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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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We travel across the city like royalty — Hiroshima streetcar turns into fancy, private dining area
- Katie Pask
Jan 15, 2023 - Tweet
Our reporter travelled around Hiroshima City like a king in his own private tram.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • food • Hiroshima • SNJO • streetcar • Tasuku Egawa • train rouge • trains • tram • travel)
We try hone-jiru (bone soup), a delicious Okinawan specialty hard to find on mainland Japan
- Katie Pask
Jan 11, 2023
Local restaurant’s ‘Satisfaction Set’ leaves us extremely satisfied!
- Japan
- (bone • bone soup • COK • food • Kouhey • Okinawa • Okinawan food • restaurants • SNJO • travel)
We eat an intimidating curry with toppings randomly chosen for us by CoCo Ichibanya’s ‘Gacha’ app
- Katie Pask
Jan 6, 2023
Will a curry with toppings randomly chosen by a computer be remotely edible? Let’s find out!
- Japan
- (CoCo Ichiban • curry • fast food • food • Japanese curry • Masanuki Sunakoma • Restaurant • SNJO)
Easy yet tasty instant miso soup ball recipe will help you clear out your kitchen【SoraKitchen】
- Katie Pask
Jan 6, 2023
Simple and quick to make, these miso soup balls are not only delicious but will help get rid of any ingredients you have lying around!
- Japan
- (bonito flakes • cooking • food • instant miso soup • Japanese food • Miso • miso soup • SoraKitchen)
No mystery as to how adorable Sanrio’s 2023 fukubukuro lucky bags are
- Katie Pask
Jan 5, 2023
2023’s lucky bag is not only really cute, but for our reporter, quite profound.
- Japan
- (cute • K. Masami • lucky bag 2023 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2023 • pom pom purin • Sanrio • SNJO)
Does the 2023 Village Vanguard Lucky Bag satisfy our need for useless junk? Let’s find out!
- Katie Pask
Jan 2, 2023
How much junk is the right amount of junk?
- Japan
- (fukubukuro • lucky bag • lucky bag 2023 • P.K. Sanjun • SNJO • toys • Village Vanguard)
We get a rare whiff of the corpse flower, a.k.a. the world’s stinkiest flower, in Tokyo botanical garden
- Katie Pask
Dec 31, 2022
We were ‘lucky’ enough to see and smell the rare flower, which blooms once every few years.
- Japan
- (botanical garden • cool • flower • Mariko Ohanabatake • smelly • SNJO • stinky • Tokyo • weird)
Free yourself from boring business formal with the Fake Dress Shirt, perfect for remote working
- Katie Pask
Dec 26, 2022
Practical, easy to wear and stylish? What more could you want from a work shirt?
- Japan
- (clothes • fake • fashion • funny • remote work • shirt • SNJO • telework • Yuuichiro Wasai)
Our reporter gets stuck into some ‘Meat Curtain’ beef sukiyaki in Tokyo
- Katie Pask
Dec 24, 2022
Don’t worry though, this is totally safe to read at work.
- Japan
- (beef • COK • food • Okamoto • P.K. Sanjun • restaurants • SNJO • sukiyaki • taste test)
Kuroshima, a remote, heart-shaped island in Okinawa where there are more cows than people
- Katie Pask
Dec 2, 2022
We visit a hidden gem in Okinawa that’s home to fewer than 250 people.
- Japan
- (beach • beaches • beautiful • bicycling • COK • cows • island • Kouhey • nature • Okinawa • SNJO • travel)
Can we pick out the Japanese premium priced persimmon in this blind taste test?
- Katie Pask
Nov 30, 2022
Premium vs. supermarket — we try to avenge our persimmon failings from five years ago.
- Japan
- (blind taste test • COK • expensive food • food • fruit • Isetan • japanese fruit • persimmon • SNJO • taste test)
We visit Evangelion’s real-life Village-3, a hidden gem where time has stopped【Photos】
- Katie Pask
Nov 26, 2022
A must-see for fans of Evangelion and trains in general!
How do you explain Japan’s historic World Cup win against Germany to the common man?
- Katie Pask
Nov 25, 2022
Japan beating Germany 2-1 was pretty incredible, and we explain just how so using Dragon Ball, women’s wrestling and… monetary measures?
- Japan
- (FIFA World Cup • football • P.K. Sanjun • SNJO • soccer • sports • World Cup 2022)
We try pickling a mysterious fruit gifted to us by a man in the mountains【SoraKitchen】
- Katie Pask
Nov 21, 2022
These delicious pickles are hard to obtain, but even harder to stop eating! Read More
- Japan
- (chayote • cooking • easy recipe • food • fruit • Fujino • Japanese recipe • pickles • Seiji Nakazawa • squash • taste test)
Tokyo’s Moomin Cafes are closing soon, but our reporter had an experience she’ll never forget
- Katie Pask
Nov 18, 2022
A small act of kindness from the cafe’s member of staff still warms our reporter’s heart when she thinks about it.
- Japan
- (cafe • cute • Mariko Ohanabatake • Moomin • Moomin Cafe • small acts of kindness • Tokyo)
Enter the Upside Down from Tokyo — we visit the Stranger Things pop-up cafe in Shibuya
- Katie Pask
Nov 15, 2022
Stranger Pronto is a must for all fans of the hit Netflix series.
- Japan
- (cafe • cool • food • Netflix • pop-up cafe • Pronto • Shibuya • SNJO • Stranger Things • Tokyo)
Over 94 percent of Japanese people in survey find movie theater prices too expensive
- Katie Pask
Nov 12, 2022
High prices are part of why many in survey visit the cinema just once a year.
Rice bran, the skincare product used by Japanese women for centuries and now Chloë Grace Moretz
- Katie Pask
Nov 10, 2022
The American actress chatted to Vogue Magazine about her beauty secrets, with one in particular thrilling Japanese fans.
- Japan, USA
- (beauty • celebrities • Chloe Grace Moretz • Japanese make-up • make-up • movies • rice • rice bran • skincare • traditional skincare • video)
Government declaration that ‘miso’ made since 1950s can’t legally be called ‘miso’ sparks debate
- Katie Pask
Nov 8, 2022
The decision incensed netizens around the country, with 2chan’s founder even getting involved.
- Japan
- (2channel • Barley miso • culture • Ehime • food • government • law • Miso • miso soup • Uwajima)
Japanese clothing chain Uniqlo now selling flowers online, they’re way better than we imagined
- Katie Pask
Nov 8, 2022
Order gorgeous bunches of flowers straight to your doorstep with Uniqlo’s new online service.
- Japan
- (beautiful • bouquet • flowers • mail order • online store • rose • shopping • SNJO • Tokyo • Uniqlo)
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