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Japanese convenience store chain’s new matcha sweets are heaven for green tea...
Family Mart surprises everyone with the quality of its new sweets range. Matcha lovers in Japan are going mad for convenience store chain Family Mart right now, because that’s where you can buy a...
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Mister Donut’s new green tea doughnuts serve up matcha and hojicha from a...
Explore the different tastes of green tea with a brand new lineup of doughnuts. When you’re on to a good thing stick to it. That’s certainly the motto Mister Donut is standing by, as it just announced...
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Japan’s new 2,500-yen Ultimate Matcha Latte Float takes green tea to a whole...
Would you pay 20 bucks for this green tea beverage? If you’re looking for a high-quality matcha experience, there are plenty of options available in Japan, but for six days only, nowhere quite...
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Kyoto may be getting more modern, tall buildings as city relaxes development...
Change highlights the two contrasting aspects of Japan’s cultural capital. “Beautiful” and “traditional” are words just about every visitor to Kyoto uses to describe it. The city government is well...
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Kyoto Animation announces it will build two memorials to victims of anime...
Balance struck between giving fans and family a place of remembrance and letting life return to normal in Kyoto neighborhood. This summer will mark four years since the arson attack on Kyoto Animation...
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Kyoto wants to add extra charges for tourists to use city buses
Too many riders and not enough riders both cited as reasons for plan to charge visitors more than residents. Compared to other large Japanese cities, Kyoto’s city center has remarkably little rail...
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Have a refreshing summer night’s stay in Kyoto with the Yojiya Pretty Girl...
Cooling beauty products, minty fresh sweets, and a beautiful hotel–what else could you want? If you’re looking for a nice, refreshing hotel stay with your friends this summer, look no further than the...
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Stay dry with Japan’s top 10 indoor attractions for rainy days, as voted by...
Good ideas for bad-weather days! June is a popular month for travel throughout the world, as that’s when schools in many countries break for vacation. Unfortunately, June isn’t exactly the best time...
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Kyoto restaurant chain specialises in…tomato okonomiyaki?
Now this is a unique dish that our ravenous reporter Mr Sato just had to try! After eating his way through so many restaurants and secret finds in Tokyo, there are very few things our reporter Mr Sato...
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Crystal Rock Cakes from Tokyo and Kyoto taste as elegant as they look
Have your crystals and eat them too. They say diamonds are forever but besides their famous hardness, it’s our fascination with gems, crystals, and other minerals that never seems to cease. Their...
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Escape the Kyoto crowds at these lesser-known spots in Arashiyama
Find your zen at these special hideaways. With international tourists now returning to Japan, the nation’s most popular tourist sites are bustling with visitors once again. Down in Kyoto, though, that...
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1,032 statues, and one thing too many people miss, at this Kyoto temple
And it was his first time visiting, too! Sanjusangen-do, officially known as Rengeo-in, is a pretty famous temple among Japanese citizens and international tourists alike. The Kyoto Buddhist temple,...
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Kyoto merchants want city to install more trash cans to fight litter in...
But an increase alone isn’t likely to completely solve the problem. From its picturesque riverside area and iconic bamboo forest to art galleries and garden restaurants, there’s a lot to see in...
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Beautiful summertime goshuin seal stamps are back to grace your...
Kyoto’s ancient Ninnaji Temple is offering a second chance to grab these gorgeously intricate and exclusive papercut designs. In Japan, visiting Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples around the country...
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At Kichi Kichi in Kyoto the rice omelets are both dinner and a show【Video】
Kichi Kichi ya ya da da… A classic of “yoshoku” (western-influenced Japanese cuisine) is omurice. This is essentially an omelet-style fried egg draped over a large scoop of rice with meat and...
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Japanese vending machine sells…retro toothbrushes?
This is one weird machine you won’t find anywhere else! Where do you buy your toothbrush? Most people buy theirs at supermarkets or drugstores, or even at dentists if they’re particular about it. But...
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Soirée is a classy hidden gem of a cafe in Kyoto
It’s like slipping into a whole other world. On my recent trip to Kyoto to check out the wildly popular Kichi Kichi omurice restaurant, I had a couple of hours to kill. Luckily, just up the street was...
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Kyoto village dealing with poo on floor as Japanese-style toilets confuse...
Public restroom trash containers overflowing with used wiping papers also a problem. This summer was the first since Japan fully reopened to international tourism. That resulted in a big spike in...
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Giant 100-meter-long Super Mario mural is coming to Kyoto
Hometown hero will appear in downtown Kyoto’s Shijo-dori Underpass. With Super Mario Bros. Wonder scheduled for release on October 20, the video game star is going to be returning to a lot of Switch...
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We found an underground Kyoto vending machine that sells multi-course French...
And now it’s on our to-do list any time we visit Kyoto! Vending machines these days have well surpassed our expectations. Not only do they sell a wide variety of interesting drinks, but some even sell...
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