Starbucks Japan releases a Japanese Chai Tea Latte…at only two locations

Unusual local ingredients make this one of the best drinks we’ve ever had at Starbucks.

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Soak in a sand bath in Beppu, Japan’s famous onsen region

How to enjoy the healing powers of hot sand at this popular seaside location. 

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Cosplay costume room tour by Japan’s number-one cosplayer Enako is an eye-opener【Video】

A look at the anime and manga character costumes that earn Enako millions of yen.

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Keeping up with the kids: Japanese high schoolers’ most popular slang of Spring 2022

Would you be surprised if most of these trendy words came from social media?

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Did this ’90s Japanese horror manga predict the coronavirus pandemic?

Manga artist draws amazing parallels between fiction and reality.

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Japanese company designs fashionable pouch to keep scraps of trash in

Gum wrappers swimming at the bottom of your purse or pocket? No longer.

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Tochigi Prefecture’s three new Pokéfuta are the first in the north of Japan’s Kanto region

These new Pokéfuta also mean that half of all Japanese prefectures are now equipped with their own unique Pokémon manhole covers.

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Starbucks Japan’s new sakura drinkware collection captures “beauty and fragility” of the blooms

Limited-edition cherry blossom goods look set to disappear faster than the flowers.

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Starbucks Japan unveils new sakura drinkware and menu items at the Tokyo Roastery

Cherry blossoms bloom across sweets, drinks, mugs, and leather accessories this hanami season.

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Tokyo’s Ikebukuro is looking very different, and also pretty sad, these days【Photos】

Our resident otaku reporter’s Ikebukuro homecoming is bittersweet.

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Kagawa Prefecture is transformed into Slowpoke Paradise in a brand-new travel campaign

Slowpoke buses, Slowpoke hotel rooms, and even a Slowpoke ferry pop up in Kagawa’s cities (but don’t worry because the service isn’t slow).

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Starbucks Japan reveals new Sakura Frappuccino for 2022

Hanami drinks pair cherry blossoms with some very special traditional ingredients.

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Massive blizzard creates crazy snow scenes in Sapporo【Photos, videos】

Heaviest snows in nearly a decade completely stop all train service going into or out of Sapporo Station.

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Violence IS the answer – Japanese farmers using hammers to grow more mushrooms

Swinging hammers now part of cultivating shiitake.

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Tokyo has a secret, members-only parfait bar, and here’s what’s waiting inside【Photos】

Remake Easy is like a speakeasy with sweets, and they don’t tell their address to anybody until they’re part of the inner circle.

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Kyoto sightseeing tour: exclusive temple tours, meditation lessons, and incense making

The most zen part of our self-guided Kyoto tour.

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Tokyo hotel lets your rent out entire Japanese bath facility, become lord of the baths【Pics】

You don’t need to be staying overnight to enjoy this special kind of relaxing luxury.

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Japanese randoseru schoolbag becomes a sling bag for adults

For cool kids who are all grown up.

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Which jobs in Japan have the most and least overtime? Survey investigates

Results also show wide gap in amount of overtime done by men and women.

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Anime fan’s husband builds an awesomely hilarious birthday present for her【Video】

Prince of Tennis pair shows off mesmerizing motions.

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