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Japan’s passport is the strongest in the world, study shows

Casey Baseel
Oct 13, 2018
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No other travel document opens as many doors around the world as Japan’s passport just edges the number-tow nation.

Global, Japan
(internationalism • passports • society • travel)

Osaka shows off Great Britain’s flair with Hankyu department store’s Great British Fair!

Katy Kelly
Oct 12, 2018

Hankyu Umeda will showcase highlights from British culture, with spotlights on fantasy characters, cuisine and even Buckingham palace-style marches!

Europe, Japan
(british culture • British food • culture • drinks • events • food • Harry Potter • Osaka • United Kingdom)

Busty Japanese cosplayer unanimously forgiven for no glass slippers when dressed as Cinderella

Casey Baseel
Oct 12, 2018

A rare case where it’s not Cinderella’s feet that everyone’s eyes are on.

Japan
(anime • beautiful women • Cinderella • cosplay • Disney • Disney princesses • Kano Sisters • Kyoko Kano • One Piece)

With its Inner Market closed down, we stop by Tsukiji to see how Tokyo’s sushi mecca is coping

Casey Baseel
Oct 12, 2018

Will the neighborhood with a name synonymous with delicious seafood survive following the opening of the city’s new fish market?

Japan
(COK • food • SNOJ • sushi • Tokyo • Tsukiji • Tsukiji fish market)

Starbucks Japan unveils new Halloween Witch and Halloween Princess Frappuccino

Oona McGee
Oct 12, 2018

Duo of decadent drinks come with a limited-time Twitter offer and matching Halloween doughnuts.

Japan
(Apple • drinks • Frappuccinos • halloween • limited edition • Princess • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets • witch)

We investigate the “secret menu” at Tendon Tenya: vegetable tempura for 210 yen?!

Katy Kelly
Oct 12, 2018

Mr. Sato knows a cheap way to chow down on Japan’s flaky fried food rice bowls, so he shared the trick with all of us!
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Japan
(COK • food • life hacks • Mr. Sato • P.K. Sanjun • restaurants • SNOJ • tempura • Tenya)

Foreign traveler’s heart broken as he learns his image of Akihabara is too good to be true

Casey Baseel
Oct 12, 2018

Even in the biggest otaku mecca in the world, there’s a limit to how big the anime salutes are.

Japan
(Akihabara • anime • crazy • figures • funny • otaku • statues • Tokyo • travel)

Toyosu fish market opens with tuna auction, traffic jams, accidents, and turret truck fire

Oona McGee
Oct 12, 2018

Photos and videos from first day at new fish market in Tokyo show a very different scene to Tsukiji.

Japan
(fish • news • Tokyo • tourism • tourist sites • Toyosu • Toyosu fish market • travel • Tsukiji • Tsukiji fish market • tuna auction)

Japan’s oldest Yoshinoya branch reopens in a new location: Tokyo’s brand-new Toyosu fish market

Casey Baseel
Oct 11, 2018

We stop by to taste the continuing tradition and take a sneak peek at the replacement for the world-famous Tsukiji market.

Japan
(beef bowls • COK • food • gyudon • restaurants • SNOJ • sushi • Toyosu fish market • Tsukiji fish market • Yoshinoya)

Japanese gamer tired of tapping for loot boxes invents automatic tapper using a wiener

Dale Roll
Oct 11, 2018

What an amazing low-budget, DIY mobile gamer tool!

Japan
(clever • cool • crazy • fate grand order • funny • video games • weird)

Tokyo braces for potential rat infestation as Tsukiji fish market closes

Casey Baseel
Oct 11, 2018

Moving day has come and gone for the people and fish, so next it’s the landmark’s rat population that’ll be looking for a new home.

Japan
(animals • COK • food • gross • mice • rats • sushi • Tokyo • Tsukiji • Tsukiji fish market)

Woman jailed after entering Japanese train cabin with key bought at online auction

Oona McGee
Oct 11, 2018

Japan’s rail security is being brought into question after a rail enthusiast accessed a locked crew compartment while the train was in operation.

Japan
(COK • crime • densha otaku • Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • rail fans • train stations • trains)

Boys Love Sommelier uses AI to find titles to quench your man-on-man manga romance thirst

Casey Baseel
Oct 11, 2018

Answers to just a few questions, like whether or not you’re in the mood for something “rock-hard,” is all the information the free-to-use virtual assistant needs.