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Mr. Sato compares the new milk cream Hokkaido cheese steamed cake to the classic version

• Krista Rogers
  Sep 22, 2023
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He swears the company took a hint from his own eating preferences.

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• Japan
• (bread • cheese • COK • convenience stores • Family mart • food • Mr. Sato • SNJO • steamed cake • sweets • taste test • Yamazaki Baking)

Two Japanese burgers contain whole crab, but which one is best?

• Oona McGee
  Sep 22, 2023

Terrifying to look at, but how are they to eat?

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• Japan
• (burgers • COK • crabs • Dom Dom • Dom Dom Burger • fast food • food • Kouhey • review • seafood • SNJO • taste test • weird)

Talking about takoyaki got us thinking…why can’t you use squid instead of octopus?【SoraKitchen】

• Dale Roll
  Sep 22, 2023

Surely squid is just as good a filling?

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• Japan
• (COK • cooking • experiment • food • food history • K. Masami • octopus • Osaka • SNJO • SoraKitchen • squid • takoyaki)

Are the new shrimp nuggets from McDonald’s Japan better than chicken McNuggets?

• Oona McGee
  Sep 22, 2023

We find out if the Puripuri Ebi Purio lives up to the hype.

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• Japan
• (Chicken McNuggets • COK • fast food • food • limited edition • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • new • review • Shrimp • SNJO • taste test)

Studio Ghibli to be acquired by Nippon TV as subsidiary company in stock purchase

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 21, 2023

Independent era comes to an end for Hayao Miyazaki’s studio, but it could be the start of a happy future.

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• Japan
• (anime • Goro Miyazaki • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • Nippon TV • Studio Ghibli • Toshio Suzuki)

Fujisan View Express: A train journey to Mt Fuji so stylish you’ll never want it to end

• Oona McGee
  Sep 21, 2023

There’s one carriage that requires a special fare to ride in, but it’s worth it. 

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• Japan
• (COK • Fuji • fuji-q • fuji-q highland • Fujisan • Fujisan View Express • Japanese trains • luxury trains • Masanuki Sunakoma • Mt. Fuji • SNJO • tourist sites • trains • travel)

Newest Gundam anime robot model kit is made with green tea leaves, smells like green tea

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 21, 2023

Bandai offers the chance to make a mecha that looks cool and smells nice.

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• Japan
• (anime • Bandai • Bandai Spirits • cool • eco-friendly • green tea • Gundam • Gundam models • Gunpla • Ito En • Itoen • models • Oi Ocha • recycling • robots • tea • Zaku)

Matcha mocchiri balls appear at Starbucks in Japan for a limited time

• Oona McGee
  Sep 21, 2023

Grown with fertiliser made from used coffee grounds, this is just one of the stars of Coffee Fun Week.

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• Japan
• (coffee • COK • cool • drinks • Frappuccino • International Coffee Day • limited edition • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • sweets)

Fantasy RPG-style cosplay weapon shop opening in downtown Tokyo

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 21, 2023

Takumi Armory is here to make Harajuku feel like an RPG starter town.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • cosplay • crazy • Harajuku • Takumi Armory • Takumi Kogei • video games)

Why go to Tokyo Game Show 2023, when it can come to you as a VR game itself?

• Master Blaster
  Sep 21, 2023

Finally, I can attend a convention in my underwear and not be asked to leave.

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• Japan
• (conventions • events • metaverse • Tokyo Game Show • Tokyo Game Show 2023 • video games • virtual reality • VR)

Which Japanese chain has the best hot dog: Mos Burger, Subway, Tully’s, or Mister Donut?

• Shannon
  Sep 20, 2023

You might be surprised at our winning wiener.

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• Japan
• (COK • fast food • food • hot dogs • Mister Donut • Mos Burger • Mr. Sato • SNJO • Subway • taste test • Tully's)

The Gentleman’s Cheese Beef Bowl, invented by Mr. Sato

• Master Blaster
  Sep 20, 2023

Opulence, thy name is The Gentleman’s Cheese Beef Bowl.

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• Japan
• (beef bowls • cheese • cheese beef bowls • COK • food • gourmet • gyudon • Isetan • Mr. Sato • SNJO • Sukiya • The Gentleman's Cheese Beef Bowl)

How should you use the small hiroen in a Japanese ryokan hotel room?

• Oona McGee
  Sep 20, 2023

Answering a question that’s puzzled travellers for decades.

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• Japan
• (accommodation • Ahiruneko • architecture • beautiful • COK • cool • culture • engawa • etiquette • hiroen • history • hotels • inn • Japanese accommodation • japanese architecture • Japanese inn • ryokan • SNJO • tradition • travel)

Krispy Kreme Japan releases new seasonal Premium Nagoya donut flavors for the fall

• Krista Rogers
  Sep 20, 2023

The two limited-time donuts, which can only be purchased at one location in the whole country, combine fall flavors with traditional ingredients. 

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• Japan
• (chestnut • COK • donuts • hojicha • JR Nagoya Takashimaya • Krispy Kreme • Krispy Kreme Japan • limited • Nagoya • seasonal • sweets)

Levi’s x Crocs collection features traditional Japanese tie dye and embroidery

• Oona McGee
  Sep 20, 2023

A very Japanese aesthetic from two very American companies. 

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• Japan
• (cool • Crocs • embroidery • fashion • japanese design • Japanese traditional crafts • jeans • Levi's • sashiko • shibori • shoes • tie-dye • traditional crafts)

Pikachu is now the McDonald’s Happy Meal Box, but not in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 20, 2023

Pokémon Happy Meals come in an adorable yellow box that’s making those of us in Japan green with envy.

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• Europe, USA
• (anime • cool • cute • fast food • food • Happy Meal • McDonald's • Pikachu • Pokemon • video games)

Cute ekiben station bento looks like it’s from Japan but it’s from a different place entirely

• Oona McGee
  Sep 19, 2023

Similar in so many ways, except one which sets them apart.

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• Japan, Taiwan
• (bento • boxed lunch • bullet trains • COK • cute • drinks • Ekiben • food • kanahei • lunch box • lunch box foods • shinkansen • SNJO • Taiwan • tourism • trains • travel • Yui Imai)

Final Fantasy and KFC Japan team up – Colonel Sanders heads to Eorzea, and maybe Chocobo to KFC?

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 19, 2023

Is Kentucky Fried Chocobo in our fast food future?

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• Japan
• (Chocobo • cool • fast food • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy XIV • food • fried chicken • KFC • KFC Japan • Square Enix • video games • weird)

Family Mart’s most luxurious curry-man dumpling yet

• Master Blaster
  Sep 19, 2023

It’s so evolved, it’s hardly even a dumpling anymore.

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• Japan
• (Bistro-man • COK • convenience stores • curry • dumplings • Family mart • food • nikuman • steamed buns)

Japanese prison will become luxury hotel managed by country’s premier resort company

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 19, 2023

Hoshinoya Nara Prison’s guests’ stays will be shorter and more comfortable than Nara Prison’s occupants’ were.

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• Japan
• (crime • history • Hoshino Resorts • hotels • Luxury • Nara • travel • weird)

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