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Google’s first Google Store outside the U.S. is now open in Tokyo

But it’s not in electronics neighborhood Akihabara that Google has chosen to set up shop.

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Tokyo’s viral 90-yen cafe pop-up returns to Harajuku with yogurt coffee

Enjoy 45 unique drinks at budget prices.

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Harajuku Custom Icees come to help Tokyo’s Takeshita Street stay cute and cool this summer

Slushy sweet drink from the U.S. makes its Harajuku debut.

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New littering fine now being enforced in some of Tokyo’s most heavily touristed areas

Littering in Shibuya will get you a fine that must be paid on the spot.

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Art exhibition coming to Tokyo this month brings the cute, scary, and weird to ukiyo-e

Animals & Monsters: Cute, Scary, and a Little Weird is the perfect exhibition for anyone who delights in art that doesn’t take itself too seriously.

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Ikea Japan closing two downtown Tokyo flagship stores — Why couldn’t they make it in the big city?

It’s not a total withdraw, but the chain’s downtown Tokyo footprint is going to get a lot smaller.

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Harajuku’s new permanent Tamagotchi shop is filled with cuteness and a surprising lack of poop

The colorful displays and activities make Tamagotchi feel a lot less stressful than what we remember.

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Tokyo adding new anti-littering fines in Shibuya and Harajuku, will require more trash cans too

With fewer excuses for littering, there’s going to be less tolerance too.

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Tokyo’s first gourmet choco banana specialty shop is worth stopping in Harajuku for

Dip Me Banana elevates the simple snack to something a whole lot more substantial and special.

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Live out your own Roman Holiday by eating the same gelato that Audrey Hepburn ate…in Tokyo!

There’s even a place to sit while you eat that resembles the Spanish Steps in the famous film scene.

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Kawaii Monster Land getting set to become Harajuku’s newest whimsical underground wonderland

Pon pon your way way down to this fantastical amusement park later in the year.

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Draco Malfoy himself comes to Tokyo to visit Harajuku’s brand-new Harry Potter store【Photos】

Slytherin star slithers into Harajuku, makes amends with Buckbeak as a Japanese superfan talks about how Draco changed his life.

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What’s it like at Samoyed Cafe Moffu Harajuku?

Dog cafe in Tokyo is a hit with locals and overseas tourists. 

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Tokyo has a brand new Harry Potter shop with its own butterbeer bar – Let’s see what’s inside【Pics】

The wizarding world comes to the Harajuku fashion district.

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We found a literal hole in the wall in Tokyo for great coffee at amazing prices

We’d have fallen in love with this Harajuku spot even if they didn’t give you free dessert (but they do).

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Chiikawa Bakery launches a limited-time menu of sunburned characters and refreshing drinks

These summer-exclusive character breads are almost too cute to eat. Almost.

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The Great Parm Exhibition coming to Harajuku, Tokyo for frozen treat’s 20th anniversary

What’s the Parm in a little celebration?

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Fukuoka’s Inaba Udon chain comes to Harajuku and we slurp up every last drop of it

Yup, we’d do just about anything for these noodles with a unique tempura topping.

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Final visit to the last Cold Stone Creamery in Tokyo before it closes leaves us with a bad taste

Could the demise of Cold Stone have been prevented in Japan if they’d done this earlier?

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Cold Stone permanently closing its final Tokyo branch, but why is the chain struggling in Japan?

Once the hottest ice cream chain in the country, Cold Stone is now just one step away from completely disappearing from Japan.

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