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What exactly is the treat known as a “kougnané” that’s sold outside Tokyo’s Yurakucho Station?

• Krista Rogers
  Feb 1, 2023
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We learn the origin of this unique pastry sold in one of Tokyo’s bustling commercial districts. 

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• Japan
• (bakeries • COK • food • Kougnané • Kyoto • Mr. Sato • SNJO • sweet • sweets • Tokyo • Uji • Yurakucho)

Famichiki Pancake Steamed Buns take Japanese convenience store food to a whole other level

• Oona McGee
  Feb 1, 2023

We’ve never had fried chicken pancakes quite like this before.

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• Japan
• (awesome • chukaman • COK • convenience stores • Famichiki • Family mart • food • fried chicken • hotcakes • Morinaga • pancakes • review • SNJO • steamed buns • taste test)

Uniqlo collaborates with director Sofia Coppola to celebrate 25th anniversary of her debut

• Katie Pask
  Jan 31, 2023

Uniqlo’s latest collection of apparel features quotes and images from some of Coppola’s biggest films.

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• Japan
• (clothes • fashion • lost in translation • movies • sofia coppola • t-shirts • tote bags • Uniqlo)

“Come to me quickly, Sailor Moon. This will be your grave” – Cosmos trailer goes dark, sounds awesome

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 31, 2023

Anime’s greatest voice actress sounds incredible as Sailor Moon’s final foe.

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• Japan
• (anime • manga • Megumi Hayashibara • movies • Sailor Moon • Sailor Moon Cosmos • Sailor Moon Crystal • video • voice actors • voice actresses)

McDonald’s Japan is changing the ingredients in Chicken McNuggets

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 31, 2023

Wait, what exactly goes into a McNugget anyway?

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• Japan
• (Chicken McNugget • COK • fast food • food • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • McNugget)

Fun with Kaki No Tane rice cracker ice cream sandwiches【Taste test】

• Master Blaster
  Jan 31, 2023

Just when you thought ice cream couldn’t get any better.

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• Internet, Japan
• (COK • food • ice cream • kaki no tane • monaka • snacks • SNO • sweets • taste test • wasabi • weird)

World’s largest type of daikon radish can now be ordered online in Japan

• Shannon
  Jan 31, 2023

Don’t worry, it’s sold in manageable portions.

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• Japan
• (agriculture • big food • COK • crazy • daikon • daikon radish • farming • food • Japanese food • Kagoshima • Sakurajima)

Urusei Yatsura hanafuda playing cards will soon invade your game night

• Krista Rogers
  Jan 31, 2023

We would like to humbly request more anime x traditional Japanese craft pairings after this. 

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• Japan
• (anime • Charaditional • cool • hanafuda • Lum • manga • Oishi Tengudo • playing cards • Rumiko Takahashi • Urusei Yatsura)

Groper arrested in Japan insists he did not grab both breasts, but just one

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 30, 2023

Japanese language quirk made charges ambiguous, but he probably didn’t help his case by clearing that up.

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• Japan
• (chikcan • COK • crazy • crime • groper • Japanese language • linguistics • weird)

How to pick out the best anago eel and other things we learned at the anago processing center

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 30, 2023

Getting hungry and knowledgeable on a visit to Japan’s number-one anago prefecture.

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• Japan
• (anago • COK • cooking • eel • food • saltwater eel • Shimane • SNJO • travel)

Studio Ghibli’s Howl’s Moving Castle x Loewe collection is as magical as the anime movie

• Oona McGee
  Jan 30, 2023

You’ll need deep pockets to add this anime flair to your wardrobe, though.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • fashion • Ghibli • handbags • Hayao Miyazaki • Howl's Moving Castle • LOEWE • merchandise • movies • pop-up shop • Studio Ghibli)

Black Thunder chocolate brings us the future of Valentine’s Day: Crabs!

• Master Blaster
  Jan 30, 2023

And Crab Thunder is coming up with new and inventive ways to give us crabs.

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• Japan
• (B-Class Valentine Future Expo 2023 • Black Thunder. Valentine's Day • chocolate • crab • Crab & Peace • culture • events • Kanisbee • relationships • technology)

Japanese vending machine sells…onigiri cakes!?

• Oona McGee
  Jan 29, 2023

Now that’s a sentence we never thought we’d say. 

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• Japan
• (cakes • COK • food • food review • Japanese food • Japanese sweets • omusubi • onigiri • rice balls • SNO • sweets • taste test)

Test-peeing Japan’s urine absorbing Morescue underpants【Experiment】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 29, 2023

Can Morescue rescue our reporter from his more concerns?

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• Japan
• (Airism • COK • fashion • SNJO • underwear • Uniqlo)

We found traditional pudding perfection in a brand new Tokyo cafe

• Dale Roll
  Jan 29, 2023

In looks and flavor, this pudding knocked Mr. Sato’s socks off! 

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• Japan
• (cafe • custard pudding • Mr. Sato • Nerima • pudding • sweets • taste test)

Our toughest blind taste test yet — can our writers pick out the more expensive mochi?

• Katie Pask
  Jan 29, 2023

This rice cake challenge proved tough for even our most experienced mochi eater.

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• Japan
• (expensive food • food • Gourmet Writers' Rating Check • Japanese food • mochi • ranking • rice • rice cake • SNJO)

Japanese police file charges against illegal anime girl huggy pillow cover seller

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 28, 2023

Prosecutors plan to throw the book, not the pillows, at him.

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• Japan
• (anime • counterfeit • crime • dakimakura • huggy pillows • manga • police evidence)

The anime girl English teacher textbook character that stole Japan’s heart has gotten a promotion

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 28, 2023

Ellen-sensei is in charge of more than just the English class now.

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• Japan
• (anime • education • Ellen Baker • Ellen-sensei • manga • New Horizons • teaching • Teaching English in Japan • Textbooks)

Mister Donut teams up with master patissier for second round of luxurious, limited-edition donuts

• Dale Roll
  Jan 28, 2023

This round has just two donuts, but they’re enough to compete with the last round!

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• Japan
• (caramel • chestnut • chocolate • donuts • Mister Donut • Mr. Donut • sweets • Toshi Yoroizuka)

New unmanned hotel opens in Japan that requires check in and check out by Suica train card only

• Shannon
  Jan 28, 2023

It’s just like boarding the train, except you’ll be sleeping here.

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• Japan
• (Fukushima • Fukushima prefecture • hotel • Hotel B4T • Iwaki Station • Mobile Suica • Suica • Suica hotel • unmanned)

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