What's New in Japan 🌸 Travel Updates, Spring Events, Cute Collabs & more 🌸 April 2026

Japan Travel News brings you all the new attractions, shops and restaurants opening in Japan, plus events, exhibitions and seasonal activities over the next few months - plus travel updates you need to know! ✨ My Japan guide book : https://cakeswithfaces.co.uk/product/... ✨ Mini Guide to Kawaii Tokyo: https://cakeswithfaces.co.uk/product/... ✨ Restaurants in Tokyo with vegetarian options: https://cakeswithfaces.co.uk/japan/ve... The biggest travel updates this time are about JESTA (Japan's ESTA) and the new fees to enter Japan, as well as tap to ride on the Tokyo Metro. The Museum of Narratives has just opened in Tokyo, and there's still time catch the cherry blossoms, then wisteria festivals around Japan. There are cute anime collabs on the trains and shinkansen, featuring Sound Euphonium, Love Live and Pokemon, plus a kawaii Suica penguin buffet in Ikebukuro. You can get Pokemon crepes in Harajuku, and there's a new Pikachu plane from China Airlines. There are new themed hotel rooms featuring Pokemon and Pompom Purin, and an upcoming Studio Ghibli exhibition of panorma boxes at the Ghibli Park near Nagoya. ▶️ SUBSCRIBE for Japan travel videos every Thursday. 🌈 CAKES WITH FACES SHOP (worldwide shipping): https://www.cakeswithfaces.co.uk ✨ FOLLOW CAKES WITH FACES:   / cakeswithfaces   https://bsky.app/profile/cakeswithfac... https://www.threads.net/@cakeswithfaces   / cakeswithfaces   00:00 Intro 00:23 Museum of Narratives 01:07 San-X Theme Park 01:33 TeamLab Yoro Valley 02:03 Narita Observation Deck 02:31 JESTA 03:26 Seasonal flowers 04:06 Tap to Ride 05:37 JR East price increase 06:11 Shinkansen x Love Live 06:37 Keihan x Sound Euphonium 07:30 Pokémon x shinkansen 08:06 Gluten Free T's Harajuku 09:13 Suica Penguin Buffet 09:39 New konbini sandwiches 10:14 Pokémon crepes 11:18 Shorakuen pop-up in Kyoto 11:42 Sanrio House 12:17 New Kiddyland in Harajuku 12:55 Green x Expo Yokohama 13:27 China Airlines Pikachu Plane 14:01 Pokémon Hotel Rooms 14:39 Pompom Purin Hotel Rooms 14:59 Ghibli Exhibition #japan #japantravel #tokyo #tokyotravel