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Mr. Sato tries monjayaki for the first time, goes all in with new “innovative” European flavors
How do European flavors combine with a traditional Japanese dish?
- Japan
- (food • fusion cuisine • Moheji • monjayaki • Mr. Sato • Restaurant • Shibuya • taste test • Tokyo • Tokyo food)
Awesome rice ball making machine promises perfectly pressed onigiri in just 30 seconds【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 28, 2023
No more crumbly rice balls or singed fingers.
- Japan
- (clever • cooking • cool • food • kitchen gadgets • onigiri • rice balls • Takraa Tomy • Takraa Tomy Arts)
Levi’s x Studio Ghibli Princess Mononoke collection includes jeans, overalls and kimono jackets
- Oona McGee
Jul 27, 2023
New collaboration is a celebration of craftsmanship in the fields of anime and fashion.
- Japan
- (anime • clothes • COK • cool • fashion • Ghibli • Levi's • limited edition • merchandise • Princess Mononoke • Studio Ghibli)
Tokyo’s coolest open-air museum gets even cooler with hot summer nights event
- Casey Baseel
Jul 27, 2023
Edo Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum wants to take you back in time to an old-school summer festival.
- Japan
- (architecture • COK • cool • culture • Edo Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum • festivals • history • Matsuri • museums • open air museum • SNJO)
Tomahawk Tonkatsu at Japanese restaurant becomes a hot topic online
- Oona McGee
Jul 27, 2023
A very unusual type of tonkatsu hidden in the backstreets of Tokyo.
- Japan
- (COK • food • Japanese food • katsu • Ningyocho • P.K. Sanjun • pork • restaurants • review • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo • Tokyo restaurant • tonkatsu • Tonkatsu Fujiki)
Are 100-yen shop Daiso’s gel nail polish strips a good dupe for salon quality nails? Let’s find out
- Dale Roll
Jul 27, 2023
How cheap is too cheap when it comes to nail art?
- Japan
- (100 yen shops • 100-yen stores • beauty • COK • Daiso • gel nails • manicures • nail polish • nails • SNJO)
One Piece Day 2023 brings more surprises than you can shake a rubbery long arm at
- Master Blaster
Jul 27, 2023
Let’s pick up all the one pieces together.
- Japan
- (anime • COK • conventions • Eiichiro Oda • events • Gear 5 • manga • One Piece • One Piece Day • Tokyo Big Sight)
How do fans in Japan feel about the new One Piece Netflix live-action trailer?
- Casey Baseel
Jul 27, 2023
The live-action adaptation of the beloved anime/manga is almost here, but will it be smooth sailing into the hearts of fans in the series’ home country?
New Ghibli anime’s theme song gets music video shot on island that inspired Princess Mononoke【Vid】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 26, 2023
Former Vocaloid music creator sings theme for Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron.
- Japan
- (anime • beautiful • Hachi • Hayao Miyazaki • How Do You Live • J-Pop • Kenshi Yonezu • movies • music • Studio Ghibli • The Boy and the Heron • video • Vocaloid • Yakushima)
“Hey, Japanese taxi driver, take us to the best Yaeyama soba noodles on Ishigaki Island!”
- Shannon
Jul 26, 2023
Our Japanese-language reporter learned that the fourth time’s the charm.
- Japan
- (COK • Hey Japanese taxi driver • Ishigaki • Ishigakijima • Noodles • Okinawa • Okinawan food • restaurants • SNJO • tourism • travel • Yaeyama • Yaeyama soba)
Japan super budget dining – The best way to spend 1,000 yen at Ohsho, Japan’s favorite gyoza chain
- Casey Baseel
Jul 26, 2023
10 ways to get a great meal for under 1,000 yen (US$7.25).
- Japan
- (COK • gyoza • gyoza no osho • Japan super budget dining • Osho • pot stickers • restaurants • SNJO)
Japan’s cat robot waiters meow when you pat them, and we find out why【Video】
- Oona McGee
Jul 26, 2023
Putting the fun into Japanese family restaurants.
- Japan
- (Bellabot • Cat robot waiter • cats • COK • cool • cute • food • restaurants • robot waiter • robots • Skylark • SNJO • technology • video)
Tokyo bread wholesaler Tobu Pan Chokubaisho’s yummy bread makes Mr. Sato want to live next door
- Krista Rogers
Jul 26, 2023
In particular, an uncommon find from his childhood will never go stale in his mind.
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- Japan
- (baked goods • bread • cheap • COK • food • inexpensive • Itabashi Ward • Mr. Sato • SNJO • Tobu Pan Chokubaisho • Tokyo • wholesale)
Japanese McDonalds’ branch bans an entire middle school from entering the restaurant
- Casey Baseel
Jul 26, 2023
Kids’ bad behavior gets the whole school barred from the fast food restaurant down the street.
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • fast food • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • middle schools • society • youth)
Is this Tokyo eatery’s 150-year-old pickled octopus recipe worth the hype? We find out 【Taste test】
- Shannon
Jul 25, 2023
Will it be extra delicious or run-of-the-mill?
- Japan
- (Japanese pickles • Mr. Sato • octopus • pickles • shinjuku • Shinjuku Isetan • Shofukuro • taste test)
This cheap Japanese beef bowl fast food chain now has beautiful, delicious frozen desserts
- SoraNews24
Jul 25, 2023
Sukiya’s shaved ice shows they can do more than gyudon.
- Japan
- (beef bowls • COK • fast food • food • gyudon • shaved ice • SNJO • Sukiya • sweets)
42 thoughts that crossed our mind when visiting the forest that inspired Princess Mononoke
- Krista Rogers
Jul 25, 2023
Our reporter Seiji hopes that first-time visitors to Yakushima’s Shiratani Unsuikyo will avoid some of the same pitfalls that he ran into.
- Japan
- (anime • beautiful • funny • Hayao Miyazaki • Kagoshima • nature • Princess Mononoke • Seiji Nakazawa • Shiratani Unsuikyo • Studio Ghibli • tourism • travel • Yakushima)
Will Twitter’s rebranding result in poaching ‘X Japan’ name? Legendary musician Yoshiki weighs in
- Casey Baseel
Jul 25, 2023
Social media app’s renaming might hit a snag in Japan.
Japan’s best-amenity budget hotel chain gets extra-affordable with “Global Cabin” rooms
- SoraNews24
Jul 25, 2023
Spending a night in Dormy Inn’s quasi-capsule hotel rooms still gets you access to all the great stuff the facility offers.
- Japan
- (affordable • business hotels • capsule hotels • cheap • COK • Dormy Inn • hotels • Korakuen • SNJO • Tokyo • tourism • travel)
Weird Japanese vending machine find gives us unique sweet potato sweets
- Oona McGee
Jul 25, 2023
The quality of these chilled sweet potato treats surprised our seasoned reporter.
- Japan
- (beniharuka • COK • cool • desserts • haruka takagi • Japanese sweets • Japanese vending machines • Mie • SNJO • sweet potato • sweet potatoes • sweets • taste test • vending machines • weird • yakiimo)
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
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You COULD eat a terrifying octopus egg in Japan, but SHOULD you? Let’s find out!【Taste test】
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