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Drunk Japanese woman found sleeping in street by 86-year-old man who comes to her rescue

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 20, 2023
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Quick-thinking senior puts what he learned at his old job to use one more time.

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• Japan
• (COK • drunk • elderly • moving • seniors • touching • weird)

Japanese whisky in a can: Comparing the new Suntory Hakushu Premium Highball to a homemade one

• Oona McGee
  Jun 20, 2023

Does this highball in a can taste as good as a homemade highball? 

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• Japan
• (COK • drinking • drinks • Hakushu • Japanese whiskey • Japanese whisky • K. Masami • review • SNJO • Suntory • Suntory Whisky • taste test • Whiskey • whisky)

This ekiben train station bento is filled with surprises

• Oona McGee
  Jun 19, 2023

Join us on the bullet train as we uncover hidden treasure from Niigata.

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• Japan
• (bento • COK • Ekiben • food • gourmet • Japanese food • Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • Masanuki Sunakoma • Niigata • seafood • Shrimp • SNJO • taste test • train stations • trains • travel)

7-Eleven adds an amazing carrot cake to its sweets lineup in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jun 19, 2023

Is carrot cake about to become Japan’s newest food trend?

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • cakes • carrot cake • COK • combini • convenience stores • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • Mariko Ohanabatake • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Sports car engine-revving plushies, recorded from real Honda, on the way for Japanese babies【Vid】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 19, 2023

Honda’s fastest sports car is also its model that sounds closest to a mother’s womb, researchers find.

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• Japan
• (babies • cars • cool • Honda • kids • plushies • sports cars • Takara Tomy • Takara Tomy Arts • video • weird)

We accidentally dropped our newly hardened smartphone on the ground, but how is it?

• Master Blaster
  Jun 19, 2023

New phone just dropped.

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• Japan
• (asphalt • coating • COK • damage • funny • iPhone 14 Pro • Masanuki Sunakoma • parking lot • screen • SNJO)

Ramen oil gathering game Ramen Oil Pecking Simulator coming to Steam soon!

• Master Blaster
  Jun 19, 2023

Gotta gather it all!

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• Global, Internet, Japan
• (food • funny • ramen • Ramen Oil Pecking Simulator • video games • weird)

New York pizza joint in Tokyo has rave reviews with foreigners on Reddit, but is it any good?

• Oona McGee
  Jun 19, 2023

This hidden hangout will transport you to another world. 

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • food • Japanese food • New York • New York pizza • Nihonbashi • NY pizza • pizza • Pizza Slice • restaurants • review • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo)

Japanese balloon jellies, or “Tengu’s Treasure”, are a very unique souvenir

• Oona McGee
  Jun 19, 2023

Like a water balloon but with a sweet surprise inside that needs popping. 

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • fruit • Gunma • healthy • healthy eating • Japanese food • jelly • Konjac • konnyaku • snacks • SNJO • souvenirs • sweets • taste test)

Aluminum case to carry puffed corn snack Umaibo developed

• Master Blaster
  Jun 19, 2023

Protect your most valuable 12-yen snack food.

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• Japan
• (Actec • aluminum cases • cool • craftsmanship • crowdfunding • food • funny • umaibo • weird)

Which Japanese convenience store has the best salted onigiri rice balls?

• Oona McGee
  Jun 19, 2023

A surprising new-and-improved contender from Lawson might just steal your heart this year.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • COK • convenience stores • Family mart • food • Lawson • Mini Stop • musubi • omusubi • onigiri • rice balls • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taste test)

Father arrested for taking the fall for son’s hit and run in Tokyo

• Master Blaster
  Jun 19, 2023

The family that gets arrested together, stays together.

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• Japan
• (car accident • COK • crime • family • fatherhood • hit-and-run • Nerima • Tokyo)

This Kochi sightseeing spot is one of Japan’s “three most disappointing spots,” but should it be?

• Dale Roll
  Jun 18, 2023

In fact, this tourist attraction is four things–and a whole lot of history–in one!

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• Japan
• (bridge • bridges • haruka takagi • history • Japan travel • kochi • Kochi Prefecture • Shikoku • tourism • travel)

Let’s see how conveyor belt sushi is done in Prague

• Master Blaster
  Jun 18, 2023

Revolving sushi certainly does get around.

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• Europe, Japan
• (COK • Conveyor belt sushi • Czech Republic • Czechia • food • Ikuna Kamezawa • Kaitenzushi • Makakiko Running Sushi • Prague • restaurants • revolving sushi • SNJO • sushi • travel)

Yo-yos that make ice cream now on sale from Takara Tomy and Sanrio

• Master Blaster
  Jun 18, 2023

Hello Kitty yo-yo ice cream!

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• Japan
• (Cinnamoroll • COK • food • Hello Kitty • ice cream • Kuromi • My Melody • Sanrio • sweets • Takara Tomy • toys • yo-yo)

Japanese sweets shop in Totoro Forest town has 70 years of history, one wonderful item on its menu

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 18, 2023

But that one item is all Tokorozawa’s Namikiya needed to win our heart and stomach.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • dango • dumplings • food • restaurants • SNJO • sweets • Tokorozawa • yakidango)

KFC adds N.Y. Chicken Burgers to its menu in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jun 18, 2023

Take your taste buds on a trip to New York for a limited time.

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• Japan
• (Buffalo Chicken • burgers • chicken • chicken burgers • COK • exclusive • fast food • fried chicken • Japan-exclusive • KFC • KFC Japan • limited edition • new • New York • Spicy Chicken Burger)

Turning a crazy cheap country Japanese house into a home Season 2: So much poo!【SoraHouse】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 17, 2023

The SoraHouse project is back, and first things first: there are entirely too many dead bugs and animal droppings in our country home.

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• Japan
• (cleaning • COK • crazy • Go Hatori • gross • Living in Japan • SNJO • SoraHouse • SoraHouse Season 2 • video)

Kyoto restaurant chain specialises in…tomato okonomiyaki?

• Oona McGee
  Jun 17, 2023

Now this is a unique dish that our ravenous reporter Mr Sato just had to try!

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• Japan
• (delicious • food • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • Kyoto • Mr. Sato • okonomiyaki • restaurats • review • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo • Tokyo eats)

Harry Potter walk-through museum is now open in Tokyo, and here’s what you can see there【Photos】

• SoraNews24
  Jun 17, 2023

Warner Brothers Studio Tokyo Making of Harry Potter lets you visit everything from the Great Hall of Hogwarts to the closet Harry lived in at the Dursley’s.

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• Japan
• (COK • Harry Potter • movies • museums • SNJO • Warner Brothers Studio Tokyo Making of Harry Potter)

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  4. Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
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