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Yakuza member arrested for not picking up dog poop
- Master Blaster
May 22, 2023 - Tweet
Everyone knows the yakuza don’t take any crap.
- Japan
- (Asahikawa • crime • dog poop • Hokkaido • Organized crime • police • yakuza • yamaguchi-gumi)
Pop that whole onion in the microwave! 7-Eleven Japan supermarket sister’s Butter-Pom Onion recipe
- Casey Baseel
May 22, 2023
A delicious dish you could be eating in less than 10 minutes.
- Japan
- (COK • cooking • easy recipe • food • microwave • onions • Ponzu • recipe • SNJO • SoraKitchen)
Japan’s newest perfume will make you smell like a movie bootlegger
- Casey Baseel
May 22, 2023
Japan’s favorite anti-piracy mascots get their own fragrances.
- Japan
- (anti-piracy • COK • crazy • fragrance • funny • movie piracy • movies • No More Eigo Dorobo • No More Movie Theft • No More Movie Thieves • perfume • piracy • weird)
Japanese vending machines now sell spicy “drinkable cold ramen,” but how is this chilled fire?
- Casey Baseel
May 22, 2023
Two companies from two nations team up to create Nomu Fururu Reimen.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • crazy • drinks • Ito En • Japanese vending machines • kimchi • ramen • reimen • SNJO • spicy • spicy ramen • taste test • vending machines • weird)
Do you like rich, creamy custard pudding? This Japanese ice cream bar is for you!
- Dale Roll
May 22, 2023
Delectable custard pudding made with special ingredients and packed into an ice cream bar? Yes, please!
- Japan
- (Akagi Nyugyo • COK • custard • custard pudding • dessert • egg custard • food • ice cream • Ice cream bar • sweets)
Godzilla extends attack on seaside hotel in Japan, fans invited to hours-long escape room game
- Casey Baseel
May 21, 2023
Atami hoteliers thought Godzilla’s attack would end in spring, but the King of the Monsters makes his own schedule.
- Japan
- (Atami • awesome • cool • escape games • escape rooms • Godzilla • hot springs • hotels • kaiju • onsen • SCRAP • travel)
A taste of Japanese curry usually only sold overseas, at Tokyo’s Curry House CoCo Ichibanya World
- Oona McGee
May 21, 2023
The only place in Japan where customers can order the Mac and Cheese Omelette Rice Curry.
- Japan, Taiwan
- (coco ichi • coco ichibanya • COK • curry • Curry House CoCo Ichibanya World • curry rice • food • Japanese curry • Japanese food • Mr. Sato • restaurants • SNJO • taste test)
Naked mole-rats aren’t naked any more thanks to a new line of Japanese capsule toys
- Master Blaster
May 21, 2023
The next step is to get them to iron the shirts.
- Japan
- (animals • capsule toys • crazy • figures • funny • Hadaka Janai Deba Nezumi • Kitan Club • naked mole-rats • weird)
Our lonely reporter goes searching for Japan’s search-for-a-spouse vending machine
- Casey Baseel
May 20, 2023
Single once again, Seiji goes looking for love in a can.
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • dating • omiai • relationships • romance • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • vending machines • weird)
Krispy Kreme’s Original Glazed Soft Serve Ice Cream arrives in Japan…but it’s disappointing
- Oona McGee
May 20, 2023
We’d had high hopes for the ice cream’s first jaunt outside of the U.S., but it’s not what we were expecting.
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • desserts • donuts • food • ice cream • Krispy Kreme • Krispy Kreme Japan • P.K. Sanjun • SNJO • soft serve • soft serve ice cream • sweets • taste test • weird)
Godzilla, Evangelion, Ultraman, and Kamen Rider have formed a giant robot in tokusatsu clip【Vid】
- Casey Baseel
May 20, 2023
Witness the birth of Shin Universe Robo!
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • cool • crazy • Eva Unit-01 • Evangelion • Godzilla • Hideaki Anno • Kamen Rider • S.J.H.U. Project • Shin Godzilla • Shin Kamen Rider • Shin Ultraman • tokusatsu • Ultraman • video)
Starbucks vs. two Japanese rivals – Who makes the best matcha latte?【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
May 20, 2023
It’s a three-way battle for matcha mastery in this blind taste test.
- Japan
- (COK • Dotour • drinks • green tea • matcha • matcha latte • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test • tea • Tully's • Tully's Coffee)
Tokyu Kabukicho Tower backtracks on its gender-neutral toilets, rejigging them to appease public
- SoraNews24
May 19, 2023
New complex in Tokyo refashions its restrooms following public backlash.
- Japan
- (bathrooms • gender free • gender issues • gender relations • gender-neutral • genderless • Japanese restrooms • Japanese toilets • Kabukicho • news • pay toilets • shinjuku • SNJO • Toilets • Tokyu Kabukicho Tower • transgender)
Japanese mom’s beautiful Legend of Zelda character bento brings tears (of the Kingdom) to our eyes
- Casey Baseel
May 19, 2023
She’s never played a single game in the series, but she’s made one of the coolest works of Zelda fan art ever.
- Japan
- (awesome • bento • chara-ben • character bento • cool • food • nintendo • Tears of the Kingdom • the legend of Zelda • video games • Zelda)
Universal Studios Japan lifts ban on hugging, high-fiving mascots
- Master Blaster
May 19, 2023
Let’s hug it out at USJ.
- Japan
- (Amusement Parks • COK • COVID-19 • hugging • mascot characters • theme parks • Universal Studios Japan • USJ)
Japanese police make first-ever YouTuber arrest for uploading video game gameplay videos
- Casey Baseel
May 19, 2023
Past decisions about time travel video game/anime franchise comes back to haunt him.
- Japan
- (anime • COK • crime • Kadokawa • piracy • Steins;Gate • video games • YouTube upload)
Laughing out loud at the property tax for our ridiculously cheap Japanese country house【SoraHouse】
- Casey Baseel
May 19, 2023
How much is it costing us to be the proud owners of the house we bought for less than US$9,500?
U.K. coffee brand Costa Coffee releases first ever matcha flavor with new Matcha Espresso Latte
- Dale Roll
May 19, 2023
A unique take on a matcha latte marks a new path for Costa Coffee!
- Japan
- (Coca-Cola • coffee • Costa Coffee • drinks • espresso • green tea • matcha • matcha latte • tea • vending machine)
For just 5 yen, Amazon Japan’s cheapest possible outfit will have you looking like 0.04 bucks!
- Casey Baseel
May 18, 2023
But beware the secret of the extra-extra-extra-large pants.
- Japan
- (Amazon • Amazon cheapest • Amazon Japan • Amazon lowest-rated • COK • crazy • fashion • funny • Masanuki Sunakoma • shoes • SNJO • weird)
“Hey, Japanese taxi driver, take us to the best Sano ramen in Sano!”
- Oona McGee
May 18, 2023
We discover an unforgettable dish in the city that boasts the highest number of ramen joints per 100,000 people in Japan.
- Japan
- (COK • food • Hey Japanese taxi driver • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • local specialties • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • Sano ramen • SNJO • taxis • Tochigi • Tochigi Prefecture • travel)
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Starbucks Japan unveils new winter drinkware collection with limited-edition Stanley cups
Pachinko parlor operator arrested for not obscuring the act of gambling well enough
Japan’s new matcha vending machines serve freshly prepared matcha in five different strengths
Get the taste of the U.K. in Tokyo with 99 Flakes, meat pies, and Jaffa Cakes
Restaurant opens in Japan with all-dementia waitresses, serves up ramen, awareness, and kindness
Pokémon doughnuts pop up at Mister Donut, with a new gathering that’s bigger than ever
Discount retailers known for massive bargains releases massive Japanese egg sandwich
First-ever cafe on Tokyo Imperial Palace Garden grounds is now open
Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
Liquid croissant coffee is coming to Japanese stores this month
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Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]- Pachinko parlor operator arrested for not obscuring the act of gambling well enough
- Liquid croissant coffee is coming to Japanese stores this month
- Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
- Pokémon doughnuts pop up at Mister Donut, with a new gathering that’s bigger than ever
Starbucks Japan releases now Tokyo Reserve Roastery Christmas drinkware collection [Photos]- Starbucks Japan unveils new winter drinkware collection with limited-edition Stanley cups
Japanese government announces criteria for creating backup capital of Japan
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Pokémon Company announces first-ever permanent Pokémon store to open outside Asia- Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
- Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
- Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
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Chainsaw robots helping keep trains running safely in east Japan [Video]
New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
Studio Ghibli creates illustrated Kyoto sightseeing map, available at any 7-Eleven Japan store
Yearly
Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
Studio Ghibli has a new anime out, and there’s only one place in the world where you can see it
Starbucks Japan releases new drinkware and goods for Valentine’s Day
Starbucks Japan releases new sakura goods and drinkware for cherry blossom season 2026
Japan’s newest Shinkansen has no seats…or passengers [Video]
Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
Japanese ninja certification exam attracts 131 candidates from Japan and abroad
Salomon releases Japan-exclusive Mt. Fuji hiking gear that doubles as an amazing souvenir
Japan reportedly adding Japanese language skill requirement to most common foreigner work visa
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