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Next time you feel like taking a coffee break, why not head over to the NagaLatte Cafe in Harajuku, where you can try Snow Brand Milk’s newest beverage and experience what it’s like to work as a manga illustrator, animator, or other creative professional?
Join our Japanese writer on a taste-test of dreams. We promise this is the only birthday cake you’ll ever need!
In our continuing endeavor to visit McDonald’s restaurants around the world we sample the unique regional offerings the international chain creates to appease the locals and delight tourists.
This time RocketNews24 sent a reporter to a McDonald’s in the Philippines to sample one of their localized combos centered by a heap of McSpaghetti. The following is their report.
Stamina-destroying “Paralysis Noodles” are Tokyo’s newest over-the-top ramen innovation
China’s don’t-go-to-Japan warning seems to be affecting Osaka’s Namba and Dotonbori neighborhoods
Japanese company selling bear-proof automatic doors
What’s inside the McDonald’s Japan fukubukuro lucky bag for 2026?
Uniqlo Ukiyo-e Blue T-shirts: A cool-hued reinterpretation of some of Japan’s greatest paintings
Is China’s don’t-go-to-Japan warning affecting tourist crowd sizes in Nara?
Minecraft User Decides to Make Kinkakuji, Eventually Creates the Entire City of Kyoto
Stay in a Tokyo hotel with a train driver’s seat in the room
Buildings transform into giant robots in Japanese real estate company’s anime commercial【Video】
Stay in a hotel in Japan where you can see a UFO
Nintendo’s Kirby now delivering orders at Kura Sushi restaurants, but not in Japan
Japan considering raising international traveler departure tax even more than previously reported
Is China’s don’t-go-to-Japan warning affecting tourist crowds in Shibuya’s Don Quijote?Is China’s don’t-go-to-Japan warning affecting tourist crowd sizes in Nara?China’s don’t-go-to-Japan warning seems to be affecting Osaka’s Namba and Dotonbori neighborhoods
Japanese town suing resident for being a jerk
Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
You can now buy a Japanese train station clock in Japan
Japanese police attempting to clamp down on “zombie cigarettes”
Tokyo’s Ueno Station has an unmanned noodle restaurant on its platform, and its no-joke goodJapan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
Starbucks Japan unveils new Christmas goods and a rhinestone tumbler that costs 19,500 yen
Real-world Nausicaa Ghibli anime glider completes its final flight in Japan【Video】
Brand-new Pokémon park opens in Japan with larger-than-life-size Lapras【Photos】
Japanese train company is letting fans buy its actual ticket gates for their homes
Is China’s don’t-go-to-Japan warning affecting tourist crowds in Tokyo’s Asakusa neighborhood?
The 10 best day trips from downtown Tokyo【Survey】
Naturally brown-haired Osaka student sues government for forcing her to dye her hair black
Japanese government considering tripling departure taxes to combat overtourismNintendo’s Kirby now delivering orders at Kura Sushi restaurants, but not in Japan
Survey asks foreign tourists what bothered them in Japan, more than half gave same answerJapan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
Japan’s deadliest food claims more victims, but why do people keep eating it for New Year’s?
We deeply regret going into this tunnel on our walk in the mountains of Japan
Studio Ghibli releases Kodama forest spirits from Princess Mononoke to light up your home
Major Japanese hotel chain says reservations via overseas booking sites may not be valid
Put sesame oil in your coffee? Japanese maker says it’s the best way to start your day【Taste test】
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
Starbucks Japan reveals new sakura drinkware collection, inspired by evening cherry blossoms
Is China’s don’t-go-to-Japan warning affecting tourist crowd sizes in Nara?
Minecraft User Decides to Make Kinkakuji, Eventually Creates the Entire City of Kyoto
Stay in a Tokyo hotel with a train driver’s seat in the room
Buildings transform into giant robots in Japanese real estate company’s anime commercial【Video】
Stay in a hotel in Japan where you can see a UFO
New anime mecha figure’s pilot is…you!?!【Photos】
Starbucks Japan releases the new Soupuccino, but is it everything it’s cracked up to be?
Studio Ghibli releases The Boy and the Heron merchandise in Japan【Pics】
Popular Japanese ramen restaurant Ichiran’s lucky bags are great value for money
Japan Super Budget Dining – What’s the best way to spend 1,000 yen at Yoshinoya?
Osaka teen arrested for hacking into Internet cafe’s app to steal data, was helped by Chat-GPT
Pokémon Christmas season starting early with adorable new line of fashions and decorations【Pics】