Amusement Parks (Page 6)
How much longer are we going to have to wait for the world’s first Nintendo theme park zone?
For all lovers of pastel, cute things, and cartoon characters (especially Hello Kitty) alike.
Amusement park association wants quiet thrill rides, no hugs as part of post-coronavirus closure reopenings.
One of Japan’s oldest theme parks is fading away, but it might be magically reborn as a mecca for fans of the wizard school saga.
If you’ve ever wanted to zip-line through the King of the Monsters or save Japan from one of his rampages, this is your new happiest place on earth.
Pompompurin isn’t quite as cute when he’s hungering for your brains, but you can save him in this mission-based Sanrio Puroland horror event.
Star Wars is OK, but only some Kingdom Hearts characters can enter the happiest place on earth.
Crouch too close to the sewer, and you might catch a glimpse of red…oh, it’s just her ribbon.
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Motorsports, hot springs, huge ramen, and an amusement park: All reasons to visit Suzuka Circuit
Mie Prefecture’s Suzuka is the home of Japan’s most famous racetrack, but there’s more than cars to get excited about.
Tokyo Disneyland and Disney Sea celebrate the Year of the Boar in style with a fan-favorite Disney character in the limelight.
Pair of visitors get called “jerks” online, but we’d have picked a harsher label.
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Red light district sushi restaurant in Tokyo shows us just how wrong we were about it
Anime girl English teacher Ellen-sensei becomes VTuber/VVTUber and NFT
Sandwiches fit for a sumo served up in Osaka【Taste Test】
Tokyo Tsukiji fish market site to be redeveloped with 50,000-seat stadium, hotel, shopping center
Historical figures get manga makeovers from artists of Spy x Family, My Hero Academia and more
Akihabara pop-up shop sells goods made by Japanese prison inmates
McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
Pokémon Sleep camping suite and guestrooms coming to Tokyo Hyatt along with giant Snorlax burgers
Limited-edition Carbonara Udon will anger noodle purists and pasta lovers 【Taste test】
Beautiful Red and Blue Star luxury trains set to be Japan’s new Hokkaido travel stars
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- McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
All-you-can-drink Starbucks and amazing views part of Tokyo’s new 170 meter-high sky lounge
More foreign tourists than ever before in history visited Japan last month
Japanese ramen restaurants under pressure from new yen banknotes
French Fries Bread in Tokyo’s Shibuya becomes a hit on social media
Studio Ghibli releases new action figures featuring Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind characters
New private rooms on Tokaido Shinkansen change the way we travel from Tokyo to Kyoto
Starbucks reopens at Shibuya Scramble Crossing with new look and design concept
Studio Ghibli glasses cases let anime characters keep an eye on your spectacles
Beautiful Ghibli sealing wax kits let you create accessories and elegant letter decorations【Pics】
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- McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
Studio Ghibli releases Kiki’s Delivery Service chocolate cake pouches in Japan
New definition of “Japanese whiskey” goes into effect to prevent fakes from fooling overseas buyers
Our Japanese reporter visits Costco in the U.S., finds super American and very Japanese things
Studio Ghibli unveils Mother’s Day gift set that captures the love in My Neighbour Totoro
New Japanese KitKat flavour stars Sanrio characters, including Hello Kitty- All-you-can-drink Starbucks and amazing views part of Tokyo’s new 170 meter-high sky lounge
- More foreign tourists than ever before in history visited Japan last month
New Pokémon cakes let you eat your way through Pikachu and all the Eevee evolutions
Disney princesses get official manga makeovers for Manga Princess Cafe opening in Tokyo
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Sales of Japan’s most convenient train ticket/shopping payment cards suspended indefinitely- McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
Sold-out Studio Ghibli desktop humidifiers are back so Totoro can help you through the dry season
Japanese government to make first change to romanization spelling rules since the 1950s
Ghibli founders Toshio Suzuki and Hayao Miyazaki contribute to Japanese whisky Totoro label design
Doraemon found buried at sea as scene from 1993 anime becomes real life【Photos】
Tokyo’s most famous Starbucks is closed
One Piece characters’ nationalities revealed, but fans have mixed opinions
We asked a Uniqlo employee what four things we should buy and their suggestions didn’t disappoint
Princesses, fruits, and blacksmiths: Study reveals the 30 most unusual family names in Japan
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Akihabara pop-up shop sells goods made by Japanese prison inmates
McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
Pokémon Sleep camping suite and guestrooms coming to Tokyo Hyatt along with giant Snorlax burgers
Limited-edition Carbonara Udon will anger noodle purists and pasta lovers 【Taste test】
Beautiful Red and Blue Star luxury trains set to be Japan’s new Hokkaido travel stars
Beautiful Ghibli sealing wax kits let you create accessories and elegant letter decorations【Pics】
Starbucks Japan adds a Motto Frappuccino to the menu for a limited time
Sakura tree falls on man at Sannenzaka near Kiyomizu temple in Kyoto 【Breaking News】
Japanese ramen restaurants under pressure from new yen banknotes
New Japanese convenience store sandwiches feel like they’re out to kill us
Japanese convenience store fools us with its 40-percent-more sandwich, but in a good way
Flying scarecrow in Japanese countryside scares people across Japanese Internet【Video】
Kyoto may be getting more modern, tall buildings as city relaxes development limits
A trip to hell on Japan’s ‘vomit ship’: Is it as bad as everyone says it is?
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