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The story behind “the most hopeful ramen bar in the world”
- Oona McGee
Sep 25, 2023 - Tweet
Solving the mystery of the “world’s most hectic noodles” from Human Beings Everybody Noodles.
- Japan
- (COK • food • Hyogo • Ikuna Kamezawa • Noodles • Osaka • ramen • ramen restaurants • restaurants • service area • SNJO)
Japanese convenience store’s sweet potato dessert drinks and coffee may have you skip Starbucks
- Casey Baseel
Sep 25, 2023
Lawson rolls out new sweet potato drinks at its special cafe-menu stores.
- Japan
- (coffee • COK • convenience stores • drinks • Lawson • Machi Cafe • Machi Cafe Plus • SNJO • sweet potatoes • sweets • taste test)
Death Spray from Japan causes buzz online for powerful ability to cut ties with bad energy
- Oona McGee
Sep 25, 2023
Spray it at work and the company is doomed, spray it on the desk of a colleague and they’ll be transferred…this is a spray that’s not to be messed with.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • culture • cute • enkiri • fragrance • Mariko Ohanabatake • Oisesan • perfume • purification • room spray • salt • shopping • SNJO • souvenirs)
Häagen-Dazs brings back its popular mochi ice cream line with two classic, luxurious flavors
- Dale Roll
Sep 25, 2023
Highlighting the simplicity of Japanese sweets in ice cream form.
- Japan
- (azuki • COK • food • green tea • Häagen-Dazs • Häagen-Dazs Japan • ice cream • kinako • matcha • mochi ice cream • red beans • SNJO • sweets • taste test)
Comparing Pon de Ring and Ring da Pon donuts to find Japan’s mochi-est donut【Taste test】
- Shannon
Sep 25, 2023
One “Ring” to rule them all.
- Japan
- (food • Jack in the Donuts • Japanese donuts • Mister Donut • Mr. Sato • Pon De Ring • ring da pon • SNJO • sweets • taste test)
Curry rice, to mix, or not to mix? That is the question survey attempts to answer
- Casey Baseel
Sep 25, 2023
The roux and rice are almost always served separately, so what’s the best way to eat them?
Sailor Scout transformation brooch compact now available from collectible company Premium Bandai
- Dale Roll
Sep 24, 2023
Now you, too, can transform into a Sailor Scout with the power of this limited edition Shining Moon Powder!
- Japan
- (anime • brooch • COK • compact case • cosmetics • makeup • manga • Miracle Romance • Premium Bandai • Sailor Moon)
Japan’s new Pokémon pancake maker hot plate may mean we never cook anything else ever again【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 24, 2023
You can make six at a time, but there might still be a line when all your fellow Poké-fan friends see what you’re cooking up.
- Japan
- (anime • cooking • cool • cute • food • hot plate • kitchen gadgets • pancakes • Pikachu • Pokemon • video games)
28 things that surprised SoraNews24’s Japanese founder on his trip to San Diego
- Yoshio
Sep 24, 2023
A trip to visit Big Sis takes Yoshio an ocean away from Japan, and in some ways a world apart.
- Japan
- (California • COK • culture shock • food • internationalism • San Deigo • SNJO • society • travel • Yoshio)
The best Japanese curry in Japan isn’t eaten at a restaurant
- Oona McGee
Sep 24, 2023
This curry is so good it’ll weaken your senses.
- Japan
- (COK • curry • curry rice • hanpen • Hinoya • Hinoya Curry • Japanese curry • Japanese food • reddit • restaurants • retort curry • review • Seiji Nakazawa • Shizuoka • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo)
We found an underground Kyoto vending machine that sells multi-course French meals
- Dale Roll
Sep 24, 2023
And now it’s on our to-do list any time we visit Kyoto!
- Japan
- (COK • food • French food • Kyoto • SNJO • taste test • vending machine • Zest Oike)
New line of Ranma 1/2 lifestyle and fashion anime goods is here to help fans feel complete【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 23, 2023
The classic Rumiko Takahashi series teams up with Felissimo.
- Japan
- (anime • COK • cool • cute • fashion • Felissimo • food • lifestyle goods • manga • ranma • Ranma 1/2 • Rumiko Takahashi • sweets)
Late-night vending machine find in Japan leads to a midnight party
- Oona McGee
Sep 23, 2023
Unusual glow draws us in like moths to a flame.
- Japan
- (Ahiruneko • COK • fish • food • Japanese food • Japanese vending machines • sashimi • SNJO • sushi • taste test • tuna • vending machine)
You can eat a Fat Chocobo, Sephiroth macarons as part of Japan’s new Final Fantasy sweets lineup
- Casey Baseel
Sep 23, 2023
Final Fujiya Fantasy.
- Japan
- (cafe • cake • Chocobo • cute • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • food • Fujiya • macarons • Peko-chan • restaurants • Sephiroth • sweets • Tifa)
As summer comes to an end, it’s time to get ready for a plague of mosquitoes in Japan
- Master Blaster
Sep 23, 2023
Out of the frying pan and into the pan full of mosquitos…
- Japan
- (animals • autumn • bugs • COK • insects • mosquitoes • mosquitos • science • summer • weather)
Ramen made by a sauna shop opens its doors in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Sep 23, 2023
A new type of noodle experience by sauna lovers for sauna lovers…but maybe not for ramen lovers.
- Japan
- (Asakusa • COK • food • Japanese food • Noodles • P.K. Sanjun • ramen • ramen restaurants • restaurants • review • sauna • SNJO • tonkotsu • tonkotsu ramen)
Howl’s Moving Castle is now a die-cast car in Studio Ghibli anime toy line, and Calcifer too!【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 23, 2023
Tomica continues divergence from conventional automobiles in salute to Hayao Miyazaki’s anime adaptation.
- Japan
- (anime • Calcifer • cars • COK • cool • Dream Tomica Full of Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • Howl's Moving Castle • Studio Ghibli • Takara Tomy • tomica • toys)
Japanese vending machine at Shinjuku Station is a rare gem hiding in plain sight
- Oona McGee
Sep 23, 2023
You won’t find items like this at any other vending machine in the area!
- Japan
- (beef tongue • COK • food • gacha • gyutan • random • SNJO • taste test • vending machine)
Puppy-face Cloud, dolphin-punch Tifa, and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth at Tokyo Game Show 2023【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 22, 2023
It’s been a long wait for the next chapter in the Final Fantasy VII remake, but Square Enix finally gave us a taste.
- Japan
- (COK • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth • Final Fantasy VII remake • SNJO • Square Enix • Tokyo Game Show • Tokyo Game Show 2023 • video games)
Giant 100-meter-long Super Mario mural is coming to Kyoto
- Casey Baseel
Sep 22, 2023
Hometown hero will appear in downtown Kyoto’s Shijo-dori Underpass.
- Japan
- (art • awesome • cool • Kyoto • nintendo • stations • subways • Super Mario • Super Mario Bros. • trains • video games)
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New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
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Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
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