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April, 2020 (Page 10)

Rainbow milk gelatin cake from Japan: Beautiful to look at, amazingly easy to make in your kitchen

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 8, 2020
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If you’ve got a half hour or so, you’ve got enough time to make this stunning dessert.

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• Japan
• (agar • beautiful • cooking • food • gelatin • kanten • sweets)

One Piece underage drinking cover raises eyebrows as Luffy raises a cold one

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 7, 2020

Star of pirate anime/manga franchise would be breaking the law in Japan.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • anime • COK • manga • One Piece • Weekly Shonen Jump)

Japanese boy bands debut new hand-washing song with dance moves and English lyrics 【Videos】

• Oona McGee
  Apr 7, 2020

Arashi, Hey! Say! JUMP, KAT-TUN, and former Smap member Kimutaku are just some of the members to appear in these videos.

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• Japan
• (arashi • boy bands • coronavirus • COVID-19 • hand washing • J-Pop • Johnny & Associates • Johnny's • kimutaku • music • video • Yamapi • YouTube)

New Kyoto green tea dessert drinks join McDonald’s Japan menu with ichigo and shiratama assists

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 7, 2020

Matcha McCafé menu tempts us to skip the burgers and double-down on desserts.

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• Japan
• (Asahi Soft Drinks • cafes • drinks • fast food • green tea • matcha • McCafe by Barista • McDonald's • shiratama • sweets • Uji)

Nationwide pub chain in Japan adapting to the times by turning into a bento boxed lunch shop

• Krista Rogers
  Apr 7, 2020

We ask how the Kushikatsu Tanaka izakaya chain is faring in the midst of a pandemic.

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• Japan
• (bento • COK • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • food • izakaya • Kushikatsu Tanaka • restaurants • SNJO)

The sad, snickering truth behind Kyoto’s trendy holding-hands date spot【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 7, 2020

Enjoy the moment while it lasts, because the two of you might not last forever.

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• Japan
• (beautiful • COK • funny • Keage Incline • Kyoto • Lake Biwa Canal • relationships • romance)

The customers Japanese convenience store clerks hate the most

• Oona McGee
  Apr 7, 2020

How to avoid being that customer staff can’t stand. 

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• Japan
• (combini • convenience stores • customers • kombini • konbini • shopping • working in Japan)

One-Punch Man artist shares 10-year-old daughter’s drawings online

• Oona McGee
  Apr 7, 2020

Manga art looks like it’s drawn by someone twice her age.  

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• Japan
• (anime • art • artists • children • drawing • illustration • manga • One-Punch Man • twitter • Yusuke Murata)

Stuck at home? Order in some chunky, cartoony meat on the bone

• Katy Kelly
  Apr 6, 2020

A formative food fantasy has been made real, and you can get it delivered straight to your door.

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• Japan
• (COK • delicious • food • K. Masami • manga meat • meat • SNJO • takeout • yan pao)

Social distancing ideals vs reality: Beautiful Thai woman reveals the difference【Photos】

• Oona McGee
  Apr 6, 2020

Behind the gorgeous Instagram photos, there’s a slob slurping noodles in her loungewear.

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• Japan
• (beautiful women • coronavirus • cosplay • COVID-19 • funny • ideal vs. reality • jishuku • self-isolation • social distancing)

Japan’s prime minster to declare state of emergency for Tokyo over coronavirus infections

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 6, 2020

Increasing rate of infections expected to prompt other major Japanese cities also being part of designated emergency areas.

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• Japan
• (COK • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • government • prime minister • Shinzo Abe • Tokyo)

Can you find the “Kyushu button?”

• Master Blaster
  Apr 6, 2020

You need to enter the mind of a child to find it.

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• Japan
• (children • computers • cute • funny • keyboard • Kyushu • technology)

Crowdfunded samurai sword-inspired kitchen knives now available for general sale

• Dale Roll
  Apr 6, 2020

Now anyone can pretend to use Oda Nobunaga’s sword to cut onions!

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• Japan
• (cool • crowd funding • history • Japanese history • Katana • kitchen knife • Oda Nobunaga • Ryoma Sakamoto • samurai • swords • Village Vanguard)

Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen singer washes hands against coronavirus in new “PPAP 2020” song 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Apr 6, 2020

“I have a hand. I have a soap. Wash wash wash wash wash wash wash wash.”

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • COVID-19 • crazy • Daimaou Kosaka • funny • hand washing • music • pen pineapple apple pen • Pikotaro • ppap • video • weird • YouTube)

Kirby wedding rings let you combine powers with the love of your life【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 6, 2020

Nintendo’s lovable ball of cuteness transforms into extremely elegant designs.

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• Japan
• (accessories • beautiful • cool • cute • engagement rings • Kirby • nintendo • rings • U-Treasure • video games • wedding rings)

Japanese baby flashes peace sign from the womb, lets mom know everything is going to be all right

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 6, 2020

Today, let’s all try to be as calm and confident as this kid.

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• Japan
• (babies • cool • cute • funny • kids • moms • moving • peace • peace sign • touching • ultrasound)

Anime voice actors need loans, face “dangerous levels of poverty” during pandemic, union says

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 6, 2020

Survey of live-action and vocal performers shows startling number who’ve already used up their savings.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • voice actors • voice actresses)

Parenting while teleworking — a day in the life of a Japanese father in the midst of COVID-19

• Eli Pang
  Apr 6, 2020

A rare peek behind the scenes for one SoraNews24 reporter. Read More

• Japan
• (COVID-19 • family • P.K. Sanjun • Parenting • self-isolating • teleworking)

Where’d the time go?! Top anime series that finished ten years ago, ranked by Japanese netizens

• Katy Kelly
  Apr 5, 2020

Seriously, it’s been a long, long time since these series aired, and now we feel really old.

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• Japan
• (2010 • Animal Detective Kiruminzoo • anime • Fullmetal Alchemist • Hidamari Sketch • Inuyasha • K-On! • nerdy • nostalgia • ranking)

Japan’s steampunk business card holder says “Let’s do lunch, and yes, I am from the future-past”

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 5, 2020

Turns one of the most fundamental parts of life in Japan into an unforgettable event.

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• Japan
• (awesome • business cards • cool • credit cards • steampunk • Village Vanguard)

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