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Ramen oil gathering game Ramen Oil Pecking Simulator coming to Steam soon!

• Master Blaster
  Jun 19, 2023
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Gotta gather it all!

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• Global, Internet, Japan
• (food • funny • ramen • Ramen Oil Pecking Simulator • video games • weird)

Aluminum case to carry puffed corn snack Umaibo developed

• Master Blaster
  Jun 19, 2023

Protect your most valuable 12-yen snack food.

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• Japan
• (Actec • aluminum cases • cool • craftsmanship • crowdfunding • food • funny • umaibo • weird)

Father arrested for taking the fall for son’s hit and run in Tokyo

• Master Blaster
  Jun 19, 2023

The family that gets arrested together, stays together.

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• Japan
• (car accident • COK • crime • family • fatherhood • hit-and-run • Nerima • Tokyo)

Let’s see how conveyor belt sushi is done in Prague

• Master Blaster
  Jun 18, 2023

Revolving sushi certainly does get around.

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• Europe, Japan
• (COK • Conveyor belt sushi • Czech Republic • Czechia • food • Ikuna Kamezawa • Kaitenzushi • Makakiko Running Sushi • Prague • restaurants • revolving sushi • SNJO • sushi • travel)

Yo-yos that make ice cream now on sale from Takara Tomy and Sanrio

• Master Blaster
  Jun 18, 2023

Hello Kitty yo-yo ice cream!

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• Japan
• (Cinnamoroll • COK • food • Hello Kitty • ice cream • Kuromi • My Melody • Sanrio • sweets • Takara Tomy • toys • yo-yo)

How to get a beef bowl breakfast in Japan for only 290 yen (some assembly required)

• Master Blaster
  Jun 17, 2023

Hack the tamago kake!

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• Japan
• (beef bowls • breakfast • cheap food • fast food • gyudon • Masanuki Sunakoma • Matsunoya • Matsuya • restaurants • tamago kake gohan • TKG)

All-you-can-eat Häagen Dazs among 200 other frozen foods at Osaka’s Chin! Suru Restaurant【Pics】

• Master Blaster
  Jun 16, 2023

This place is loaded with food, and you will be too.

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• Japan
• (Ajinomoto • all-you-can-eat • Chin! Suru Restaurant • frozen food • Häagen-Dazs • ice cream • microwaves • okonomiyaki • Osaka • pop-up shops • restaurants • Sharp)

Okinawa man hired to steal 1,500 Pokémon cards arrested in Tokyo

• Master Blaster
  Jun 14, 2023

The mastermind is still at large, but police are optimistic they’ll catch ’em all.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • burglary • card shop • crime • Okinawa • Pokemon • pokemon cards • theft • Tokyo • yami baito)

Ramen restaurant in Saitama offers handshakes for 10 yen, and much more

• Master Blaster
  Jun 14, 2023

The ramen is so good, they’ll shake on it.

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• Japan
• (chicken ramen • COK • cool • food • funny • handshake • Mr. Sato • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • Saitama • Sayama • SNJO • tori paitan ramen • weird)

Lemon & Cheese pies from McDonald’s bring some sunshine to the rainy season【Taste test】

• Master Blaster
  Jun 13, 2023

And Spicy Chicken McNuggets bring the heat.

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• Japan
• (cheese • Chicken McNuggets • COK • fast food • food • lemon • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • pie • rainy season • SNJO • Spicy Chicken McNuggets • sweets • taste test)

Make your smartphone hard as a ruby in 5 minutes on the Tokyo subway

• Master Blaster
  Jun 11, 2023

If you’ve ever wanted to attack your phone with a box cutter for fun, this service is for you!

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• Japan
• (Masanuki Sunakoma • screen protection • Serum Nano-coat Pro II • Shinjuku Station • Smartphones • Tokyo • Yurakucho Station)

Is a curry donut rice bowl greater than the sum of its parts?【SoraKitchen】

• Master Blaster
  Jun 10, 2023

Donut or do not?

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• Japan
• (curry pan • Mr. Sato • Nadai Fujisoba • recipes • rice bowls • SoraKitchen • twitter)

Study of blood tests in Tokyo finds 98% as having vitamin D deficiencies

• Master Blaster
  Jun 9, 2023

D up, everyone!

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• Japan
• (diet • fish • health • Jikei University School of Medicine • nutrition • science • shiitake • Tokyo • vitamin D)

Our Japanese reporter finds the best Domino’s Pizza in Rome, Italy

• Master Blaster
  Jun 8, 2023

When in Rome, we don’t do as the Romans do.

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• Italy
• (food • Ikuna Kamezawa • pizza • restaurants • Rome • travel)

Major Japanese gas station apologizes after employee doxes Hideaki Anno

• Master Blaster
  Jun 8, 2023

You can (not) post people’s personal information.

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• Japan
• (apology • doxing • Eneos • Evangelion • Hideaki Anno • personal information leak)

Man arrested for stealing a pack of lactic acid drinks from Osaki City Hall

• Master Blaster
  Jun 6, 2023

Stolen goods valued at 600 yen, but their probiotic benefits are priceless.

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• Japan
• (City Hall • crime • lactic acid bacteria • lactic acid drink • Miyagi • Osaki • strange • theft • Yakult)

Super-cheap pillow-sized croissants selling in Tokyo

• Master Blaster
  Jun 5, 2023

In case you ever wondered what being six inches tall might feel like.

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• Japan
• (baked goods • bakeries • bread • cheap food • croissants • Groissant • Kamata • Kamata no Mikata • Mr. Sato • Tokyo)

Artificial sea of clouds made by luxury hotel in Tokyo during summer

• Master Blaster
  Jun 4, 2023

Hotel Chinzanso has the foggiest idea!

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• Japan
• (beautiful • clouds • COK • gardens • Hotel Chinzanso • hotels • sea of clouds • Tokyo • travel • unkai)

Talking manga with a Weekly Shonen Magazine editor ahead of the K Manga launch party【Interview】

• Master Blaster
  Jun 2, 2023

And you’re not going to want to miss what’s up for grabs at this party.

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• Japan, USA
• (anime • interviews • K Manga • Kodansha • MagaPoke • Magazine Pocket • manga • Weekly Shōnen Magazine • Yuta Hiraoka)

Japanese tabloid puts out Lemon Sour with 13 percent alcohol【Taste test】

• Master Blaster
  May 31, 2023

Extra! Extra! Drink all about it!

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• Japan
• (Ahiruneko • alcohol • alcopops • canned cocktails • cocktails • COK • crazy • drinks • lemon sour • SNJO • Tospo Kyogaku Lemon Sour)

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