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Mysterious mountain restaurant in Japan whisks us away to another world

• Oona McGee
  Nov 1, 2023
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Hidden gem wows us with its atmospheric setting, and its amazing food.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • countryside • Egawa Tasuku • food • Japanese countryside • Japanese food • Mountains • Nagasaki • Noodles • restaurants • review • SNJO • somen • tempura • tourism • travel • weird • wow)

Kung-fu shoe flipping tournament coming back to Yokohama Chinatown

• Master Blaster
  Nov 1, 2023

Kick off your shoes and have a good time.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • funny • Kitamon Festival • kung fu • Kung-fu Shoe Flying World Championships • kung-fu shoes • martial arts • sports • tournaments • weird • Yokohama • Yokohama Chinatown)

Tokyo’s best downtown garden gets even more beautiful with after-dark fall colors event

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 1, 2023

Naked returns to Shinjuku Gyoen.

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• Japan
• (art • beautiful • fall colors • gardens • light up • maple • NAKED Inc. • nature • parks • red leaves • shinjuku • Shinjuku Goyen)

New Japanese bowl-shaped donburi rice cooker cooks rice and toppings at the same time

• Oona McGee
  Nov 1, 2023

Making curry rice and beef bowls is now easier and faster than ever. 

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• Japan
• (appliances • cooking • cool • electrical appliances • food • gadgets • home appliances • Japanese food • kitchen appliances • kitchen gadgets • rice • rice cooker • rice cookers • Thanko)

Halloween costume idea: Dressing up as the Tokyo neighborhood that banned Halloween parties【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 1, 2023

If we can’t go to Shibuya on Halloween, then we’re going to be Shibuya on Halloween.

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• Japan
• (COK • cosplay • crazy • funny • halloween • Halloween costumes • Mr. Sato • Shibuya • Shibuya Halloween • SNJO • weird)

Does Guile’s Street Fighter video game crouching block work in real life?【Experiment】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 31, 2023

Who’s man enough to fight with Seiji?

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• Japan
• (Ahiruneko • Capcom • COK • crazy • funny • Guile • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • Street Fighter • Street Fighter 2 • Street Fighter II • video games • weird)

Cowboy Bebop fragrance line created to celebrate anime’s 25th anniversary

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 31, 2023

Smell like Spike, Faye, or Julia thanks to Tokyo’s anime perfume specialists.

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• Japan
• (anime • aroma • COK • cologne • Cowboy Bebop • Fairy Tail • fragrance • perfume)

Japanese temple shop sells special shumai dumplings…with no meat in them

• Oona McGee
  Oct 31, 2023

You won’t find shumai like this anywhere else.

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• Japan
• (Ashikaga City • COK • cool • culture • dumplings • food • Japanese food • shumai • SNJO • souvenirs • Takamichi Furusawa • temples • Tochigi • vegetarian)

Restaurant specializing in tamago kake men (TKM), raw egg over noodles, opens in central Tokyo

• Krista Rogers
  Oct 31, 2023

Does this lesser-known noodle variant of the quick-and-easy tamago kake gohan (TKG) have what it takes to become the next big thing?

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• Japan
• (COK • egg • food • Jimbocho • Jinbocho • Noodles • raw egg • restaurants • SNJO • TKG • TKM • Tokyo)

The newest must-eat Japanese KitKats: Deep-fried KitKat katsu on sticks

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 31, 2023

Sweet, savory, and doubly lucky.

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• Japan
• (chocolate • crazy • cutlets • food • fried food • Japanese KitKats • katsu • KitKats • kushi katsu • Kushi Katsu Tanaka • restaurants • sweet • weird)

Grand Sumo Tournament pop-up cafe pushes its way into Fukuoka

• Master Blaster
  Oct 31, 2023

I hope they throw salt over everything.

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• Japan
• (cafes • chanko • COK • food • Fukuoka • hot pot • Kawara Cafe & Dining Kitte • nabe • pop-up cafes • restaurants • spots • Sumo • themed cafes • themed restaurants)

Drinkable Choco Flakes in a can contains…pieces of actual corn?!

• Oona McGee
  Oct 30, 2023

When you want to remind people what cornflakes are made of, in an unforgettable way. 

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• Japan
• (canned drinks • cereal • choco flakes • COK • corn • cornflakes • drinks • food • Japanese food • K. Masami • SNJO • taste test • weird • weird drinks)

Smiling Totoro, Catbus eco bags and plushie clips reward you with smiles for being kind to nature

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 30, 2023

Soot Sprites and Jiji also join the adorable lineup.

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• Japan
• (anime • bags • Catbus • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • eco bags • Hayao Miyazaki • Kiki's Delivery Service • My Neighbor Totoro • reusable shoping bags • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

The best cosplayers from Day One of the Ikebukuro Halloween Cosplay Festival 2023

• Oona McGee
  Oct 30, 2023

Tokyo’s famous otaku neighbourhood was the place to be for some of the hottest characters this Halloween.

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• Japan
• (anime • beautiful women • Blue Archive • COK • cool • cosplay • cosplay costumes • cosplayers • costumes • cute • halloween • Halloween 2023 • Ikebukuro • Ikebukuro Halloween Cosplay Festival • SNJO • video games)

Osaka Ohsho Chinese restaurant chain serves curry? We try it out, then find something crazier

• Dale Roll
  Oct 30, 2023

Osaka Ohsho is really branching out with these new dishes. 

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• Japan
• (chinese food • curry • gyoza • Osaka Ohsho • taste test • Yuuichiro Wasai)

Japan’s most popular MSG maker had to battle some nasty rumors 100 years ago

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 29, 2023

Aji no Moto tasted so good, some people thought there must be some creepy creatures on the ingredient list.

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• Japan
• (Aji no Moto • Ajinomoto • COK • factories • food • gross • history • monosodium glutamate • MSG • SNJO • weird)

300-year-old Tokyo comb company sells 30,000-yen wooden hair combs—Are they worth it?

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 29, 2023

And if you’d rather have a 60,000-yen comb, this Asakusa shop has some of those too.

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• Japan
• (Asakusa • COK • comb • combs • cool • crazy • culture • expenive • fashion • hair • Mr. Sato • SNJO • Tokyo • tradition)

Hey, have you eaten the news? – Japanese “noodle newspaper” comes with writing on the soba

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 29, 2023

Taste-testing Nagano’s Soba Shimbun.

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• Japan
• (clever • COK • cool • crazy • food • Nagano • Noodles • SNJO • soba • taste test • weird)

Mega Yakisoba Pan takes Japanese convenience store food to crazy new places

• Oona McGee
  Oct 28, 2023

Convenience store chain’s extreme yakisoba bread is even frightening the locals.

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• Japan
• (bread • COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • crazy • food • fried noodles • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese noodles • konbini • Lawson • Mr. Sato • Noodles • SNJO • taste test • weird • yakisoba • yakisoba bread • yakisoba pan)

Shibuya locks down Hachiko statue for Halloween 2023 while Burger King Center Gai shuts its doors

• Oona McGee
  Oct 28, 2023

Shibuya City is serious about stopping the Halloween street party this year.

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• Japan
• (Burger King • COK • events • Hachiko • halloween • Hallowen 2023 • news • scramble crossing • Shibuya • Shibuya Halloween • Shibuya scramble crossing • Tokyo • tourism • tourists • travel)

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