Casey Baseel

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Earlier this year our sweets sensors began happily tingling at the news that Randy’s Donuts will be coming to Japan, and not just as a limited-time pop-up promotion either. The Los Angeles landmark donut chain, known for its tasty treats and colossal donut signs, is opening its first-ever shop in Japan. We now we finally know when it’ll open, and we’ve got a sneak peek at some of its Japan-exclusive items too.

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Classical part of ryokan culture is fading away at some inns. Recently, there’s been a lot of talk about there being a lot of foreign tourists in Kyoto. While Japan’s former capital has always been among the nation’s top travel destinations, the surge in inbound tourism is creating overtourism woes in a city where the travel infrastructure isn’t on the same large scale as Tokyo or Osaka.

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Four-year lawsuit comes to an end as court dismisses privacy concerns. Tokyo resident Satoshi Egura turned 67 this month, and while it’s natural to spend some time on your birthday thinking back on your life so far, Egura most likely looked back even farther than most people do, to the very first few days after he was born. Egura was born at Sumida Maternity Hospital in Tokyo’s Sumida Ward in 1948.

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Mr. Sato visits the clear inspiration for Goro Majima’s Cabaret Grand. Our ace reporter Mr. Sato is a hard-working guy, but on a recent business trip to Osaka, he found himself feeling a little worn out after a day spent chasing after story leads. So after eating dinner, he figured he’d earned the right to treat himself to a drink, which is how he found himself standing outside Miss Osaka, or, to use the establishment’s full name, Grand Cabaret Miss Osaka.

1 day ago | japantoday.com | Casey Baseel

"Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train" turned out to have the momentum of a runaway locomotive at the box office. Despite being released during the pandemic, the theatrical anime adaptation of "Demon Slayer’s Mugen Train" arc went on to become the highest-grossing film ever in Japan, bringing in more than 40 billion yen in ticket sales and surpassing Studio Ghibli’s "Spirited Away" and "Titanic" in the all-time charts.