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Katie Pask

Originally from the UK, Katie Pask has been living in Oita prefecture since 2009. Nursery teacher by day and secret pop star by night, Katie spends most of her free time either performing on a stage or belting it out at karaoke. Despite enjoying travelling to new places and trying new things, she is still determined to find the perfect plate of fish and chips in Japan. (if you have any recommendations, hit her up on the links below. She’s willing to travel.)

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A paradise for beer lovers — Yokohama combini has over 300 different kinds of beer for sale

Katie Pask
Jan 25, 2022
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The store is run by a man who “hardly used to drink at all.”

Japan
(beer • combini • convenience store • craft beer • craft beers • Japanese convenience stores • kombini • SNJO • sweets • taste test • weird • Yokohama)

We visit the Paris branch of Muji in search for some minimalist products only found in France

Katie Pask
Jan 14, 2022

Parisian branch of Muji is perfect blend of European and Japanese tastes.

Japan
(COK • france • Ikuna Kamezawa • muji • muji overseas • Mujirushi • Mujirushi Ryohin • paris • SNJO • travel)

Gorgeous Pokémon sculpture made from beer bottles and crystal candy

Katie Pask
Jan 11, 2022

Creative YouTuber also makes Pokémon that actually charge phones, act as speakers, and more.

Japan
(art • awesome • clay • creative • figure • figurine • figurines • froslass • Pokemon • rare Pokémon • sweets • technology • toys)

We hunt for Dom Pérignon in these wine fukubukuro lucky bag boxes from Kaldi

Katie Pask
Jan 5, 2022

No matter what comes out of the lucky boxes, it’s sure to be a wine-derful day!

Japan
(drink • drinks • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2022 • Fukubukuro Roundup 2022 • haruka takagi • KALDI • lucky bag • wine • wines)

More people travelling in Japan for the New Year’s holiday than last year, survey says

Katie Pask
Dec 31, 2021

Less people want to spend the New Year’s holiday at home, according to the survey.

Japan
(coronavirus • culture • hatsumode • hinode • new year • New Year's Day • survey • travel)

Get huge discounts on Japanese hotels… provided you’re a space alien (or claim to be one)

Katie Pask
Dec 29, 2021

Say “I’m an alien” when you check in to get cheaper rates!

Japan
(aliens • crazy • discount • funny • hot springs • hotels • Oita • onsen • space • travel • uchujin • UFO • weird • wtf)

Who made the tastiest gyoza in 2021? We decide on our favourite pot stickers

Katie Pask
Dec 26, 2021

Check out our definitive guide to the best gyoza 2021 had to offer — just make sure you’re not hungry first!

Japan
(fast food • food • gyoza • Japanese food • Osaka Osho • pot stickers • ranking • taste test)

Owner of ridiculously long tongue is also a former idol, does cool tongue tricks

Katie Pask
Dec 22, 2021

Japanese YouTuber proves that it’s possible to be beautiful and have a long tongue at the same time.

Japan
(cute • cute girl • funny • long tongue • Michaela Sato • tongue • weird • wtf • YouTube)

Okinawan soul fool Pork Tamago Onigiri sold not at a five-star restaurant, but at an airport

Katie Pask
Dec 16, 2021

So good, it might be worth travelling to an airport for!

Japan
(airport • airports • COK • food • Naha • Okinawa • onigiri • rice balls • SNJO • spam • taste test • travel)

Kubipan Soccer — the hot new sport set to sweep the nation… maybe

Katie Pask
Dec 14, 2021

We play soccer with our pants up to our necks and battle some childhood demons along the way.

Japan
(Ahiruneko • football • funny • kubipan • Mr. Sato • pants • Seiji • Seiji Nakazawa • soccer • sport • sports)

Kyoto’s most famous confectionary in a chewy form – we try Yatsuhashi gummy candy

Katie Pask
Dec 11, 2021

Want to get your yatsuhashi fix but live too far away from Kyoto? We’ve got the answer for you!

Japan
(food • gummy • gummy candy • Japanese candy • Japanese sweets • Kyoto • nama yatsuhashi • sweets • taste test • yatsuhashi)

We tried all seven of Muji’s new “Bento of the Day” boxed lunch sets

Katie Pask
Dec 7, 2021

Can boxed lunches stay minimalist and delicious at the same time?

Japan
(bento • bento box • food • japanese bento • Japanese food • muji • Muji Cafe • Mujirushi • Mujirushi Ryohin • SNJO • taste test)

Onesie for gamers comes with ‘toilet mode’, has Japanese Twitter in stitches

Katie Pask
Dec 3, 2021

The product claims to help users via “amazingly speedy butt release and butt cleanup“, which pretty much says it all.

Japan
(bathroom • Bauhutte • butt • cute girls • funny • game • gamer • ninja onesie • onesie • toilet • video games • weird • wtf)

Model Nana Suzuki declared ‘The Best Gyozanist 2021’, Mr. Sato and the gang robbed

Katie Pask
Dec 2, 2021

The ceremony even included a gyoza cooking battle between models, because of course it did.

Japan
(awards • beautiful women • COK • food • gyoza • karina nose • nana suzuki • Osaka Osho • Osho • tarento)

Transparent soy sauce is a thing — we saw it, we tried it, we’re confused by it

Katie Pask
Nov 30, 2021

Our resident soy sauce fanatic gives it a try and breaks her brain in the process.

Japan
(clear • cooking • food • japanese cooking • Japanese food • K. Masami • kitchen • SNJO • soy sauce • taste test • tofu • transparent • weird)

We go on a whirlwind tour of Asia’s night markets without stepping foot on a plane

Katie Pask
Nov 26, 2021

We sample the tastiest street food from around Asia without leaving Japan!

Japan
(China • food • Kyoto • South Korea • street food • sweets • Taiwan • Thailand • travel • yatai)

Ikea Japan offering fully furnished apartment to rent for less than a dollar a month

Katie Pask
Nov 24, 2021

The apartment, which comes complete with Ikea furniture, is being leased by a giant shark.

Japan
(cheap • cheap accommodation • cool • crazy • furniture • house • ikea • ikea house • real estate • rent • renting in Japan • Tokyo)

“How I learned to stop worrying and eat Japanese school lunches,” by P.K. Sanjun

Katie Pask
Nov 23, 2021

A touching tale in which our brave reporter overcame his daily battle with school lunches.

Japan
(food • funny • japanese school • Japanese school lunch • P.K. Sanjun • pk sanjun • school • school lunch • story)

Lineup for end of year Kohaku Song Battle 2021 revealed

Katie Pask
Nov 21, 2021

The New Years’ television special announced the cast for this year’s battle.
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Japan
(end of year • Japanese music • Japanese TV • KAT-TUN • Kohaku • Kohaku Uta Gasen • LiSA • music • new year • TV • TV show • yoasobi)

Only 30 percent of Japanese drivers stop for pedestrians at crosswalks, survey says

Katie Pask
Nov 16, 2021

Although the results are an improvement on previous years, a worrying number of drivers aren’t stopping at pedestrian crossings.

Japan
(car • cars • crazy • driving • Driving in Japan • driving manners • JAF • Nagano • pedestrian • pedestrian crossing • road rules • rules • safe driving • survey • traffic • vehicles • wtf)

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