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Japan’s favorite beer, Asahi Super Dry, to get new low-alcohol spinoff
- Casey Baseel
Aug 28, 2023 - Tweet
Asahi Super Dry Dry Crystal isn’t just watered-down Asahi Super Dry.
We beat two crane games at a Japanese arcade and take home two lucky bags
- Oona McGee
Aug 28, 2023
Check out our UFO Catcher haul!
- Japan
- (Arcades • COK • crane game • crane games • fukubukuro • game centers • game centres • gaming arcades • Ikuna Kamezawa • lucky bag • plushies • SNJO • UFO catcher • UFO catchers • video game arcades)
Take it from a local: This resort island off the coast of Nagasaki is totally worth a side trip
- Dale Roll
Aug 28, 2023
It’s the perfect weekend getaway for Nagasaki locals…and the perfect place to add to a visitor’s itinerary!
- Japan
- (beaches • beautiful • COK • Iojima • Kyushu • Nagasaki • onsen • SNJO • spa • tourism • travel)
Japanese vending machine is the only one of its kind in Japan, dubbed the “phantom machine”
- SoraNews24
Aug 27, 2023
A neat example of marketing to help a rural community.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • food • Japanese vending machines • karaimo • Kumamoto • Kyushu • roasted sweet potatoes • SNJO • sweet potatoes • sweets • Takashi Harada • taste test • vending machines • weird • yaki imo • yakiimo)
We try Keiji, an incredibly rare and expensive one-in-ten-thousand salmon sushi 【Taste test】
- Oona McGee
Aug 27, 2023
With only one of these caught for every 10,000 salmon, this rare fish comes with a super high price tag.
- Japan
- (57 Tokyo • COK • fish • food • Japanese food • keiji • raw fish • review • salmon • sashimi • SNJO • sushi restaurant • taste test • Tokyo Station • unusual food • weird food • Yuuichiro Wasai)
Sweet potato donuts arriving at Mister Donut to let yaki imo fans get off to an early start
- Casey Baseel
Aug 27, 2023
Annual autumn treats are showing up in time for the tail end of summer.
- Japan
- (COK • donuts • food • Mister Donut • satsuma imo • sweet potato • sweets • yaki imo)
Seattle burger chain Lil Woody’s has arrived in Tokyo! But is it any good?【Taste Test】
- Dale Roll
Aug 27, 2023
Mr. Sato utilizes his sophisticated palate to determine whether Lil Woody’s is worth the hype.
- Japan
- (burgers • cheeseburgers • COK • fast food • food • hamburgers • Lil Woody's • Mr. Sato • restaurants • Seattle • Shibuya • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo)
Wobbly Spirited Away No Face tea time figure is ready for a jittery Ghibli break, Jiji too【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 26, 2023
No Face will be fine. He just needs his tea.
- Japan
- (anime • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • figures • Hayao Miyazaki • Kiki's Delivery Service • No Face • spirited away • Studio Ghibli)
Hiroshima samurai house’s toilet and shrine show it wasn’t always easy being a warrior family
- SoraNews24
Aug 26, 2023
Small details tell some big stories.
- Japan
- (archetecture • COK • cool • Hiroshima Prefecture • history • SNJO • travel)
Five things about New York that surprised our Japanese reporter
- SoraNews24
Aug 26, 2023
There are many quirks to life in the Big Apple, but not all of them are easy to get used to.
Soirée is a classy hidden gem of a cafe in Kyoto
- Master Blaster
Aug 26, 2023
It’s like slipping into a whole other world.
- Japan
- (art • cafes • COK • drinks • food • Isamu Yoshii • jelly • Kyoto • restaurants • Seiji Togo • SNO • Soiree • sweets)
Osaka “restaurant” run by owner who doesn’t want to work may or may not let you in
- Casey Baseel
Aug 26, 2023
Nothing is certain at Umeda Yang Rou Chuan.
Japanese female rock band Scandal earns a Guinness World Record for staying together for 17 years
- Dale Roll
Aug 26, 2023
17 years and counting!
- Japan
- (girl group • Guinness World Record • J-Pop • J-rock • Japanese music • music • scandal • world record)
KFC Japan’s new Tsukimi Moon-Viewing burger range includes two new surprises
- Oona McGee
Aug 26, 2023
The moon rises on another Japan-exclusive collection, and it looks to be the best one yet.
- Japan
- (burgers • COK • culture • egg tart • fast food • food • fried chicken • Kentucky Fried Chicken • KFC • KFC Japan • limited edition • moon viewing • moon-viewing burgers • sandwiches • tsukimi)
We make anime food from Studio Ghibli movie Laputa: Castle in the Sky
- Oona McGee
Aug 26, 2023
Join us as we recreate Dora’s chunk of meat and the Tiger Moth Airship Stew, which look just like they do in the film.
- Japan
- (anime • anime food • books • cooking • cool • cute • food • Ghibli • Laputa: Castle in the Sky • movies • recipes • Sheeta • Stew • Studio Ghibli • themed food • Tiger Moth)
How to go buy condoms without spoiling the mood with the help of Schrödinger’s toilet and robots
- Casey Baseel
Aug 25, 2023
Our newly single reporter Seiji devises and tests three methods that could only come from a mind like his.
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- Japan
- (COK • crazy • funny • health • Ikuna Kamezawa • relationships • romance • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • weird)
Japanese vending machine sells…retro toothbrushes?
- Oona McGee
Aug 25, 2023
This is one weird machine you won’t find anywhere else!
- Japan
- (COK • cool • crazy • funny • Greeeen • haruka takagi • Japanese vending machines • Kyoto • SNJO • toothbrush • vending machines • weird)
Round 2 of the Pokémon Happy Meal toys at McDonald’s is here! Will you collect ’em all?
- Dale Roll
Aug 25, 2023
This round is just as fun as the last!
- Japan
- (anime • cool • cute • fans • fast food • food • goldfish scooping • Happy Meal • McDonald's • Pikachu • Pokemon • squirt guns • toys • video games)
At Kichi Kichi in Kyoto the rice omelets are both dinner and a show【Video】
- Master Blaster
Aug 25, 2023
Kichi Kichi ya ya da da…
- Japan
- (awesome • COK • cool • entertainment • food • Kichi Kichi • Kyoto • Motokichi • omurice • restaurants • rice omelet • SNO • video)
Studio Ghibli mini heroine dress sachets will have your home looking, and smelling, great【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 25, 2023
Costumes of three iconic Ghibli anime protagonists have been shrunk down to sachet size.
- Japan
- (anime • aroma • Arrietty • cool • cute • Donguri Closet • Donguri Kyowakoku • fashion • Hayao Miyazaki • interior • Kiki's Delivery Service • Laputa: Castle in the Sky • sachet • Secret World of Arrietty • Studio Ghibli)
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