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Japanese burger chain adds crazy new fruit teriyaki burger to its menu for a limited time

• Oona McGee
  Aug 23, 2024
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A unique burger you won’t find anywhere else. 

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• Japan
• (burgers • COK • cool • Dom Dom • Dom Dom Burger • fast food • food • fruit • Japanese food • Nashi • pears • teriyaki • teriyaki burger • weird food • wow)

Four breathtaking beer gardens to visit before summer ends in Japan (or put on next year’s list)

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 23, 2024

Spanning from the north of the country to the south, these might be four of the best places in all of Japan to enjoy a cold one.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • Atami • beautiful • beer • beer gardens • COK • craft beer • drinks • Hokkaido • Hoshino Resort • Hoshino Resorts • hotels • luxury travel • Nasu • nature • Okinawa • resorts • restaurants • tourism • travel)

How Japanese people deal with death at Nagasaki’s Shoro Nagashi ceremony

• Oona McGee
  Aug 23, 2024

Honouring the dead in a moving way that aids the grieving process.

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• Japan
• (ancestor worship • COK • culture • festivals • fireworks • holidays • Japanese festivals • Mariko Ohanabatake • Nagasaki • Obon • Shoro Nagashi • SNJO • Spirit Boat Procession • summer • tradition • travel)

Tsukimi Burger season-viewing starting soon with moon-viewing sandwiches from Wendy’s Japan/First Kitchen

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 22, 2024

Fast food partners team up for moon-viewing mix of Japanese and American flavors.

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• Japan
• (burgers • COK • fast food • First Kitchen • food • fried chicken • hamburgers • mochi • moon viewing • tsukimi • tsukimi burgers • Wendy's • Wendy's Japan)

Foreign tourists blamed for Japan rice shortage as “Reiwa Rice Riots” leaves shelves bare

• SoraNews24
  Aug 22, 2024

Tourists are said to be eating Japan out of rice, depleting the local food supply. 

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• Japan
• (COK • foreign tourists • foreign travelers • news • overtourism • rice • tourism • tourists • travel)

JoJo’s bizarre merch – An anime plushie that you wear on your face!【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 22, 2024

Now you too can be like Dio by sticking a Stone Mask on your face.

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• Japan
• (anime • Banpresto • crane games • crazy • funny • Jojo's bizarre adventure • manga • plushies • weird)

Crocodile Who Dies in 100 Days manga gets sudden sequel, may or may not involve cute animal death

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 22, 2024

Something is going to happen to Mouse in 100 days.

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• Japan
• (anime • manga • moving • The Crocodile Who Dies in 100 Days • touching)

How good is this popular wooden onigiri mould, made by a Japanese rice specialist?

• Oona McGee
  Aug 22, 2024

We find out if this sell-out hit product is worth the hype.

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• Japan
• (Akomeya • COK • food • Japanese food • onigiri • rice • rice balls • shopping • shops • SNJO • specialty products • taste test • wood)

Finally! General sales of Japan’s ultra convenient Sucia, Pasmo prepaid train cards resume next month

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 21, 2024

The two easiest ways to pay for train tickets, and a whole bunch of other stuff, make their long-awaited return.

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• Japan
• (COK • East Japan Railway • JR • JR East • Pasmo • prepaid cards • subways • Suica • tourism • trains • travel)

Survey finds Japan to be least god-fearing nation in the world and it’s not even close

• Master Blaster
  Aug 21, 2024

Jesus is just… all right with Japan.

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• Global, Japan
• (COK • culture • God • Jesus • religion • society • survey)

Cost to cook curry rice rises to highest in 10 years, puts pinch on Japan’s budget-friendly food

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 21, 2024

One of Japanese home chefs go-to cheap meals isn’t as cheap as it used to be.

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• Japan
• (COK • cooking • curry • curry rice • expensive • food • society)

Making minudaru, Okinawa’s super simple jet-black pork【SoraKitchen】

• Krista Rogers
  Aug 21, 2024

Its mysterious outer coating is not burned but simply incorporates one special ingredient.

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• Japan
• (COK • cooking • cool • food • minudaru • Okinawa • Okinawan food • pork • recipe • SNJO • SoraKitchen • Udonko)

Tsukimi Moon-Viewing season begins in Japan with new Yoshinoya gyudon beef bowls

• Oona McGee
  Aug 21, 2024

Moon and meat arise in a tasty new collection.  

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• Japan
• (autumn • beef bowl • beef bowls • fast food • festivals • food • gyudon • Japanese food • limited menu • moon viewing • seasonal menu • tradition • tsukimi • Yoshinoya)

Japan’s Mt. Fuji convenience store view-blocking screen has finally been taken down, on one condition

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 21, 2024

Screen was put in place as response to tourists, many from overseas, littering and blocking traffic.

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• Japan
• (convenience stores • Lawson • Mt. Fuji • overtourism • tourism • travel)

First-look video of new Nintendo Museum shows off giant controllers fans can actually play games with!

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 20, 2024

Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto gives up a sneak peek at the Kyoto video game museum that’s set to open before the end of the year.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • crazy • Kyoto • museums • nintendo • Nintendo Museum • Shigeru Miyamoto • video games)

Experiment: Can you make good matcha lattes by melting green tea ice cream?【SoraKitchen】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 20, 2024

Could this matcha alchemy be for real?

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• Japan
• (COK • food • green tea • Häagen-Dazs • ice cream • matcha • matcha latte • SNJO • SoraKitchen • sweets • Zen-Noh)

Dog’s Onsen: Give your pet a traditional Japanese hot spring bath

• Oona McGee
  Aug 20, 2024

Developed by a veterinarian as a healthier alternative to a dog shampoo.

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• Japan
• (animals • bathing • baths • COK • cool • dogs • hot springs • onsen • pets • products • shopping)

Here’s why you may want to switch your train home after a night of drinking in the big city

• Krista Rogers
  Aug 20, 2024

Our reporter shares why taking a limited-express train home after a weeknight drinking party made all the difference in the world for him.

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• Japan
• (Ahiruneko • alcohol • COK • drinking • limited express • Nomikai • Ome • SNJO • tokkyu • train • travel)

Pioneering Japanese gyoza restaurant hasn’t changed its recipe in over 70 years, doesn’t need to

• SoraNews24
  Aug 20, 2024

A visit to the creator of Fukuoka’s hitokuchi gyoza.

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• Japan
• (bite-sized gyoza • COK • food • Fukuoka • gyoza • hakata • hitokuchi gyoza • pot stickers • restaurants • SNJO)

Osaka dragon’s tail must be cut off, high court rules in Osaka ramen restaurant case

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 20, 2024

Landmark Dotonbori ramen restaurant’s famous dragon is going to be cut down to legally allowable size.

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• Japan
• (crazy • Dotonbori • dragon • food • Kinryu • Osaka • ramen • restaurants • weird)

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