You can always count on cool drinkware, cute plushies, and free coffee from Starbucks Japan at New Year’s.
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Mt Fuji, daruma dolls, and zodiac year motifs are just some of the images featured in this limited-edition Japanese collection.
Exclusive drinkware is stylish and touching, and its companion journal is even more moving.
Limited-edition collection includes some special items for the home and kitchen to keep you cosy and warm through the holiday period.
Turn your room into a Sony shrine with cute button-shaped lights and all manner of controller-shaped appliances!
Beautiful new collection celebrates “an autumn festival of animals living in the coffee forest“.
“Godfather of streetwear” reimagines Starbucks as a gas stand that sells exclusive Fragment drinkware and T-shirts.
Mythical winged horse appears on travel mugs, tumblers, and inside a special snow dome lid for a limited time.
Can’t make a pilgrimage to see your favorite Pokémon? You can now enjoy Pokéfuta in the comfort of your own home.
Travel mugs, cups and glasses adorned with pink blooms sit alongside cherry blossom mocktails for a limited time.




















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Tokyo event lets you travel back in time, for free, to celebrate 100 years since Showa era start
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Studio Ghibli releases Kodama forest spirits from Princess Mononoke to light up your home
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The top 10 annoying foreign tourist behaviors on trains, as chosen by Japanese people【Survey】
No more using real katana for tourism activities, Japan’s National Police Agency says
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