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A roadside hair salon stall in China made us Norway’s Haaland for US$1, and warmed out hearts too

Casey Baseel
Jul 27, 2026
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The haircut wasn’t the only great thing we got out of this great-price deal.

China
(China • COK • crazy • Erling Haaland • funny • hair salons • haircut • hairstyling • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • soccer • sports • tourism • travel)

Japan just had its first same-month foreign tourist decrease in four years

Casey Baseel
Feb 19, 2026

One country is clearly the cause, but fewer foreign tourists might not put the pressure it expects on Japan.

China, Japan
(China travel advisory • China travel warning • COK • foreign tourists • japan national tourism organization • Japan travel • jnto • society • tourism • travel)

420 million yen in cash-filled suitcases stolen on Tokyo streets, incidents at Haneda and Hong Kong follow

Casey Baseel
Jan 31, 2026

Three robbery attempts, all connected to Hong Kong currency exchange, take place within 14 hours of each other.

China, Japan
(COK • crazy • crime • Haneda • Haneda Airport • Hong Kong • Okachimachi • robbery • theft • Ueno • video)

Is China’s don’t-go-to-Japan warning affecting tourist crowds in Tokyo’s Asakusa neighborhood?

Casey Baseel
Nov 25, 2025

With a diplomatic spat prompting a warning from the Chinese government, we go to see if it’s had any effect on Tokyo’s most popular historical neighborhood.

China, Japan
(Asakusa • China travel warning • COK • Japan travel • Kaminarimon • politics • Sensoji • SNJO • society • temples • tourism • travel)

KFC Gundam bucket is here to celebrate 30th anniversary of franchise’s breakout overseas hit

Casey Baseel
Jul 6, 2025

I just feel chicken emotion.

China, Japan
(anime • cool • crazy • Endless Waltz • food • fried chicken • Gundam • Gundam Wing • Hong Kong • Kentucky Fried Chicken • KFC • manga • weird)

Chinese drivers flocking to Japan for quick and easy route to international licenses

Master Blaster
Oct 24, 2024

Come for the food, stay for the ability to drive in 100 countries.

China, Japan
(driver's license • driving • Geneva Convention on Road Traffic • international driver's license • tourism • travel)

Starbucks releases a cute Frappuccino and Unicorn Cake…but not in Japan

SoraNews24
Jul 16, 2024

Putting cute cakes and limited-edition Frappuccinos to the test.

China, Japan
(China • COK • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • SNJO • Starbucks • sweets • taste test)

A visit to the real-life Naruto Ramen Ichiraku anime restaurant that’s not in Japan【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Jul 6, 2024

We grab a bowl of Ichiraku ramen and down a chakra drink at Naruto’s favorite noodle house.

China, Japan
(anime • COK • food • Ikuna Kamezawa • manga • Naruto • Noodles • ramen • Ramen Ichiraku • restaurants • Shanghai • SNJO • themed restaurants)

I’m home…with Pokémon! – Touching animated video shows the joy of heading back to your hometown

Casey Baseel
Feb 10, 2024

Pokémon-style Lunar New Year celebration has a universally heartwarming vibe.

China, Japan
(anime • manga • moving • Pokemon • touching • video • video games • Year of the Dragon)

Sushiro in Hong Kong may be the best in the world and a bittersweet visit for our reporter

Master Blaster
Apr 3, 2023

A taste of how things used to be.

China, Japan
(Conveyor belt sushi • food • Hong Kong • restaurants • revolving sushi • sushi • Sushiro • travel)

Waiter, there’s a SNAKE in my soup — we try Cantonese delicacy snake stew in Hong Kong

Katie Pask
Mar 27, 2023

Locals can’t get enough of this Hong Kong cuissssine, but it’s not for the faint-hearted.

China
(COK • food • Hong Kong • Ikuna Kamezawa • restaurants • snake • snake soup • SNJO • taste test • travel)

Nagasaki Lantern Festival is like Studio Ghibli’s Spirited Away in real life

Oona McGee
Feb 4, 2023

Local resident reveals the secret spots you won’t want to miss during this breathtaking festival.

China, Japan
(beautiful • China • Chinese New Year • COK • events • festival • festivals • gorgeous • lanterns • Mariko Ohanabatake • Nagasaki • Nagasaki Lantern Festival • SNJO • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • travel)

Chinese Evangelion poster found to contain copied artwork

Casey Baseel
Jan 16, 2023

Promotion for Eva streaming in China looks an awful lot like French illustrator’s artwork.

China, Japan
(anime • COK • copy • Evangelion • Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time • plagerism • Thrice Upon a Time)

Egg tart vendor promises not to accidentally sell realistic plastic samples a third time

Master Blaster
Nov 22, 2022

They say it’s a charm.

China, Japan
(Andrew's Eggtart • business • food • food samples • Lord Stow's Bakery • Macau • tarts • Tottori)

Universal Studios Beijing opens for business, but can we call it “USB?”

Master Blaster
Sep 22, 2021

Knowing my luck, I’ll go in upside down every time.

China
(business • movies • theme parks • Universal Studios • Universal Studios Beijing • USB)

China’s “Little Kyoto” shut down by government after complaints of Japanese culture “invasion”

Oona McGee
Sep 6, 2021

The future of the newly opened Japan-themed complex now remains unclear.

China, Japan
(architecture • buildings • China • culture • Kyoto • shopping • tourism • tourist sites • tradition • travel)

China announces new three-hour-a-week video game limit for kids

Casey Baseel
Aug 31, 2021

New regulations surprisingly don’t include the phrase “You know, when I was your age…”

China
(crazy • online games • society • video games • youth)

We try a viral Chinese TikTok recipe for spicy ramen using Sprite soda in the broth【SoraKitchen】

Dale Roll
Aug 26, 2021

What could “Sprite Noodles” taste like?

China, Japan
(COK • cold noodles • crazy • food • food hack • P.K. Sanjun • recipe • shin ramen • SNJO • soda • SoraKitchen • spicy food • Sprite • TikTok • weird)

World Record? Japanese trainer holds gym for 1,422 days and counting in Pokémon GO

Master Blaster
Jul 1, 2021

We hear the tragic tale of a Blissey sent to fight overseas for nearly four years.

China, Internet, Japan
(Blissey • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • smartphone games • University of Tokyo • video games • world records • Xianyang)

Chinese criminal’s Yu-Gi-Oh card reaches astronomical price before auction is shut down

Casey Baseel
Jun 24, 2021

Top bid for supposedly rare card soars past US$13 million, surpasses embezzled amount that got its owner life in prison.

China, Japan
(anime • auction • Blue-Eyes White Dragon • card games • collectible card games • crazy • crime • video games • Yu-Gi-Oh!)

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