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Does the Shirotama Maker kitchen gadget really create perfect instant ramen eggs?

• Oona McGee
  Jun 18, 2025
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Cup Noodle’s Nissin creates a way to elevate your ramen, but it might be more hassle than it’s worth.

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• (chicken ramen • cooking • cool • eggs • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • video)

Niigata man arrested for stealing over 40 bikes, wanted to build the perfect bike for himself

• Master Blaster
  Jun 17, 2025

And you will know him by the trail of bike parts…

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• Japan
• (bicycles • bikes • crime • cycling • hobbies • Niigata • strange • theft)

Tomato tarts from Japanese dessert shop will make you rethink what a tomato is

• Master Blaster
  Jun 17, 2025

Psycho filler, Qu’il Fait Bon.

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• Japan
• (desserts • edamame • food • OSMIC • Qu'il Fait Bon • soybeans • tarts • tomato)

12 Japanese MLB players to be honored with manhole lids across the country

• Master Blaster
  Jun 17, 2025

These are some manhole league baseball players.

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• Japan
• (baseball • Kodai Senga • Lars Nootbaar • Major League Baseball • manhole covers • manhole lids • Masataka Yoshida • MLB • Roki Sasaki • Seiya Suzuki • Shohei Ohtani • Shota Imanaga • sports • Tomoyuki Sugano • Yoshinobu Yamamoto • Yu Darvish • Yuki Matsui • Yusei Kikuchi)

How do Muji’s Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon soft drinks compare to the wines?

• Master Blaster
  Jun 17, 2025

We dare to mix Chardonnay with Chardonnay.

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• Japan
• (Cabernet Sauvignon • Chardonnay • drinks • grape juice • grape soda • muji • Mujirushi • Mujirushi Ryohin • soft drinks • wine)

Awesome tempura soba noodle breakfast makes this Tokyo hotel near Akihabara a budget travel hero

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 17, 2025

Skip the morning convenience store run and charge up for the day ahead with delicious seasonal tempura.

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• Japan
• (breakfast • COK • Dormy Inn • Dormy Inn Premium • food • hotel breakfast • hotels • Noodles • SNJO • soba • tempura • tourism • travel)

Burger King going on tour in Japan, visiting areas where no restaurants exist yet

• Master Blaster
  Jun 17, 2025

They’re making a menu, checking it twice, gonna find out who likes a Whopper with spice…

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• Japan
• (Burger King • food truck • King On Tour 2025 • Nagasaki • pickleball • Pickleball Burger • Sasebo • whopper)

Starbucks Japan releases exclusive new Mango Au Lait for summer

• Oona McGee
  Jun 16, 2025

A simple beverage that’s ripe for customisation.

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• Japan
• (cool • drinks • fruit • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • mango • mangoes • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • summer)

Japan’s Mister Donut teams up with Disney for first time for Mickey and Minnie Sweets

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 16, 2025

♪M-I-S, T-E-R, D-O-N-U-T♪

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• Japan
• (COK • Disney • donuts • food • Mickey Mouse • Minnie Mouse • Mister Donut • sweets)

Suntory’s new canned whisky cocktail is its first for world whisky Ao

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 16, 2025

It takes five countries to make this ready-to-drink cocktail in a can.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • Ao • canned cocktails • cocktails • drinks • Japanese whiskey • Japanese whisky • Suntory • Whiskey • whisky)

Humans are horrible at healing, according to Japanese researchers

• Master Blaster
  Jun 16, 2025

This news cuts deep and apparently will take a long time to heal.

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• Japan
• (apes • baboons • chimpanzees • healing • health • humans • medicine • monkeys • primates • science • The University of The Ryukyus)

There’s a new museum in Japan, but almost all of its location is a secret

• Elliot Hale
  Jun 16, 2025

Historic Edo-period buildings, modern art, and secret doors all feature in a unique adventure.

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• Japan
• (art • COK • cool • culture • history • museums • mystery • Secret Museum Yanai Yamaguchi • tourism • Town of White Walls • travel • Yamaguchi • Yamaguchi Prefecture • Yanai)

World’s first “transparent paper cup” developed in Japan

• Master Blaster
  Jun 16, 2025

I can see clearly now. The cellophane has come.

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• Japan
• (cellophane • cellulose • JAMSTEC • Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology • paper • paper cups • plastic • plastic cups)

Starbucks Japan’s new Hot Frappuccino is almost too spicy to drink

• Oona McGee
  Jun 15, 2025

This limited-edition beverage will be forever burned in our memory.  

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• Japan
• (drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • fruit • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • mango • review • SNJO • spicy • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • summer • taste test)

Can putting a giant dragonfly on your head repel bugs?

• Master Blaster
  Jun 15, 2025

If you can’t beat ’em, wear ’em.

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• Japan
• (bug repellant • bugs • COK • dogs • dragonflies • insect repellant • insects • mosquitoes • outdoors • pesticide-free • pets • SNJO • Udonko • wasps)

McDonald’s Japan’s Very Hungry Caterpillar Happy Meal toys are very cute【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 15, 2025

Classic children’s literature star takes big appetite to McDonald’s.

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• Japan
• (books • COK • cute • fast food • food • Happy Meal • Happy Set • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • SNJO • toys • Very Hungry Caterpillar)

Official Spirited Away cookbook teaches how to make food from the Ghibli anime classic

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 14, 2025

From Haku’s rice ball to cursed chicken and charred newt cookies, this book will show you how to make Spirited Away’s fantastic fantasy fare.

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• Japan
• (anime • books • cookbooks • cooking • food • Ghibli food • Ghibli's Table • manga • spirited away • Studio Ghibli)

Japan Shogi Association’s Queen’s Gambit for the future of female pro players

• Elliot Hale
  Jun 14, 2025

Critics claim it’s an unfair advantage, but it’s one step closer to equality for Japan’s top women players in a male-dominated world.

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• Japan
• (COK • Japan Shogi Association • JSA • Queen Hakurei • shogi • society • Tomoka Nishiyama)

Chiikawa Park opens next month in Tokyo’s Sunshine City shopping complex

• Krista Rogers
  Jun 14, 2025

Fans of Chiikawa and friends will delight in an opportunity to become immersed in the characters’ world.

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• Japan
• (anime • Chiikawa • Chiikawa Park • COK • cute • Ikebukuro • manga • Sunshine City)

Is it OK to drink bottled water after the expiration date in Japan?

• Master Blaster
  Jun 14, 2025

The answer may not surprise you but the reason will.

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• Japan
• (bottled water • drinks • expiration date • expiry date • health • PET bottles • water • wellness)

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