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Japanese ramen restaurant serves up noodles via gacha toy capsules
What surprise meal will the gacha gods bless us with today? Our Japanese-language reporter Yuuichiro Wasai was wandering around Harajuku the other day looking for something to eat but nothing seemed...
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Spirited Away x Loewe pop-up store in Harajuku whisks visitors away to the...
New store is just as magical as the exclusive goods inside it. When it comes to filmmaking, Studio Ghibli is all about high levels of quality and perfection, and it’s the same when it comes to their...
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Hot Topic and Studio Ghibli are opening a fashion store in Tokyo’s...
Awesome Princess Mononoke denim and Spirited Away Yokosuka jackets join extra-kawaii Totoro at Harajuku Collective pop-up store. There’s a pretty large crossover between Hot Topic shoppers and anime...
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Bears serve environmentally friendly coffee and treats via a hole in the wall...
Tokyo’s newest cafe is adorable, Instagram-worthy and environmentally conscious. A new cafe that recently opened in Tokyo’s trendy Harajuku neighbourhood is offering customers the opportunity to have...
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Why Gonpachi Nori-Temaki in Harajuku is a great Japanese restaurant for...
Mr Sato reckons this hand-rolled sushi joint is perfect for international visitors. In amongst the crepe stalls and youth-oriented sweets stores of Harajuku, it can be hard to find a place to eat good...
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Garbage-collecting samurai keep Japanese streets clean, but what’s their real...
We sit down with the environmentally conscious Gomihiroi Samurai to find out what they’re really about. Japanese streets are generally known for being clean, but that’s no excuse for people to rest...
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Fender to open first-ever flagship store in Harajuku this summer
A store that encourages everyone to be picky. There’s certainly a lot to see and do in Tokyo, and among all of its culture and cuisine are its many flagship stores. These large and stylish shopping...
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Rilakkuma Cafe opening in Harajuku to celebrate relaxing bear’s 20th...
20 years since Rilakkuma’s debut, the adorable character still isn’t done relaxing. You wouldn’t exactly describe Rilakkuma as an industrious dynamo. The character’s name, after all, is a mashup of...
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Move aside, maid cafes — this Tokyo cafe has actors who pretend to be your...
We visit the new Tomodachi ga Yatteru Cafe in Harajuku, where staff are paid to pose as your friends. Tokyo’s Harajuku is always at the forefront of youth culture trends, where you can experiment with...
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Dango samurai swords appear in Tokyo’s Harajuku, so Mr Sato heads out to try...
Crazy long sweets are about to take over your Instagram and TikTok feeds, but are they worth eating? Tokyo is slowly coming back to life again after being under a coronavirus cloud for several years,...
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Noodle joint in Harajuku becomes a hot topic with foreigners on Reddit, but...
Let’s find out if this Tokyo restaurant is a foreign tourist trap or a place that’s truly worth visiting. The other day, our reporter Seiji Nakazawa went on a journey to Asakusa to give us his verdict...
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“Horse Feces Cafe” opens in Tokyo, looks stylish and delicious【Photos】
Bafun Yasai cafe looks like a fun place to dine and drink with friends. Harajuku is one of Tokyo’s most fashionable neighborhoods, filled with trendy boutiques and cozy cafes. Among the newest of...
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We stop by the first-ever Fender Flagship store in Tokyo for a ham sandwich
These sandwiches have some good action. Earlier this year, we reported on news that the first-ever flagship store for guitar brand Fender would be opening in Tokyo. This is a large-scale store that...
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Cold Stone Creamery returns to the Tokyo city center, and with Tokyo-only...
And of course, we went to check it out. U.S.-based ice cream shop Cold Stone Creamery was once pretty easy to find in Japan, with over two dozen stores across the country selling their tasty, creamy...
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Tokyo’s newest ultra-cheap, no-barista cafe has a secret【Taste test】
After learning The Secret of Drip, we think we need to have an important conversation with our boss. There are a lot of classy looking cafes along the side streets that branch off from Omotesando, the...
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Godiva Dessert joins the cute crepe game in Harajuku
There’s a new sweets store in town, with a luxury chocolate crepe you can’t get anywhere else. Luxury chocolate brand Godiva has grown in leaps and bounds since it first appeared in Japan in 1972....
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We take a giraffe nap in a standing sleep pod at a cafe in Tokyo
Testing the benefits of vertical sleep and coffee in Harajuku. Earlier this month, Nescafé announced it would be giving customers at its Harajuku cafe the opportunity to enjoy a cup of coffee…and a...
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Fantasy RPG-style cosplay weapon shop opening in downtown Tokyo
Takumi Armory is here to make Harajuku feel like an RPG starter town. There’s no better place for fashion shopping in Tokyo than the Harajuku neighborhood. Whether your interests lie in the exuberant...
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Does Harajuku’s ramen restaurant with a constant line live up to the hype?...
Are lines deceptive, or is the food as good as they suggest? There are always going to be restaurants we know about but never get the chance to try, and for our Japanese-language reporter Takasahi...
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Catch trendy Pokémon at Harajuku’s Takeshita Street for a limited time
Happy Winter event gives us Pokémon like we’ve never seen them before. Earlier this month, the Pokémon GO Eight Views of the Asakusa Routes event sadly wrapped up, bringing an end to the interactive...
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