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How to get a beef bowl breakfast in Japan for only 290 yen (some assembly required)

• Master Blaster
  Jun 17, 2023
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Hack the tamago kake!

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• Japan
• (beef bowls • breakfast • cheap food • fast food • gyudon • Masanuki Sunakoma • Matsunoya • Matsuya • restaurants • tamago kake gohan • TKG)

Stay dry with Japan’s top 10 indoor attractions for rainy days, as voted by tourists

• Dale Roll
  Jun 17, 2023

Good ideas for bad-weather days!

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• Japan
• (Arashiyama • indoors • Japan • Kyoto • museums • Okinawa • Osaka • Osaka Castle • rainy weather • Sanrio Puroland • sightseeing spots • TeamLab Planets • Tokyo • travel • Warner Bros. Studio Tour Tokyo Making of Harry Potter)

Six things you should order at Japanese conveyor belt sushi restaurant Hama Sushi

• Oona McGee
  Jun 17, 2023

Staff reveal their favourite items on the menu.

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• Japan
• (Clerk's Own-Pocket Recommendation • COK • conveyor belt restaurants • fish • food • Hama Sushi • Hamazushi • Japanese food • P.K. Sanjun • restaurants • SNJO • sushi • sushi restaurants • taste test)

Pokémon Colors interactive digital art exhibit returns this summer, makes first stop in Yokohama

• Dale Roll
  Jun 17, 2023

Play with Pokémon in a highly colorful world!

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• Japan
• (colorful • cool • digital art • fun • interactive art • Pokemon • Pokemon Colors • Yokohama)

Crazy affordable Sailor Moon lifestyle line unveils new items, almost all less than three bucks

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 16, 2023

3 Coins brings out new items with Sailor Moon and the Sailor Senshi to celebrate the finale of the anime’s reboot.

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• Japan
• (300 yen shop • 300 yen store • anime • cool • interior • lifestyle products • manga • Sailor Moon • Three Coins)

Starbucks unveils a new type of matcha latte in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jun 16, 2023

“For relaxing times, make it Suntory time.”

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• Japan
• (chilled cup • COK • convenience stores • cool • drinks • green tea • hojicha • Japanese convenience stores • limited edition • matcha • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • Suntory • tea • Uji Matcha)

Crazy busy overnight work experience event for Japanese kids gives them just four hours to sleep

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 16, 2023

Late to bed, early to rise.

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• Japan
• (crazy • kids • Kintetsu • Kintetsu Railway • sleep • train stations • trains • weid • working in Japan)

Shiba sukajan jacket’s canine cuteness requires more than 300,000 stitches, is worth every one

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 16, 2023

An adorable and cool addition to any dog-lover’s wardrobe, even if you haven’t seen the anime this pooch is from.

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• Japan
• (animals • anime • Cospa • cute • ddogs • Doomsday With My Dog • fashion • jackets • manga • Sekai no Owari ni Shiba Inu to • shiba • Shiba Inu • sukajan • Yokosuka jacket)

All-you-can-eat Häagen Dazs among 200 other frozen foods at Osaka’s Chin! Suru Restaurant【Pics】

• Master Blaster
  Jun 16, 2023

This place is loaded with food, and you will be too.

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• Japan
• (Ajinomoto • all-you-can-eat • Chin! Suru Restaurant • frozen food • Häagen-Dazs • ice cream • microwaves • okonomiyaki • Osaka • pop-up shops • restaurants • Sharp)

Who does a yakiniku beef bowl better: a Japanese vending machine or Yoshinoya?【Taste Test】

• Shannon
  Jun 16, 2023

Our reporter tests a popular Japanese chain store against a machine.

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• Japan
• (chain restaurant • delicious • donburi • Japanese vending machines • rice bowls • taste test • unique • vending machine • yakiniku • Yoshinoya)

What does vegan ramen taste like? We try Veggie Brown Rice Ramen

• Katie Pask
  Jun 16, 2023

Could vegan friendly noodles be the future for ramen? Our reporter finds out!

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• Japan
• (COK • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • Takashi Harada • taste test • vegan • vegetarian)

What does Japan want to eat when it’s drunk?【Survey】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 16, 2023

From sweet to salty, survey investigates Japan’s favorite shime treats.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • COK • drinks • food • ranking • survey • sweets)

The top 11 Japanese summer festivals, according to travellers

• Oona McGee
  Jun 16, 2023

Mark your calendars for these spectacular festivals!

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• Japan
• (COK • culture • festivals • Gion Festival • Japanese festivals • Japanese summer festival • Kanto festival • Matsuri • Nebuta Festival • Sendai Tanabata Festival • SNJO • summer • summer festivals • Tanabata • tourism • tourist sites • travel)

6 things you should try at Sushiro right now, according to staff who work there

• Oona McGee
  Jun 15, 2023

This Japanese sushi chain is famous for its cheap eats, but staff have just told us what the best things on the menu really are.

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• Japan
• (best conveyor belt sushi • Clerk's Own-Pocket Recommendation • COK • Conveyor belt sushi • fish • revolving sushi • SNJO • sushi • Sushiro • taste test)

Extended Weiner Coffee Pizza lifespan announced by Pizza Hut to Japan’s delight/confusion

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 15, 2023

Apparently sausage and coffee was the pizza combination people didn’t realize they wanted all along.

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• Japan
• (coffee • COK • crazy • food • pizza • Pizza Hut • Pizza Hut Japan • sausages • sweets • weird • wieners)

Burger King releases a Shrimp Whopper in Japan for a limited time

• Oona McGee
  Jun 15, 2023

A new surf and turf burger is born.

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• Japan
• (Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • cheeseburgers • COK • fast food • food • hamburgers • limited edition • Shrimp • surf and turf • whopper)

The best place to eat Japanese breakfast for US$2: Cheap food hack for locals and tourists

• Oona McGee
  Jun 15, 2023

Sukiya is famous for its beef bowls, but not many people know about its great breakfasts.

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• Japan
• (beef bowl • breakfast • COK • food • gyudon • Japanese breakfast • Japanese food • P.K. Sanjun • SNJO • Sukiya • tamago kake gohan • taste test • TKG)

Studio Ghibli releases beautiful color vinyl record anime soundtrack series, available now【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 15, 2023

The sounds of Studio Ghibli are looking good too.

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• Japan
• (anime • Castle in the Sky • Grave of the Fireflies • Hayao Miyazaki • Howl's Moving Castle • Joe Hisaishi • Kiki's Delivery Service • manga • music • My Neighbor Totoro • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind • Ponyo • Porco Rosso • Princess Mononoke • records • soundtrack • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • The Tale of the Princess Kaguya • The Wind Rises • Totoro • vinyl)

The best cosplayers from Chibicon, Indonesia’s summertime anime convention【Photos】

• SoraNews24
  Jun 15, 2023

Our Indonesian otaku makes the trip to Surabaya for the otaku culture celebration.

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• Japan, SE Asia
• (anime • anime conventions • Aqil Rahmansyah • COK • cosplay • cosplayers • Indonesia • manga • otaku • SNJO)

1 Night 1980 Hostel Tokyo offers cheap accommodation for US$14 a night but is it any good?

• Oona McGee
  Jun 15, 2023

A cheap place to stay that’s particularly popular with foreign travellers. 

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• Italy
• (accommodation • capsule hotels • cheap accommodation • cheap stays • COK • hostels • hotels • Japanese accommodation • Masanuki Sunakoma • review • SNJO • Tokyo)

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