SoraNews24

SoraNews24 is a Tokyo-based news site. In 2008, our sister site, RocketNews24 published its first Japanese-language article, and two years later came the start of our English site, which originally existed exclusively to translate articles from our Japanese colleagues. Over time we’ve expanded the amount of English-language content we produce while maintaining a focus on fun, weird, and intriguing news from Asia, particularly Japan.

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Japan’s best-amenity budget hotel chain gets extra-affordable with “Global Cabin” rooms

Spending a night in Dormy Inn’s quasi-capsule hotel rooms still gets you access to all the great stuff the facility offers.

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This budget hotel near Tokyo Dome has one of the best breakfast buffets in the city

An affordable luxury that’s a great way to start your day of Tokyo travel.

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Beautiful full reprints of every past Studio Ghibli anime movie program can be ordered online

Now it’s never too late to get your hands on these once theater-only pieces of Ghibli memorabilia.

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Haneda Airport’s new rice ball stand — Sister shop Tokyo’s best out-of-the-way onigiri spot

International terminal’s Konga serves up the taste of Bongo.

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Japan’s favorite budget lifestyle goods chain now has classy, cool, and cheap squirt guns

Three Coins helps us build a stylish water arsenal just as a heat wave hits Japan.

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Japan’s fried curry hamburger is here, and not quite like anything we’ve eaten before【Taste test】

Dom Dom Hamburger creates a new way for us to love curry.

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We deeply, wetly regret underestimating this crazy obstacle course in the mountains of Japan【Vid】

A humbling experience awaits at Tochigi’s Yomogiyama Log Village.

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Tokyo juice vending machine also gives you…a hammer?!?

Stop, hammer and juice time!

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Tokyo Central Youth Hostel: Low prices, great location, and especially great for morning people

One of the low-key best neighborhoods to stay in when traveling in Tokyo will have you seeing the city right away and maybe very early too.

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The Unagyu Burger Kit’s ultra expensive/ultra cheap mixture is here, and it’s time to taste test it

A cheap grub/fine dining hybrid from a nationwide fast food chain and an exclusive sushi restaurant.

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Old-school Shibuya Hyakkendana neighborhood targeted for urban renewal — Will it lose its charm?

Shibuya subsection has a unique vibe, and we talk to the Tokyo city government about if it’s going to be swept away.

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Sweet! Godiva Cafes in Tokyo now have delicious, surprisingly affordable breakfast sets

It’s OK to eat chocolate for breakfast as long as you have some fruit with it too, right?

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Manga water damage rescue tip lets us read our favorites without fear in the bathtub

Our reporter loves nothing more than a good soak with a good manga, and now she knows how to get rid of the page warping that comes with that combination.

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Harry Potter walk-through museum is now open in Tokyo, and here’s what you can see there【Photos】

Warner Brothers Studio Tokyo Making of Harry Potter lets you visit everything from the Great Hall of Hogwarts to the closet Harry lived in at the Dursley’s.

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The best cosplayers from Chibicon, Indonesia’s summertime anime convention【Photos】

Our Indonesian otaku makes the trip to Surabaya for the otaku culture celebration.

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Visiting Kunozan Toshogu, the shrine where the first lord of Japan’s last shogunate was buried

The site of Ieyasu’s grave also has an amazing hidden-gem museum that far too many visitors skip.

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A night at the 114-year-old Nara hotel, where emperors, Einstein, and Audrey Hepburn stayed【Pics】

Taisho-era hotel feels like an elegant museum that you can sleep in.

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Ramen and girls bar: Where you can talk to women who aren’t dressed like hosts or maids

Filling a niche we never knew existed.

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Tokyu Kabukicho Tower backtracks on its gender-neutral toilets, rejigging them to appease public

New complex in Tokyo refashions its restrooms following public backlash.

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A visit to T-CAT, Tokyo’s often forgotten City Air Terminal【Photos】

Once a super convenient portal for flying out of Tokyo, a lot of people forget the Tokyo City Air Terminal still exists.

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