wedding dress
- Massive meat sandwich in Tokyo is not your regular Japanese sandwich
- Can you become a martial artist after six months of online karate classes? Let’s find out
- Studio Ghibli releases a Totoro daruma and beckoning Catbus in Japan for New Year
- Free yourself from boring business formal with the Fake Dress Shirt, perfect for remote working
- Merry Christmas from SoraNews24!
- Yaizu: Japan’s best sushi market destination even most foodies in Japan have never heard of
- Mt Fuji and Raijin and Fujin lingerie sets let you wear your love for Japan under your clothes
- Our reporter gets stuck into some ‘Meat Curtain’ beef sukiyaki in Tokyo
- We eat a luxurious Japanese-style buffet breakfast in a restaurant full of wood-carved bears
- Totoro himself is the capsule for these adorable new Totoro capsule toys【Video】
- Macho Chess pieces sold in capsule machines across Japan
- Japan’s Whole Pie Maker kitchen gadget is set to be our new hero this holiday baking season【Pics】
- Studio Ghibli releases bonsai fountains for your home
- Hospitalized Japanese mom needs Pokémon fans’ help to make Christmas special for Eevee-loving kid
- Can our writers pick out the pricier strawberry shortcake against one over four times cheaper?
- Ghibli Park now has English international ticket reservation site
- “Get them drunk then chop off their heads.” Samurai’s assassination plot against U.S. envoys found
- Starbucks Japan releases cute new zodiac goods for Year of the Rabbit
- Avatar sequel no match for anime basketball boys in Japan as Way of Water debuts behind Slam Dunk
- Japan is building a Pokémon Slowpoke Park to delight fans of all ages
- “Hey, Japanese taxi driver, take us to the best seafood restaurant in Noboribetsu!”
- 5 million yen in cash found in Otsu City dump
- Tokyo’s all-female sushi chef restaurant has closed down, is being dismantled
- Lawson selling a pastry based on a pastry based on a uniquely Osakan pastry
- Here are Japan’s most-sung karaoke songs in 2022 from karaoke system Joysound
- Mister Donut dazzles us with custom-made Pokémon furniture and edible Jigglypuffs【Photos】
- Hey, Croatian taxi driver! Take us to the restaurant with the best štrukli in Zagreb
- 7-Eleven Japan begins to implement new colorless food containers to reduce CO2 emissions
- Adorable new Totoro finger puppets make perfect finger topper stocking stuffers【Photos】
- The top 10 shotengai shopping streets in Tokyo【Survey】
- Japan’s Christmas plans are pretty chill this year, survey shows
- Survey reveals the most-played Pokémon games in Japan among other generational trends
- Why do seats at some Japanese station platforms face away from the trains?
- Seaweed in your green tea Frappuccino? Starbucks Japan has a bold idea for its New Year’s drink
- Japan’s Pigeon Calculator now available in English!
- This Akihabara restaurant is the new best place in Tokyo to eat chicken nanban
- We try a Le Lectier, the highest-quality European pear available in Japan【Taste Test】
- Japan’s snack of almonds and whole fish might not be for everyone【Taste test】
- Why is there a fish on this Shake Shack Japan T-shirt?
- Do Japanese superfans really want to marry their favorite idol?【Survey】
- We lost the Starbucks lucky bag lotto, so we went on a luxury Starbucks shopping spree instead
- Spy x Family Secret Mission attraction coming to Universal Studios Japan to test your spy smarts
- Eight boars drop dead around Japan’s Killing Stone【Video】
- These 7-Elevens are gettin’ fancy! We try their pate and terrine【Taste Test】
- There’s a new world’s largest anime robot statue, and it’s not in Japan【Photos】
- Japan’s Lawson convenience store to add flavorless candy to permanent lineup
- Starbucks Reserve Roastery sells lucky Japanese figurines to ring in 2023
- Toei Kyoto Studio Park takes you back in time to Edo period Japan, but all is not what it seems
- Live-action Hunter x Hunter stage play is first in almost 20 years, reveals in-costume cast【Vid】
- Drunk Japanese politician in trouble for doing pullups inside moving train【Video】
- Ash and Pikachu are stepping down as the main characters of the Pokémon anime【Video】
- Kyoto’s uniquely beautiful New Year’s tradition is being carried on by Starbucks Japan【Photos】
- People in Japan vote for their favourite ramen chain, with surprising results
- Tokyo couple caught making stickers with police mascot flipping bird
- Is it OK to play with Pokémon card on the Shinkansen? A bullet train manners debate
- Live-action City Hunter is Netflix’s newest nostalgic-anime-to-live-action project
- Never grow up at OH MY CAFE’s Peter Pan collaboration in Japan this winter
- Super Nintendo World USA announces opening date at Universal Studios Hollywood【Video】
- Birth Japan’s 2023 Lucky Bag will bring out your inner Japanese gangster【Photos】
- Yoshinoya’s fukubukuro lucky bag is part box, part beef bowl, but is there anything to eat?
- Man jumps in front of Tokyo Disneyland parade, gets tackled to sound of Christmas music【Video】
- Live-action Spy x Family stage reveals its four Anyas!【Photos】
- Totoro, Spirited Away mamezara dishes ready to grace the tables of Studio Ghibli anime fans【Pics】
- These Ajinomoto frozen Japanese dishes from France baffled our Japanese reporter【Taste test】
- The cool way to peel a mandarin, according to a Japanese grandma
- Mr. Sato buys a Japanese snack stocking in Akabane that puts the “stuff” in “stocking stuffer”
- Is Jiro-style ramen takeout from the supermarket as good as the real deal?
- Japan’s Kanji of the Year revealed, reflects both the good and the bad of 2022
- Studio Ghibli announces release date for Hayao Miyazaki’s new anime movie, releases key art
- Diablo IV Lilith burger turns Burger King into Burger Queen in Japan for a limited time
- We visit the full-scale Evangelion statue in Kyoto and particularly delight in the food tie-ins
- Bring a friend to eat Japan’s 5-kilogram (11-pound) strawberry parfait, or it will take you down
- Jump Festa 2023 to be livestreamed around the world for first time ever
- New Whisper of the Heart antique shop collectibles now available in Donguri Kyowakoku shops
- Japanese men and woman both have the same top requirement for a spouse in konkatsu poll
- Starbucks Japan’s Christmas customisation is the festive treat you need to try these holidays
- Kakiage towers and Italian soba? We try out a unique soba restaurant in Tokyo
- Daily Yamazaki convenience store’s “Flying in the Sky Donuts” are competition for Mister Donut
- Why don’t hosts in Kabukicho approach our female reporter any more?
- Pokémon Oasis break room coming to Japanese ski resort this winter【Photos】
- Tokyo Banana’s Legendary Curry Bread tests the limits of what makes a good karepan 【Taste test】
- Japanese government wants to give people an extra 80,000 yen to have babies, but will it work?
- 85-year-old great-grandmother from Hiroshima is Japan’s newest virtual YouTuber/idol【Video】
- “Have fun seeing what comes out” gacha machine is a mystery in more ways than one
- Domino’s Pizza now sells fancy gold-topped cakes in Japan【Taste test】
- J-pop singer Rina Aiuchi wins legal right to call herself Rina Aiuchi
- First live-action Spy x Family stage play video previews more in-costume cast members【Video】
- “I’m the most famous thug in Saitama!” Japanese kids’ social media beef leads to beating, arrests
- Is real Tokyo as dangerous as the Yakuza video games? Chapter 4: Not Like a Dragon
- Japanese fish that beat Pokémon Sapphire are retiring from video game streaming【Video】
- This easy, camp-friendly gratin dish will keep you warm this winter with hot cheesy creaminess
- Mos Burger has a new restaurant just for cheeseburgers, and you bet we tried it
- Legendary pie shop Anna Miller’s returns to Tokyo with station popup shop【Taste test】
- Yakuza may be blocked from using all expressways in Japan within the decade
- Clever trick gives Gundam duel on Tokyo’s 3-D billboard some of its coolest visuals yet【Video】
- Is real Tokyo as dangerous as the Yakuza video games? Chapter 3: Crazy Town
- What’s it like to eat goat sashimi from a Japanese vending machine?
- With entrance exams looming, “ads that only students can see” appear in Tokyo train stations
- Aichi man arrested for pouring coffee milk into station ticket gate
- Our reporter’s in relationship trouble after fake girlfriend loses $10,000 on a World Cup bet
- New Year’s Eve plans in Tokyo? Tokyo Metro won’t be running any extra late-night trains this year
- Is real Tokyo as dangerous as the Yakuza video games? Chapter 2: Towards the Gray Darkness
- A visit to Japan’s one and only nuclear shelter maker【Photos】
- Our reporters try a yakiniku sauce called “Even Women Garlic” to figure out what that means
- A new way to enjoy a cuppa: We try making curry with tea-brewed rice【SoraKitchen】
- In search of Hokkaido’s unknown popular dish “gesodon”
- We travel to Gohoro Station, a tiny, remote station between tunnels in the mountains of Hokkaido
- Is Tokyo’s real-world Kamurocho as dangerous as the Yakuza games’ setting? Mr. Sato investigates
- Even by Hokkaido standards, Cape Chikyu is an amazingly beautiful place to visit【Photos】
- Sanrio characters take over Baskin Robbins Japan for My Melody and Kuromi’s Sweet Christmas
- Nakagin Capsule Tower’s last residents: group meals, floods, weird noises, and more
- Is this newly released sweet konnyaku, jelly or pudding? We try to sort out the custardy chaos
- New Studio Ghibli humidifiers breathe anime magic into your home
- Japan does “Scared Straight” quite differently with stunt performers and bicycles 【Videos】
- Why Gonpachi Nori-Temaki in Harajuku is a great Japanese restaurant for foreign tourists
- One of Tokyo’s busiest subway lines is adding women-only cars
- Japanese police in Oita no longer banned from shopping at convenience stores while in uniform
- This crazy wearable cushion is Japan’s truly hottest winter fashion【Photos】
- Japanese conveyor belt restaurant delivers food by boat in Tokyo
- Which noodles, other than Okinawa soba, pair best with Okinawa soba broth?【Taste Test】
- 14th-generation condom ambassador named by Japan’s Sagami Original【Photos】
- Mr. Sato becomes handsome anime boys with the power of AI, and the SN24 team transforms too【Pics】
- We read and then eat a rare edition of the Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper made out of kelp
- McDonald’s Japan’s Fuwatoro Tamago Noko Demi Gurakoro burger is a mouthful in more ways than one
- How does a Japanese convenience store jacket compare to Uniqlo’s heat-tech jacket?
- Our expert analysis on Japan’s World Cup progress
- Tokyo’s Totoro Christmas cakes are now at the top of our Christmas wishlist【Photos】
- Mos Burger says dipping fried chicken into milkshakes should be a thing, so we try it out
- KFC releases an Otaku Burger…in Spain?!?
- Cherry blossoms are going to bloom on Tokyo’s new license plates
- Pepsi creates a new cola for Christmas fried chicken in Japan
- New Pikachu bras and other Pokémon lingerie appear in Japan【Photos】
- Saitama man arrested for calling police 2,060 times in 9 days to yell at them
- Kuroshima, a remote, heart-shaped island in Okinawa where there are more cows than people
- Dip your fried chicken into your milkshake, says Japanese fast food chain, sparking debate
- Starbucks Japan releases its second festive Frappuccino for 2022, but is it as good as the first?
- Gucci teaming up with long-standing Japanese silk company to make beautiful limited-edition bags
- Pokémon Center apologizes for writing model Nicole Fujita’s name as Nicole Fujita
November 2022
- How to make your own hoshi-imo Japanese dried sweet potato snacks【SoraKitchen】
- Mr. Sato takes on the “Trap or Treasure” capsule machine for 500 yen
- Man rides motorbike into lobby of Fukuoka police station, demands they crack down on rude driving
- Can we pick out the Japanese premium priced persimmon in this blind taste test?
- The joys of fatbiking around Okinawa’s remote Taketomi Island
- Buying Japanese concert tickets may get even harder for foreign tourists with new government plan
- Yakiniku Like in Tokyo starts serving up solo shabu shabu hot pot, and we tried it
- A visit to Japan’s Kirby Cafe to eat the Kirby car cake and more!【Photos】
- Travelling to Japan soon? New entry requirements you need to know about
- Mr. Sato gets his first pole dancing performance invitation, nearly blows it【Video】
- Yoshitomo Nara x Stella McCartney shared capsule collection coming soon to shelves
- The Fuwatoro Yamaimo Teppan just might be 7-Eleven Japan’s dish of the year【Taste test】
- Japan has a special foil for roasting sweet potatoes at home, and it’s like having a time machine
- Pocky x Street Fighter II collaboration comes with a special game for a limited time
- The 5 best Japanese bento to buy at Kyoto Station
- The new mustard mayo black pepper yakisoba “Demon King” flavor is here to terrorize tongues
- This Tempura Soba Burger has some famous credentials behind its creation
- Anime’s sourest dad is now a sweet dessert with the Evangelion Gendo cake!【Photos】
- It’s pretty amazing buses in this Japanese town don’t crash into this mountain every day【Video】
- How well do you know your sushi? New 3-D puzzle toy from Japan helps you become a salmon pro
- Mt. Fuji looks more like a suibokuga painting than real life in this amazing photo
- This Hokkaido-local curry chain serves curry so good it ought to be popular all over Japan
- Tokyo Disneyland is giving the Haunted Mansion an anime-style re-theme
- We visit Evangelion’s real-life Village-3, a hidden gem where time has stopped【Photos】
- Komeda Coffee’s Gratin Croquette Burger is just the comfort food we need this winter
- Sushi birthday cake turns out to be the best present our reporter could’ve ever asked for
- We try Matsuya’s beef stroganoff, only available at select spots, and learn a bit about Matsuya
- Japanese defecation survey says kids struggle with Japanese toilets, contributing to constipation
- Slowpoke Sofa wants to help you live the slow life of your Pokémon dreams【Photos】
- City employee in Japan kills wild boar with spear on elementary school grounds
- UX at Japanese convenience store is a heartwarming example of excellent customer service
- Aomori Prefecture’s regional soul food is…English Toast lunch pack sandwiches?
- Japanese World Cup team’s manners awesome as usual, locker room pics after unexpected win show
- How do you explain Japan’s historic World Cup win against Germany to the common man?
- Mister Donut welcomes Jigglypuff to its Pokémon doughnut range in Japan
- Black Thunder becomes an epic chocolate dessert at Japanese cafe chain
- McDonald’s Japan’s Fuwatoro Tamago Noko Demi Gurakoro is coming to warm us up this winter
- Mister Donut lucky bags basically pay you in Pokémon for eating donuts, being a hero to friends
- Asahi Breweries to gift its over 3,000 employees with 30,000 yen each to eat out
- Japanese construction firms hoping to attract talent from eSports to operate machinery
- Bottled hot water selling like bottled hot cakes in Japan
- Burger King adds a matcha pie to the menu in Japan for a limited time
- We find Italian Soba at an Aomori fish market that insisted it’s perfect for the beach
- Japan’s purring cat cuddle cushions evolve into an even higher form of virtual pet life【Photos】
- Dr. Martens’ Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji collection is a work of wearable art
- How drunk can Awamori Jelly infused with liquor from Okinawa make us?
- Why are the roads so wide in Hokkaido? Simple question has a simple answer
- We find the best “homestyle” onigiri at a super local chain of convenience stores
- Ramen-based fuel now powers one of Japan’s most beautiful sightseeing railways
- Japanese Caramel Corn snack becomes an ice cream, and fans are raving about it
- Japan forced to call off first-ever unmanned Moon-landing attempt
- Starbucks Japan unveils second new Christmas Frappuccino for the 2022 holiday season
- Cup Noodles Fried Rice: Super-easy recipe will make you a potluck or campsite hero【SoraKitchen】
- Is ramen without the “men” a Tokyo dining paradox worth experiencing?【Taste test】
- Japanese cop tells wild boar “I’ll shoot ya” if it comes closer, boar wisely heeds warning【Video】
- We visit super popular tuna specialty joint Izakaya Hitoshi on Okinawa’s Ishigaki Island
- Egg tart vendor promises not to accidentally sell realistic plastic samples a third time
- Visiting Evangelion’s Tokyo-3 anime locations in real-life Hakone【Photos】
- We try pickling a mysterious fruit gifted to us by a man in the mountains【SoraKitchen】
- Pokémon Poké Ball rice balls now on sale in Japan, don’t taste like jelly donuts【Taste test】
- More than one in three Japanese working women in survey would rather be housewives
- Cheese Hamburg Steak Sushi?!? Japanese convenience store chain throws tradition out the window
- Bleach Coca-Cola is on sale in Japan and won’t kill you, but how does it taste?【Taste test】
- Fast-food chain Gyoza no Ohsho’s all-you-can-eat curry made us feel like we fell down a mountain
- Tokyo’s Curry Udon Croquette Burger is four of Japan’s favorite foods in one【Taste test】
- The McDonald’s Hokkaido Salmon Burger is a sell-out hit…outside of Japan【Taste test】
- Junior high in Yamaguchi in turmoil after student’s tablet records teachers’ room conversation
- Mos Burger’s new “Tobikiri Avocado Croquette Burger” teaches us how great potatoes are
- Cloud Catcher is a real Japanese crane game with real prizes that you play through your phone
- Tsundere beer now on sale in Japan, but it’s not like she brewed it for you or anything, baka!
- Japanese train becomes a restaurant at this sleepy countryside station
- Turning a crazy cheap country Japanese house into a home — Step 14: Before and After 【SoraHouse】
- Spice up your drinking parties with Tipsy Bar Games based on popular izakaya food
- Secret staff cafeteria in Osaka is one of Japan’s best-kept secrets
- Tokyo’s Moomin Cafes are closing soon, but our reporter had an experience she’ll never forget
- Ranma 1/2 is half of team-up with Felissimo for a whole lot of cool fashion and lifestyle items
- Eating Japanese katsudon once served in police interrogation rooms
- This gummy-based roast beef sauce recipe is sure to make an impact on your dinner guests
- These gigantic SD Demon Slayer plushies definitely aren’t chibi【Photos】
- Amazing time-lapse-style video shows 150-year history of the growth of train stations in Japan
- We go to a 7-Eleven in Aomori and find a surprising “one per family” item on the shelf
- Live-action Spirited Away stage play is finally available for on-demand streaming
- Man shoots fireworks through crowd at Shibuya Scramble Crossing 【Video】
- Pokémon/Puma team-up provides Poké-style from soles of your feet to top of your head【Photos】
- It’s a race against time with Amazon Japan’s lowest-rated hourglass
- Urusei Yatsura Cafe to open in four cities in Japan as part of celebration of Lum’s return【Pics】
- Tasting Korea’s sweet that looks like a copy of a remix of a copy of a Japanese sweet but isn’t
- Perfectly recreated 1960s Japanese apartment lets museum visitors go back to mid-Showa era【Pics】
- Mandarake used bookstore branches banned from selling adult entertainment items for 180 days
- Gunma Prefecture’s mascot brought in an estimated 71.3 billion yen last year
- J-Pop group Travis Japan’s worldwide major debut single “Just Dance!” dances into the charts
- The 2022 Soraniwa Music Festival: A day of music, laughter, and family atmosphere
- Family Mart’s new Staminaman is like a delicious stamina-don pork bowl in the palm of your hand
- Enter the Upside Down from Tokyo — we visit the Stranger Things pop-up cafe in Shibuya
- Don’t uninstall that Covid-tracking app yet, warns Japanese government
- Pokémon Scarlet and Violet starter Pokémon appear on Tokyo’s giant 3-D billboard【Video】
- The 12 Days of Universal Studios Japan’s winter holiday attractions 【Photos】
- Sports-playing Japanese junior high students at an all-time low, survey finds
- Ash Ketchum wins Pokémon World Championship!
- Turning a crazy cheap country Japanese house into a home — Step 13: Mysterious pit, nasty smells
- Does getting a perm help hide the thinning hair spots on your head? We try it and find out
- Japanese town livestreams elected politicians faces to make sure they aren’t sleeping in meetings
- Spy x Family’s Anya is ready to share your home as a PC cushion【Photos】
- You can eat Kirby’s scarf at the Kirby Cafe this winter【Photos】
- Mysterious mountain village is home to Christ’s grave and an ancient pyramid
- Super cheap apartment in Japan has a steamy past, free water
- Over 94 percent of Japanese people in survey find movie theater prices too expensive
- Studio Ghibli creates hand-drawn Star Wars anime, starts streaming today
- A visit to the best UFO catcher arcade in the universe!
- Japan has stopped printing its current yen bills, Mt. Fuji only element to be retained in new set
- 6 delicious, lesser-known food souvenirs you should buy on your next visit to Japan
- Anime shop offering 300,000-yen reward to anyone who can help them catch graffiti vandals in video
- Ueno Station has signs that show ambient sounds as onomatopoeia for deaf passengers
- Best place for street food in Japan? New eating alley in Shinjuku is an Asian foodie’s paradise
- Apprentice geisha fire drill in Kyoto leaves Internet charmed and chuckling【Video】
- The surprising truth about the new Tokyo Cacao Japanese KitKat
- Tom and Jerry have been given an ultra kawaii redesign in Japan for a new animated series
- Studio Ghibli is partnering with Star Wars’ Lucasfilm, it looks like
- Pet crematorium in Japan was burning trash with animals for more than 10 years
- One of Japan’s best revolving sushi chains lets you check online if your favorite fish is in stock
- Krispy Kreme adds doughnut burgers to its menu in Japan
- Why hayashi rice should be your last meal before leaving Japan
- Daiso creates its own collectible trading card game, and yes, the packs are just 100 yen【Video】
- Rice bran, the skincare product used by Japanese women for centuries and now Chloë Grace Moretz
- Pokémon Poké Ball rice balls are coming to 7-Eleven Japan!
- Kyoto City planning to sell cremated people’s precious metal fillings for millions of yen
- You need this instant Japanese curry rice if you hate cooking but want to eat a balanced diet
- Candy from Ghibli’s Grave of the Fireflies disappearing as manufacturer goes out of business
- Osaka’s powerful Crab Ice Crab doesn’t pull any punches【Taste test】
- Japan’s moving life-size Gundam statue adds new Witch from Mercury sequence to its move set
- We take a look inside a “special bag” from an Akihabara adult chainstore
- Tottori art museum spends nearly 300 million yen on cardboard box art, gets mixed reactions
- Re. Uniqlo Studio begins handy and affordable clothing remake/repair service in Tokyo
- Urusei Yatsura official Tomobiki High School female uniforms are about to invade your closets
- Using Tokyo’s Tadaima Plus campaign is cheaper than calling a late-night taxi
- Government declaration that ‘miso’ made since 1950s can’t legally be called ‘miso’ sparks debate
- Japanese clothing chain Uniqlo now selling flowers online, they’re way better than we imagined
- Tokyo’s huge new anime entertainment complex reveals opening date, floor guide
- Hayao Miyazaki appears at Ghibli Park…or does he?
- Police looking for man who threw paper airplane into Hiroshima atomic bomb monument
- Asahi now sells hot bottled water in Japan as an alternative to coffee or tea
- Japanese government seeking power to turn down private home air conditioners remotely, report says
- This Tokyo event is like a real-world Dragon Ball World Martial Arts Tournament
- Daiso releases shoulder bag series for every prefecture in Japan with surprising trivia facts
- Super Mario teams up with G-Shock for a salute to old-school gaming tenacity【Photos】
- Nara unveils new vending machines that sell deer crackers
- Osaka bus driver flunked alcohol test after eating steamed bread
- How to make microwave rice packs into something you’ll actually be happy to eat【SoraKitchen】
- What?!? Turns out kids eat for free at one of Japan’s best ramen chains, and hardly anyone knew
- Tokyo’s new Dragon Capital restaurant complex looks like fairy tale, sounds like dream come true
- Keep Gengar close to your heart with new black-coated Pokémon jewelry from U-Treasure
- Japan’s laziest, least motivated train station ticket gate charms the Internet【Photos】
- Dragon Ball Z Friezapod cushion chair on sale from Bandai Namco
- Studio Ghibli offering reprints of posters from all its anime films made from original plates
- The newest Godzilla movie is coming in November 2023, but fans are concerned it won’t be any good
- Tourists warned about fake volunteer guide near Kinkakuji in Kyoto
- How to befriend a famous Pokémon Go YouTuber? Challenge them to a Pokémon Pancake battle【Video】
- Reminder: Japan has awesome all-you-can-eat cookies cafes
- Amahiko Sato becomes first pro shogi player in history to lose game for not wearing face mask
- Taking a trip through time at Chiba’s Showa-era yankee-style fashion shop【Photos】
- Japanese designers create pants to wear without underwear, recommend for convenience store trips
- Real-life Spirited Away train line found in Japan?
- New Pokémon doughnuts appear at Mister Donut, including an evolved Pikachu!
- Japan’s crab ice cream is here to test how much you really love seafood and sweets
- How Japan helped Ben Verlander meet his favorite player Shohei Ohtani [Interview]
- Live-action Evangelion stage play and Eva-themed hotel rooms are coming to Tokyo
- 1 in 20 Japanese junior high school students regularly missing school, government study finds
- Testing out the Happy Pawcake Maker to see just how much joy it brings us【SoraKitchen】
- 178 People named Hirokazu Tanaka break record for largest gathering of people with same name
- EarthBound retold in Rube Goldberg machine style by amazing CG artist【Video】
- Christmas arrives at Starbucks Japan with first festive Frappuccino for 2022
- Japanese chain Bikkuri Donkey’s enormous salad almost beats Mr. Sato, but not because of its size
- The best cosplayers from Day Two of the Ikebukuro Halloween Cosplay Festival
- Japan’s super popular hamster-shaped monaka made into capsule toy form for all to enjoy
- Hokkaido amusement park shuts down Ferris wheel for the day with mother and children still at top
- Two Sushiro workers form the Conveyor Belt Sushi Union, seeking better wages and more
October 2022
- The Ring’s Sadako haunts one of Japan’s favorite hot springs for Halloween
- Studio Ghibli gave out Pokémon sweets and other candy to Tokyo Halloween trick-or-treaters【Photo】
- The best cosplayers from Day One of the Ikebukuro Halloween Cosplay Festival
- How to dispose of pizza boxes: Life hack from Japanese garbage man goes viral online 【Video】
- Secret staff cafeteria at this Japanese train station is still open…for those in the know
- The Ghibli theme park’s food looks good enough to be a reason to visit all by itself【Photos】
- Tokyo real estate agency sends beautiful women with you on apartment visits for date-like mood
- The Japanese convenience store with a secret DJ booth in the basement
- We try Kaldi’s microwavable Omelet Rice to find out if it really cooks that easily【SoraKitchen】
- McDonald’s Japan’s new kalbi koshihikari rice burger and its friends only come out after sundown
- Tokyo police create public service warning about kids obsessing over their favorite male idols
- Why are there so many reincarnation and villainess anime and manga? Manga editor explains
- We get to be (probably) the first ever to try Nissin Cup Noodle’s latest creation: Gyoza ramen!
- Trying on Amazon Japan’s low-rated tattoo shirt to feel like a Showa-era punk
- We find a vending machine selling ‘Great Buddha flavoured’ drinkable whipped cream
- Japan created bedsheets that feel like petting a cat, and they sold out immediately
- Teacher in Japan politely asks to use convenience store bathroom to jerk off, gets arrested
- Gundam anime offers official explanation for what’s going on with Chuchu’s hair
- Domino’s serves up Pokémon Halloween pizza for a limited time
- Kyoto police issue arrest warrant in nine-year-old murder of Japan’s gyoza king
- Totoro night sky fashion bags are back in second round of Ghibli’s Tokyo fashion brand team-up
- Please refrain from wearing Halloween costumes that may scare people, Tokyo trains wisely ask
- Japanese prefecture replaces Ibaraki as Least Attractive Prefecture in annual ranking
- Tasteless candy on sale at Lawson convenience stores
- The newly revitalized Dandy Chocolate ice cream monaka surpasses what it means to be chocolate
- JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure becomes bizarre real-world chocolates from Godiva Japan【Photos】
- Starbucks brings new Christmas drinkware and sweets to the table in Japan
- Tourists return to Japan, and Mario Karts return to Tokyo roads with them
- Starbucks Japan unveils new Christmas Frappuccino and drinks for the 2022 holiday season
- Ghibli Park releases illustrated “Big Stroll” visitor guide, says there are no trash cans in park
- Instant katsu? Taste-testing the tempting promise of freeze-dried tonkatsu topping【Taste test】
- New Mint Chocolate Burger is a crime against choc mint lovers【Taste Test】
- Japan’s Gyoza Filling Curry — Combination of two great foods reminds us of another great food
- Man arrested for trying to kill a convenience store owner over a cup of coffee
- Emergency drill “assailant” on Japanese train goes viral for being too good at the job 【Video】
- Japan’s gigantic KitKat futon looks like a sweet place to catch some Zs【Photos】
- Anya makeup how-to for transforming into the Spy x Family star for Halloween or cosplay
- We try a frozen sushi box from Rejyu, and it was way better than it sounds
- University of Tokyo lecturer suggests giving cars big cartoon eyes will make them safer
- Government survey finds teleworking at least once per week raises Japanese worker happiness level
- Japanese government proposes raising age of consent from its current 13 years old
- Ghibli Park abolishes ticket lottery system, creates new multi-zone pass
- One Piece singer Ado announces partnership to bring her music to the U.S., rest of the world【Vid】
- Turning a crazy cheap country Japanese house into a home — Step 12: Workwear【SoraHouse】
- Japanese monaka ice cream looks very different in Hokkaido
- Pokémon’s official baby brand opens Monpoké Marché, its first long-term, physical store in Odaiba
- Rune Naito, the man who pioneered concept of ‘kawaii’, to have 90th anniversary art exhibition
- We really have a lot to learn from Japanese Mascot Character Parliament 【Video】
- Fights break out at Japanese fight festival
- Japanese company gives paid vacation to attend idol concerts, e-sport tournaments, other fan events
- Uniqlo reveals new line of Spy x Family T-shirts for adult and kid fans of the hit anime【Photos】
- Return to Fukushima: Decontaminated town reopens to residents, but is anybody living there?
- Hot coffee finally returns to Tohoku, Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet trains
- Can Daiso’s mini washing machine wash your jocks and socks?
- Dreaming of a metal Christmas? Osaka hotel offering heavy metal themed festive buffet
- Tokyo’s Happo-en Garden to hold fall festival, including koyo illuminations, pop-up bars
- We buy Amazon’s lowest-rated smartphone “Eye-view Camera Hat” for easy, hands-free videography
- New Japanese KitKat uses cacao grown in Tokyo
- Yokai Modeling Awards return to Kagawa after 5-year hiatus
- Live-action Attack on Titan musical reveals in-costume photos of full cast【Photos】
- Urusei Yatsura and Onitsuka Tiger team up for anime/real-world crossover sneakers【Video】
- Does Starbucks Japan’s new Halloween Frappuccino taste as good as it looks?
- Burger King Japan opens real-world Spy x Family Berlint branch【Photos】
- The 10 best hotel hot springs in Japan, as chosen by Japanese travelers
- We got a massage and talked games at Tokyo clinic made for and run by otaku
- The Chirori is a compact traditional Japanese cooking hearth for your modern home
- Major Japanese news site won’t let anyone post comments without providing a phone number
- One of Japan’s biggest convenience store chains testing walk-through cashless payment system
- Egyptian bento in Tokyo? Taste-testing the Lopia koshary【Taste test】
- Turning a crazy cheap country Japanese house into a home — Step 11: Dig for treasure【SoraHouse】
- Burger King adds peanut butter burgers to its menu in Japan
- Universal Studios Japan issues reminder warning about showing too much skin inside the park
- Romance a man with chocolate ice cream for a head in most bizarre Japanese dating sim yet
- School Cafeteria for adults is a great place to go for cheap Japanese food in Tokyo
- Winners of manga magazine beauty contest no longer appear in bikinis at awards ceremony
- Tokyo’s spicy cod roe ice cream: An unexpected dessert that tastes about like what you’d expect
- New series of Lovisia Pokémon lip creams are here to do battle with dry lips
- Awesome-looking Godzilla vs. Evangelion video is a real project, and a real monkey’s paw【Video】
- Starbucks Japan’s newest treats: the Purple Halloween Frappuccino and a gruesome-looking dessert
- Foreign tourists react to mask-wearing in Japan, and Japanese people react to foreign non-maskers
- Chinese Dragon gang brawl breaks out at 100-person party inside Tokyo skyscraper
- Fried chicken sleeping bags to be awarded to 500 lucky Mos Burger customers
- Preparing for the Soraniwa Music Festival in the mountains of Kanagawa
- Tokyo taxis offer to let you take a ride with The Ring’s ghost girl, just in time for Halloween
- Five things that’ll surprise foreign tourists in Japan when they visit
- Someone crashed a car into Japan’s oldest restroom
- Tully’s Coffee Japan is bringing back Harry Potter collaboration by popular demand
- Nintendo takes steps to protect staff from growing problem of customer harassment
- Is the magical Flying Ball that’s trending on Japanese TikTok as easy to use as it looks?
- Daiso Halloween makeup challenge! Can Japan’s favorite 100 yen store zombify you?【How-to】
- The Kyoto way: Sidewalk sign with a window is actually a manners warning
- Turn around, and you’ll see this Tokyo convenience store is also something else【Taste test】
- Mr. Sato attempts to conquer mountains of shaved ice at all-you-can-eat event
- Three of the best Japanese convenience store sweets you’ll want to try this autumn
- Beautiful beefy Yoshinoya gacha capsule toys look good enough to eat or display【Photos】
- Anime fans go old-school, record new Urusei Yatsura anime on Beta and period-appropriate media
- Our Japanese reporter visits Czechia’s famous beer spas and boozily bathes in a bath of beer
- Japan has too many adorable Akita dog license plate designs, needs help picking just one
- Turning a crazy cheap country Japanese house into a home — Step 10: Mysterious water【SoraHouse】
- KFC Japan stops selling “Sand” and changes name to “Burgers” with new spicy and cheese versions
- Japan may finally abolish law that bans women only from remarrying soon after divorce
- Security check with Amazon Japan’s lowest-rated bicycle lock
- Travelling to Japan soon? Beware the “Three Small Hells” awaiting tourists upon arrival
- New giant Pokémon plushie is so big it looks like it could eat you【Photos】
- We took a chance on a die-roll ticket to Amarube and had a nice little adventure
- Japan develops special sushi for pregnant women
- Special My Neighbor Totoro bag collection soon to be available for limited time only
- All you can eat ice cream and frozen food restaurant becomes a hit in Akihabara
- Studio Ghibli creates amazing crossover illustration for Twitter Japan
- Starbucks Japan’s 2022 Halloween goods are here, and they’re full of black cat cuteness
- Human skull found in Universal Studios Japan bushes
- Yu-Gi-Oh! creator was trying to save two people from drowning when he died
- We find a hidden gyoza eatery in Utsunomiya and discover the local way of eating them
- Castella cake ice cream debuts in Japan, and it’s one of the strangest things we’ve ever tasted
- Ghibli Park benches spark debate in Japan
- Enjoy a weekend trip to Thailand for less than $50? We show you how【Photos】
- Turning a crazy cheap country Japanese house into a home — Step 9: Chestnuts【SoraHouse】
- Japanese luxury campsite’s newest amenity: Zombies and other monsters【Photos】
- Pikachu donuts returning to Japan, evolving into new form and accompanied by new Jigglypuff sweet
- Our reporter illustrates their first experience attending a fan photo event with an oshi
- Golden Japanese toilet appears at “multi-millionaire” izakaya in Tokyo
- Win a room or bed on an overnight boat from Nagoya in ferry’s Boat Gacha campaign
- Google Japan creates the Key Bou, an insane and logical straight-bar keyboard【Video】
- Hunter x Hunter manga restarts serialization this month, ending nearly four-year hiatus
- Wizarding World Japan releases Dark Mark soy sauce dish among other new products
- A visit to Subnade: Downtown Tokyo’s survivor subterranean shopping center【Photos】
- Movie about Japan’s file sharing pioneer Winny coming in March 2023
- Shiga woman defrauded 4.4M yen by man asking for money to fly down from the ISS and marry her
- Times Square taken over by Straw Hat Pirates ahead of One Piece release 【Pics & Videos】
- 150 Pokémon will be hiding in major Japanese train stations this fall, waiting for fans to find them
- Bears serve environmentally friendly coffee and treats via a hole in the wall at new Tokyo cafe
- Gelato Pique now serving Halloween crepes this October, may be (almost) too cute to eat
- The All Japan Club Association hopes wooden club makes long-awaited comeback
- Japan’s Three Most Disappointing Tourist Sites: Sapporo Clock Tower
- This Japanese vending machine introduces residents to the taste of a different country
- Traditional Japanese cuisine gets an out of this world treatment — we try Japanese Space Food
- A convenience store made of ice is being built in Japan
- Dog shows up inside commuter train headed for Tokyo【Video】
- We make meat-stuffed matsutake mushrooms and learn something important about luxury food
- Nagasaki man lifts his apartment toilet lid to find terrifying surprise inside
- Turning a crazy cheap country Japanese house into a home — Step 8: Roof Removal【SoraHouse】
- How to eat Japan’s super long noodles【Taste test】
- 10 best Studio Ghibli anime, as picked by Japanese fans– Different ages have different answers
- Yes! Ramen soup in heated cans coming to Japanese vending machines and convenience stores
- Explore tarot to your heart’s content with Tokyo’s new tarot-themed cafe
- Japanese arcade has special UFO catcher/crane games that guarantee you’ll win【Photos】
- Curry chain CoCo Ichi opens branch in Japan serving Japanese curry rice created outside Japan
- Calbee Potato Chips pouch impresses us and makes us want more chips
- A visit to one of Japan’s motorcycle Shinto shrines
- The trailer for the Super Mario Bros. CG animated movie is finally here【Video】
- Tokyo’s world-famous Kappabashi restaurant supply street’s annual festival is going on right now
- Kyoto Animation director’s new KitKat anime video shows sweet moment between mother and daughter
- Bomb squad in Japan summoned to take care of…abandoned briefcase full of adult toys
- Tully’s Coffee Japan releases 8 region-limited drinks following drinks election
- Pokémon vending machine lures us in with its cute animated Pikachu
- Mega Anya joins 3-D Anya on giant video billboards as Spy x Family continues Tokyo takeover【Vid】
- Mr. Sato experiences the all-you-can-eat bread heaven…at Kamakura Pasta
- Japanese restaurant chain now serving perfect recreations of Studio Ghibli food【Photos】
- One Piece to take over all of Times Square on October 8th
- Turning a crazy cheap country Japanese house into a home — Step 7: Climbing mountains【SoraHouse】
- Japanese vending machine mecca: Around 100 rare retro machines await you at this unusual location
- New capsule toys reinvent Japan’s hanko personal seal stamp whether you like it or not
- Which Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain has the best Prawn Tempura Sushi?【Taste test】
- Coca-Cola’s newest Japan flavor is Bleach (with a capital B)
- Evangelion’s final movie finally is finally coming out on Blu-ray, and it (won’t) be cheap
- The golden escalator hidden at a Tokyo train station
- When is the best time to see Japan’s amazing fall color leaves?
- We visit a Muji in South Korea to search for some uniquely Korean products
- Ninja vs. samurai night battle to take place at Japanese castle ruins, 100 combatants needed
- Mr. Sato tries out Kappa Sushi’s salmon salad mountain, a fun dish available for only one week
- Gunma’s yaki manju, unknown to most Japanese people, are the best manju we’ve ever had
- Humanoid robot that can laugh developed in Japan, other functions include freaking people out【Vid】
- How to make a hot pudding drink with Japanese purin【SoraKitchen】
- Live-action Spy x Family stage play releases first in-costume cast photos【Photos】
- At the London branches of Marugame Seimen, you can change your udon’s broth–but choose wisely!
- We tried to use our leftover gyoza wrappers to make marshmallow puffs…but it didn’t go to plan
- Why is Asuka standing next to Colonel Sanders? Because it’s Thursday of course!
- Japan’s best domestic hamburger fast food chain now has croissants, but are they any good?
- Japanese mom’s don’t-touch-my-baby-stroller sign stirs up debate【Video】
September 2022
- Can you use the fluctuating exchange rate and Japan’s weak yen to make some money? We find out
- Bras of Versailles–Anime Rose of Versailles gets lingerie line designed by original creator【Pics】
- Ed Sheeran becomes a Pokémon anime character for new music video【Video】
- Ramen and dekotora come together at this restaurant in Japan
- Can you enjoy a day at Tokyo’s Kokugikan sumo stadium if you know nothing about the sport?【Pics】
- Yuzu Pringles: New Japan-exclusive flavour is so stimulating it’s turned Mr P’s eyes to stars
- The Big Bomb Onigiri Japanese rice ball helps us conquer mountain race but conquers us in the end
- The cool secret hidden in Tokyo Metro pillars at Ginza station
- Tokyo Metro adds platform display showing where least crowded parts of the next train will be
- Japan’s new Melon Pan slices: Simply pop them on bread and heat and eat
- A beautiful, bittersweet interspecies anime romance that’s also an instant noodle commercial【Vid】
- Four bikers dressed as Spider-Man arrested in Saga City
- Brad Pitt’s Bullet Train adds Japanese subtitles for its Japanese dialogue, makes Japan happy
- Fly-through video of Sailor Moon Museum exhibit shows what’s waiting for fans in Tokyo【Video】
- All-ages Catbus, real-world Spirited Away office part of new Studio Ghibli museum exhibit【Photos】
- What happens when a sweet bun maker teams up with a tonkatsu sandwich specialist?
- We go to an old, hole-in-the-wall Chinese restaurant to eat Indonesian fried rice
- Japanese KitKats get a new regional flavour, straight from a Tokyo island
- Testing our luck – Can visiting Japan’s power spots improve the omikuji temple fortune you draw?
- Fushigi Yugi gets new manga chapter and pop-up store with new art to celebrate 30th anniversary
- Play this Nintendo game with your partner before you decide to marry them, Japanese Twitter says
- Lupin III x McDonald’s Japan commercial makes us want to zip through the drive-thru 【Video】
- English-speaking-only bar opens in Osaka and Tokyo, yellow cards for those who don’t follow rules
- Nagoya soon to join Tokyo and get its own secret, members-only parfait bar
- Love Japanese yokai? You’ll love these Halloween-only yokai Japanese confectionaries
- Japanese company develops personal fryer for easy and delicious meals
- Spy x Family’s Anya appears on giant video billboards in Tokyo to steal the city’s heart【Videos】
- Shiratani Unsuikyo: The breathtaking anime setting where Princess Mononoke was born
- Pair Japanese whisky with convenience store fried chicken at new Konbini Bar in Tokyo
- Idol singer from Keyakizaka46 says she’s now working as a Tokyo bar hostess
- Edible 10-yen coins become a hot new trend in Tokyo【Taste test】
- Japanese curry chain in Thailand has a surprisingly Japanese dish not found in Japan
- Insanely cheap Wagyu beef sushi box on sale at Japan’s one and only beef sushi restaurant
- Slowpoke takes center stage at special collaborative festival at Takamatsu Airport this October
- Can we pick out the expensive Japanese grapes in a blind taste test?
- So long, CDs – Japan’s Geo chain will no longer purchase used compact discs
- Turning a crazy cheap country Japanese house into a home — Step 6: Outdoor bathing【SoraHouse】
- Japan’s Raincoat Man arrested for stealing 360 women’s raincoats, “As exciting as lingerie”【Vids】
- Japanese police to introduce video function to emergency 110 calls
- The roller slide of terror: Treetop fun ride for kids is a terrifying experience for adult butts
- Lawson announces new human-controlled digital avatars at store registers starting this fall
- Okinawa airport’s must-eat Pork Tamago Onigiri finally opens a branch in Tokyo!【Taste test】
- We bought the latest in low-rated fitness technology from Amazon: the Nejirunba
- Japan’s newest potato chip flavor: Convenience store fried chicken
- Official My Neighbor Totoro cookbook teaches you to make Satsuki’s bento and other Ghibli meshi
- Amazon’s unmanned ‘just walk out’ store Amazon Fresh leaves us feeling like criminals
- How hard is it to break Japanese tiles like a karate pro?
- Cup Noodle’s latest giveaway prizes are insane, even by Cup Noodle standards【Pics】
- Japanese convenience store will now ask customers who ask for a fork to use chopsticks instead
- Hershey’s team up with Japanese sweets company Monteur to make delicious autumn delicacies
- Japanese town’s Pikachu, Eevee mailboxes are awesome, and there’s another Pokémon to see too【Pics】
- Autumn arrives at Starbucks Japan with two new seasonal drinks
- Now you can set up your very own Secret Base with new Pokémon camping supplies
- Imperial Hotel Tokyo offers crustless bread…in the sense that it never had crust to begin with
- Reminder to Fox News: “Exploding milk” is not a Japanese adult video genre
- A calendar filled with pictures of furry panda butts is here to improve your gloomy Mondays
- Japanese convenience store chain creates a burger-flavoured steamed bun, but is it any good?
- Two Sega fans get married in Japan, win at weddings with awesome Mega Drive wedding cake【Pics】
- Japan will officially reopen to independent foreign travelers in three weeks, prime minister announces
- Japanese hotels likely to legally require travelers to wear masks under revised regulation
- Tinder just opened a convenience store in Japan, aimed at adults only
- We bought a sausage egg roll maker because of social media, but was it worth it?
- Japan’s newest capsule toys: Buff shirtless dude torso cushions, sometimes with very pink nipples
- Japan’s biggest K-pop fans might just be senior citizens, survey shows
- Is it OK to order pizza delivery during a typhoon? We ask Japan’s big three pizza chains
- The Berserk art exhibition: A powerful, and hopeful, experience for fans of the dark fantasy manga
- Forever 21 is returning to Japan, trying to avoid repeating same mistake as last time
- Mountain meshi hiking! Our guide takes us to the top of Izugatake for an unforgettable lunch【Pics】
- Krispy Kreme Japan’s new “scary cute” Halloween donuts get us in the spooky spirit
- Did you know you can make jam from eggplants? Here’s how【SoraKitchen】
- International tourists travel to Japan, spend big at top tourist spots in Tokyo
- Pokémon Tokyo Banana’s latest offering is adorable Pikachu and Eevee chocolate cookie sandwiches
- Hunter x Hunter manga finally has a release date for new collected volume
- Down the steps to Kusabe Yoshimi, one of Japan’s three great “descending shrines”【Photos】
- Our team turns into old men on Respect for the Elderly Day with the magic of A.I. photo editing
- Learn how to crush walnuts with your butt from Japan’s Guinness World Record holder【Video】
- Japan’s population of people over 100 surpasses 90,000 for first time
- Lawson’s ‘TanChiki’ – We try Japan’s new health-conscious convenience store fried chicken
- Tokyo Game Show 2022: Hands-on with Resident Evil Village VR and the new Final Fantasy
- Tokyo’s miracle makeover hairstylist is back with customer who came from eight hours away【Video】
- Japan’s chocolate mountains are a feast for the eyes AND a great prop for iPhone photographers
- Turning a crazy cheap country Japanese house into a home — Step 5: Making money【SoraHouse】
- Do Tokyo’s Reversible Destiny Lofts really hold the power to reverse your destiny?
- Big Cock Roll wows the taste buds at Japanese restaurant in Saitama
- Japan’s caviar purin custard pudding – Weirdly wonderful, or foolishly fancy?【Taste test】
- Which Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain has the best mackerel sushi?【Taste test】
- Futuristic drinks stand in Tokyo lets you order cute, personalised beverages from your phone
- Visit the mythical cave that hid the Sun Goddess in Japanese mythology
- We buy Amazon Japan’s lowest-rated perpetual motion machine
- Tokyo’s new buses with onboard capsule toy gacha machines stocked with very appropriate prizes
- Tsukimi Moon-Viewing Burger Showdown: Which Japanese fast food chain got it right this year?
- Häagen-Dazs’ Japan’s new sweet potato ice cream disappoints AND completely satisfies us
- Beer, Suntory whiskey for under a buck and all-you-can eat ice cream! Joy at Tokyo’s Karaoke One
- Bizarre bicycle vandalism reported to mayor of Komono Town, mayor admits to it
- Japanese manga hotel rooms strictly prohibit reality, want guests to drown in works all night
- Ghibli Park unveils first official photos: Explore worlds of Totoro, Laputa, and Spirited Away
- Japan ends travel ban on individual tourists, waives visa requirements for certain countries
- Family Mart and Mos Burger join forces for a special new steamed bun in Japan
- McDonald’s Japan’s new tsukimi moon-viewing McShake and McFlurry tantalise the taste buds
- One more reason to be hyped about Spy x Family Season 2: The theme song is awesome【Video】
- New limited Starbucks Japan drinks mix tranquil peach and majestic chai
- Eating Japan’s Sailor Moon moon-viewing sausage sandwich【Taste test】
- New Studio Ghibli die-cast anime car line brings Catbus, Spirited Away Sea Railway to your home
- Japan’s Got Talent is coming to screens in 2023 with legendary Japanese comedian as judge
- Starbucks x Snoopy collection debuts in Japan!
- The secret staff cafeteria at Osaka Airport that few people know about
- Sushi and onigiri rice balls get a new look with rollable furikake
- Make restaurant quality food at home with Japanese restaurant Kitchen ABC’s vending machine
- Pitch-black Black Belt udon noodles are a visual roundhouse, but do they taste good?【Taste test】
- PewDiePie tries “every” Japanese snack and this is how people in Japan reacted to it
- Japanese fish that beat Pokémon video game passes away
- Buddhist metaverse “Teraverse” in development at Kyoto University, includes AI Buddha
- Which Japanese convenience store has the best miso vegetable stick pack?【Taste test】
- Hello Kitty goes back to the ‘90s for Sanrio’s kogyaru schoolgirl collection【Photos】
- Giant “Ninja Bear” has been attacking dairy farms in Hokkaido for three years
- Does eating ramen out of a pot in the bathtub change the taste?
- Japanese government is shutting down its COVID contract-tracing app
- Nerunerunerune for Adults: Japanese candy tugs at our reporter’s nostalgia…and taste buds
- Calling all fans of anpan! You can try 20 kinds of anpan at this specialty shop in Asakusa
- Pumpkin Spice Latte returns to Starbucks Japan with a new Frappuccino for autumn
- Nerunerunerune for Adults: Japanese candy tugs at our reporter’s nostalgia…and taste buds
- We test out the “chairless magic chair” that allows you to sit whenever, wherever you want
- Rate of young Japanese people who want to get married someday drops to lowest ever in survey
- Japan to reexamine individual traveler ban, politician says current relaxations insufficient
- Our reporter can’t resist mystery of always-shut door being open on Tokyo subway station platform
- Spoons and bowls that use electricity to make food taste saltier to go on sale in 2023
- Hey, Thai tuk-tuk driver! Take us to the best Thai restaurant in this part of Bangkok!
- Japanese shiitake mushroom snacks from Don Quijote, created for people who don’t like mushrooms
- Japanese research institute creates ‘cyborg cockroaches’ to help save people’s lives【Video】
- Wagyu beef gacha vending machine dispenses meat at random in Japan
- Japanese public broadcaster issues apology for calling a train a “train”
- Demon Slayers in the sky with new Kimetsu no Yaiba anime-themed airliner from ANA
- The hidden meaning of the U.S. Air Force’s “shake and fries” patch in Japan
- Tropicana’s Japanese licensee in hot juice for cartons that boast “100% Melon Taste”
- Flush your prayers down the toilet at this unique Japanese temple
- We find “Yakushima Soba” on a mysterious menu at a souvenir shop at Yakushima Island’s airport
- One Piece Devil Fruit Bath Bombs from Lush are on their way and will be offered outside Japan too
- Eating ALL the McDonald’s and KFC Tsukimi Moon Viewing Burgers in Japan!
- “Passengers who don’t want to be groped, please use the rear train cars” announcement angers Japan
- Celebrate Halloween at Ikea Japan with their special spooky menu
- Resident Evil survival horror maze opens at Universal Japan as part of Halloween horror event
- This Japanese vending machine wants to help you with the washing up
- Kagoshima conveyor belt sushi chain Mekkemon rises above the rest with its special secret weapon
- McDonald’s USA wishes Final Fantasy VII a happy 25th anniversary
- New Japanese card game teaches us the different patterns and textures of fish
- There’s a Japanese-style spaghetti chain Mr. Sato’s been skipping for years, but that ends today
- Pikachu in 1920s Tokyo images use A.I. to toss the Pokémon mascot 100 years into Japan’s past
- Bill Gates effect works its magic at Parasitological Museum in Tokyo
- Japan’s Gelato Pique isn’t a gelato company, so is their gelato any good?
- Newly unveiled “horror room” in Osaka apartment promises a creepy day or night’s stay
- After 42 years, there’s a new Rose of Versailles anime on the way
- JR East to release official train simulator on Steam on 20 September
- Free literal forest bathing in Hokkaido is a hot spring experience you’ll never forget【Photos】
- We try out Japanese candy maker’s recipes for how to make hard candy drinkable【SoraKitchen】
- A whole new way to eat katsu: Cold katsu soba【Taste test】
- Pokémon Centers across Japan giving special in-game Clefairy to customers who say “Pi pi pi…”
- Sailor Moon sausage sandwiches appear at Mos Burger in time for Japan’s moon-viewing season
- Rock princess Avril Lavigne takes us back to 2002 with performance on Japanese YouTube channel
- Tokyo gang breaks no-weapons rule, shows up for fight with rivals carrying spiked bat
- Japanese hotel gives you a beer tap in your room, 10 liters of craft beer to drink for free
- Receive Studio Ghibli anime art in new crowdfunding campaign to save Totoro’s forest
- A live-action Attack on Titan musical is on the way【Video】
- Japanese tanuki heads for the ticket gates at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo【Video】
- Who the heck is this dancing foreigner advertising products in Japan?
- Sweet! Mister Donut’s sweet potato donuts are here to get us into the autumn dessert mood ASAP
- What’s inside these 7-Eleven lucky bags?
- Turning a crazy cheap country Japanese house into a home — Step 4: Ghost Hunting【SoraHouse】
- Squid-themed ice cream comes to Baskin-Robbins Japan, but it’s OK because it’s a Nintendo tie-in
- What it’s like to spend the night in a Pokémon hotel room
- Bikkuri Donkey isn’t only good for hamburger steaks–their breakfast is bomb too!
- Nissin creates new combination Cup Noodles and we tried them all (by mixing them ourselves)
- No car? No problem! We find photogenic hidden gems in Yakushima that are easy to get to
- Matsuya’s Gorogoro Chicken Curry now comes in retort form…but is it as good as the original?
- Maguro mountain! Giant sashimi bowls of this Ginza restaurant are even bigger than promised
- Mass outbreak of Gengar at Pokémon Café means spooky yet delicious food is on the menu
- Japanese high school’s chime rings in middle of the night, freaks out countryside town【Video】
- Japanese government, please stop using floppy discs, politician asks
- Unlicensed drunk driver involved in hit-and-run, makes pathetic attempt to avoid police
- Otaku gather in the Akihabara night as Toranoana dojinshi shop permanently closes【Photos】
- When a Japanese convenience store opens in the countryside…
- Arcade game coin slot capsule toys bring coin-op style to your home or office【Photos】
- Japanese hot sandwich maker dessert heaven: Making a jumbo obanyaki the easy way【Recipe】
- From a random alley in Tokyo, it’s the Running While Carrying a Giant Stuffed Panda Championships
- New trailer for Fist of the North Star musical released ahead of Tokyo and Fukuoka performances
- Tasting Starbucks Japan’s new autumn Frappuccino, created around the theme of “Our Harvest Table”
- McDonald’s releases new Sukiyaki Tsukimi Burger in Japan for moon viewing season 2022
- Zoo director begs people to stop screwing with air conditioner, setting it to lowest temperature
- All-you-can-ride Shinkansen deal coming to Japan for a limited time
- Spreadable coffee to put on your toast going on sale in Japan
- Heading off the beaten path in Hokkaido for a beautiful view and local sweets
August 2022
- That time our boss almost killed Mr. Sato with a ginormous, unBEARable assignment【Photos】
- Footage of very loud Hokkaido Shinkansen tunnel blast delights the public【Video】
- Last Samurai star Ken Watanabe cooks with daughter Anne in viral YouTube video
- Eat 60 brands of eggs and a ton of rice for around 3 bucks at Tokyo’s egg festival
- Japanese burger chain adds mochi sticky rice to its moon-viewing sandwiches
- What happens after Pikachu misses with Quick Attack? This adorable video has the answer【Video】
- Japan removes tour guide requirement for foreign tourists
- Japanese honey toast is breathtakingly large, contains two litres of ice cream
- Video game to detect early stages of glaucoma developed by Tohoku University
- Japanese town that spent 25 million yen in COVID money on giant squid statue says it paid off big
- “The devil made me do it!” Mr Sato eats cheese bread ramen in Tokyo
- This handy “Cat Help Memo Book” is great for providing for your pets in a worst-case scenario
- Can we pick out the expensive Japanese watermelon in a blind taste test?
- Japanese government wants to encourage wealthy foreigners to travel deeper into Japan, NHK says
- Japanese monkey-hunting team shoots woman with tranquilizer dart
- Japanese prime minster wants to increase the number of foreigners studying in Japan
- The best soba restaurant on Yakushima island, according to locals
- Seapoodle Cup Noodle flavor is on the way, sounds absolutely delicious (except for the name)
- Is this London branch of Marugame Udon as good as the ones in Japan?
- We visit an awesome sauna in Tokyo that’s ladies-only on days that end in zero
- We try Japanese cafe Komeda Coffee’s summer desserts that are so big, they’re overflowing
- Sushi chef drops knives on the train, causes panic and delays
- Japanese plastic food samples abound at this impressive exhibition in Tokyo
- Pizza Hut’s new rice pizzas debut in Japan, but are they any good?
- Travelling to Miyajima and Itsukushima Shrine? Best to be a glass-half-full type of tourist
- Getting a driver’s license in Japan the hard way: The End
- Studio Ghibli releases a Catbus clock in Japan with loads of cute details
- Sous chef at a Michelin-starred restaurant makes hot dogs classy in Tokyo
- Starbucks Japan announces first of its 2022 fall menu, designed by Starbucks employees
- Kyoto curry bread comes with a very special filling
- Non-Whisper of the Heart Seiji’s 60x-zoom sneak peek of the real-world Earth Shop at Ghibli Park
- We try Amazon Japan’s lowest rated portable washing machine
- Saitama lieutenant calls subordinate’s lunch “garbage”, then loses job for eating garbage lunches
- Autumn is on the way, and that means it’s time for fried chicken fried egg sandwiches in Japan
- Mystery of modama: What is this sashimi we found for the first time on Yakushima?【Taste test】
- A Japanese tea house for inside your house? Tokyo company wants to offer micro chashitsu overseas
- Ever wanted a sumo sandwich? New baked goods line gets stamp of approval from wrestlers in Japan
- Adult version of popular Japanese candy Nerunerunerune coming in September
- Going to a wedding in Japan? Make sure you like Bruno Mars or Maroon 5, survey says
- Studio Ghibli releases new line of Totoro rings designed to be both jewellery and figurines
- A whole new way to eat somen noodles: Homemade somen canapés!【SoraKitchen】
- Japanese vending machine is the first of its kind, operated by a local business
- Which Japanese conveyer belt sushi chain has the tastiest sea snail, if any?【Taste test】
- The almost immediate problems on our almost no-plan trip to Yakushima
- It’s good to have problems, Hayao Miyazaki tells Studio Ghibli staff
- Celebrate your oshi’s birthday in style with this fully customisable cake
- Burger King Japan guarantees new chicken sandwich is bigger than your phone with weird promotion
- Ghibli Park: Mei and Satsuki’s house almost ready to welcome visitors
- Calendar of photos from often maligned train otaku community to be sold by JR East
- Evas at work! Evangelion assist suit wants to protect your lower back【Photos】
- Sony is raising the price of the PlayStation5
- Tokyo’s giant Ferris wheel is closing for good, so it’s time for one last ride【Video】
- Holy noodles! Japanese restaurant serves up some very unusual udon
- Our Japanese reporter’s experience with crawfish in the US left him stunned
- Japanese scientists succeed at causing depression in monkeys using magnetic stimulation
- Train driver’s locked tablet with forgotten password leads to big delay on Fukushima line
- We caught up with Travis Japan to chat dancing, anime dreams, and back scratchers
- We found a popular Japanese ramen chain in South Korea!…or so we thought
- Japan will no longer require pre-departure COVID tests for international travelers
- Can five middle-aged guys who graduated high school years ago still sing their school songs?
- Smash Bros. director Sakurai launches money-losing YouTube channel to talk about game design
- We try “Melon Bread Style Toast Spread”, designed to turn sliced bread into melon bread
- Eggslut adds a whole ass eel to a new sandwich in Japan
- Yahoo! Japan finds most alphabetic and katakana words Japanese people want to find out about
- Beautiful Japanese cake looks like a slice of the ocean frozen in time【Photos】
- Japan’s newly identified species of flatworm is reminding people of octopus wieners
- Capcom Cafe releases menu for limited-time Monster Hunter: Sunbreak cafe
- Popcorn shrimp udon, as in noodles with popcorn and shrimp, now on the menu in Tokyo【Taste test】
- Brad Pitt hops on the bullet train to Kyoto, gets teary at a temple, and receives a Pasmo card in Japan
- Unboxing the McDonald’s French Fry Snack Maker【Review】
- Discount vending machine in Japan serves up Caramel Popcorn Soda
- Monpoké baby brand now sells customizable Pokémon baby rings for the little love of your life
- Mackerel chips coming to Japan…for gamers!
- Handsome butler shopping services being offered by Japanese boutique
- Studio Ghibli reveals surprising secrets hidden in My Neighbour Totoro
- Daiso vs. Seria: Which sells the better egg white whipper? We find out【SoraKitchen】
- Japanese restaurant serves up the biggest sushi we’ve ever seen!
- Is Amazon Japan’s lowest-rated Shiba Inu tissue cover a good boy?
- Our 40-year-old reporter tries muscat grapes for the first time, conquers childhood trauma
- One Piece’s Luffy spent years of manga’s publication without saying a word to one of his nakama
- Our writer falls victim to Katsuya’s new Full Power Egg
- Nope, these AREN’T eels — Gunma Prefecture’s ‘Nasu no Kabayaki’ blows our reporter’s mind
- Häagen-Dazs Japan’s Yuzu Green Tea Float — How to make the super-easy matcha summer dessert drink
- Our reporter buys a tiny kiddie pool from Daiso, has entirely too much fun with it
- Life-size giant freshwater stingray blankets to go on sale in Japan if enough people want them
- Can you tell the difference between real beer and Japan’s happoshu quasi-beer?【Taste test】
- What happens when a 40-something dude goes to an anime boy band fan event? Something emotional
- Why doesn’t every Japanese bakery sell this amazing anime-only bread we just made?【SoraKitchen】
- Mr. Sato stops by 7-Eleven’s often overlooked fast food chain Poppo
- Baby Star Ramen Sneakers are this season’s tastiest kicks【Photos】
- One thing you should be careful of when visiting Japan’s Laputa Island
- Tiny travel guides are our latest Japanese gacha capsule toy obsession
- Nike releases izakaya sneakers in Japan【Photos】
- YuYu Hakusho cafes opening in Tokyo and Osaka to fill fans with food and nostalgia
- Let’s eat our favorite anime characters’ hair, says Tokyo cafe
- Ed Sheeran (and his friend Squirtle) welcome fans to the Pokémon World Championships【Video】
- We visit a ramen bar in Croatia, meet a whole new version of ramen we can’t wait to make at home
- Two crows decided to wreck a Pokémon GO player in Japan during Pokémon GO Fest
- Meet the Mega Bento, a Japanese meal that’s heavier than a newborn baby
- Furious Monster Hunter monster wants to sleep next to you in your home【Photos】
- Bizarre “shikadamari” deer gathering at Nara Park baffles people in Japan
- Rice Pizza?! Pizza Hut creates a new base for customers in Japan
- Manga artist fails to sell a single book at Comiket, still considers the day a major success
- Former AKB48 idol who had to shave her head announces marriage to YouTube star
- Make luxurious, stylish green tea at home with this matcha warabi latte kit
- Travel-in-Japan hacks: Fukuoka Airport’s Lounge Time North seriously impresses our reporter
- Real-time shade information added to walking app from Navitime Japan
- Luffy’s anime voice actress says she doesn’t read the One Piece manga
- We receive first-class treatment for economy-class prices at First Cabin Hakata hotel
- Do bomboloni Italian filled donuts have what it takes to be Japan’s next biggest sweets craze?
- We attempt to conquer the 7-hour all-you-can-eat yakiniku deal at Yakiniku Like
- Japanese government worried young adults aren’t drinking enough alcohol
- The best cosplayers from Day 2 of Summer Comiket 2022【Photos】
- Delta adding more flights between Japan and U.S. in “anticipation of relaxed travel restrictions”
- Ghibli releases free-to-use artwork from Castle in the Sky Laputa, comes with standard disclaimer
- How to make Japanese incense, the traditional way
- Japan’s top 10 best-value family restaurants, as chosen by diners
- Gifu pond where 3,000 fish were murdered gets back on its feet thanks to donations, volunteers
- Robot security guards patrol Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building
- The picture-perfect cosplayers of Comiket 100’s Day 1【Photos】
- Sunsoft, makers of the OG kusoge, are back!
- Yakuza-themed love hotel rooms! Great for couples, friends, and business meetings, owners say
- Fancy genuine leather shoes with squishable heels released from Japanese shoemaker
- Japanese elementary school student teaches us all how to pronounce English like a native speaker
- Bulky boxes of wagyu beef can be yours with Japan’s rental frying pan/meat subscription service
- Japan’s beer-selling war veteran anime penguins get new merchandise line【Photos】
- Biannual running of the otaku fails to take place for second time in a row
- Image-generating AI’s picture of “Final Fantasy VII Cloud” is so wrong, yet so right
- Visit the birthplace of the Japanese daruma in Gunma Prefecture
- We test out Daiso’s “High-Quality Stereo Earphones” and find a pair that actually impressed us
- Daiso’s 100-yen ramen egg makers even better in smaller sizes
- Manga pro’s sixth-grade son floors the Internet with his amazing manga art
- Gravure model NFT series wants to attract online investors, real-world visitors for hot springs
- World’s first Ice Whopper now on the menu at Burger King Japan
- Sega’s old arcade right outside Akihabara Station is closing, taking takeout cafe stand with it
- Chowing down on dirt-cheap gyoza and insane portions at Fukuoka’s Gyoza Supermarket Pub
- Japanese street fashion magazine Men’s Knuckle throws last punch, ends crazy photo caption legacy
- World’s first Takoyaki Guitar created in Japan, features a gas grill and octopus balls
- Princess Mononoke’s Great Forest Spirit figure adds solemn Ghibli style to any home【Photos】
- Gigantic geyser erupts from Shinto shrine’s forest on the night before its summer festival【Video】
- Totoro Catbus is now the best shape desserts, amazing Japanese macaron chef proves【Video】
- Travis Japan, the hot Japanese boy band winning hearts through America’s Got Talent【Video】
- Top coplayer Enako lingerie cosplays new line of One Piece intimate apparel【Photos】
- Yuzuru Hanyu launches own YouTube channel, fans flock to subscribe
- Man with homemade firebomb detained by police outside U.S. embassy in Tokyo
- Tokyo’s Nakano adds rock and disco to its annual summer bon dance【Videos】
- Shaved ice? No thanks – we’re having a shaved milkshake at this Japanese cafe instead!【Photos】
- McDonald’s adds Doraemon exclusives to its menu in Japan【Taste test】
- Eating every kind of cold noodle dish from Family Mart to stave off the summer heat【Taste test】
- Japan’s “station closest to the sea” lives up to its name【Photos】
- Very limited sale of glasses that can halt or reverse nearsightedness begin in Japan
- This super easy cold Korean spicy ramen dish will make summer 100 times more delicious
- Watermelon-looking rice balls go on sale in Tokyo, bring Mr. Sato bitter memories of regret
- Go shopping with our Japanese reporter as he experiences Costco in the U.S. for the first time
- A visit to Japan’s wasp nest art museum stings us with respect for the industrious insects【Pics】
- We try Starbucks’ buzzworthy (and slightly gross) new cream pie to see how good it really is
- You can wear the Princess Mononoke curse on your fingers with new Ghibli ring and accessory line
- A senbero with deer in Nara Park turns into a weird fever dream
- Cat Pokémon appear in the Tokyo skyline with new 3-D billboard animated sequence【Video】
- The most expensive ice cream in Japan? Metallic soft serve frays the nerves of staff who make it
- New pickled ginger drink takes ginger shots to a whole other level
- What’s the secret behind these three rice bowls?
- We try making a low-calorie katsu with tofu instead of pork【SoraKitchen】
- Matcha improves sleep quality, social cognition, researchers say, and you don’t need to drink it
- Japan has a special beer brewed to go great with dried ramen noodle snacking
- How to make the most beautiful at-home tamagokakegohan ever with a 100 yen store kitchen gadget
- We fall in love with a bucket of Japanese custard pudding【Taste test】
- Hut Day is just around the corner in Japan…or is it Hat Day?
- Japan Weather Association creates new words to describe merciless summer heat
- Salt Milk Bean Paste…Omelette? Japanese bakery adds a surprise to its cake section
- New Kirby Cafe coming to Japan’s most underappreciated foodie town with exclusive menu items
- From watermelon to waterpizza: We tried making fruit pizza to beat the heat【SoraKitchen】
- When life gives you McDonald’s curry sauce, make…curry rice!
- “My employees were killed.” Japanese pond owner breaks into tears after 3,000 fish die in robbery
- New digital art exhibition in Nagoya promises “a paradise of bugs” in a colorful forest
- Starbucks Japan’s new cream pie’s looks are freaking people out
- And now, a traditional Japanese bon dance, performed next to a life-size anime robot statue【Vid】
- We ate all eight kinds of cold noodles from 7-Eleven and here’s our favourites【Taste test】
- JAL system makes air travel easier and lets you keep laptops, liquids in bag for security check
- Giant puppies frolic, play with frisbees in the Tokyo skyline in new 3-D billboard display【Video】
- Man who took entire town’s COVID-19 money now out of jail and turning life around
- Giant wearable baby head, huge randoseru backpack part of empathy-boosting art exhibit in Japan
- Starbucks Japan brings back three regional-exclusive Jimoto Frappuccinos for a limited time
- Collect ’em all! New Pokéfuta accessories now available at Village Vanguard
- Saitama man’s 7M-yen Rolex stolen after leaving it alone with “potential buyer” for two minutes
- Foreign Lawson employees claim unfair treatment such as forced sushi and Christmas cake purchases
- Japanese candy Hi-Chew says a heartfelt, ridiculous goodbye as it retires Green Apple flavor【Vid】
- Kyoto in summer: A special trip to Kifune shrine recharges the soul
- Mega Nigiri Sushi in Okinawa is top quality AND super cheap, a unicorn in the sushi world
- McDo…raemon! McDonald’s Japan offering Doraemon Shake and pie for festival season
- Attention home takoyaki chefs! Japan now has a specialty store for takoyaki flour【Taste test】
- Oshi stick for taking photos of photos of your favorite celebs and characters, selling at Daiso
- JR Central and Kyoto temple team up for the coolest temple tourism experiences you’ll ever see
- Hayao Miyazaki produces animated commercial for Ghibli Park【Video】
- Is Japan’s new pain-in-the-butt instant ramen also a joy in the stomach?【Taste test】
- The twin joys and dual sadnesses of eating ramen in the U.S.
- Instead of working from home, let’s find out what it’s like to work from a Japanese “beach house”
- Rock a baby goat to sleep, admission is free: Cute challenge goes viral online 【Videos】
- Want to become a swordsmith? Apprenticeship opens in Japan, but the fine print might shock you
- Major telecom company to give 200-yen apology payouts to 35M people
- Say hello to the Big Bomb Onigiri, a beast of a Japanese rice ball
- Line of Japanese-smelling watches sold through Japan Post Office
- Anti-ramen stain T-shirt eliminates the one and only bad thing about eating ramen【Video】
July 2022
- Newest branch of Japan’s oldest burger chain serves up some crazy huge sandwiches in Ginza
- Waiter, there’re 100 crickets in my soup! We try make-it-yourself Cricket Ramen【Taste Test】
- First-ever carbon-neutral sake coming in October
- The Sailor Scouts and their Sanrio sidekicks are finally here with adorable new collectable goods
- Watermelon soup? We test out a strangely alluring recipe from Ajinomoto【Recipe】
- Become a sumo wrestler with the new top knot hairband from Japan
- Autonomous beverage and snack car now testing in Chiba City
- Sukiyabashi Jiro Sushi Rice: How good is rice from Japan’s legendary sushi restaurant?
- Yokohama’s “Manhole Actress” becomes spokesperson for city’s sewage system
- Menya Musashi adds ice cream to curry ramen to make the perfect summer dish
- Why does Japan actually like the super loud, constantly buzzing sound of cicadas?
- Two brand-new Pokémon ice cream flavors arrive at Baskin-Robbins Japan with summertime extras
- Japanese soccer team fined 20 million yen because fans’ cheering violated COVID-19 guidelines
- New Kiki’s Delivery Service and Howl’s Moving Castle products now available from Donguri Closet
- Bacon and Egg Sauce Katsudon: A new way to eat breakfast in Japan
- Hot Topic and Studio Ghibli are opening a fashion store in Tokyo’s Harajuku【Photos】
- Our matcha skeptic finds green tea dessert for people who don’t like green tea sweets【Taste test】
- Takoyaki…inarizushi? New fusion food boggles the mind in Japan
- Turning a crazy cheap country Japanese house into a home — Step 3: Dragon attack!【SoraHouse】
- Japanese heavy metal band Maximum the Hormone’s London gig gives our reporter new outlook on life
- Hokkaido potato growing town sets Guinness World Record for world’s biggest croquette【Video】
- Monkeys have attacked more than 60 people in three weeks in one Japanese town
- Lindt’s new “Nagano Purple” celebrates a rare luxury Japanese grape variety
- Best Reuben sandwich in Tokyo? An American expat’s recommendation
- Yoshinoya giving away free swag through new point campaign, but you may have to eat a lot for it
- Japanese craft brewery and tech company to simulate making beer on Moon and Mars
- What is Japan’s “blue Hawaii” shaved ice, the flavor everyone knows but can’t describe?
- Which Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain has the best aosa miso soup?【Taste test】
- That time our reporter’s classmate became possessed by a dead child at school
- KFC debuts mint chocolate dipping sauce for chicken in South Korea【Taste Test】
- Jujutsu Kaisen attraction with new storyline coming to Universal Studios Japan
- Sushi By Foreigners BC: Japanese gacha capsule toys just keep on getting weirder
- Seiji cosplays as the hot new mascot Myaku-Myaku using only 100-yen products
- We found the prettiest TKG ever at a restaurant specializing in raw eggs on rice in Tokyo
- “Hey, Japanese taxi driver, take us to the best Okinawan restaurant in Naha!”
- Sweet mochi beer? Yamanashi sweets maker teams up with craft brewer for Kuromitsu Black
- 69-year-old Tokyo man arrested for driving without a license for over 50 years
- You can taste One Piece’s Flower Flower Fruit in real life thanks to this peachy collaboration
- Studio Ghibli releases free bulletin board illustration to “use within the bounds of common sense”
- Asahi Beer abolishes “image girl” spokesmodel position, ending practice at big four brewers
- New spreadable French Toast from Japan is a game-changer
- 500-Step Soccer: A new sport from Mizuno and World Yuru Sports Association
- We investigate the half-priced beer at Sushiro that everyone is angry about
- Takoyaki Party and Italian fully-loaded rice balls coming to NewDays for a limited time
- Japanese game fans, and our play tester, can’t get enough of sci-fi cat adventure Stray
- A first-time visit to Kyoto’s Gion Festival becomes a night to remember
- Majority of younger Japanese people in survey respect less than 30 percent of their old coworkers
- We buy the lowest-rated sexy pillow on Amazon Japan
- Delicious bento without the plastic waste — the OniBen is the one-handed mini meal we all need
- We find who gives the best deadpan face in inaugural ‘King of Expressionlessness’ Championship
- Three great indoor date spots (plus a bonus!) in Tokyo, for when the weather just won’t cooperate
- Final Fantasy VII Remake’s Cloud (dress version) is getting the high-end figure treatment【Photos】
- The immense, and immensely Instagramable, shaved ice of…Coco’s Japan!【Photos】
- Where will you go this summer? Here are the top 10 Japanese swimming spots with the nicest water
- Crowdfunding success for handmade formalwear masks in samurai’s favorite color
- Number-one cosplayer Enako previews four outfits from her Rumiko Takahashi cosplay album【Photos】
- Zelda’s Master Cycle comes into the real world as amazing ridable cardboard art【Video】
- City of Sapporo to subsidize the price of city water to help offset rising consumer costs
- Survey finds obesity rates fell, but eyesight worsened among Japanese schoolchildren
- Dedicate your savings to your oshi of choice with this new buildable offertory box
- New Princess Mononoke accessory line has Kodama for your ears, wolves for your fingers【Photos】
- How to make an ice cream sandwich…the Japanese way
- We roll the die on Japan’s new random-destination train tickets
- Crotch Cup 2022 eSports festival held to raise awareness for groin itch treatment
- Host your very own Japanese summer festival with these DIY carnival game stands
- Japanese idol creates kawaii Gunpla, the world’s cutest Gundam models【Photos】
- Katsudon for breakfast? Japan’s new bacon egg cutlet bowl may be the only meal we need all day
- Ninja & Geisha capsule hotel: A very Japanese place to stay in Osaka
- Miyagi senior’s joke bombs so hard it delays a flight for 50 minutes
- No longer able to draw breasts due to family circumstances, manga artist retires
- Studio Ghibli theme park announces VERY low daily attendance caps, start date for ticket sales
- Kyoto Station’s hidden-in-plain-sight curry should be the last thing you eat before leaving town
- How to easily make Salmon & Cheese Grilled Rice Balls, a tasty camp food【SoraKitchen】
- Fukuoka support group using metaverse to reach out to hikkikomori
- Rent an entire folk house in Japan, surrounded by nature just outside Tokyo
- The poop ice cream to end all poop ice creams
- Over half a million yen in cash comes floating down river in Toyama【Video】
- Virtual YouTuber finds a way to shake hands with real-world fans, give them high-fives in Japan
- Nintendo eShop closing for 3DS, Wii U next year — Here’s something you might want to do right now
- Six summer 2022 anime that our reporter has a hunch are going to be big【Seiji’s World of Anime】
- Japanese curry rice appears at McDonald’s, but not in the country you’d expect
- Get a taste of the Mediterranean in Tokyo with Starbucks Reserve Roastery’s new Summer Terrace
- Do expensive 10,000 yen Japanese cherries taste better than cheap ones from the supermarket?
- “H” means a few things in Japan, which is why we mistook this vending machine for something else
- Final Fantasy X is becoming a kabuki play with actor with anime-to-stage experience
- Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu announces retirement from competition
- Some of the world’s most difficult origami taught in new book coming in September
- Japan’s random-destination roll-the-die train tickets: An amazingly cheap way to go…somewhere
- Capsule hotel inside Narita Airport is like a futuristic spaceship
- Cases of people getting unwanted crabs skyrocketing in Japan, salmon too
- Immersive Museum offers impressive impressionist fun this summer in Tokyo
- Petition started to stop forcing students to cheer for their high school baseball teams
- Kyoto Animation posts touching memorial message on third anniversary of arson attack
- Kyoto man arrested for throwing large plastic bottles full of batteries into canal
- Japanese junior high school girl removed for class from three days for grooming her eyebrows
- Japanese convenience store’s newest rice ball filling: Nothing at all, and why we’re OK with that
- We try roasted horseshoe crab in Thailand, regret our choice yet strangely long for more
- All-bra stock photo site wants to help Japan when it needs free images of intimate apparel【Pics】
- Marvelous Soba: Colour-changing noodle broth creates a twist ending to your meal
- We elevate Mister Donut’s cruellers into a fancy dessert with a simple recipe【SoraKitchen】
- New Japanese office furniture, lockers to stand and sleep in, baffles, depresses the Internet
- Tea with free Pokémon bottle covers at Japanese convenience stores charm, then break, our hearts
- Fendi’s latest collection features garments made using kata-yuzen, a historic Japanese dyeing technique
- Kyoto University finds alpacas may hold the key to preventing all COVID-19 variants
- Japan’s cooling body wipe sheets want to help you beat the heat, but which work and which don’t?
- The entire Pokémon Red and Blue Kanto region map, built as a 3-D diorama, looks amazing【Photos】
- Here are the best ways to kill roaches, according to Japanese experts, and some ways to avoid
- Saitama man arrested for making 9,313 false reservations on luxury trains
- New trailer for Makoto Shinkai’s Suzume no Tojimari fatures first spoken dialogue, adorable chair
- Vending machine in Tokyo subway station to sell Sailor Moon Anna Sui goods for a limited time
- Amazing Japanese temple photo gives off strong final RPG dungeon vibes
- Double-dose of Urusei Yatsura on the way as new anime is confirmed as back-to-back seasons
- Nintendo Japan officially provides spousal benefits to same-sex partnerships
- More peach is the name of the game with Starbucks Japan’s Momo More Frappuccino【Taste test】
- Princess Mononoke 25th anniversary lineup includes cute plushies, fierce magnets, expensive bowls
- Japan’s most famous anime/manga artist trade school now has a fully online program
- 82-0 shellacking kicks off Japan’s National High School Baseball Championship
- Burger King Japan’s all-you-can-eat challenge knocks us out of the ring
- Rice balls that can last for 100 days at room temperature? Kyoto company makes high-protein onigiri
- Free Ghibli Park preview day ticket applications are now open!
- Durian Mango Cheese Pizza comes to Pizza Hut Taiwan, we put our nose on the line and try some
- Nintendo issues warning to make sure your Switch can handle the heat this summer
- This Japanese manga about the Joker raising a Baby Batman is so good, and approved by DC
- What’s it like to pole dance on a rooftop in Tokyo?
- Politician’s disgusting mask gaffe grosses out Japan【Video】
- Autopsy results, cause of death released for Yu-Gi-Oh! manga creator Kazuki Takahashi
- Jimmy Choo designs limited edition Crystal Boots for Sailor Moon’s 30th anniversary
- Japan’s five easiest-to-get-lost-on mountain trails are like alpine brain teasers【Photos】
- Seven Airbnb rentals that are perfect for couples, families, and friends vacationing in Japan this summer
- 300 year old Japanese confectioner gets ’serious, for real’ with a vegan, gluten free dorayaki
- Japan second-most popular country to move to according to Google Search analysis
- To celebrate 7-Eleven Day, here are seven 7-Eleven Japan items that need more love
- Soap made from natto coming to Tokyo a week after Natto Day
- Studio Ghibli’s two most famous character masks come into the real world with mini o-men【Photos】
- What’s it like to eat eel from a Japanese vending machine?
- Japanese bookstore dares to be different with common-sense fix to weird industry hassle
- Turning a crazy cheap country Japanese house into a home — Step 2: Clearing out weeds【SoraHouse】
- Japan’s new micro-houses want to be your home away from home on weekends, but we’d stay all week
- Mr. Sato makes senpafe 1,000-yen parfait, and things get oddly violent【Japan’s Best Home Senpafe】
- Toy Story-themed camper vans are a fan’s dream, so limited-edition there’s a lottery to buy them
- We go on a pilgrimage to find traditional sweets shaped like a Subaru car
- Is that restaurant in Tokyo with the giant mecha crab sign any good?
- Agedashi…doughnuts? Traditional Japanese tofu dish gets a sweet twist from Mister Donut
- What’s it like to attend an idol concert where they’re singing lyrics that you wrote? Complicated
- New Pokémon T-shirts and hoodies use patented technology to glow in the light of a camera flash
- What happens if you drop your keys into an elevator shaft gap? Kyoto company explains【Video】
- Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe confirmed dead, doctors reveal details of his treatment
- Japanese police say former prime minister shot with pistol, weapon may have been made by shooter
- Pringles Japanese egg sandwich-flavor potato chips on sale now, said to taste AND smell the part
- [Breaking] Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe shot in chest, reportedly suffers cardiac arrest
- Inflation making penguins in Japan unhappy with aquarium’s switch to cheaper fish
- New Slam Dunk anime movie shows off CGI trailer, Japan react differently than overseas fans【Vid】
- Japanese company uses video game-style hit point badges to help employees know who needs a hand
- Yakiniku Simulator coming to Nintendo Switch and smartphones
- AirTag planted on Aichi Prefectural Police car, by someone who doesn’t understand cars well
- Yu-Gi-Oh! creator’s dead body found floating in ocean off coast of Okinawa
- Often-forgotten Totoro character is the star of these awesome two-in-one Ghibli capsule toys【Vid】
- Summer in Japan doesn’t feel like a Japanese summer this year, many are saying
- Elegant Spy x Family character hats come to the real world for in-disguise-level cosplay【Photos】
- Gifu man arrested for entering other person’s home and hanging women’s underwear to dry
- Soak your feet at the Spirited Away foot bath, in Tokyo for a limited time
- Why is Osaka “the most livable city in Japan” according to a recent survey?
- Akihabara landmark Toranoana is permanently closing, chain downsizes to just one branch in Japan
- Mr. Sato goes to a Korean-style shaved ice cafe, makes several mistakes, still has a great time
- Which Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain has the best prawn sushi?【Taste test】
- Japanese banana importer teaches us how to enjoy bananas and fight heatstroke at the same time
- Survey reveals the average monthly allowance of Japanese high school students
- Japan’s first-ever wanko soba conveyor belt restaurant opens in Tokyo
- World’s blackest Porsche painted with Japan’s Musou Black 【Video】
- “I couldn’t…wipe my own butt” – Hunter x Hunter manga creator discusses medical issues
- What frozen snack won Seventeen Ice’s “1st Flavor General Election”?
- Lunch at Kyoto Gyoen National Garden, delivered in an Imperial carriage
- Japanese cafe Pronto opens limited-time Stranger Things themed cafe
- Competitive karuta manga series Chihayafuru lays all cards on the table with its final chapter
- Tokyo man arrested for putting brother’s skull out for recycling collection
- Monster Hunter’s Malzeno invades Tokyo via incredible 3-D video
- Our Japanese writer goes all out to get her cats an expensive exercise wheel from the U.S.
- Japanese convenience store teriyaki donut hamburgers are definitely weird, but are they good?
- Making spicy instant ramen fried rice, Korea’s latest viral food trend【SoraKitchen】
- This plastic wrap is supposed to turn supermarket sashimi into great sashimi, but does it work?
- Weiner Onigiri: Japanese convenience store rice ball has a surprise in store for Mr Sato
- Naomi Watanabe’s New York food budget leaves TV co-stars and netizens stunned
- Grab your pantyhose and let’s make inverted eggs, a Japanese foodie favorite from the Edo period
- Sony’s wearable air conditioners selling like cold cakes in heat-stricken Japan
- Adult video mosaic destroyer’s trial ends with guilty verdict in Kyoto district court
- We visit izakaya in Thailand billed as “Middle Aged Man’s Paradise”, try food that’s illegal in Japan
- Sega’s old arcades are making money again as new owners announce 3.175-billion yen profit
- Single snake sparks power outage for nearly 10,000 homes in Fukushima
- Annual Tokyo festival where guys get wrapped in straw and carried through streets returning【Vids】
- Which Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain has the best hamburger steak sushi?【Taste test】
- Japanese city makes list of world’s top 10 most livable cities, but not one most people expected
- All Shonen Plus Jump serializations to get simultaneous English digital releases starting in 2023
- Tokyo government announces new name for maternity/paternity leave, hopes to change attitudes
June 2022
- Chikawa beats out Evangelion and Super Mario to win Japan Character Award 2022
- Amazing castle photo ever shows why you shouldn’t skip this often-overlooked part of Japan
- Charges dropped against elderly Japanese man for nailing Putin voodoo doll to sacred shrine tree
- Our otaku reporter Seiji rides the slowest train to Chichibu–and his coworker flips out
- The restaurant where one of Japan’s last samurai lords ate now has a café with really good cake
- Curry and lassi ice creams: Like eating cubes of frozen curry roux
- This open-air museum in Hokkaido is a must-visit for fans of history and one popular manga series
- Quality-spaghetti making robot starts working in Tokyo at the end of the month【Video】
- Does the eel from these cheap takeout shops pass the buyobuyo quality test? We find out
- Awesome-looking Japanese whiskey maker’s snack recipe requires no booze, almost no effort【Photos】
- Crowdfunding campaign for Nara World Heritage temple surpasses 100 million yen in 8 days
- Nephew receives SD card after his uncle passes away, finds treasure trove of gems from the past
- Sasuke: Ninja Warrior may be coming to the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028
- One Piece Red T-shirt line from Uniqlo will make fellow fans green with envy【Photos】
- Tokyo Police apprehend the “Lego Kid” and accomplices
- Burger King Japan offering all-you-can-eat quadruple cheeseburgers
- Japanese travel agency reveals summer 2022’s most popular destinations domestically and abroad
- Over 20 years’ worth of One Piece manga is free to read right now
- Pocky on the Rocks: A new (but also old) way to beat the heat with Pocky sticks at home【Recipe】
- Japan Meteorological Agency suspects rainy season may end earlier than ever this year
- Ukrainian sumo wrestlers take refuge in Japan to train for upcoming tournaments
- Shochu brand Iichiko produces an anime short which leaves us warm and fuzzy inside
- Astro Boy by street artist Invader disappears from Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward
- Tokyo’s Imperial Palace to hold Floating Lantern Ceremony for first time in three years
- Bear literally gets its butt kicked by Japanese man after sneaking into his house
- Ruling reached in lawsuit between 7-Eleven Japan, rogue owner who didn’t stay open 24 hours a day
- Turning a crazy cheap country Japanese house into a home — Step 1: Tegowashi【SoraHouse】
- Receipt from Japanese kid’s first shopping trip is a heart-melting symbol of his love for his mom
- First copy of centuries-old ninja training manual discovered, doesn’t understand dogs【Video】
- Fuji-Q Highland theme park is opening its newest attraction next month: The Fujiyama Slider
- Is Daiso’s 500-yen grilling plate good enough for at-home yakiniku dinners? We find out!
- Bugs for dessert? Taste-testing Japan’s wasp dumplings and locust rice crackers【Taste test】
- McDonald’s Japan gives us a taste of the anime world with new series of Gundam burgers
- Kyoto Animation to build memorial at site of arson attack, report says
- Personal information of everyone in Amagasaki City lost by person who passed out drunk on street
- Best field trip ever? Japanese schoolkids get to control the full-scale moving Gundam’s hand
- Communist politician seen campaigning with Pikachu knockoff in Japan【Photo】
- CBD oil drinks now available in Japanese vending machines
- Hear ye, hear ye! 7-Eleven’s Cheese Buns are the best cheesy bread snacks on the market
- A trip down one of Japan’s most terrifying park slides【Video】
- Try-your-luck vending machine proves it doesn’t always pay to take a gamble
- Site of the worst bear attack in Japanese history is a chilling place to visit
- We spend 24 hours trying to keep a Tamagotchi alive, it ends up doing something weirder
- This no-bake sweet sake super-easy dessert is a perfect summertime sweets companion【Recipe】
- Starbucks Japan’s new summer drinks deliver all the goodness of Matcha and Youthberry
- How to make an imitation katsudon pork cutlet bowl using imitation katsu【SoraKitchen】
- Is roughly half of Japan preconditioned to hate mint chocolate sweets?
- Japan’s only blue old-school post box: Where is it and why is it there?
- Demand for Poop Money Drill textbooks backed up, orders suspended until system cleared out
- Make Fried-Chicken-Pepsi-Fried-Chicken with our slow and difficult recipe!【SoraKitchen】
- Which Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain has the best saltwater eel sushi?【Taste test】
- This Tokyo bakery gives its curry bread a special Aomori ingredient for a one-of-a-kind taste
- Multi-purpose meat cushions, raw and cooked, are now here for ravenous Monster Hunter fans【Pics】
- Medical bills to be free in all Tokyo wards for high school students, younger kids from next year
- We test out the new gaming chopsticks that bring gaming PC looks to your dinner table【Photos】
- Cold karaage vending machines take fried chicken to new extremes
- Genki Sushi now has a range of sushi…that isn’t really sushi
- Camp eats: We try making an “Italian-style” meat-wrapped onigiri for a hearty meal【SoraKitchen】
- Add this year’s GBL line of Studio Ghibli shirts for adults to your casually stylish collection
- Journey through Ainu myth in the old-meets-new forest night walk Kamuy Lumina experience
- See how the game of Othello has evolved at Tokyo Toy Show 2022
- Chicken nugget ice cream? A feast for the eyes as well as the stomach
- New sushi train toy makes sushi for you, then delivers it, and is exactly what we want【Video】
- Mystery vegetable patch suddenly appears in the middle of Japan’s fourth-largest city【Video】
- People in some parts of Japan now legally allowed to smile for their driver’s license photos
- Famima Laundry: Japanese convenience store adds laundromat to store in Tokyo
- Japanese company develops trash can that freezes garbage to prevent bad smells
- How to convert the Western calendar to Japanese Reiwa years
- Unable to learn our lesson, we blast ourselves in the crotch with cooling spray and a leaf blower
- Government study finds seniors active online more likely to feel life is worth living
- Aichi woman arrested for mixing human excrement into school lunch
- Anna Miller’s announces closure, immediately becomes Tokyo’s top must-visit cafe
- Former Ultraman actor declared Japan’s Favourite Dad because he “helps out around the house”
- Pretty pink coffins to sleep in now on sale in Japan, made by local Tokyo craftsmen【Photos】
- Trial ends for Shizuoka man who stole school equipment to recreate Love Live! classroom at home
- Vending machine with in-flight meals becomes a sell-out hit at Haneda Airport in Japan
- Totoro’s Catbus gets a redesign for the Ghibli theme park【Photos】
- Godiva releases first-ever yokan to celebrate 50th anniversary in Japan
- Getting a driver’s license in Japan the hard way — Part 5: The second written test
- Sanrio’s 2022 popularity ranking brings fans to tears after character’s shock return to top ten
- Miniature Japanese ramen cakes are a rare, locally guarded secret
- Japanese senior citizen arrested for hammering voodoo dolls of Putin to Shinto shrine trees
- I can’t believe it’s not fish eggs? Taste-testing Japan’s imitation “almost ikura”【Photos】
- Your search for free-to-use photos of buff shirtless Japanese dudes in a hotel is over!【Photos】
- The most Japanese vending machine of them all? Tokyo discovery shows us a new use for PET bottles
- Is the AKB48-style idol singer promotion system limiting Japanese music’s global appeal?
- Travel off the beaten path in Japan, to the point where three prefectures meet
- New cafe reimagines sushi burgers, serves food like plastic displays
- Robot finger covered in living skin developed by University of Tokyo
- Fast & Furious’ Justin Lin to direct One Punch Man live-action, Twitter suggests potential cast
- McDonald’s Japan is selling Gundam burgers, endorsed by anime’s most charismatic antagonist【Vids】
- Haven’t found the perfect Father’s Day present yet? Here’re 10 gift ideas from Japan
- Akiba Dental Clinic: The Akihabara dentist where a moe maid in cosplay cleans your teeth
- The Japan-exclusive Pepsi for fried chicken is here, but is it good?【Taste test】
- Japanese public restroom ads donate to charities every time a stall is used
- Roughly 40 percent of single Japanese men in their 20s have never been on a date, survey says
- Do most Japanese Gen Z music lovers skip the guitar solo in songs? Survey finds out
- One Piece Tamagotchis let you raise Chopper and other adorable virtual pirate pets【Video】
- End of the line for Japan’s absolute favorite waitress uniform and one of its favorite pie places
- Japan has a wild boar and venison vending machine, and here’s a great dish to make with its meat
- Sanrio’s Gudetama is getting a Netflix series…that’s live-action??
- Japan’s first genderless, two-piece school swimsuits are now available for adoption by schools
- You can now get Poké Ball-shape diamonds for your rings in Japan【Photos】
- Taste testing popular Korean and Japanese snacks that look similar: Pocky vs. Pepero
- “Is it acceptable to go to a family restaurant for your first date?” Japanese survey asks
- Three Japanese man in their 80s arrested on suspicion of being a ring of thieves
- This little-known temple in rural Japan has a giant Buddha bigger than Kamakura’s or Nara’s【Pics】
- Japan’s hoya is a straight-up edible video game monster, and here’s how to prepare/eat it【Photos】
- An A.I. program designed a katana, then a 15th-generation Japanese swordsmith made it【Photos】
- Building this go-kart required a leaf blower, umbrella, and a WHOLE lot of Mr. Sato magic【Video】
- Japanese temple and shrine craftsmen now building world’s coolest doghouses, the Inudono【Pics】
- Solaniwa Onsen: Kansai’s largest hot spring theme park is also one of its most beautiful
- Come touch our poo animals, Tokyo museum invites
- Sanrio’s new crazy huge plushies are bigger than the average Japanese adult【Photos】
- Bandai Namco is opening a chain of gigantic megastores for mega otaku joy
- This cafe has a drink bar and lets you bring your own food, could be the perfect telework space
- Harry Potter Cafe opening in Tokyo and the menu is nothing short of spellbinding【Photos】
- Part-maid cafe, part-dentist’s office? Akiba Dental Clinic opens in Tokyo【Photos】
- How life in Tokyo has changed from five years ago: Five personal takes from our reporter
- Rising Japan MusicFest coming to LA this weekend, may have best yakitori in the world
- Tokyo prison restaurant The Lockup closes its doors for good
- Cool bullet train phone charging stand plays train jingles when you put your phone on it
- We eat “pork floss sweets” that confuse our senses, stimulate our minds【Taste test】
- Dead body found in car in parking lot in Japan, police say it may have been there over two years
- We made hanamaru monaka, a traditional Japanese sweet loved by legendary-swords-turned-hot-guys
- We create the Ultimate Giga Big Mac, and it’s the best Big Mac we’ve ever tasted
- Top cosplayer Enako to dress as Inuyasha’s Kagome, Urusei Yatsura’s Lum in Takahashi cosplay book
- Pepsi releases a new cola in Japan specifically for karaage fried chicken
- Japan’s first three-title unified boxing champion’s house burglarized during title match
- We try super spicy lip plumping gloss to see if it works…and “we” means everyone in the office
- The unstaffed vegetable stand in Japan where you pick your produce yourself
- What kind of magic happens when you put Japanese combini pastries into a hot sandwich maker?
- Life after the band — how a former guitarist in a punk band became a fair trade barista
- Real-world forest that inspired Hayao Miyazaki to create Totoro will become a nature preserve
- Weak yen should have Japan fast-tracking reopening to foreign tourists, prominent politician says
- Japan’s “rent a middle-aged man service” marks its 10th year in business
- We found the “world’s best breakfast” at this Japanese hotel, and it was not cheap【Taste test】
- Japanese public divided on new law that requires microchipping of pets
- Yakuza bosses struggling to upgrade phones from 3G
- One Piece manga is going on hiatus as creator takes time to tighten up series’ final story arc
- Japanese voodoo dolls with foreign politician photo keep getting nailed to town’s shrine trees
- Berserk manga to restart with creator’s friend who knows planned ending as supervisor
- Netflix’s live-action One Piece shows off massive ships and sets in preview video【Video】
- Earn points by visiting temples throughout Japan with Buddhist sect’s upcoming app
- Which Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain has the best bintoro sushi?【Taste test】
- Black Thunder hotel rooms open for the summer in Aichi Prefecture
- Survey suggests about half of Japanese companies has an “old guy who does nothing”
- The smallest Family Mart in Japan closes down
- Saiki City accidentally let resident claim 1.3 million yen in gift certificates
- We visit Japan’s northernmost gas station, McDonald’s, vending machine, toilet, and more!
- Last of Japan-made matchbooks to end production this month
- Do you have, literally, a minute? Then you can learn to make this super-easy Pikachu omelet!【Vid】
- Super Mario umbrellas let you recreate scenes from the Nintendo classic on rainy days【Photos】
- This unstaffed Japanese train station is like a Ghibli anime come to life
- Four (actually five) important manners tips for attending anime stage shows in Japan
- Tufts of shed polar bear fur among the gacha prizes at Japan’s newest crazy capsule toy machine
- Elevate your summer with local beer while immersed in nature at these unique resort beer gardens
- PouchStation — Cool multi-pouches look just like the first-gen PlayStation【Photos】
- Godiva creates a new drink with Japanese sake starter
- Stranger Things fails to overtake Spy X Family on Netflix Japan
- Mister Donut’s new Angel Fruit series elevates angel cream doughnuts, takes taste buds to heaven
- Ghibli fan builds anime statues on the side of the road, buys his materials at Daiso【Photos】
- Foreigners can now apply for visas to visit fiancés living in Japan
- Sanrio amusement park opening first new attraction in six years: an ultra-cute meet-and-greet house
- How long should you date someone in Japan before going on a trip with them?
- Japanese company will pay you to stroll around Tokyo as a literal walking advertisement
- Japan’s combination laundromats/ice cream parlors are the combo we never knew we needed, until now
- A talk with the first Japanese person to play in Major League Baseball, Masanori Murakami
- The next evolution in begging for forgiveness has arrived: the dogeritsu
- Miss school field trips? Now adults can go on a “school trip” too with new plan at Nara hotel
- Starbucks Japan’s Melon Frappuccino: One of the most memorable drinks in recent history
- You can start your virtual found family with a Spy x Family Tamagotchi【Photos】
- This futon blanket with built-in fans will save your life this Japanese summer
- Opening delay for Ghibli theme park has very Ghibli reason, but free no-ticket area is good news
- Japanese schools banning nicknames, mandating use of -san divides opinions
- Osaka’s Hotel Games isn’t just full of board games, it is a game!
- Cold curry? Mujirushi makes one of our favorite hot meals chilly, but does that make it good?
- How much money do you need to live in your own apartment in Japan?【Survey】
May 2022
- Don’t let the rain get you down! Here are Japan’s top 10 most beautiful rainy day travel spots
- Doughnuts and fried chicken come together in new Mister Donut Burger
- Foreign traveler on Japan test tour tests positive for coronavirus infection
- Japan has instant ramen booster packs, and we’re not even trying to restrain ourselves【Taste test】
- Vans’ Sailor Moon sneaker line goes off the wall and straight into our hearts【Photos】
- Don’t snooze on the brand-new Snorlax ring and necklace from U-Treasure
- LED gaming chopsticks are here for your mid-game munchies or whenever you eat in the dark
- Tequila comes to Starbucks Reserve Roastery Tokyo with exclusive collaboration drinks
- Security guard arrested in Shizuoka for abandoning 13 liters of urine at pachinko parlor
- Japanese town recovers 43 million yen in COVID money mistakenly sent to one man who gambled it away
- We try new ‘adrift at sea’ experience and end up floating alone on the Yamaguchi coast
- Imitation octopus balls are Japan’s newest pseudo-gourmet recipe for boiled eggs【Recipe】
- Convenience store robot pilots wanted, wages start at 1,450 yen per hour
- Do different brands of Japanese tofu taste different? We try all the supermarket types to find out
- We bought a low-rated levitating speaker on Amazon that made us want to cry
- Korean Pokémon baked goods are so popular you can’t find them anywhere, but why?
- Can we replace tofu with cheese in miso soup? We find out【SoraKitchen】
- You can get a custom-made katana and a tax discount by donating to this Kyoto city【Photos】
- Japanese customer service amazes foreign soccer player eight months after unfortunate taxi ride
- You do NOT want to play Mario Party against this 63-year-old lightning-fast Japanese gamer【Vids】
- Hin from Howl’s Moving Castle now comes as amazingly detailed life-sized figure【Photos】
- Which Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain has the best salad sushi?【Taste test】
- Japanese AI device reads stories to your kid with your voice, even if you’ve never read them【Vid】
- Train conductor left behind by own train in Japanese countryside, proves he didn’t really need it
- Final Fantasy XIV’s newest expansions: Eorzea Cafes opening in Kyoto and Nagoya
- Live-action Whisper of the Heart sequel reveals new images, original creator comments
- QR codes evolve into their newest form: a bar QR code!
- Tom Cruise makes our reporter swoon at Top Gun: Maverick premiere in Japan
- Manga fan has been throwing 1,000 karate punches a day waiting for Hunter x Hunter restart【Vid】
- Japan reopens to international tourists June 10, no vaccinations required for 98 countries
- “It’s Rice! Toast” recipe from Japan gives us an edible paradox for breakfast【Recipe, taste test】
- Japanese convenience store teams up with centuries-old matcha shop for a very modern tea ceremony
- Japanese etiquette lesson: Should you fold up your own futon when leaving a ryokan inn?
- Frozen Japanese sake: A fantastic way to make easy summer cocktails
- Is it time for men in Japan to start using parasols? Survey says guys ready to get out of the sun
- Starbucks Japan’s new melon Frappuccino is part of a Japanese pun-themed dessert menu
- We put Mr. Donut donuts in a hot sandwich maker to see which one turns out best【Taste Test】
- Spy x Family anime cafe opening, non-secret agents welcome too
- Japanese startup to use NFTs to simplify the music copyright system
- Tom Cruise arrives in Japan, talks with horse girls【Video】
- Miyazaki City mistakenly sends over 2M yen in meat to 140 people, instructs them to eat it anyway
- Super-deformed Elden Ring figures definitely won’t tarnish your interior【Video】
- Hunter x Hunter manga production resumes after three-year-plus hiatus, artist reveals
- Weirdest convenience store drink in Japan? New drinkable Happy Turn makes stomachs turn
- Level up a convenience store curry pan to a depachika gourmet meal
- Instant bear curry from the northeastern mountains of Japan【Taste test】
- Our writer loses 6 kilograms (13 pounds) in 1 month with help from these Japanese 7-Eleven foods
- Sexy Sato? SoraNews24’s Mr. Sato as you’ve never seen him before: in a steamy gravure photo shoot
- Gacha capsule machines now dispense perfumes in Japan
- The Times They are a-Changin’: Our reporter reflects on the changing landscape of Ebisu
- Japanese onsen stand is part gas station, part hot spring vending machine
- We make pills the old-fashioned way in Japan’s former medicine capital, Toyama Prefecture
- Classic yokai anime GeGeGe no Kitaro gets spooky stage play adaptation this summer
- Japan’s northernmost brewery on the mainland is…a temple?!?
- Look at this awesome vision of how beautiful a modern Pokémon Red and Blue remake could be【Video】
- Japan’s most convincing “beware of crows” sign spotted
- NHK can now pester you through your mail thanks to new service from Japan Post
- European and American Men’s Wig: the lowest-rated wig on Amazon Japan
- Starbucks Japan’s newest Frappuccino has an angel on one shoulder and the devil on the other
- Why are there different counters for animals and people in Japanese?
- Poop-shaped pudding makers on sale now in Japan
- Japan’s one-person instant ramen pot may be the one and only cooking gadget we need
- How to make edible slime with just two ingredients
- Why isn’t there more deer poo in Nara Park? This very strange museum has the answer【Photos】
- Need a place to stay in Japan? These share houses have discounts for newly arrived foreigners
- Japanese teen calls cops on man she thinks is holding a knife, turns out he just has old tech
- We visit Moominvalley Park for a press event, find it super melancholy, exactly as it should be
- Japan respectfully says goodbye to a single bamboo shoot in Kyoto
- Man who gambled entire Japanese town’s COVID relief money arrested
- We accidentally buy some silkworm candy at Hokkaido’s Vending Machine Land
- Spy x Family T-shirts from Uniqlo let you make your love of the anime an open secret【Photos】
- Which Japanese conveyer belt sushi chain has the best chutoro?【Taste test】
- 1,600 empty seats at major Japanese gymnastics competition reserved by single unpaying person
- Yoshikitty is back! This time in unicorn-colored accessories with the Pastel Moon Collection
- Strawberry mochi dumpling vending machine made our Japanese station dungeon crawl worth it
- Urusei Yatsura anime remake’s first preview video looks good, sounds even better, reveals premier
- High school girl arrested for stalking Johnny’s 7 MEN Samurai member
- Can French fry and instant yakisoba-flavored sodas surpass kimchi as Japan’s best strange ramune?
- Why does Japan’s most famous ocean legend end at this temple in the middle of the mountains?
- No rice cooker needed! How to make an entire gyudon beef bowl in a single mess tin【Recipe】
- The new Shin Ultraman movie is out, and here’s what both an Ultraman fan and nonfan think of it
- This Japanese capsule hotel tells you how many times you snore during the night
- Ghibli found out about the unofficial Ghibli cafe in Nagoya…then something very sweet happened
- Man who got entire town’s COVID relief money believed to have lost it all at online casinos
- Vending machine noodle ice cream: A retro icon in Japan brings joy to a new generation
- Japanese universities determine cats know the names of other cats
- Have you tried Tokushima ramen? No? You should (says our obsessed Japanese-language reporter)
- A permanent One Piece-themed fitness gym is opening in Japan, now recruiting pirate trainers
- Japan to begin accepting tourists from the U.S., three other countries this month
- You’re not supposed to drink this special sake from Japan【Non taste-test】
- U.S. Ambassador wins fans in Japan with his love of local trains…and puns
- Staircase National Highway: the only highway in Japan that cars can’t enter
- Former sake brewery in Japan gets a new life as…whatever the heck this is
- Digital manga distributer releases its top ten ranking of shonen and seinen series for April
- We visit the 24-hour male-only sauna just outside of Hakata Station and ponder a strange sight
- Japanese netizens vote for the top 20 anime they want an on-air sequel to
- Japanese gacha machine sells nostalgic super tiny books, and we tried it out
- Meet the Japanese Colonel Sanders, who’s handsome…and passionate about fried chicken
- Pizza Hut’s new Oreo pizza is like nothing we’ve ever eaten before
- Makers of Azuki Bar report record profits in 2021
- Eating sushi…from a vending machine? We try Toyama Prefecture’s local delicacy, masuzushi
- Kids’ lunch for adults selling for a limited time at Katsuya
- Man who accidentally received entire town’s COVID-19 relief money vanishes
- Is fancy drinkable yogurt better than regular yogurt for marinating chicken? 【Taste Test】
- Pink drinks hit different at Starbucks in Japan
- The new xxxHOLIC live-action adaptation is here with stunning visuals and costuming【Review】
- Spirited Away bath herbs now available at Ghibli exhibition in Japan
- This simple picture of a stairway is worth a thousand words about Japanese culture
- No CG here! Clever camera trick has Ultraman towering over the buildings of a real Japanese city
- Let’s find out if mixing milk and a lemon-lime soda makes cream soda
- In an era of “next-level” foods, these fruit daifuku really do take it to the next level【Taste test】
- This tatami mat platform with built-in vibration speakers promises the ultimate sound experience
- Japan’s most meaningless road sign discovered, has Internet feeling lost
- Japan considering doubling entry cap for overseas travelers, waiving on-arrival PCR tests soon
- Thanks to the shogun, this Tokyo Shinto shrine has good luck charms to help you win idol tickets
- Street Fighter Chun-Li now appearing on free prescription record notebooks at Japanese pharmacies
- Burger King Japan is offering dried ramen instead of French fries in its combo meals
- We visit a restaurant called ‘Otaku’ in France, eat some otaku sushi
- We slide down Osaka’s most famous tower and get free curry for it
- Fire chief in Akita starts forest fire trying to scare away wasp
- My summer kimono Totoro! Ghibli mascot and Kiki co-star grace beautiful anime yukata【Photos】
- This Japanese supermarket has either the kindest or cruelest slogan, but no one’s sure which
- Is this spicy Japanese condiment the secret to making desserts more delicious?【Taste test】
- Retired Member of Parliament arrested pretending to be active MP for first-class train tickets
- The secret behind this mysterious Studio Ghibli x Pixar image
- Life-size Pikachu figure that wirelessly charges electronics fills us with joy/jealousy【Video】
- Why are some types of Japanese rice written with completely different types of Japanese writing?
- Starbucks Challenge: How long does it take to visit all the branches in downtown Shinjuku?
- We try canned oyster okonomiyaki, a food we didn’t even know existed【Taste Test】
- 2022 Uniqlo global T-shirt contest reveals winning designs of Snoopy and the gang
- Japan’s most punk rock candy store can be found in Tokyo
- Nara Park’s first baby deer of the year has been born, is totally adorable【Video】
- Which Japanese conveyer belt sushi chain has the best steamed egg custard? 【Taste test】
- Plushie versions of ancient Japanese protection charms are our new favourite capsule toys
- This special Tokyo sightseeing cruise sails only once a month, shows city from new perspectives
- Should you watch the credits at the movies? Japanese celebrity’s comments spark fierce debate
- Aichi police on lookout for scoundrel who stole public toilet’s flushing handle
- Which Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain has the best egg sushi?【Taste test】
- Speedruns to open packs of gummies trends on Japanese social media【Video】
- Starbucks Taiwan’s new Mango on the Beach Frappuccino is full of fun, summery vibes
- McDonald’s Japan’s newest east-meets-west dessert, the Shingen Mochi Pie is here, but is it good?
- Anime isn’t like reality – Shy girl ponytail edition
- American visits Japan, wonders why McDonald’s only sells beef bowls, not burgers
- Rock legend Gene Simmons has no problem with otaku marrying their 2-D anime crushes
- Edible One Piece Gum-Gum Fruit goes on sale in Japan【Photos】
- New shoes from Converse will have both kids and adults showing off their love of Pokémon in style
- National dekotora association mints NFTs for charity and to support the art of decorating trucks
- Eurobeat intensifies! Initial D sequel anime will stay the course with dance music soundtrack【Vid】
- Sumo wrestler vs. 16-month-old toddler: The cutest match you’ll ever see【Video】
- 328-foot manga art made by foot in snow field to celebrate end of Hokkaido-set Golden Kamuy【Video】
- Japan to start easing entry restrictions for foreign travelers next month, prime mister promises
- Sailor Moon celebrates 30 years with beautiful purse, accessory lines from Samantha Group【Pics】
- Japanese woman receives Kobe beef croquettes after waiting nine years, and she was lucky.
- We visit a mysterious pagoda near Yomiuri Land, turns out to be an incredibly sacred spot
- Japan Rail West offering chance to sleep in a platypus’ mouth
- Why are almost all women you see riding rickshaws in Japan cute? We ask a pro, learn two reasons
- A visit to the Studio Ghibli theme park for a secret look at the new areas
- The giant bowling pins on the top of Japanese buildings often have a hidden second purpose
- No more neckties! Japanese prefecture abolishes necktie dress code for government employees
- Matcha Fair comes to Ikea with all things green tea
- Travel off the beaten path to a secret spot in Japan where bamboo grows wild on an old train line
- Good God what is this hideous anime plushie?!?【Photos】
- We retreat for a day of rejuvenation at Green Hill Yatsugatake recreation facility in Yamanashi
- Shigeru Mizuki’s world of Japanese yokai comes to life in new exhibition in Tokyo
- Trying 4 of Japanese airline’s retort curries, including ones served in first-class
- Tickets on sale for exhibit of every book Ghibli producer has ever read, boyhood room recreation
- Tokyo losing landmark bookstore, giant bookmark created to mark its place【Photos】
- Studio Ghibli reveals real reason why Jiji stops talking at the end of Kiki’s Delivery Service
- Hotel guest who boiled crabs in room’s kettle angry to have to pay for damages
- Japan Railways offering ‘Shinkansen for Pets’, includes dog-friendly vacation packages
- A creepy, unplanned visit to a Japanese ghost town…with ice cream!【Photos】
- Survey picks Japan’s top three (actually four) open-air museums【Photos】
- Life-sized Kinnikuman tag-team trophy selling for 1.1M yen, no more than 5 will be made
- Muji is selling sake, and it’ll make drinkers feel good in more ways than one
- We try a can of Space Mackerel, designed for eating on the ISS by high school students
- We try the second round of Mister Donut’s collab with Japanese confectionary maker Gion Tsujiri
- 1:1-scale Ultraman artwork appears on headquarters of Japan’s biggest toymaker【Photos】
- Taste testing 7-Eleven Japan’s five frozen curries to see which ones nail it
- Osaka Expo nightmare-fuel mascot needs name, organisers ask for suggestions and Twitter delivers
April 2022
- New spreadable melon pan changes the way we eat toast in Japan
- How do Japan’s host club hosts get their professional names? We talk with five Kabukicho pros
- New Saizeriya gacha toys make us severely regret our life choices as we defy rules of probability
- Japan’s Slime ice cream will Heal you since it’s a Dragon Quest tie-up with Baskin-Robbins Japan
- We eat a canned omelette from a Japanese vending machine and hope for the best
- Sonic the Hedgehog creator files lawsuit against Square Enix over disappointing Balan Wonderworld
- The end of Sailor Moon is coming with new Sailor Moon Cosmos theatrical anime【Video】
- Weird Japanese vending machine find of the day: Cream in cans?
- Mix-and-matching Yoshinoya, Matsuya, and Sukiya to create the ultimate beef bowl【Taste test】
- Studio Ghibli theme park announces ticket prices and reservation policy
- Ukraine’s message of thanks and friendship gets really awkward with Japan
- Michelin award noodle chain TamJai SamGor comes to Tokyo, we try 3 of their most popular dishes
- AI-powered Super Great Robo Goalkeeper employed at sports center in Saitama
- The new Bake Off Japan on Amazon Prime is everything we ever wanted (aka more Bake Off!)【Review】
- Tokyo rapper arrested for tagging Yamanote Line while drunk
- Pettable Pokémon, transforming Mario ghost latte art made by amazing Japanese artist【Videos】
- Spicy fish egg theme park opens newest location in Gunma Prefecture
- The world’s biggest Muji store opened in Hiroshima, and we went to check it out!
- Ghibli cosplayer doesn’t just make Princess Mononoke costumes, but animal companions too【Photos】
- Japanese drummer makes rubber chicken cover of Attack on Titan Theme 【Interview】
- Pokémon video game developer will allow employees to choose four-day work week
- Japan reality edges closer to anime with Japan Railway’s VR-style humanoid robot
- Live-action My Neighbor Totoro stage play starts this fall, composer Joe Hisaishi producing【Vid】
- 7-Eleven now has make-it-yourself smoothies in Japan, and they’re amazing
- “More Japanese than Japan” – Kodawari Ramen Tsukiji in Paris lives up to every part of its name
- We visit the new Japan branch of Wayback Burgers, try their vegan set, notice a big problem
- Which Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain has the best squid sushi?【Taste test】
- Town in Yamaguchi accidentally sends everyone’s COVID-19 relief money to one person
- Origami folded by gyaru – The first capsule toy it’s impossible to get a complete set of【Photos】
- Do people in Kyoto really stand to the right on escalators?
- Super Mario movie delayed, Nintendo posts strange apology
- Did you know Tokyoites get discounts on certain hotels? We list them up
- A trip to the deadline cafe in Tokyo, where staff won’t let you leave until you’re done writing
- Our reporter dishes on the differences between sushi from Ginza Kyubey and Sushiro【Taste test】
- Sega begins Puyo Puyo Boot Camp to help bring eSports into more Japanese high schools
- Japan’s first Dinosaur Race features T. rexes flopping their way across the finish line 【Video】
- US$12,000 Final Fantasy figure is so amazingly beautiful it just might be worth the price【Photos】
- We make chashu in just eight minutes, thanks to Kaldi’s microwaveable roast pork【Taste Test】
- Deep-fried delight – Taste testing the menchi katsu from four Japanese convenience store chains
- McDonald’s teams up with local confectioners for new lineup of very Japanese desserts
- New “wet” potato chips revolutionise the snack industry in Japan
- Bulk-buying otaku has heart broken by Spy x Family Gum【Video】
- Never waste time arguing about what to eat for dinner again with Japan’s Six Noodle Dice【Photos】
- Luxury hotel chain opens hotel on edge of Osaka’s infamous Nishinari for its “deep culture”
- Ultraman title logo generator set up online by McDonald’s Japan
- Taste-testing the Strawberry Mango Oolong Tea at Starbucks Taiwan
- Set of 4,368 train tickets goes on sale to commemorate Japan Railways 150th anniversary
- New McDonald’s burgers pay homage to an icon of the kaiju genre
- Hikaru Utada releasing vinyl version of all albums, pop-up store opening in Shibuya
- New Zealand prime minster welcomed to Japan by kiwi mascot characters, surreally somber dance
- Sayonara, trash cans – Tokyo to remove last receptacles next month
- 22 new kinds of Pokémon apparel coming soon from popular T-shirt brand Graniph
- Japan’s longest-running okonomiyaki joint and the birthplace of Hiroshima style — We visit both
- “I’ll kill you!” says Japanese schoolgirl when convenience store won’t let her use restroom
- Photos of Complete Strangers: Japan’s new strange, and strangely compelling, capsule toys【Pics】
- Mr. Sato attempts the 50-Pin Challenge at Kabukicho’s Shinjuku Copa Bowl【Video】
- Doraemon found buried at sea as scene from 1993 anime becomes real life【Photos】
- Smell like a Demon Slayer (or a Demon) with new line of Kimetsu no Yaiba fragrances
- Japanese oden maker revolutionises the way we eat at home…with a few adjustments
- Ramen broth, but without ramen noodles? Japan’s Nadai Fujisoba takes soba to a bold new place
- Yoshi transformation hoodie gives you the stylish look of Super Mario’s dino pal【Photos】
- Three-day search for two-meter-long python in Okayama ends, found in owner’s car dashboard
- Japan’s Family Mart selling rainbow socks, rainbow-package fried chicken as show of LGBTQ support
- We test out the portable shower backpack Amazon recommended to us (which also only has two stars)
- How origami changed the life of a Japanese woman in the U.S.
- Godzilla turns your signature into King of the Signatures with kaiju personal seals in Japan【Pics】
- 2021 saw the sharpest ever rate of decrease of Japan’s shrinking population, more records broken
- Final Fantasy T-shirt line on the way from Uniqlo, may be a hint that sequel is coming soon【Pics】
- Japan Rail apologises for discrimination “misunderstanding” with Russian sign
- Milla Jovovich’s daughter charms Japan with video of her speaking excellent Japanese【Video】
- Gakuran photo shoot – Our staff tries to transform into the macho cast of anime Otoko Juku【Pics】
- Which Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain has the best tai sushi?【Taste test】
- Here’s what happens when you mix all 53 kinds of Muji curry into one crazy super curry【Taste test】
- Pokémon Lucario becomes official radio calisthenics promoter for kids across Japan【Video】
- Japan’s thrill ride theme park finds new way to terrify: A slide over twice as tall as a Gundam
- How bad can the lowest rated three-piece suit from Amazon be?
- First preview for Demon Slayer’s new Swordsmith Village Arc is here!【Video】
- “Is Attack on Titan any good?” customer asks Japanese fried chicken chef – and for a good reason
- Karaage-kun pouches sold bundled with a magazine chronicling the fried chicken balls’ history
- Crayon Shin-Chan Deodorant Ad Claims To Cure Hiroshi’s Smelly Feet
- Shikoku Island holds world landmark lookalike photography contest judged by AI
- Tokyo “museum hotel” invites you to step back to the Taisho era with retro kimono afternoon tea
- Train station entrance in Yokohama is straight out of a post-apocalyptic horror game【Video】
- Fantastic Beasts stars Eddie Redmayne and Jessica Williams attend special fan event in Japan
- Girlfriend shows Gundam fan an extremely clever new way to photograph the life-size mech in Tokyo
- This shaping underwear from Uniqlo is better than a diet and only costs 990 yen
- Blind fighters only at Street Fighter V e-sports tournament to be held in Tokyo, streamed online
- Old Enough: Netflix show sparks global debate on parenting and child safety
- Support your faves and avoid oshikatsu burnout — advice from our resident otaku
- Fill your belly at the Starbucks all-you-can-eat buffet!
- Japan’s new “Takoyaki? Burger” reimagines takoyaki for the fast food world
- Lucky sushi rolls coming to Kansai Aeon stores again for “Summer Setsubun”
- Electric chopsticks that make low-salt food taste salty developed by Meiji University
- Survey reveals that many young people in Japan are experiencing loneliness and isolation
- Tokyo police arrest video game YouTuber for marijuana possession
- It looks like Costco, it sounds like Costco, but it’s actually Dodosuco — we visit look-alike store
- We try Starbucks Japan’s new tongue-twister Frappuccino
- Which Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain has the best scallop sushi?【Taste test】
- Japanese sightseeing train offers amazing luxury…for prices starting at 1.3 million yen per room
- Trailer released for live-action sequel to Studio Ghibli anime Whisper of the Heart【Video】
- Channel your favorite Pokémon with new Pokémon-inspired nail polish colors
- Japanese school entrance ceremony held in the metaverse for over 3,000 new students
- Pooping has never been more dramatic than it is with this Japanese toilet “sound shogun”【Video】
- Nintendo buys five-billion yen plot of land, will build new development headquarters in Kyoto
- Gundam manhole covers coming to Sagamihara City, along with other space-themed street art
- We find one simple ingredient that makes bland carbonara totally delicious 【SoraKitchen】
- Is a sandwich “bread?” Our reporter refuses to let survey results stand
- Tokyo police post tweet to put people’s minds at ease, but creep them out with weird illustration
- This Tokyo cafe won’t let you inside unless you’re a writer or translator with a deadline looming
- Razor company Schick Japan to to promote body positivity by discarding the phrase “unwanted hair”
- We put together a 10-yen (US 8-cent) outfit on Amazon Japan…and problems ensued【Photos】
- Tiny 60-year-old shop in one of the busiest parts of Tokyo has an important lesson to teach us
- Takoyaki sushi rolls at popular Japanese chain take California rolls to a whole new level
- Tokyo Sushi for US 8 cents a piece (as long as you also want a beer) makes us believe in miracles
- The one place in Japan where you can buy epic, super-long dango sweets
- Mother and son duo dancing beneath the sakura trees will bring a smile to your day
- Japanese fish cheesecake: is it more of a fishy cake, or a cakey fish?【Taste Test】
- Jaw-dropping trailer released for Makoto Shinkai’s new anime movie, Suzume no Tojimari【Video】
- Akihabara shop lets you destroy your own hard drives for only 100 yen
- Enter the Hatoverse: Flap your way into the world’s first pigeon metaverse
- “Kiwi-flavored” bananas Kiwi’na spotted at Japanese supermarkets
- Japanese teacher suspended for selling a lot of cows without telling the school
- Who’s got the best, cheapest one-person sushi delivery in downtown Tokyo? Mr. Sato investigates!
- Solo sukiyaki! Cook-in-the-counter hot pot is newest way to treat yourself to great food in Tokyo
- Japan’s Top 7 alternative “Regional Burgers”
- Why is it so hard to find hot sake in convenience stores in Japan?
- Clever, cool, possibly emotionally scarring Pokémon cosplay greets freshmen at Tokyo college【Pics】
- The Sailor Moon theme song is based on another song about drinking a lot of tequila【Video】
- Save time AND water by turning your shower into a bath with this nifty Japanese gadget
- In the search for the perfect crunchy cream puff, we try Beard Papa’s new cookie-topped choux
- ASIMO retires from performing after 22 years
- City Hunter is getting a brand-new anime movie, bringing back two fan-favorite sounds【Video】
- ‘90s J-pop/drama star Ryoko Hirosue stars in amazing McDonald’s Japan vid…with her younger self
- Starbucks Japan’s tongue-twister Frappuccino aims to bring smiles for summer…outside of summer
- Bowl or chopsticks: Which one should you pick up first?
- The good, the bad, and the ugly of a vending machine sushi meal in Tokyo【Taste test】
- Osaka Metro to test stores where you can pay with your face, even with a mask
- We eat 13 of the most highly recommended sushi items at Sushiro and pick the best of the best
- Pikachu’s tail and Snorlax’s tummy join the menu at the Pokémon Cafe!
- Fujiko A. Fujio, creator of Doraemon, Ninja Hattori-kun and Kaibutsu-kun passes away aged 88
- Broccoli and chocolate? We try vegetables in chocolate fondue to test Japanese company’s claims
- Leading Japanese pizza chain Pizza La now delivers…for your dog!
- No, this isn’t a Kirby specialty store – It’s a Japanese superfan’s Kirby room!【Photos】
- This gigantic panda bento from Tokyo’s Kitchen Dive is deviously generous (and freaky-looking)
- We try the new Zero-Second Chicken Ramen: Is it worth the hype?【Taste Test】
- Motorized Electric Gaming Bed from Japan takes gaming furniture to the next level【Video】
- Enjoy one-handed cherry-blossom viewing picnic with this McHanami hack
- Osaka woman gives foreigner Uber Eats worker fake money, thought he wouldn’t know difference
- What’s the real reason for the ‘floating’ 3-D signs at Haneda Airport?
- Ghibli now lets you give your mom a Totoro-style Mother’s Day present with the Corn Gift Set【Pics】
- Gudetama and friends celebrate Easter in limited-edition donuts from healthy shop Floresta
- Japanese company develops possibly the most difficult ever: Rubik’s Cube Impossible
- One Punch Man manga artist’s amazing “practice” drawing is so good we think he might not be human
- Pokémon fan 3-D prints a life-size Charmander, takes it camping【Photos, video】
- We spent over US$400 at a Tokyo premium capsule machine, and we’re not sure how we feel about it
- Japan’s most popular beers, according to 70 million customers
- Japan’s Shachi Bus offers tour with no destination or leaving the bus, but something’s fishy…
- We predict 7-Eleven’s new Zero Cider Triple drink is gonna be the hit drink of 2022【Taste Test】
- Sushi chains Sushiro and Kyotaru combine to make fishy megastore, but we spot major oversight
- Do Tokyo natives get lost in Shinjuku and Shibuya too? We ask our in-office Tokyo-ites
- “What the hell are you doing to my woman?” attacker asks man feeding stray cat in Tokyo park
- Japanese sweets artist makes incredible Pokémon cake for son’s birthday
- Move aside hot dogs, the Tempura Udon Dog is here, and it’s amazing
- Japanese business established to rent out ad space on lazy comedian’s backpack
- Real Fullmetal Alchemists: Kyoto University team fuses all 8 precious metals into single alloy
- How many otaku penlights do you need to survive a blackout in Japan?
- Which Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain has the best negitoro sushi?【Taste test】
- Every Eevee evolution in one awesome neon sign? Please make this Pokémon concept a reality【Vid】
- In Japan, you can buy bloom-at-home cherry blossom bouquets for super-easy hanami【Photos】
- Japanese lingerie brand now selling underwear embroidered with a famous renaissance painting
- Japanese company develops a door within a door, and it’s a great idea
- Video game maker Capcom promises to increase worker salaries by 30 percent
- After reopening, Japan to require foreigners to eat *daily* sushi to revitalize tourism industry
- Undertale’s Toby Fox composed the music for newest Japanese commercial for Pocari Sweat
- Burger King roasts McDonald’s with cryptic message on poster jabbing huge new store in Akihabara
- We try Mister Donut’s new collab with Kyoto matcha sweets specialist Gion Tsujiri 【Taste Test】
- Mos Burger’s new French toast: A delicious breakfast with a side of linguistic challenges
- Live-action Spirited Away stage play to stream online this summer
- ‘Butter mochi’ flavoured chocolate may be the best kind of Tirol we’ve ever tasted
March 2022
- Tokyo bento shop giving away 2,205 pounds of free food to help negi farmers
- Manga creator/politician Ken Akamatsu opens political office/art gallery in Akihabara【Photos】
- Yokohama man arrested for stealing car navigation system, blames Vladimir Putin
- McDonald’s pink pie vs. KFC pink pie: Which one does it better?
- Japanese supermarket entrusts customers with unusual discount sticker system
- The beautiful masked booth models of the Tokyo Motorcycle Show【Photos】
- What’s it like to eat an enormous panda onigiri rice ball that weighs over two pounds?
- Japan’s new old-school Dragon Quest sweets are Slime-like in more ways than one【Taste test】
- Amazon Japan’s lowest-rated beckoning cat good luck charm is full of lies, might be cursed【Pics】
- VR compatible butter “The Sushi Device” on sale now
- Learn about Noh with these cool accessories from Felissimo Museum Division
- Nintendo HQ-turned-hotel shows off beautiful guestrooms waiting for travelers to Kyoto【Photos】
- Takeshi’s Castle, Japan’s craziest game show, is getting a new series from Amazon Prime Video
- Six members of Japan’s Self-Defense Forces face punishment for unauthorized curry-eating
- Gundam metaverse on the way, will let you send Gunpla you build in the real world into battle
- Taste testing Japanese confectionary company’s vegan “meat” bun to see if it satisfies us
- Family fun and cattle mutilation collide in the new card game UFO
- Vegan curry rice – Taste-testing the new soy meat hamburger steak from Japan’s CoCo Ichibanya
- Pompompurin and his cute little butt take over Shinjuku’s famous 3-D billboard
- Capsule machine found in Nara with mystery edible insects
- Japanese kid turns dad’s retro game collection into awesome Dragon Quest clock【Photos】
- Manga artist Kenya Suzuki convicted of child pornography charges, given suspended prison sentence
- Blackboards in the west, hallways in the north: Japanese school layouts spark discussion online
- Japanese government calling on citizens to drink more milk…again
- Female virtual YouTubers are here to collaborate with Tokyo’s Kanda Myojin Shrine in a punny way
- Tera Ango now offers the chance to live and take part in daily practices at a Buddhist temple
- New Studio Ghibli clock pays homage to anime soot sprites at the museum
- Where to find the Great Floating Buddha of Ikebukuro
- Bathe in poop with Japan’s latest weirdly wonderful bath bomb
- Two Tokyo train stations getting Harry Potter-style makeovers
- How not to bathe at a public bathing facility in Japan
- Mist descends upon Japan’s “Killing Stone” after ceremony to appease nine-tailed fox spirit
- A look inside the real sauna installed in a city bus: Sabus
- No more plastic cups — Starbucks Japan aims to get rid of plastic in stores with new initiatives
- Iron flavoured traditional Japanese candy is a thing, and you bet we tried it
- Mysterious masses of tires washing up on shore of Japan’s northern Hokkaido Prefecture【Video】
- Man or pan? Japan’s new meatless meat buns confuse our taste-tester
- Japanese city’s plan to make convenience store restrooms public restrooms stinks, owners think
- Nike takes over Cross Shinjuku Vision’s giant screen with 3D sneakers… and cat paws
- Japan’s supply of Zima runs dry, online resellers take over and jack up prices
- Robot ramen waiter now serving customers in Tokyo’s Akihabara【Video】
- High school girls in Japan create and sell “butt-shaped soap,” praised as “way too high quality”
- Mister Donut teams up with Gion Tsujiri again, this time with Uji Matcha and Uji Hojicha flavors
- Japanese gyaru-turned-mom is more concerned with making her son a gentleman than a scholar
- Can the lowest-rated portable bathtub on Amazon Japan make our office a relaxing bathhouse?【Pics】
- Customizable One Piece dress shirt line from Japan offers boatloads of anime style【Photos】
- Condom anime gets a dark, edgy sequel with Condom Battler Goro Revive!【Videos】
- Japan’s new ramen vending machine cooks noodles in just 90 seconds, serves four different types
- Last One Standing brings an entirely new kind of Japanese crime comedy to Netflix
- Hot sandwich maker becomes hot dessert maker with super-easy choco banana pie recipe【SoraKitchen】
- New Zero-Second Chicken Ramen leaves us zero reasons not to be eating ramen right now
- One Piece’s Luffy is now working as an AI receptionist at manga publisher’s Tokyo office【Video】
- Pikachus perform classical Japanese dance routine for Japan’s most famous cherry blossom song【Vid】
- Starbucks vs. Tully’s — Is there such a big difference between Japan’s coffee giants?【Taste test】
- Totoro’s coziest scene becomes a skateboard with new official Studio Ghibli anime decks【Photos】
- Shiso and cherry blossom flavored gin now on sale in Japan
- Japanese company offers service that converts your child’s school bag into useful accessories
- McDonald’s celebrates sakura season in Japan with a new Teritama burger
- Cosplay becomes building-play thanks to crazy inventive Initial D fan in Japan【Video】
- Road in Chiba plagued by accidents involving shutterbugs seeking “Chiba-fornia” shots【Video】
- Ghibli Park reveals photo of Elevator Tower entrance, says fans can start using it right now
- The Spring 2022 Starbucks Japan Frappuccino Chart is here to solve your drink dilemmas
- Meatless meat buns fill Japanese Internet with joy
- The Japanese art of making trash containers from old papers
- How should you add wasabi to sushi at a conveyor belt restaurant?
- Hello Kitty and AKB48 collaborate for the ultimate fan merchandise from Thank You Mart
- Osaka makes decision on terrifying mascot for upcoming world’s fair
- Which Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain has the best iwashi sardine sushi?【Taste test】
- Japanese school bag collaborates with a limited express train company for one awesome bag
- Man threatens to set fire to Sega offices, beat employees’ family members to death
- Show off your love for sushi with Pageboy x Hama Sushi clothing collection
- The battle of Elden Ring vs. hard-core casual gamer Mr. Sato
- Japanese jam jar lids close on their own, as if by magic
- “I choose BOO!” Gengar engagement and wedding rings are here to haunt your nuptials
- Alcoholic sake butter appears in Japan
- Experience super accessible glamping in a seaside park at Fukuoka’s INN THE PARK
- Sakura season officially begins in Tokyo as cherry blossoms bloom at Yasukuni Shrine
- Well-loved Pokémon plushie photos leave Japanese Twitter in both hysterics and horror
- We visit a place where you can rent a private sauna room, achieve the height of relaxation
- This Tokyo coronavirus quarantine facility’s bento boxed meals are amazingly good【Taste test】
- Daiso’s Standard Products store — what’s worth buying and what’s not? Our expert weighs in
- Japanese Twitter user spots moms showing fighting spirit during kids’ Pokémon card battle in park
- Studio Ghibli-themed photo contest is showcasing and giving away adorable Ghibli merch
- Japanese comedian points out good way to spot ghosts during pandemic
- How to make Ukrainian flag origami crane paper
- Crowdfunding underway for pants that don’t require underwear
- Our 30-something reporter coordinates a cheap outfit from a popular teen fashion shop
- Amazingly organized Sailor Moon treasure drawer is inspiration to anime fans and neat freaks【Vid】
- Huge cracks in Tohoku Expressway caused by earthquake fixed the same afternoon
- Hidden smartphone feature reveals a strange Japanese emoticon
- Freaky blackout video from Tokyo looks like someone decided to turn off the world【Video】
- We stay in a converted Kyoto townhouse filled with traditional charm and overwhelming hospitality
- Sakura Skytree photos take Tokyo’s breath away, give kick-start to cherry blossom season【Photos】
- Starbucks Japan new Nyu Frappuccino: An old-school throwback that reminds us of Osaka【Taste test】
- Objectively cute Japanese baby face factors determined by Osaka University team
- Family hands in lost wallet, gets surprise Pokémon anime cels in return
- How Kyoto’s shrine of severing ties helped our reporter escape from a “black company”
- Former PM Shinzo Abe surprises with a peek at his sweet gaming laptop
- McDonald’s adds a hot sakura pie to its menu in Japan
- Japanese takoyaki chain brings out sneakers with fun food details
- Maybelline New York releasing special Japan-only Pokémon Pikachu Collection
- Lush releases sakura bath bomb as part of new designed-in-Japan floral lineup【Photos】
- Japan’s cheapest cardboard bed on the market can be yours for about 5,000 yen
- Stuffed pepper cooking hack from Japan goes viral online
- All-you-can drink deal in Japan puts the self-serve drinks machine right on your table
- The 10 best isekai anime, as picked by Japanese fans【Survey】
- Mos Burger’s elusive chocolate bread causes a stir in Japan, but is it any good?
- Pokémon skeletons and fossils now on display at Tokyo’s National Museum of Nature and Science
- KFC Japan’s giant Colonel Sanders mobile battery ready to “receive everyone’s love in both hands”
- Demon Slayer pulls off feat no other series has done with Japan’s biggest anime magazines【Pics】
- Studio Ghibli releases card holders that look like the Ghibli Museum
- Disney villain-themed eyeglasses in four styles up for presale in Japan
- When one wiener just won’t do — Mr. Sato has a sausage party with this huge wiener bento box
- The best place in Tokyo to get “London boots” will make you a one-of-a-kind pair【Photos】
- Chichibu Railway now offers the chance to host your wedding reception in a retro steam locomotive
- Japanese Youth Conference petitions government to end compulsory after-school club activities
- Pokémon baked goods booming in South Korea, boosted further by BTS
- Japan’s plastic model capital installs working plastic model-style payphones【Photos】
- Studio Ghibli co-founder Toshio Suzuki receives lifetime achievement honor at Annie awards
- We get ready for camping season with Amazon Japan’s lowest-rated wooden mug
- Japan considering relaxing guest number caps for large events, provided guests don’t shout
- Sip on Starbucks at this secret lounge high above Tokyo
- Can we win a PS5 from this premium 2,000-yen gacha machine in Japan?
- We underestimated the special curry spoon from Japan’s favorite curry chain【Taste test】
- New ‘floating’ 3-D signs at this Japanese train station make you feel like you’re in a video game
- Visiting Japan’s trendiest cafeteria, inconveniently located in the heart of Osaka
- All Tokyo public high schools abolish rules forcing students to dye non-black hair, underwear color regs
- VR metaverse of Akihabara Station being made by JR East, netizens scoff at early quality
- NTT wants you to remember the Tohoku Earthquake by remembering the phone numbers of loved ones
- Uniqlo reverses position, will close all stores in Russia
- New president of Chile receives Pokémon from Japanese diplomat【Videos】
- Japan increases entry limits, offers extra financial aid for foreign students
- Giant Gundams occupy Yokohama as part of Gundam Port Yokohama art project【Photos】
- Family Mart convenience stores will stop offering plastic forks, recommends chopsticks instead
- Former Uniqlo employee starts clothing alterations service for people with disabilities
- Are the new sold-out official Pokémon cookie kits worth the hype?
- Anime franchise Uma Musume takes over trains in Tokyo with horse girl artwork【Photos】
- Miso powder on ice cream? Don’t knock it until you’ve tried it, we say!【Taste test】
- Takoyaki boat tray comes to life in Japan, sails down river near Tokyo
- The secret staff cafeteria at a Japanese train station that few people know about
- 3-D printing a house in less than 24 hours — Japanese company meets its goal
- Which Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain has the best aburi salmon sushi?【Taste test】
- Beautiful new Evangelion reveals key frame artwork from the anime series’ finale film【Pics】
- Sushi restaurant’s crazy cheap lunch deal goes viral online
- Japan’s favorite anti-piracy mascots become fashion models【Video】
- Starbucks serves up a taste of retro Japan…with a gyu new twist
- Retro reveals: Men choose the top ten anime series of the 1970s
- Should you place miso soup on the right or the left?
- Yamaha designed a brass mouse, and it’s a thing of beauty
- A self-driving car that delivers ramen is Nissan’s newest automotive innovation【Video】
- Netflix live-action One Piece reveals new cast members, Japanese fans think one choice is perfect
- Cheap vs. expensive — Is a premium-priced tempura bento really worth it?【Taste test】
- Ukraine’s ambassador to Japan criticises Uniqlo for continuing to trade in Russia
- Sadako now has her own YouTube channel, hopes to upload videos about her daily life
- Conveyor belt sushi restaurants in Japan now offer random airline ticket discount gacha capsules
- This green tea soda from Shizuoka in a sense betrayed us, but also placated us【Taste test】
- Taking a trip to the Brazil of Japan, Oizumi, for lunch
- Rural Japanese town overrun with elderly zombies in attempt to control wild boar population
- Would Hideaki Anno get in the damn robot if someone told him to? Eva creator holds Q and A
- What’s on the all-you-can-drink menu at Denny’s Japan? 【Family Restaurant Drink Bar Showdown】
- Freakishly muscular life-size statues of Grappler Baki anime/manga cast intimidate and amaze【Pics】
- We make yakisoba hot sandwiches, the next trendy camping meal【SoraKitchen】
- Japan’s “killing stone” splits in two, possibly unleashing evil nine-tailed fox spirit
- Psyduck teapot produced by Japanese craftspeople is here to serve up a headache-soothing cuppa
- Students in Japan get free point on entrance exam because of typo, Internet says they got off easy
- Japan’s most state-of-the-art vintage Showa clothing shop opens online
- Carp Gyoza dumplings coming to Hiroshima supermarkets, probably contain no actual carp
- Embroidered Laputa: Castle in the Sky clock catches the attention of Studio Ghibli
- Flip phone graduation ceremony — A surprisingly emotional look back at life in 3G-era Japan【Vid】
- Studio Ghibli’s popular Toshio Suzuki exhibition returns, includes 8800 of his favourite books
- We turn this non-alcoholic lemon chu-hai into a mixer, find the perfect alcohol for it
- Unusual guardians appear at Kyoto’s Kiyomizudera temple
- Major manga convention Jump Festa 2022 to release panels for free viewing with English subtitles
- Tasting the Top 5 Lunch Packs in Japan at Yamazaki Plaza in Chiba Prefecture
- Dark Souls of houses has an insanely dangerous layout that might kill you, Japanese realtor finds
- Japanese first grader wins math contest by quantifying “which hiragana are the hardest to write”
- Hello Kitty becomes part of Japan’s oldest manga with new line of accessories
- We get ourselves a facelift for less than ten dollars and look instantly younger
- Can we successfully recreate Snoop Dogg’s cookbook recipes in Japan?【SoraKitchen】
- Sakura and matcha combine forces in new desserts from Kyoto’s Itohkyuemon
- Translation trolls Japanese Elden Ring player as he tries to unlock nighttime fortress event
- Not ready to go full tatami? This clever item adds a dash of Japanese reed flooring to your home
- Studio Ghibli releases new line of rings designed to be both jewellery and figurines
- Spirited Away live-action stage play opens in Tokyo, and the photos look amazing
- This is chalk?!? Yep, and it’s a touching Pokémon goodbye from a Japanese teacher to his students
- Is Starbucks really the best place to go for sakura drinks in Japan?
- Move over grilled cheese — we’ve discovered the tastiest toasted sandwich yet【Recipe】
- Three unusual Japanese curries to celebrate Regional Retort Curry Day
- Which of these three terrifying characters do you want as the mascot of Osaka’s World Expo?
- Russian Shop in Tokyo becomes target of vandalism after owner’s controversial remarks
- Bullet Train starring Brad Pitt: Japanese fans react to new trailer
- Someone secretly left a beautiful, touching present for Totoro at Tokyo’s Ghibli Museum【Photos】
- The Japanese dog cafe that isn’t technically a dog cafe
- Which Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain has the best yellowtail sushi?【Taste test】
- Sayonara, crossbows – Police ask owners to turn in their crossbows as new ban goes into effect
- Japan to accept Ukrainian refugees
- In search of Japan’s biggest tanuki, we stumble across something equally big
- Japanese swimsuit model’s dried fish bikini NFT series sells out, asking prices soar【Photos】
- Restoring Nakagin Capsule Tower’s rare “pink capsule”, formerly used in the sex industry
- Kyoto City official arrested for bribery with old-timey gold coin
- Fullmetal Alchemist to complete live-action adaptation with two new movies【Video】
- New Hanger Rack from Japan looks like a great way to break your PlayStation controllers
- We rent Kappa Sushi’s conveyor belt, turn our home into a kaitenzushi restaurant
- Take a Korean vacation in Japan with Tokyu Hotels and Shibuya 109’s newest themed hotel plan
- An expert in entertainment recommended us an Osaka sightseeing spot little known even to locals
- Studio Ghibli anime artist to sell artwork to support Ukraine
- Bandai is raising all full-time employees’ salaries by roughly 30 percent
- Can a 42-year-old straight guy get into Boys’ Love manga? Let’s find out at MangaPlaza
- Abandoned love hotel in Japanese mountains becomes stage for horror escape game【Video】
- New convenience store chain to rival 7-Eleven opens in Japan
- Family Mart’s new Hotcake Soufflé Pudding proves Japanese convenience stores have the best sweets
- Rakuten CEO donates one billion yen to Ukrainian humanitarian relief
February 2022
- Mister Donut celebrates sakura season 2022 with “Sakudo” blooming doughnuts
- No, the Tokyo Skytree wasn’t lit in colors of Ukraine for solidarity…but another landmark is
- Japan’s West Kyushu Shinkansen bullet train service to Nagasaki is set to open this fall
- Second series in Uniqlo’s “Pokémon Meets Artist” collection of graphic T-shirts revealed
- The new Love Live! anime isn’t about virtual YouTubers…probably【Video】
- Pokémon is going open-world with brand-new Pokémon Scarlet and Violet games【Video】
- What does Showa-era curry taste like? We try making some with an old-timey roux
- Kids magazine comes with functioning ticket gate machine, makes beeping sounds when gates open
- Hey, Japanese taxi driver! Take us to a great restaurant in Utsunomiya
- How to make money with Amazon Japan’s lowest rated, one-yen hat
- Baffling building in Japan looks like a graphics glitch in real life
- Behold! It’s a rare 7-Eleven “Grand Opening Commemorative Lucky Bag”
- Japanese Twitter user gives perfect comeback when grandma starts hating on video games
- Japanese ambassador stayed in Ukraine to fight in his grandfather’s samurai armour? No, not true
- Hinnyari Snack Time for cats helps pets look cool and stay cool
- Japanese expat remembers the words that changed his life when he started working in Australia
- Ukraine chapters from manga “If There Is Conflict, Call Hatta” released for free online
- New hot natural spring water at 7-Eleven proves Japanese convenience stores really are convenient
- Coca-Cola Japan are testing “fill your own bottles” water dispensers to help reduce plastic waste
- Look stylish while working out on the daily with these crazy geta sandals
- Missing 700-year-old national treasure katana found in Australia【Video】
- Studio Ghibli’s “Bouncing Totoro” zoetrope gets its own merchandise at museum
- New Spice and Wolf anime announced, teaser video released【Video】
- Japanese KitKats get Japanese anime video from Kyoto Animation director【Video】
- Naomi Watanabe produces new line of comfortable yet supportive ‘at home’ bras, sizes up to 5L
- Cat becomes head priest at Japanese shrine
- Japanese full armor cosplayers head to their local Adventurer’s Guild for a fantasy feast【Photos】
- Starbucks Japan’s final sakura Frappuccino for 2022 gives us a new cherry blossom flavour
- Step into a manga at Japan’s 2-D cafes in Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto
- Survey shows that not many people are into the idea of Sapporo hosting the 2030 Winter Olympics
- New Doughnut KitKat captures the flavour of a Japanese castle town
- Gamer sake Gaming Rainbow coming this spring, cans illustrated by past and present greats
- Nier: Automata is getting an anime TV series adaptation【Video】
- We visit a train station in historical ninja town, see ninja trick art, and become ninjas ourselves
- Nothing to see here — just a giant cat selling puddings in Japan
- Hokkaido man found naked in laundromat in middle of the night
- Milk Tea Maker from Japan is a life-changer
- Live-action Pokémon cooking videos melt the heart, whet the appetite【Videos】
- 1983 Hayao Miyazaki manga to be published in English for the first time
- Famous Japanese sword becomes tiny sweets knife in order to slice into matcha pound cake
- Which Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain has the best salmon sushi?【Taste test】
- A delicious bowl of Osaka soba stuffed with tempura shrimp that’s also an edible pun
- “I’ll draw one animal for every retweet!” Japanese artist now has to draw 22,000 animals
- “Gamer apartments” available to rent for under US$350 a month, comes with full gaming PC set up
- How to use the new floating hologram registers at 7-Eleven
- Japanese cat cafe in Tokyo is a Ghibli-esque village run by felines in a castle
- When was the first anime breast bounce? Japanese Twitter debates
- How to fix damaged trading cards quickly and easily
- Police baffled by bizarre guard rail crime theft crime spree in Japan
- Ghibli theme park wants tickets to be half price of Tokyo Disneyland and Universal Studios Japan
- Akihabara Nagomido manga cafe x Felissimo Cat Division Parlor collaboration café is open meow
- We do battle with the King Yeti from Burger King Japan
- Starbucks Japan reveals second sakura Frappuccino and drinkware goods for 2022
- Japanese woman finds better way to make potato salad, we may not be able to go back to old style
- Many young Japanese people aren’t drinking sake these days
- We order lunch at Mos Burger-owned restaurant, end up with traditional Japanese breakfast
- Naomi Watanabe sports Adidas stripes in her hair to celebrate becoming brand ambassador
- Meow’s that? 2022’s ranking of the top cat names in Japan
- Batman’s Gotham City creates first-ever sister city relationship…with a real city in Japan
- Business trends suggest young Japanese people just aren’t into jeans any more
- Cosplaying in Tokyo as Beijing Olympics mascot Bing Dwen Dwen…Mr. Sato style【Photos】
- Matcha cake from one of Japan’s top tea towns has a one-month wait, but is it worth it?【Taste test】
- Japanese mum’s secret curry recipe puts a new spin on the beloved dish
- McDonald’s Japan’s new bite-sized churros aren’t what we thought they would be
- Ghibli Museum store shares the task all new employees struggle with, and how to overcome it【Vid】
- Sake brand Dassai increases workers’ starting pay by over 40 percent, pledges to double salaries
- We investigate whether the “Beijing Olympics” is, in fact, real
- Tokyo ramen chain brings the heat with Carolina Reaper miso soup
- Need a work-from-home office fast? Set up this Japanese cardboard desk in less than 1 minute
- We Pokémon GO to Utsunomiya City for some Pokétourism
- A cherry blossom menagerie of animals and designs is coming to Fukuoka’s TeamLab Forest museum
- How to use Japan’s revolving sushi capsule toy for a literal revolving sushi meal at home
- Lindt Japan keeps the sakura sweets coming with new cherry blossom dessert drink, macarons
- The top 10 poses trending with Japanese teens, as demonstrated by a couple of ossan
- Japanese microcar owner’s tiny automobile collection turns heads in Japan
- American’s Japanese calligraphy gets called “cultural appropriation,” Japanese Twitter disagrees
- Studio Ghibli reveals mystery hidden on coat of arms and outdoor signs at Ghibli Museum
- Ukrainian Ambassador to Japan dresses as samurai in show of strength against Russia
- Man breaks into Japanese high school, steals desk to “get taste of the world of Love Live” anime
- Japan’s favorite edible roots now in eraser form, and sexy eraser form!
- New burger in Japan combines fried chicken with…strawberries and cream?!?
- Mr. Sato turns into a historical figure through his first-ever wet plate photography session
- Taste-testing every single sakura sweet and cherry blossom drink we could find at Mujirushi
- Whisky worship: Kyoto craftsmen make prayer beads out of Japanese whisky barrels
- Email spam exhibition held online by Japanese telecom giant
- Ghibli fan wins Guinness World Record for the largest collection of Studio Ghibli memorabilia
- Japanese pro gamer kicked off e-sports team after saying short men shouldn’t have human rights
- Exquisite Fist of the North Star shochu set on sale for limited time
- This Nagoya cafe offers a private room to enjoy tea, meditation, and solitude in total darkness
- Burger King releases the King Yeti on Japan
- These special Starbucks sakura drinks can only be found at three places in all of Japan
- Optimus Prime and Megatron are now officially cute anime girls with Transformers Bishoujo【Photos】
- Is Japan’s “Hai, Cheese!” photo culture becoming obsolete?
- “Every police station in Kanagawa accepting funeral home bribes,” according to former officer
- Figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu shows gamer cred with Super NES recommendations in interview【Video】
- Mos Burger mascot retires to make way for new character in Japan
- We sample both of the “secret” Starbucks cakes that you can only order online
- Which Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain has the best ikura sushi?【Taste test】
- Japanese fast food chain releases “high-protein” sandwich made of fried chicken, bacon, cheese
- Sailor Moon anime series celebrates 30 years with an Anna Sui accessory tie-up
- Starbucks Japan’s sakura Frappuccino and latte make us see the cherry blossoms in a new light
- Demon Slayer anime is heading to Swordsmith Village as new season is immediately greenlit
- Chiba man arrested for writing “Amazon!” on Shinto shrine
- Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster keeps game’s craziest attack intact, but there’s one problem【Vid】
- Our reporter shares her reflections on competitive karuta playing manga Chihayafuru ending soon
- Japanese train station returns lost item to customer with a heartwarming message
- How to stop your glasses from fogging up when wearing a mask
- Resi Stay The Hotel Kyoto adds a new Hello Kitty-themed room with freebies
- TVs that don’t show TV selling out fast in Japan
- The most unusual ATM in Japan? Banking with yokai spirits who want to know your PIN
- Senior in Takaoka City arrested for stealing up to 50 tanuki statues
- McDonald’s Japan stuffs up our order for a New York burger
- Check out these capsule toy replica old-timey bicycle locks…for some reason?
- This sushi restaurant’s take-home temakizushi set is insanely satisfying for a great price
- Mandarin orange peels aren’t trash, they’re treasure! Three chimpi tips to reuse your mikan skins
- Tour space with a cat guide while the sweet aroma of catnip and paw pads fills your nostrils
- Oolong tea lattes get a place on the Starbucks Japan menu, but do they get one in our heart too?
- Catch! Noodles and bowls fly through the air at this Japanese ramen restaurant
- Sailor Moon fan in Japan shares her magical trick for when she needs an at-work confidence boost
- Starbucks pizzas become a hot topic in Japan, but do they live up to the hype?
- Ferry takes trip halfway across Japan… without anyone steering it
- Pringles can drink bottles on sale at Japanese bookstores and convenience stores
- Japanese man caught using fake IDs to sneak into matchmaking parties with younger women
- French fry rationing continues in Japan as Mos Burger suspends sales (with two exceptions)
- “Japanese Beyoncé” Naomi Watanabe is now a model for Beyoncé’s Ivy Park collection
- Cost of uneaten ehomaki sushi rolls in 2022 estimated to be over one billion yen
- Passing the JLPT N1 — Here’s how I did it, so you can too!
- 2021 Magademy Award nominees announced, celebrating excellence in being a manga character
- Eternal Shojo Cafe opens in Tokyo, serves up ‘90s anime nostalgia by the plateful
- Cats and dogs apologising at Japanese press conference is our newest gacha capsule toy obsession
- Shinto priest blesses Domino’s pizzas to bring love to those who eat them on Valentine’s Day
- KFC Japan releases official onigiri rice ball, miso ramen rice recipes to level-up fried chicken
- Enjoy a steaming bowl of Piplup with the taste of the Edo Period in fun new collaboration
- McDonald’s Japan adds Hitokuchi Churros to its menu (sharing optional)
- Japanese moms’ secret curry recipes: The newest must-buy/eat capsule toys
- Drive My Car becomes first Japanese film to receive Academy Award Best Picture nomination
- How does the 100-yen “Scoon” match up against the celebrated 2,000-yen Sugakiya Ramen Fork?
- The Japanese train station where staff bow to departing passengers
- Starbucks Japan’s substitute Frappuccino aims to please disappointed customers on Valentine’s Day
- Ramen chain Menya Musashi teams up with Lotte chocolate for unique Valentine’s Day dish
- Why are these people ceremonially taking scissors to a bag of Japanese sausages?【Video】
- Sunrise anime studio, home to Gundam, is being renamed
- Which Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain has the best tuna sushi?【Taste test】
- Starbucks Japan releases a Japanese Chai Tea Latte…at only two locations
- Soak in a sand bath in Beppu, Japan’s famous onsen region
- Cosplay costume room tour by Japan’s number-one cosplayer Enako is an eye-opener【Video】
- Keeping up with the kids: Japanese high schoolers’ most popular slang of Spring 2022
- Did this ’90s Japanese horror manga predict the coronavirus pandemic?
- Japanese company designs fashionable pouch to keep scraps of trash in
- Tochigi Prefecture’s three new Pokéfuta are the first in the north of Japan’s Kanto region
- Starbucks Japan’s new sakura drinkware collection captures “beauty and fragility” of the blooms
- Starbucks Japan unveils new sakura drinkware and menu items at the Tokyo Roastery
- Tokyo’s Ikebukuro is looking very different, and also pretty sad, these days【Photos】
- Kagawa Prefecture is transformed into Slowpoke Paradise in a brand-new travel campaign
- Starbucks Japan reveals new Sakura Frappuccino for 2022
- Massive blizzard creates crazy snow scenes in Sapporo【Photos, videos】
- Violence IS the answer – Japanese farmers using hammers to grow more mushrooms
- Tokyo has a secret, members-only parfait bar, and here’s what’s waiting inside【Photos】
- Kyoto sightseeing tour: exclusive temple tours, meditation lessons, and incense making
- Tokyo hotel lets your rent out entire Japanese bath facility, become lord of the baths【Pics】
- Japanese randoseru schoolbag becomes a sling bag for adults
- Which jobs in Japan have the most and least overtime? Survey investigates
- Anime fan’s husband builds an awesomely hilarious birthday present for her【Video】
- Oshi kamidana – Literal altars you can build to enshrine your favorite anime character or idol
- Tokyo hot spring allows guests with tattoos to bathe… with some very odd restrictions
- Newest Japanese vending machine crush: Keikyu’s kimchi vending machine!【Taste test】
- “Hey, Japanese taxi driver, take us to the best Sapporo ramen place!” – Things don’t go as planned
- We try Ajinomoto’s new frozen gyoza, come up with a dangerously delicious way to eat them
- Demon Slayer teams up with beef bowl chain to excite fans, test their dexterity with Tanjiro bowl
- We spend a night alone in a stylish hotel that is also storage facility for works of art
- Kyoto sightseeing tour: The most amazing old bathhouses in the city
- Free ultra-low-res stock art website launched by former Nintendo designer
- Studio Ghibli releases wallpapers for Ghibli Park, introduces us to two new forest characters
- Snoop Dogg’s cookbook gets a rebrand in Japan
- Japanese trains now even more convenient as new service lets you pick up groceries at station
- McDonald’s announces end of French fry rationing in Japan
- Our Starbucks “Nothingness” Frappuccino proves you can’t customise out flavour in Japan
- Japanese confectionery store Toraya serves up a surprising meal in Paris
- Cyber Chakai aims to make Japan’s tea ceremony traditions more accessible with modern technology
- Sega creates free digital omamori good luck charms to help you succeed at school and work
- The difference between onigiri rice balls in Tokyo and Osaka
- Everyone in the office works together to make a “Dark Ehomaki Sushi Roll” for Setsubun
- Ghibli Park releases new info, preview images for Howl’s Moving Castle, Princess Mononoke areas
- American sports website promotes upcoming Super Bowl via…Attack on Titan?
- Is Japan’s new Super Thick Ramen worth waiting two hours in the Tokyo cold for?【Taste test】
- McDonald’s Japan introduces square burgers that take us to New York for a limited time
- Cosplay company creates fantasy RPG-style memorial altars for the ashes of your ancestors【Photos】
- Ginza: Where the streetlights are specially designed to make women look beautiful
- Elderly Kyoto man detained by police for three hours because of hammer in his car
- Japan’s Flat Gasha Pon takes gacha capsule toy machines to a whole new level
- Lotteria gives us chocolate burgers for Valentine’s Day in Japan
- Using Starbucks Japan’s hot water to make ochazuke, one of Japan’s best comfort foods
- Is a camping toaster from Daiso any good? We tested one so you don’t have to!
- We brave the winter with the lowest-rated gloves from Amazon Japan
- Beautiful Starbucks in Kyoto blends into its traditional landscape in more ways than one
- Cloud’s Buster Sword is becoming an awesome real-world clock for Final Fantasy fans
- Studio Ghibli theme park launches official website
- Japan’s Finger Pants capsule toys are exactly what they say there are…and we’re not sure why
- Japanese convenience store or Japanese supermarket: Which one is cheaper?
- Wasp larvae bento: a traditional delicacy in the Japanese mountains
January 2022
- Ghibli Museum becomes “Hot Wind Museum” for traditional Japanese range with No Face and Totoro
- The Top 10 anime theme songs that Japanese people jammed to at karaoke in 2021
- Japanese lingerie saleswoman gives Internet a lesson in what bust sizes look like in real life
- We visit Osaka’s newly dubbed Koreatown for the first time and set our sights on all of the food
- Authentic Japanese sword letter openers available through crowdfunding
- We can’t stop eating this chicken ramen noodle and chocolate snack we made【SoraKitchen】
- Japanese festival says thank you and goodbye to daruma good-luck dolls…with fire【Photos】
- The 10 best manga to read in 2022, as recommended by Japanese bookstores
- Our Japanese reporter falls in love with “Lebanese-style gyudon”【SoraKitchen】
- Kyary Pamyu Pamyu bento sold for 10th anniversary tour
- Japanese Twitter user documents month-long crusade to buy a drink from a vending machine
- Japanese elementary school teacher under fire after selling students’ personal info online
- Floating hologram registers coming to Japanese convenience stores【Video】
- Japanese company asks fans to refrain from sending Valentine’s chocolate to game characters
- Sakura Lindor: A Lindt chocolate you can only buy in Japan
- We tried a Japanese egg steamer to achieve the perfect breakfast eggs without a stove
- Getting a driver’s license in Japan the hard way: The first driving test a few more times
- Have we been making pancakes wrong this whole time? Japan’s Zen-Noh shares the best technique
- Japanese KitKat Bears debut exclusively in Japan, but are they any good?
- “Let’s leave it to Goro” – The moment Hayao Miyazaki was truly convinced about Ghibli theme park
- Japanese snack maker apologizes for commotion caused by 1.7-cent price increase
- Studio Ghibli stores start selling super adorable clasp bags with Totoro-patterned fabric
- Blast from the past as this year’s makeup trends inspired by looks from the ’80s and 2000s
- New Japanese mascot character: A train station monster that grabs children who don’t mind the gap
- Sega name to be removed from all of its arcade branches in Japan as part of rebranding
- 7 new winter 2022 anime (besides Attack on Titan and Demon Slayer) our otaku reporter recommends
- A random stranger (or possibly a river spirit) gives us a ramen recommendation by a frozen stream
- Discount super market’s super cheap bento wows us with its looks, confuses us with its taste
- “Hey, Japanese taxi driver, take us to the best restaurant in Kobe!”
- So what’s with that thin sheet of white paper on top of Japanese miso?
- JR East to equip trains station staff with bodycams to protect them from attacks
- Pringles teams up with Hello Kitty for new Sanrio collection in Japan
- One of Tokyo’s best museums is closing and won’t be open again for years
- We eat Kyoto’s best-loved noodle dish at the restaurant that invented it
- Ghibli Park: Opening date, first photos, and a new promo video produced by Studio Ghibli!
- Hands-on with Pokémon Legends: Arceus from someone vomit-inducingly bad at action games
- How much Valentine’s Day chocolate do Japanese schoolgirls give, and to who?【Survey】
- “Genius” child seat at food court in Japanese shopping mall goes viral
- For the working otaku – Convertible bags you can take to work and anime/idol events【Photos】
- Sushi restaurant in Tokyo serves up a plate of “old guy” for only 200 yen
- Starbucks Japan jump starts sakura sweets season with new Sakura White Chocolate with Milk Pudding
- Olympic gold medalist skateboarder wears a kimono on the half-pipe【Video】
- Is the ideal spouse someone who’s your best friend or your war buddy? Japanese singles sound off
- Sumo salt shaker steals the show in new range of Japanese wrestler goods
- Japanese freight container bento satisfies our hunger for unusual lunches
- Are you a sweet and salty fan? Try the new Chicken Ramen Choco Flakes, the dream collab snack
- Japanese convenience store’s cheap knockoff croissant — is it any good?
- Is anime making otaku eat less rice? Government launches Girl Running Late with Rice Ball Project
- “Hey, Japanese taxi driver, take us to the best bubuzuke in Kyoto!”
- Studio Ghibli releases Soot Sprite erasers!
- Turn your bad drawings into gorgeous anime and manga characters!
- Retired pro wrestler Riki Choshu greets you at the door in this new line of sound gachapon toys
- Lost at the nengajo lottery this year? Get a second chance by winning your way to onsen instead
- Sorry, Piplup. Starter Pokémon buddy or not, we’re still gonna eat you【Taste test】
- A paradise for beer lovers — Yokohama combini has over 300 different kinds of beer for sale
- Testing Amazon Japan’s best and worst Japanese demon costumes【Photos】
- Japanese chocolate company sells Valentine’s Day school desks, tents, and more for nostalgia
- For those who want it thick – Japanese vending machine allows you to choose drink thickness
- Haku is…Chihiro’s dead brother? Studio Ghibli fans blown away by Spirited Away theory
- Four train stations in Tokyo installed free groundwater pumps available 24-7
- Poll in Japan shows zero percent of students are aiming to work in goods distribution
- Japanese survey asks exactly why people broke up with their partners
- An amazing icicle world waits just an hour and a half outside downtown Tokyo【Photos】
- 70-year-old arrested after brawl with over 10 bikers
- Here’s what happens when you take medicine and supplements for baldness for two years straight
- Major Japanese bread producer begins selling croissants and cakes made from silkworms
- How to make your kids hate video games using Animal Crossing
- Two men hit by woman falling out of window… who was looking at another man who fell off rooftop
- Snow in Japan turns vending machine into ice-cold gacha game
- New instant ramen from Acecook really puts the “carb” in “carbonara”
- This Shinjuku capsule hotel offers a capsule, a fancy bath, and a sauna for about 3,000 yen per night
- Suntory whiskey chocolates now exist in Japan thanks to aroma chocolatier
- Terrifying snow No Face found in Japan gets thumbs up from Studio Ghibli【Photos】
- What’s the true reason for Japanese train delays classed as “customer support”?
- How to cancel a floor on a Japanese elevator
- “Hey, Japanese taxi driver, take us to the best seafood joint in Otaru!”
- Half of 7-Elevens in Japan to start selling 100-yen Daiso products this month
- Japan’s Mini Stop rolls out “Addictive Kitchen” hash browns to satisfy Japan’s “potato refugees”
- We sigh and swoon over the adorable Year of the Tiger Starbucks goods sold in the rest of Asia
- Sailor Moon’s Senshi get Sanrio partners, English fighting phrases in crossover merch line
- Taste-testing the “cheese that gives you weird dreams”【Experiment】
- Japanese karaoke rooms become live concert venues for otaku and oshikatsu
- Former Nintendo headquarters reopens as hotel in Kyoto
- Tokyoites don’t recognize legendary manga artist as Akira creator goes for stealthy stroll【Video】
- New Japanese KitKat is…a Heartful Bear!
- Is McDonald’s Japan’s new Godiva hot chocolate worth the relatively high price?
- We find what looks like an alien species at a fish market so of course we make sashimi out of it
- Starbucks Japan’s newest Frappuccino is the only date we need this Valentine’s Day
- Sales of My Melody merchandise featuring Sanrio character’s mom’s life advice get cancelled
- Miyagi restaurant refuses to accept customers’ money after tsunami warning evacuation
- Japan’s Hardcore Gamer General Election generates different results from casuals survey…sort of
- Lace boxer briefs for men: Japanese company creates underwear that’s beautiful and functional
- Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A pop-up cafe to open in Akihabara
- Japan’s Capybara Long Bath Championship 2022! Upstart powerhouse vs. original dynasty【Video】
- Japanese man breaks into school to recover stuff teacher took from him…over 40 years ago
- How to eat a kebab without making a godawful mess – Advice from an Akihabara kebab merchant
- Muji opens its first prepared food-themed store in Higashi Ikebukuro
- Can monkeys win at Japanese crane games? Experiment attempts to find out【Video】
- Meet the Japanese grandma who manually operates vending machines in the countryside
- Studio Ghibli’s Porco Rosso: Behind-the-scenes trivia and secret Easter eggs revealed
- Touken Rambu chocolates are a treat for anime fans and a test of how well you know the characters
- Japanese design company combines human bed and cat tower, proves felines are who runs the home
- Tokyo Disney Resort is set to bring back the snacks and sweet treats at limited park stores
- Japanese hot spring charges almost 35 bucks for bucket of uncooked carrots, otaku likely to pay up
- Japanese toilet piggy bank proves Japan has the best toys
- 64-page book about panda butts selling out fast in Japan
- How much trash is in Village Vanguard’s 2022 Lucky Bags? We bought 7 to find out
- Help us find the winner of a 1.2 billion yen Japanese lottery ticket from last year
- Studio Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki gets a happy ending to his broken eraser tale
- Mr. Sato goes to the Tokyo Auto Salon 2022… front gate【Photos】
- French fry war escalates with a 300-percent larger Bucket Potato from Ministop convenience stores
- Japan’s best-selling beer is changing its recipe for the first time in 35 years
- Tokyo condo frees up space by putting a shower in the kitchen
- Japanese bento serves up a slice of the samurai life in a special carry case
- Turn your water bottle into a Japanese toilet!
- Japanese company engineers soft toys that will nibble your finger, for folks who are into that
- McDonald’s Japan’s new winter menu exclusives: Hot pies and special chicken nuggets
- Sakura forecast 2022 released! Cherry blossoms set to bloom even earlier in Japan this year
- Mother of Sanrio character My Melody gets flak online for dispensing horrible love/life advice
- Limited-edition Kukure Curry-flavored potato chips coming to celebrate its 50th anniversary
- Long wallet or bifold? What your wallet says about you in Japan
- English for otaku – New book provides fans with skills to internationalize their oshikatsu
- Sailor Moon’s Moon Stick becomes the real world’s coolest subway pass
- Live action Attack on Titan actress Satomi Ishihara confirms pregnancy, due date in spring
- Nintendo issues warning about scam sites pretending to be the company’s official homepage
- Official Initial D/Toyota videos bring together and anime and real-life drift kings【Videos】
- Japanese PM’s call to drink more milk successful, mass disposal averted
- As McDonald’s Japan restricts French fry sales, rival boosts its fry sizes by 25 percent, for free
- Tempura yokai are here to terrorize and tantalize capsule toy fans【Photos】
- Which of these Beppu-themed bath salts make your home bath feel most like the famous onsen area?
- We visit the Paris branch of Muji in search for some minimalist products only found in France
- Natural hot spring bathhouse in Tokyo’s Kabukicho is a super-cheap place to stay
- Lindt releases world’s first-ever Sakura Lindor ball in Japan
- Japanese rail fans heartbroken as Tokyo-area Keikyu chooses to retire its last pata pata sign
- Studio Ghibli asks fans to help Hayao Miyazaki replace his beloved eraser
- Spirited Away x Loewe pop-up store in Harajuku whisks visitors away to the world of Studio Ghibli
- Sukiyaki, soba, oden, and other Japanese comfort foods…for your pet cat or dog?!?
- Deadly New Year mochi strikes again, hospitalizing 19 and resulting in 4 deaths
- Japanese firefighter docked pay for making over a million yen from game streaming
- The world’s oldest living person, Kane Tanaka, turned 119 this month
- Liev Schreiber’s son deemed “too beautiful” in Japan
- Do men in Japan stand or sit to urinate?
- Giant Pokémon Go video display at Shinjuku Station brings our reporter to tears
- Osaka restaurant has ramen for those who like it spicy, cold, sweet, hot, creamy, salty and meaty
- Most of Japan’s new adults hope to fall in love and get married, according to recent survey
- Japan’s number-one cosplayer Enako shows us her cosplay costume room【Video】
- Stay warm with Gelato Pique’s new line of Animal Crossing loungewear coming out this week
- Hash browns disappear from McDonald’s Japan branches as country’s potato shortage continues
- Power up with this positively scrumptious kakuni braised pork Pac-Man manju from Nagasaki
- Naruto Shippuden x Mizuno sneaker collaboration delights with subtle nods to main ninja trio
- Japanese resort travel company is offering exciting “revenge” graduation trips
- One of Japan’s coolest castles looks even cooler this winter with laser mapping art event【Video】
- Japanese government now officially allowed to use question marks and exclamation points
- Gorgeous Pokémon sculpture made from beer bottles and crystal candy
- Study suggests Japanese curry effective at staving off dementia
- Which Japanese convenience store has the best plain onigiri rice balls?
- Say hello to Japan’s new generation of adults, fresh from Kitakyushu’s seijinshiki ceremony
- Studio Ghibli answers Spirited Away fan questions, reveals exciting facts and trivia behind the film
- Studio Ghibli unleashes Turnip Head on the world
- Gray-sky Gundam photo will brighten the hearts of anyone who loves anime or awesomeness
- Japan’s great at imitations, Japanese man hears U.S. coworkers say, then decides to hear them out
- McDonald’s Japan’s Samurai Mac series: which burger is the greatest warrior of all?
- Gundam lingerie is a way to show your love for giant robots and their handsome anime boy pilots
- Japan’s Curry Bread Grand Prix award winner is…a dorayaki sweet?
- Starbucks Japan’s seasonal food menu recommendations are full of delectable sweets and sandwiches
- McDonald’s Japan’s French fry rationing extended for about another month
- Married Japanese men and women rank the things they miss most about single life
- Snow falls at Ghibli Museum, creates a magical anime wonderland【Pics & Video】
- Perfectly made snow Totoro spotted by anime director in Japan’s frozen north
- Yep, that’s a whole ice cream cone as a ramen topping, as this restaurant in Japan offers【Pics】
- The “Party Lucky Bag” from Amazon wasn’t quite the party we were expecting
- Thanko lucky bag gives us gadgets we didn’t even know we needed
- How many favorite voice actors do Japanese high school kids have and who are they?
- Can our 30-something reporter pull off the fashions of this hit lucky bag for Tokyo teens?【Pics】
- High-ranking U.S. politician confirmed as a Demon Slayer music fan
- New designs added to custom Pokémon name pendants including popular fave Piplup
- Tokyo changes age limit for kids going into opposite sex’s bath at hot springs and sento
- Pokémon Café celebrates upcoming release of Pokémon Legends game with new limited-edition menu
- New Year lucky bag from makeup giant Shu Uemura may disappoint makeup buffs but thrill otaku
- Burger King Japan doesn’t believe in a guilt-free New Year
- Spider-Man: No Way Home Japanese dub voice actor is…our reporter P.K. Sanjun!
- Sunshine Aquarium’s 2022 lucky bag is a true rarity
- Gunma man arrested for attempted marriage of woman without her knowledge
- Tokyo’s yuki chazuke: An ultra-rare delicacy you can only get right now (and that we made up)
- Photo of snowy Japanese temple wows people around the world
- Number of pachinko parlors in Japan decreasing rapidly, down 12 percent in two years
- Our cat mom reporter learns how her cats truly feel about her through a cat translation app
- Japan one of only two countries where Twitter beats Facebook in social media market share
- Masked stranger in Tokyo secretly takes down someone else’s Christmas lights, puts them away【Vid】
- Hayao Miyazaki draws Year of the Tiger illustration for New Year’s card to Studio Ghibli fans
- Comparing Starbucks lucky bags in Japan proves some bundles are better than others
- The Akihabara ? Bag lucky bag may disappoint you if you yourself are a pretty weird guy
- Japan’s beloved Zima discontinued after sales hurt by COVID-19
- This lucky bag of anime models is also a decades-long history lesson for our mecha newbie
- Ichiran Ramen doubles the price of its lucky bag this New Year, but is it worth it?
- The Muji “Fukukan” puts a disappointing spin on Japan’s New Year’s lucky bag tradition
- We get our hands on a coveted Yodobashi lucky bag, this time the beauty and health gadget box
- Drip-brewed drinkable soups developed by Japanese soy sauce giant
- Village Vanguard’s “dangerous” lucky bag promises thrilling highs and miserable lows
- New Urusei Yatsura anime TV series is on the way with new character designer, voice cast【Video】
- Uniqlo Japan’s lucky bag creates chaos at Tokyo store
- We hunt for Dom Pérignon in these wine fukubukuro lucky bag boxes from Kaldi
- Five million yen reward offered to anyone who can find missing dog in Tokyo
- Demon Slayer lucky bag from Akihabara slays us with awesome anime merch
- We buy a kitchen gadget lucky bag that was so heavy we had to call for help to bring it home
- Krispy Kreme lucky bag disappoints doughnut lovers around the nation
- KFC Japan gives us a lucky bag that would make the Colonel proud
- Mos Burger brings back sake shakes, business manga, and vintage websites all at once
- McDonald’s celebrates New Year in Japan with a special lucky bag
- Akihabara card shop asks visitors to stop getting liquored up inside the store
- A hidden coffee gem: We indulge in a decadent coffee float at a Starbucks Reserve Bar
- Akihabara junk shop offers “Guaranteed iPad and other various items!!” lucky bag in 2022
- We literally stretch the limits of fashion with our self-made Uniqlo HeatTech dresses【Pics】
- Japanese Internet mesmerized by photo showing road that appears to go straight into the sky
- What’s inside the Super Mario lucky bag from Japan?
- Taste-testing the Attack on Titan rice ball that “shouldn’t be on sale”【Taste test】
- Online pilgrimages along Japan’s famous Shikoku Henro route begin later this year
- Real Buddhist monk shows off hot (and sweet) EDM dance moves in Mount Koya video
- The best Japanese cosplayers from Day 2 of Winter Comiket 2021【Photos】
- Studio Ghibli fukubukuro: The lucky bag everyone in Japan wants to get their hands on at New Year
- Limited time Pokémon Lapras Cafe in Miyagi Prefecture promotes tourism in northern Japan
- The Starbucks fukubukuro: One of the rarest lucky bags in Japan
- Episode of Gunma-chan anime deemed not suitable for children and shelved
- It’s eco-friendly AND delicious! Popular Yamanashi sweet now comes in an edible container
- Japan’s gorilla poo oranges are now in season, and being given away for free!
- Happy New Year from SoraNews24!