Sep 20, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Only two Yoshinoya branches in all of Japan are on a train platform, and this is one of them Gyudon on the go in Kyobashi Station. When you spot a restaurant on a train platform in Japan, the odds are extremely high that it’s going to be a noodle joint, and specifically a soba/udon one. Si...
Sep 20, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Japanese sweet potato ice cream season! Häagen-Dazs and Muji take different paths to our hearts Two completely different ways to make a delicious Japanese autumn dessert. Now that we’re into the back half of September, we’re ready to switch our sweets snacking into autumn mode. And just like ...
Sep 20, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Japanese convenience store is very focused with its new bento…maybe TOO focused Lawson’s crazy corn bento arrives as part of new series of “sugi” foods. In Japanese, the suffix -sugi translates literally as “too” or “too much,” but it can also be used in the sense of “very.” T...
Sep 20, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Studio Ghibli releases new anime socks that pay tribute to characters from four different movies Cosy up in colder weather with cute characters cuddling your toes. With the days now getting colder in Japan, it’s time to start looking for cosy socks, and for Ghibli fans there’s no better way to...
Sep 19, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Gang of angry monkeys surrounds and attacks Japanese man in hot spring town Morning walk interrupted by notorious Troop T1. The town of Yugawara, in Kanagawa Prefecture, seems like it should be a very tranquil place. A seaside hot spring town, with baths and inns dotting t...
Sep 19, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Fox spotted in Tokyo’s 23 wards, Japanese Internet wonders if it’s a shapeshifting spirit [Video] Foxes rarely venture this close to the Tokyo city center…unless kitsune spirits are here all the time. You can spot lots of representations of foxes in Tokyo. Fox spirit sculptures often guard the ...
Sep 19, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- JAL first class cakes can be bought for a bargain, but are they as bougie as they seem? In Japan, a cake that’s “imperfect” can sometimes be perfect. Whenever we’re not eating sweets, you can find us on the Internet, searching for sweets, and the rarer they are, the better. So when ou...
Sep 19, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Naked illuminates Kyoto’s cultural traditions in Nijo Castle’s latest digital art spectacular Featuring night-lit gardens, imperial poetry, and custom digital garments. Kyoto is home to an abundance of heritage fused with modernity: a place where you could espy a traditional building from a...
Sep 18, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- New Gundam Base superstores coming soon in the U.S., with one opening this month Bandai Namco’s store that’s all about anime Mobile Suits is moving into new territories. There’s a Gundam-shaped, and also Gundam-sized, hole in the hearts of anime enthusiasts in Tokyo these days,...
Sep 18, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Tokyo’s Square Burger claims it’s a viral hit with foreign tourists who’ve given it near-perfect Google reviews Burger stand near Tokyo’s most famous temple has local partners with more than 100 years of history helping the Square Burger stick out from the crowd. They say nobody’s perfect, but with an averag...
Sep 18, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Hatsune Miku/Hokusai exhibition in Tokyo lets you make your own Miku woodblock print Printing Museum hosts mini exhibition for crossover of virtual idol and ukiyo-e art. As Japan’s first virtual idol, Hatsune Miku was a major milestone in the digital art field. She wasn’t the count...
Sep 18, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Bear spotted near most popular hiking trail on Tokyo’s most popular hiking mountain Officials calling for caution as Mt. Takao enters peak hiking season. Fall is, by far, the best time of year to go hiking in Japan. Free from worries about the snows of winter, the hay fever-trigge...
Sep 18, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Starbucks Japan unveils Mitsuimo Milk, a new drink that celebrates the taste of autumn Limited-edition beverage introduces us to the magic that happens when you roast a Japanese sweet potato. In Japan, the arrival of autumn brings with it a bounty of seasonal produce, and one of the ...
Sep 18, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Free Mt. Fuji helicopter rescues for offseason hikers are ending in Yamanashi Governor asks offseason hikers to “stop waving around their freedom to climb the mountain as if it’s the only thing that matters.” As the country’s most famous landmark, Mt. Fuji inspires musings o...
Sep 17, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- “Lineup” begins for iPhone18 in Tokyo It’s more of a pointup than a lineup though. On 16 September, our veteran reporter Mr. Sato was strolling through Tokyo’s Omotesando neighborhood. It was a rather wet and miserable day, as many thi...
Sep 17, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Starbucks Corporation is planning to sell off Starbucks Japan, report says Do Starbuck Japan and Starbucks U.S.A. not need each other anymore? Like 7-Eleven and McDonald’s, Starbucks has become an originally American brand that many travelers will tell you does things a l...
Sep 17, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Get more room in your luggage with new clothing compression machines at Haneda and Narita airports Forget packing hacks, Pocket Tips is the fastest and easiest way to create more room in your suitcase. When you’re travelling to Japan, every inch of space in your suitcase is precious, because aft...
Sep 17, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Everything old is new, and cool, again at this hotel in Japan’s hot spring town comeback king As a new generation of travelers discovers Atami, it’s the New Akao’s time to shine again. Atami is a great town to go to if you don’t want to do anything. That’s not a sarcastic, backhanded compli...
Sep 17, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- OC Japan Fair returns to California packed with all kinds of Japanese culture Tuna dismantling? You bet! Every year, a weekend celebration of almost all things Japanese takes place in Orange County, California, and this year it’s coming back bigger than ever. From 16 to 18 O...
Sep 16, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Does Tokyo need self-driving taxis? Waymo thinks so, plans to launch fleet soon It’s hard to see why Tokyoites would prefer self-driving cabs to regular ones, but that might not be what Waymo is betting on. Japan has, by and large, passed on ride-sharing services. Though they’...
