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

• Krista Rogers
  Sep 12, 2023
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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)

Tokyo bento shop sells croquettes…for just one yen!

• Oona McGee
  Sep 12, 2023

That’s US$0.0068, making this the bargain of the year.

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• Japan
• (bargains • bento • boxed lunch • cheap eats • cheap food • cheapo news • COK • crazy • croquette • croquettes • food • Kitchen DIVE • lunch deals • potatoes • SNJO • special deals • taste test • Tokyo • Ueno)

Japanese rock legend Yoshiki to be honored with a handprint ceremony in Hollywood

• Krista Rogers
  Sep 11, 2023

The frontman of rock band X Japan and successful soloist will be the first Japanese person to leave his handprints at the TCL Chinese Theatre in L.A.

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• Japan, USA
• (composer • handprint • hollywood • honor • legendary • musician • TCL Chinese Theatre • Under the Sky • X Japan • Yoshiki)

New rotating sushi pens from Japan bring the fun of a restaurant to your desktop

• Oona McGee
  Sep 11, 2023

Like a magical vertical conveyor belt.

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• Japan
• (Conveyor belt sushi • cool • cute • food • funny souvenirs • Japanese stationery • pens • revolving sushi • souvenirs • stationery • sushi • sushi pen)

Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki has ideas for a new film after The Boy and the Heron

• Oona McGee
  Sep 11, 2023

Out-of-retirement director is no longer looking for retirement. 

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• Canada, Japan
• (anime • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • How Do You Live • Junichi Nishioka • movies • news • Studio Ghibli • The Boy and the Heron • Toronto International Film Festival • video)

Alcoholic matcha cocktail base from Sapporo looks like green tea, but definitely shouldn’t be chugged

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 11, 2023

Matcha no Osake lets you make a variety of green tea cocktails in a snap.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • cocktails • drinks • green tea • matcha • Sapporo Breweries • tea)

Cup Noodle’s new versions are more expensive with higher-quality ingredients — are they worth it?

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 11, 2023

Cup Noodle ups the price and luxury of four of its most popular flavors for the Tokujo line.

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• Japan
• (COK • Cup Noodle • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • taste test • Tokujo Cup Noodle)

Sweet potato sweets season arrives at convenience store Family Mart, so let’s go taste-test-crazy

• SoraNews24
  Sep 11, 2023

14 desserts isn’t too many, right?

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• Japan
• (COK • conveneince stores • Family mart • food • SNJO • sweet potato • sweets • taste test)

Is Oni Koroshi sake in a drink box wino fuel or a hidden gem?

• Master Blaster
  Sep 10, 2023

Beauty is in the mouth of the beholder.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • COK • convenience stores • drinking boxes • drinks • Nihonsakari • nihonshu • Oni Koroshi • sake • SNJO • taste test)

This Malta McDonald’s is more a cafe than a restaurant–and perfectly located for a relaxing tea

• Dale Roll
  Sep 10, 2023

A McCafe of your dreams!

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• Europe
• (COK • Europe • fast food • food • Malta • McCafe • McDonald's • pastries • SNJO • sweets • travel)

Mister Donut’s new collection of ghost characters brings a fun new twist to Halloween

• Oona McGee
  Sep 10, 2023

Come for the spooky cute doughnuts, stay for their creative backstories.

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• Japan
• (character goods • characters • COK • cute • donuts • doughnuts • ghosts • halloween • limited edition • Mister Donut • sweets)

Japan’s first casino resort pushed back to 2030

• Master Blaster
  Sep 9, 2023

Luck be a lady tomorrow night.

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• Japan
• (2025 Osaka World Expo • business • casino • gambling • Osaka • Yumeshima)

Japanese bento shop becomes a hot topic with foreigners on Reddit, but is it any good?

• Oona McGee
  Sep 9, 2023

An ordinary bento store by Japanese standards is gaining popularity with international tourists.

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• Japan
• (bento • boxed lunch • cheap eats • cheap food • cheap lunch • cheapo news • COK • food • lunch box • obento • reddit • review • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo • tourists)

Pokémon DJs and biggest-ever horde of zombies now appearing at Universal Studios Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 9, 2023

Pikachu and Gengar will be on stage, and terrifying monsters will be in your nightmares.

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • anime • COK • cool • cute • halloween • Pikachu • Pokemon • scary • theme parks • Universal Studios Japan • USJ • USJ Halloween 2023 • video games)

Japanese politicians boycott meetings for being told they should wear ties when they didn’t have to

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 9, 2023

City council chairperson’s reverse of course on relaxed dress code sparks resolution of no confidence.

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• Japan
• (COK • Cool Biz • crazy • dress code • fashion • neckties • politicians • politics • ties • weird)

Retro vending machine corner is a hidden gem in the Japanese countryside

• Oona McGee
  Sep 9, 2023

Step back in time with retro meals from the past but be warned — contents are hot!

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• Japan
• (cool • food • Gunma • Japanese food • Japanese vending machines • Noodles • ramen • retro • retro technology • retro vending machines • SNJO • soba • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel • udon • unusual • vending machines • weird)

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