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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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Wear Japan’s most iconic landmark on your shoes with this Adidas collaboration【Photos】

• Katie Pask
  Mar 4, 2021
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Get a bit of Japanese traditional culture in your step with shoes designed by tattoo artists from Osaka.

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• Japan
• (Adidas • art • cool • fashion • Mt. Fuji • shoes • three tides tattoo • ukiyo-e)

Japanese man donates bags of cash to local schools, disappears without a trace

• Katie Pask
  Mar 1, 2021

The school staff even chased after him, but to no avail.

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• Japan
• (awesome • crazy • donation • generous • money • Nara • random acts of kindness • school • Tiger Mask)

Which prefecture has the most chilled young people? Survey asks 20 year olds “what are you worried about?”

• Katie Pask
  Feb 25, 2021

How do you say ‘Hakuna Matata’ in Japanese? Maybe people from these prefectures can tell you!

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• Japan
• (COK • Fukuoka • ranking • society • stress • survey • Tochigi • worries • Yamaguchi)

Prefectural governor wants 2021 Olympics and torch relay cancelled, Tokyo not pleased

• Katie Pask
  Feb 21, 2021

Fellow politicians call for Shimane governor to be reprimanded for his comments.

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• Japan
• (2021 Tokyo Olympics • COVID-19 • government • Olympics • Shimane • Shimane Prefecture • Tokyo • Tokyo Olympics)

Private teleworking booths–how much work can you get done in one? We test it out

• Katie Pask
  Feb 18, 2021

Sure, they’re convenient, but can you actually get work done in them?

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• Japan
• (remote work • remote working • technology • telework • teleworking • Tokyo • Tokyo Metro • work from home)

World’s most enthusiastic security guard caught on camera, inspires Twitter【Video】

• Katie Pask
  Feb 15, 2021

No one loves his job more than this happy guy!

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• Japan
• (awesome • funny • security guard • video • work)

Tokyo Tower lights up with hope in first-ever event celebrating Chinese New Year

• Katie Pask
  Feb 11, 2021

It’s the first time in the tower’s history for such an event to happen.

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• China, Japan
• (awesome • beautiful • China • Chinese New Year • coronavirus • COVID-19 • Hope • Tokyo • Tokyo Tower)

Embarrassing blunder spotted on PlayStation 5 store has Japanese Twitter in stitches

• Katie Pask
  Feb 7, 2021

Always remember to double check your spelling before you hit submit!

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• Japan
• (English • English fail • funny • playstaiton • playstation • PlayStation 5 • Sony • technology • video games)

Make your spring sweeter with sakura flavoured drinks and cheese

• Katie Pask
  Feb 5, 2021

Sakura flavoured cheese — the product we never knew we wanted.

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• Japan
• (cheese • cherry blossom • coffee • dessert cheese • drinks • food • hanami • sakura • sweets)

2021 Salaryman Poetry Battle showcases some dark but hilarious poems

• Katie Pask
  Jan 31, 2021

Giving insight into the life of a Japanese office worker.

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• Japan
• (contest • coronavirus • culture • funny • haiku • Japanese salaryman • poem • Salaryman • senryu • Senryu Contest)

The end of the pay phone? Japanese government considering getting rid of phone boxes

• Katie Pask
  Jan 27, 2021

Let’s be real though — when was the last time you used one anyway?

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• Japan
• (COK • government • Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications • pay phone • phonebox • phones • society • technology)

Evangelion joins the fight against COVID-19 with this amazing awareness campaign

• Katie Pask
  Jan 24, 2021

If Shinji and the gang can fight Angels, surely they can fight coronavirus too!

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• Japan
• (anime • awareness • awareness campaign • Billboard • cool • coronavirus • COVID-19 • Evangelion • Fukuoka • Neon Genesis Evangelion • safety • tenjin)

Definitely not for kids — new Pennywise gacha capsule toy is terrifying yet awesome

• Katie Pask
  Jan 22, 2021

Scary enough to make you uncomfortable, but small enough to put in your pocket!

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• Japan
• (clown • gacha • gacha gacha • gacha toys • horror movie • horror movies • IT • Pennywise)

Eat your feelings with a dessert made of sadness: the Pien Cheesecake

• Katie Pask
  Jan 18, 2021

One of the ingredients may be “disappointment”, but the end result is far from it.

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• Japan
• (art • Cheesecake • Cookie • cookies • crazy • cute • food • funny • pien • sweets • twitter)

What will 2021 mean for Valentine’s Day in Japan? Survey asks teens their chocolate plans

• Katie Pask
  Jan 14, 2021

Homemade chocolate is great and all, but are people still making it in this coronavirus era?

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• Japan
• (chocolate • culture • cute • food • Instagram • romance • SNS • social media • sweets • teens • tiktok trends • trends • valentine • Valentine's Day • valentine's day chocolate)

Japanese high school students arrested for robbing pachinko parlour at knife-point

• Katie Pask
  Jan 11, 2021

Surely there’s a better way to start 2021 than this.

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• Japan
• (Beppu • crazy • crime • nakatsu • Oita • pachinko • robbery • society)

Bluefin tuna fish sells for bargain low price of roughly US$200,000 in Tokyo auction

• Katie Pask
  Jan 7, 2021

The first auction of the year took place despite Tokyo’s ongoing battle with coronavirus.

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• Japan
• (auction • bluefin tuna • culture • fish • food • ginza onodera • new year • sushi • Sushi Zanmai • Toyosu • Toyosu fish market • Toyosu Market • tuna)

Japanese Twitter shows reality of living in snowy Hokkaido, and it’s magical

• Katie Pask
  Jan 3, 2021

Living in a snowy place is tough, but can be gorgeous too!

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• Japan
• (awesome • beautiful • funny • Hokkaido • payphone • phonebox • snow • snowy • twitter • winter)

10 amazing manga to read over the winter holidays

• Katie Pask
  Dec 31, 2020

Here are our top ten recommendations for comics to read as the year comes to an end.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • manga • miss sumire doesn't want to cook • recommendations • SNJO)

CoCo Ichibanya lucky bag here to keep you happy and full of curry

• Katie Pask
  Dec 31, 2020

Bring in the Year of the Ox with some delicious beef curry, courtesy of CoCo Ichibanya!

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• Japan
• (coco curry • coco ichi • CoCo Ichiban • coco ichibanya • COK • curry • food • Fukubukuro Roundup 2021 • lucky bag • Lucky Bag Roundup 2021 • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2020 • restaurants • SNJO)

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