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Our writers battle to distinguish Lady Boden from the 8x more expensive Jean-Paul Hévin ice cream

• Master Blaster
  Jul 20, 2023
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Does chocolate ice cream by any other fancy name taste as sweet?

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• Japan
• (chocolate • Gourmet Writers' Rating Check • ice cream • Jean-Paul Hévin • Lady Borden • summer)

New Japanese sweets store sells drinkable red bean paste

• Oona McGee
  Jul 20, 2023

Anko specialty store comes up with a cool new way to beat the summer heat. 

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• Japan
• (adzuki • anko • confectionery • drinks • Gunma • Japanese sweets • red bean paste • SNJO • sweets • Takamichi Furusawa • taste test • traditional sweets)

Checking Amazon Japan’s most suspiciously high-rated solar panel charger

• Master Blaster
  Jul 20, 2023

We don’t know what to believe anymore.

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• Japan
• (Amazon • Amazon Japan • Amazon ranking • Go Hatori • online shopping • sakura • Sakura Checker • smartphone charger • solar powered charger)

This little-known spot is a haven for train otaku, with a view of both Mt. Fuji and bullet trains

• Dale Roll
  Jul 20, 2023

It’s slightly outside the city center, but definitely worth a trip for the views!

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• Japan
• (bullet trains • Kita Ward • Masanuki Sunakoma • Mt. Fuji • Oji Station • shinkansen • train otaku • trains)

Travis Japan members compete with the best dancers in Japan at Red Bull’s national dance finals

• Master Blaster
  Jul 20, 2023

16 men and women enter, 15 get served.

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• Japan
• (dancing • Kaito Nakamura • music • Noel Kawashima • Osaka • Red Bull • Red Bull Dance Your Style • Ryu • sports • tournament • Travis Japan)

Was Ghibli right not to market Hayao Miyazaki’s new anime? Opening box office data is in

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 19, 2023

How Do You Live? earned more in its opening weekend than some of Ghibli’s most celebrated films, but how does it compare to other anime movie hits?

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• Japan
• (anime • Hayao Miyazaki • How Do You Live • movies • Studio Ghibli • The Boy and the Heron • Toshio Suzuki)

Tokyo’s newest ultra-cheap, no-barista cafe has a secret【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 19, 2023

After learning The Secret of Drip, we think we need to have an important conversation with our boss.

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• Japan
• (cafes • coffee • COK • drinks • Harajuku • ice coffee • kitchen gadgets • Omotesando • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • UCC coffee)

Mos Burger brings back its hugely popular “White Mos Burger”, but is it any good?

• Dale Roll
  Jul 19, 2023

Our Mos Burger superfan knows which cheeseburger is the best at Mos Burger…but maybe there’s a new contender.

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• Japan
• (burgers • cheeseburgers • fast food • Kouhey • limited edition • Mos Burger • Mos Burgers • taste test)

3 reasons why all Starbucks fans should visit a Starbucks Tea & Cafe in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jul 19, 2023

Only 10 of these special branches exist nationwide, and they each have a vibe that’s like stepping into a traditional chashitsu tea room.

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• Japan
• (chashitsu • coffee • COK • drinks • Frappuccino • herbal tea • Japanese tea ceremony • K. Masami • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks Tea & Cafe • taste test • tea • Teavana • Tokyo)

Japanese vending machine at Haneda Airport serves up cute cotton candy for tourists

• Oona McGee
  Jul 19, 2023

Tokyo Cotton Candy Shop is waiting to greet you upon arrival and bid you sayonara in a very kawaii way. 

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • cotton candy • crazy • fairy floss • funny • Haneda Airport • Japanese vending machines • SNJO • souvenirs • sweets • taste test • Tokyo Cotton Candy Shop • vending machines • weird)

Aichi woman arrested for stealing ice cream from a delivery truck because it was too hot

• Master Blaster
  Jul 19, 2023

Ice crime!

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• Japan
• (Aichi • Ama City • assault • crime • Genky • ice cream • theft)

Vending machine serves coffee by a Japanese actor with Surfin’ USA music and video while you wait

• Oona McGee
  Jul 18, 2023

Much more entertaining than buying a coffee at a cafe.

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• Japan
• (coffee • COK • cool • crazy • Japanese vending machines • Kenji Sakaguchi • service area • SNJO • surfing • The Rising Sun Coffee • vending machines • weird)

Goldfish fireworks from Japan are meant to be enjoyed submerged in a bucket of water

• Master Blaster
  Jul 18, 2023

Smooooooke on the waaaater…

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• Japan
• (buckets • fireworks • Goldfish Fireworks • Masanuki Sunakoma • product reviews • shopping • summer • underwater)

How to properly eat a traditional Japanese tonkatsu meal

• Oona McGee
  Jul 18, 2023

A lesson in etiquette to help guide you through the way of the tonkatsu.

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• Japan
• (best • best tonkatsu • delicious • etiquette • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • manners • Mr. Sato • restaurants • review • SNJO • Tokyo • Tokyo eats • tonkatsu • traditional food)

Haneda Airport’s new rice ball stand — Sister shop Tokyo’s best out-of-the-way onigiri spot

• SoraNews24
  Jul 18, 2023

International terminal’s Konga serves up the taste of Bongo.

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• Japan
• (airports • food • Haneda • Haneda Airport • onigiri • restaurants • rice balls • Tokyo • travel)

Japan Railways selling official gloves, cushion, timetable, and more for official sim game

• Master Blaster
  Jul 18, 2023

Next stop, moquette seats!

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• Japan
• (cool • JR East • JR East Train Simulator • rail fans • shopping • Steam • Train Driver Starter Kit • trains • video games • weird)

Sparks fly when the Crazy Head comes to dinner from century-old fireworks shop in Nagasaki

• Master Blaster
  Jul 18, 2023

Don’t blow your top, blow theirs!

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• Japan
• (Crazy Head • fireworks • Masanuki Sunakoma • Sid and Nancy • summer • Tateiwa Shoten)

We tried Pokémon Sleep at an exclusive overnight pre-release experience

• Shannon
  Jul 17, 2023

We’re pretty sure it will make you want to sleep more and better.

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• Japan
• (exclusive • nintendo • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • Pokémon Sleep • sleep • sleep cycle • Snorlax • test play)

A story of how Starbucks Reserve Roastery products always make us forget about money management

• Dale Roll
  Jul 17, 2023

Who knows how they’ve turned us against our wallets?

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• Japan
• (coffee • coffee cup • coffee mug • COK • drinkware • expensive • interior • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks Reserve Roastery • Starbucks Reserve Roastery Tokyo • tableware • Yuichiro Wasai)

Our reporter gives up on 1,000-yen capsule machines, except for these ones… They feel different

• Master Blaster
  Jul 17, 2023

They seem very sincere.

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• Japan
• (1000 yen • capsule machines • cars • COK • funny • gacha machines • gachapon • key chains • Masanuki Sunakoma • SNJO)

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