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We enjoy an unlimited salad and dessert buffet for 780 yen at Tokyo shabu shabu restaurant

• Shannon
  Apr 16, 2023
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Add this to your list of cheap eats in Tokyo!

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• Japan
• (all-you-can-eat • cheap eats • cheap lunch • dessert bar • kakigori • Mitaka • Salad bar • Shabu Tabe • Shabu-shabu • Tokyo lunch)

Pregnant anime voice actress photo standees: A new frontier in otaku merch

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 15, 2023

Fans cheer as actress announces birth of first child, and now they can buy her “maternity goods” bundle too.

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• Japan
• (anime • otaku • pregnancy • pregnant • voice actors • voice actresses)

We eat an Italian-inspired lobster curry…at a cheap curry chain!

• Dale Roll
  Apr 15, 2023

It felt like eating like a king. 

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• Japan
• (50th anniversary • anniversary • curry • Curry no Osama • lobster • luxury food • Mr. Sato • shinjuku)

Sushi key cover capsule toys remind you of Japan’s oft-forgotten delicious oshizushi at each push

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 15, 2023

Playful miniature food replicas are also a Japanese play on words.

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• Japan
• (capsule toys • computers • cute • food • food models • food replica • funny • gacha • keyboards • oshizushi • sushi • vending machine toys • weird)

Fukuoka pro-baseball team sells beer cups made from bats used by players

• Master Blaster
  Apr 15, 2023

Buy me some peanuts and cracked-bat-cups…♪

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• Japan
• (Asahi Breweries • baseball • bats • beer • cups • Fukuoka • Fukuoka Softbank Hawks • Softbank • souvenirs • sports • wood)

We try the Jack & Coke canned cocktail to see if it’s any better than mixing one yourself

• Dale Roll
  Apr 15, 2023

We love the convenience of a canned cocktail, but does it taste as good?

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• Japan
• (alcohol • canned cocktail • Coca-Cola • cocktails • Coke • Jack and Coke • Jack Daniel’s • whisky)

Real-kitty-litter snow globes coming soon to Japan’s capsule toy vending machines【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 14, 2023

All the excitement of your cat pawing up a storm at its litter box with none of the mess to clean up!

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• Japan
• (animals • capsule toys • cats • cute • funny • gacha • gachapon • Kitan Club • snow domes • snow globes • vending machine toys • weird)

Here’s one of the first things you should do if you just moved into a new apartment in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 14, 2023

Sharp idea for spring could be a lifesaver come summer.

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• Japan
• (air conditioner • clever • COK • heat • interior • life hacks • Lifehacks • Living in Japan • Sharp)

Japanese burger chain releases epic tofu burgers, designed by customers

• Oona McGee
  Apr 14, 2023

A dream burger with a Japanese flavour, devised by over 110,000 customers.

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• Japan
• (atsuage • COK • fast food • food • freshness burger • hamburger • Japanese food • limited • new • tofu • vegetarian)

Get delicious bread at…a fresh seafood market in Tokyo’s Okachimachi neighborhood?

• Shannon
  Apr 14, 2023

Would you like a Japanese egg sandwich with your octopus?

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• Japan
• (Ameyoko • bakery • bread • croquettes • egg salad • Japanese bread • Okachimachi • Ondine • Seiji Nakazawa • Tokyo eats)

Sapporo lowers age at which kids are barred from opposite sex’s bath at hot springs, public baths

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 14, 2023

Three-year drop pleases some, but other parents unhappy.

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• Japan
• (COK • Hokkaido • hot springs • onsen • public baths • sento • society)

Drug dealers in Japan forget their pot stash in rental car, ask agency clerk to not look inside

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 14, 2023

Two men test the limits of Japanese customer service.

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• Japan
• (cannabis • COK • crazy • crime • Drugs • rantal car • rentacar • weird)

If the new bicycle helmet rule isn’t mandatory, are there penalties for not following it?

• Dale Roll
  Apr 13, 2023

We asked a lawyer to find out!

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• Japan
• (bicycles • cycling • helmets • Japanese law • law • lawyer • legal • riding bicycles • safety)

Gorgeous Legend of Zelda 3-D puzzle sets are on the way to test fans’ wisdom【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 13, 2023

Master Sword, Triforce, and Hyrule Crest present three challenges.

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• Japan
• (cool • Legend of Zelda • Master Sword • nintendo • puzzles • toys • Triforce • video games)

Starbucks Japan customisation hack: How to make the new Melon Frappuccino even more delicious

• Oona McGee
  Apr 13, 2023

The secret ingredient is a beloved Japanese citrus.

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• Japan
• (COK • drinks • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccinos • K. Masami • melon • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets • taste test)

Tokyo standing peperoncino restaurant turns our writer into a master risotto chef

• Katie Pask
  Apr 13, 2023

Restaurant that specialises in one type of pasta also offers a surprising (and genius) side dish.

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• Japan
• (food • pasta • peperoncino • restaurants • risotto • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • Tokyo)

We built a steel rack taller than our crazy cheap country Japanese house with Daiso goods

• Shannon
  Apr 13, 2023

As Shia LaBeouf once said, “Just do it!”

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• Japan
• (art • cheap homes • contemporary art • home renovation • Japanese countryside • Masanuki Sunakoma • silly • Yoshio)

Video game maker Konami employee tries to kill old boss with fire extinguisher

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 13, 2023

Says he wanted to kill former manager “in order to live.”

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • crime • Konami • video games • weird)

Final Fantasy X kabuki stage play to stream internationally with English subtitles

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 12, 2023

Isn’t it wonderful?

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• Japan
• (Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy X • kabuki • Live action • Square Enix • stage plays • video games)

One month after masking was left to “personal judgement,” it’s still the norm in Tokyo, but why?

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 12, 2023

Combination of factors is keeping masks on in Tokyo even as the government says they don’t have to be.

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• Japan
• (COK • coronavirus • Covid • etiquette • masks • pandemic • society)

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