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We make Miyagi Prefecture’s famous seri-nabe hotpot using ingredients bought in Sendai
- Krista Rogers
Mar 21, 2024 - Tweet
The dish is unique in that all parts of the seri plant are consumed–leaves, stems, and roots included.
- Japan
- (COK • cooking • food • hotpot • Ikuna Kamezawa • nabe • Sendai • seri • seri-nabe • SNJO • winter)
Spirited Away’s No-Face, Yubaba appear in seaside park in Japan as Ghibli museum exhibit opens 【Vid】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 20, 2024
Special traveling Ghibli exhibit makes its first stop in Kanagawa.
- Japan
- (anime • Hayao Miyazaki • museums • No Face • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Toshio Suzuki • Toshio Suzuki and Ghibli Exhibition)
Love yakiniku but dining solo? Here’s what it’s like to eat alone at Yakiniku Like
- Krista Rogers
Mar 20, 2024
Experiencing solo yakiniku for the first time at a popular chain specializing in yakiniku-for-one.
- Japan
- (alone • clever • COK • cool • food • Korean barbecue • meat • restaurants • Saya Togashi • SNJO • solo dining • yakiniku • Yakiniku Like)
Foreign passenger shoves conductor on one of the last full runs for Japan’s Thunderbird train
- Casey Baseel
Mar 20, 2024
Tokkyuken check leads to altercation and delay.
Fortune cookies come to Japan via Panda Express
- Casey Baseel
Mar 20, 2024
Japan has lots of Chinese restaurants, but fortune cookies are much harder to find.
- Japan
- (chinese food • COK • fast food • food • fortune cookies • Panda Express • restaurants • sweets)
When will the sakura bloom in Tokyo? We visit the famous cherry blossom sample tree to find out
- Oona McGee
Mar 20, 2024
The tree that officially signals the start of sakura season in the capital has missed the predicted starting date, but we have some new dates to keep an eye out for.
- Japan
- (cherry blossom forecast 2024 • cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2024 • COK • hanami • Mr. Sato • sakura • sakura 2024 • sakura forecast • sakura forecast 2024 • sample tree • SNJO • Tokyo • Yasukuni Shrine)
Kyoto bans tourists from geisha alleys in Gion, with fines for those who don’t follow rules
- Oona McGee
Mar 20, 2024
Historic area wants foreign visitors to know it’s not a theme park.
- Japan
- (etiquette • geisha • Gion • Kyoto • Kyoto rules • maiko • news • overtourism • tourism • travel)
Whole boxes of Mystery Meat going on sale in Japan, Cup Noodle fans rejoice
- Casey Baseel
Mar 19, 2024
One box contains 47 Cup Noodles’ worth of Mystery Meat!
- Japan
- (crazy • Cup Noodle • cup ramen • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • mystery meat • Nissin • Noodles • ramen • weird)
Should you warm up your convenience store onigiri rice balls in the microwave?【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 19, 2024
Japan’ s convenience stores often recommend warming up their rice balls, but is it worth the extra hassle?
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • COK • convenience stores • food • onigiri • rice balls • SNJO • taste test)
Is this frozen tonkatsu sandwich vending machine really worth 700 yen?【Taste test】
- Shannon
Mar 19, 2024
We tried this mysterious find in a busy Tokyo station.
- Japan
- (best tonkatsu • Ebisu • food vending machines • Tokyo • tonkatsu • tonkatsu vending machine • unique vending machine)
7-Eleven Japan teams up with two different curry restaurants for one curry dish
- Master Blaster
Mar 19, 2024
Putting two different restaurants’ foods side by side it a really innovative idea.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • bento • COK • convenience stores • curry • curry rice • Erick South • food • lo bah png • Roka • SNJO)
Has Kyoto Prefecture’s super spicy food area still got the heat, or has it sizzled out?
- Krista Rogers
Mar 19, 2024
A trip that was meant to be pleasantly nostalgic resulted in a big shock, but also came with a silver, spicy lining.
- Japan
- (COK • food • haruka takagi • Kyoto • mapo tofu • Muko • SNJO • spicy • spicy food • tourism • travel)
American Reddit post claims this soy sauce will change your life【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 19, 2024
Seiji prepares to have his life changed by a Shikoku soy sauce.
- Japan
- (COK • food • Kikkoman • Kikubishio • reddit • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • soy sauce • taste test • Yamaroku)
“Red Wing Burger” is the newest crazy creation from Japan’s oldest hamburger chain【Taste test】
- SoraNews24
Mar 18, 2024
Dom Dom Burger goes big with a red wing burger for a red wing town.
- Japan
- (Akabane • big food • COK • Dom Dom Burger • Dom Dom Hamburger • fast food • fish • food • hamburgers • SNJO)
Beautiful Totoro diorama box flower sets offered for Mother’s Day, but look great all year long
- Casey Baseel
Mar 18, 2024
Sure, you could buy these for your mom, but you could also buy them for yourself.
- Japan
- (anime • carnations • Donguri Kyowakoku • flowers • gardening • Hayao Miyazaki • interior • Kiki's Delivery Service • Mother's Day • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Can Starbucks Japan’s new Frappuccino and “cheer up” drink really change your mood?
- Oona McGee
Mar 18, 2024
Two drinks designed to improve your energy and mood at a pivotal time of year.
- Japan
- (drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • K. Masami • limited edition • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • taste test)
Legendary Melon Bread by Tokyo Banana returns after 20-year absence【Taste Test】
- Master Blaster
Mar 18, 2024
It has awakened.
- Japan
- (Ebina Service Area • food • Legendary Melon Bread • melon bread • Melon Pan • Tokyo Banana • Tokyo Station)
Super-cheap Online Shopping – Can you make a capsule hotel look cool with a 365-yen aurora light?
- Casey Baseel
Mar 17, 2024
Masanuki wants to recapture the sci-fi excitement of capsule hotels, but he doesn’t want to spend much money doing it.
- Japan
- (capsule hotels • cheap • COK • cool • crazy • hotels • Masanuki Sunakoma • online shopping • SNJO • super cheap online shopping)
Come buy the SoraNews24 lucky bag and help support a good cause at Subculture Market
- Casey Baseel
Mar 17, 2024
We go from lucky bag buyers to sellers to raise money for disaster relief.
- Japan
- (charity • Daikanyama • disaster relief • fukubukuro • Lucky Bags • Noto earthquake • SNJO)
Truck drivers love this Saitama Ramen Shop, but will it win our hearts?【Taste test】
- SoraNews24
Mar 17, 2024
Ramen Shop’s name sounds generic, but its ramen isn’t.
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