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Nozomi Shinkansen bullet train abolishes low-priced unreserved tickets during peak travel seasons

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 15, 2023
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New policy affects popular Tokyo-Kyoto-Osaka route of high-speed rail network.

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• Japan
• (bullet train • COK • Japan Railway • JR • JR Central • JR Tokai • Nozomi Shinkansen • shinkansen • trains • travel)

First full-body look at new Japan-made Godzilla movie’s kaiju star has old-school fans happy

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 15, 2023

New Godzilla is a return to the design language of classic Godzilla.

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• Japan
• (cool • Godzilla • Godzilla Minus One • kaiju • movies • video)

McDonald’s Japan goes beyond chicken by adding shrimp nuggets to menu

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 14, 2023

Puripuri Ebi Purio combines strange-sounding name and delicious-sounding concept.

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• Japan
• (Chicken McNuggets • fast food • food • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Shrimp)

Osaka’s ultra-expensive instant Kiwami Curry: Worth the price?【Taste test】

• SoraNews24
  Sep 14, 2023

This instant curry costs more than restaurant varieties, but we can think of at least one scenario where it’d be money well spent.

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• Japan
• (COK • curry • curry rice • expensive • food • instant curry • retort curry • SNJO • taste test)

Japan super budget dining – What’s the best way to spend 1,000 yen at Hama Sushi?

• Oona McGee
  Sep 14, 2023

Never be stuck for what to choose at the conveyor belt restaurant ever again!

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• Japan
• (1000 yen • cheap eats • cheap food • COK • conveyor belt restaurants • Conveyor belt sushi • food • Hama Sushi • Japanese food • Kaitenzushi • SNJO • sushi • taste test)

What are Lotteria Japan’s tsukimi moon-viewing burgers like this year?

• Oona McGee
  Sep 14, 2023

We find out if these new limited-edition menu items taste as good as they look in the poster.

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• Japan
• (burgers • cheeseburgers • eggs • fall • fast food • hamburgers • Lotteria • sriracha • tsukimi • tsukimi burger)

Tokyo government opening anime art archive museum this fall

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 14, 2023

Ikebukuro continues its rise to top-tier otaku destination.

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• Japan
• (anime • anime cels • art • COK • Ikebukuro • manga • museums • Tokyo)

Moving to Japan as a foreigner to work as a taxi, bus or truck driver may be getting easier soon

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 14, 2023

Japanese government looking to open a path for immigration to Japan to work in transportation sector.

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• Japan
• (buses • COK • foreigners in Japan • Living in Japan • society • Specified Skilled Worker • taxis • travel • working in Japan)

Pikachu meets Van Gogh? Official Pokémon event to take place at Van Gogh Museum【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 13, 2023

And yes, Sunflora is involved.

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• Europe, Japan
• (anime • art • cute • musumes • Pikachu • Pokemon • Sunflora • Van Gogh Museum • video • video games • Vincent van Gogh)

Random beef tongue vending machine in Tokyo lets us test our luck, fill our bellies【Taste test】

• SoraNews24
  Sep 13, 2023

We got your Gyutan gacha right here.

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• Japan
• (beef tongue • COK • food • gacha • gyutan • random • SNJO • taste test • vending machine)

Ghibli anime theme park unveils real-world Catbus, will start recruiting for Catbus drivers soon

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 13, 2023

If you’re one of the many Totoro fans who’s dreamed about riding the Catbus, you’re going to get your chance.

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• Japan
• (anime • cars • Catbus • cool • cute • Ghibli Park • Hayao Miyazaki • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

The top 3 nicest Nice Sticks from Yamazaki Baking

• Master Blaster
  Sep 13, 2023

Eight Nice Sticks enter, three sticks leave…

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• Japan
• (baked goods • bread • food • Nice Stick • ranking • Yamazaki Baking)

New Resident Evil survival horror maze opens at Universal Studios Japan, no little kids allowed

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 13, 2023

Improved attraction offers Leon and Claire routes, possible combat with new monsters.

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• Japan
• (awesome • biohazard • Biohazard The Extreme Plus • Capcom • cool • halloween • Resident Evil • Resident Evil The Extreme Plus • Universal Studios • Universal Studios Japan • video games)

Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki gives up driving, donates beloved car to Ghibli Park

• Oona McGee
  Sep 13, 2023

Octogenarian walks the walk when looking out for the safety of others. 

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• Japan
• (anime • cars • Citroën • driver's license • driving • Ghibli • Ghibli Park • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • news • seniors • Studio Ghibli)

Mayor tells people not to come to Shibuya for Halloween

• SoraNews24
  Sep 12, 2023

You are no longer welcome to celebrate Halloween in Shibuya.

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• Japan
• (halloween • Halloween 2023 • news • Shibuya • Shibuya Halloween • Shibuya scramble crossing)

Can cats cut the cost of power? Japanese delivery company with a cat-themed name investigates

• Krista Rogers
  Sep 12, 2023

Company conducts an experiment to see whether it can harness the power of the feline to save on monthly electricity costs and be more eco-friendly.

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• Japan
• (bill • cat • cost • electricity • experiment • hamster • Kuroneko • Kuroneko Yamato • power generation • Yamato Transport)

Pizza Hut Melts bring a new twist to tsukimi moon-viewing in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Sep 12, 2023

Join us as we taste the moon, Pizza Hut style.

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• Japan
• (egg • food • Melts • moon viewing • pizza • Pizza Hut • Pizza Hut Japan • pizzas • review • SNJO • taste test • tsukimi)

Japanese restaurant challenges diners to conquer “Mt Everest rice”

• Oona McGee
  Sep 12, 2023

Can we defeat this mountainous serving of food?

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• Japan
• (big eats • Chomolungma • COK • Everest • food • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • Mt. Everest • restaurants • rice • Seiji Nakazawa • set meal • SNJO • teishoku • Tokyo • weird)

Wendy’s releases…American moon-viewing burgers in Japan?

• Oona McGee
  Sep 12, 2023

We taste a rather unusual pair of tsukimi burgers. 

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• Japan
• (beef • burgers • COK • fast food • food • meat • moon-viewing burgers • review • SNJO • taste test • tsukimi • tsukimi burger • tsukimi burgers • Wendy's)

Chucky like you’ve never seen him before is coming from Universal Studios Japan

• Master Blaster
  Sep 12, 2023

Prepare yourself for the terror of kawaii chibi Chucky.

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• Japan
• (Child’s Play • Chucky • halloween • Horror • movies • Pokeuni • shopping • Universal Studios Japan)

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