Sep 24, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Japanese airport offering 19,250-yen sandwiches as last Japan meal for international travelers If you want one last taste of Japanese luxury, Kansai International Airport has a restaurant that says it can give it to you in just five minutes. With delicious food being one of the major things ...
Sep 24, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- US$9,700 solid-gold Pokémon figure going on sale in Japan, life-size gold-leaf Pikachu appears too Artisans create an extremely expensive, and extremely accurate, recreation of a certain Steel/Ghost-type Pokémon. If you’re lucky enough to find an interest in your youth that you can enjoy into yo...
Sep 23, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Sanrio to release own rhythm game for smartphones next January Hello, tired fingers. Sometimes I wonder if there’s a corner of existence that Hello Kitty and her friends from Sanrio haven’t established a presence in. Electric guitars? Check. Gundam? Check. Hau...
Sep 23, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Beautiful Studio Ghibli coin/card cases recreate scenes and props from anime classics [Photos] What better place to carry your train pass than inside No Face’s Spirited Away train ride? In Japan, the vast majority of transactions involve either coins or a card. Yen coins go all the way up to...
Sep 23, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Japan restarts at-home collection agent visits for public TV fees Japan’s public broadcaster will once again send third-party agents to people’s doors, resuming unpopular tactic of collecting quasi-obligated fees. Imagine you’re sitting at home, and all of a sudd...
Sep 23, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Converse Japan and one of Japan’s greatest painters combine for fine fowl shoes [Photos] An all-star of the Edo period art world graces a new canvas. The defining detail of Converse’s All Stars series of sneakers is that the shoes are made with canvas. Of course, linguistically, “canva...
Sep 23, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Bear found on Japanese fishing boat, escapes into the sea Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water… Long-time readers of news in Japan will undoubtedly know that we have something of a bear problem. Dwindling human populations in rural ...
Sep 23, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- New Cardcaptor Sakura fashion line delivers magical girl style for real-world ladies Anime-inspired looks with for-fans nods to the classic series. Creative costumes are a hallmark of the magical girl anime genre, and while Japanese fashion brand Axes Femme may not be able to provi...
Sep 22, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Famous Kyoto shrine has a message for foreign tourists who think it’s okay to dance at sacred sites Fushimi Inari Taisha asks visitors to show some respect after dance videos filmed beneath its famous torii gates spark criticism online. One of the things that draws tourists to Kyoto is its shrine...
Sep 22, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Studio Ghibli releases new plush mascot character collection with a focus on friendship Unlikely friendships form across anime movie borders with this new range of soft plush toys. One of the big things that makes a Studio Ghibli film so magical is its characters. A lot of the time, t...
Sep 22, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Pikachu plushie actually goes into space as part of Pokémon/European Space Agency collaboration Shared spirit of adventure leads to team-up between Pokémon franchise ahead of World Space Week. French astronaut Sophie Adenot is currently on her first trip to space, as part of the European Spac...
Sep 22, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Final Fantasy VII’s Buster Sword gets real-world practicality as a giant towel [Photos] The fantasy of using Cloud’s sword every day can now become a reality. There’s a whole lot of imagery in anime and video games that looks awesome but would be impractical in the real world. Even wi...
Sep 22, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Denny’s Mapputatsu? Parfait is hiding a big secret in plain sight that splits us down the middle The Mapputatsu? Parfait tackles food waste without sacrificing visuals so that you can still happily feed both yourself and your phone. Back in January, a new style of parfait appeared at Denny’s J...
Sep 22, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Three amazing Japanese convenience store sweet potato desserts to eat right now (and 11 for later) A roadmap for starting your journey of eating your way through Family Mart’s sweet potato sweets lineup. Though they usually have a little fruit and vegetable corner where you can pick up some bana...
Sep 21, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Studio Ghibli unveils new anime stationery collection, with a Spirited Away River God memo stand The mysterious god even has a moving mouth, to eat the tasty anime meals on the note pads. As ardent lovers of both Studio Ghibli and Japanese stationery, we’re always very excited when the anime s...
Sep 21, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- My night trapped in Nagoya’s flood: what do you do when Japan’s trains shut down? Here is essential advice for surviving sudden disaster in Japan. On September 8, 2026, the regions of Chubu, the center of Japan, were struck by an aggressive autumn front that unleashed a sudden a...
Sep 21, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Emperor of Japan poses for photo with Studio Ghibli’s No Face [Video] Japan’s reigning monarch and his sweetheart get into the spirit of Ghibli Park. Theme parks are popular date spots in Japan, and Ghibli Park is no exception. On any given day you can expect to see ...
Sep 21, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- The number of centenarians living in Japan tops 100,000 for the first time Perhaps even more impressively, it’s also the 56th consecutive year that centenarian numbers have broken records. 100 is an impressive number on its own, especially when you see it laid out in some...
Sep 21, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Car-floating sheets selling well to cope with increasing flood risk in Japan If you can’t beat them, float on them. As in many corners of the globe, Japan has been putting up with an increasing number of previously rare weather-related natural disasters. One of the more sur...
Sep 21, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Tokyo cafe challenges customers to play with their food? Challenge accepted! Riding the waves and eating the sweets in Asagaya. It’s been said that you can learn everything you really need to know in life in kindergarten, but that’s obviously oversimplifying things quite a ...
