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People in Japan vote for their favourite ramen chain, with surprising results
- Oona McGee
Dec 16, 2022 - Tweet
Survey into noodle joints reveals some chains people may have never heard of.
- Japan
- (curry • delicious • Hokkaido • Ichiran • Japanese curry • Kourakuen • local chain • Noodles • ramen • ramen chains • restaurants • Sugakiya • Tenkaippin • Yamaokaya)
Tokyo couple caught making stickers with police mascot flipping bird
- Master Blaster
Dec 16, 2022
That salute is not in the police manual.
- Japan
- (crime • mascot characters • Mascots • Peopo-kun • police • Tokyo Metropolitan Police • trademark • weird)
Is it OK to play with Pokémon card on the Shinkansen? A bullet train manners debate
- Casey Baseel
Dec 16, 2022
Japanese comedian calls out “bad manners” of Pokémon-playing friends, but not everyone thinks his take is the very best.
- Japan
- (bullet train • card games • collectible card games • etiquette • manners • Pokemon • Pokémon card game • society • trains • travel)
Live-action City Hunter is Netflix’s newest nostalgic-anime-to-live-action project
- Casey Baseel
Dec 16, 2022
Hit anime/manga is being adapted into live-action in Japan for the first time.
- Japan
- (anime • City Hunter • Live action • manga • Netflix)
Never grow up at OH MY CAFE’s Peter Pan collaboration in Japan this winter
- Shannon
Dec 15, 2022
You’ve seen Neverland, but have you ever eaten it?
- Japan
- (cafes • cute • Disney • drinks • food • OH MY CAFE • Peter Pan • restaurants • themed restaurants)
Super Nintendo World USA announces opening date at Universal Studios Hollywood【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 15, 2022
Nintendo’s amusement park expansion expands outside Japan for the first time.
- Japan, USA
- (Amusement Parks • nintendo • Super Mario • Super Nintendo World • theme parks • Universal Studios • Universal Studios Hollywood • video • video games)
Birth Japan’s 2023 Lucky Bag will bring out your inner Japanese gangster【Photos】
- Dale Roll
Dec 15, 2022
New Year…New You?
- Japan
- (COK • fashion • fukubukuro • gangster • lucky bag • Lucky Bag Roundup 2023 • Masanuki Sunakoma • SNJO • yakuza • Yankee)
Yoshinoya’s fukubukuro lucky bag is part box, part beef bowl, but is there anything to eat?
- Oona McGee
Dec 15, 2022
Take a look at the presents in store for beef bowl lovers in Japan at New Year.
- Japan
- (beef bowls • COK • food • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro 2023 • Fukubukuro Roundup 2023 • Japanese food • lucky bag • Lucky Bag Roundup 2023 • porcelain • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • Yoshinoya)
Man jumps in front of Tokyo Disneyland parade, gets tackled to sound of Christmas music【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 15, 2022
Cast members spring into action in surreal moment for parkgoers.
- Japan
- (Christmas • COK • crazy • crime • Disneyland • parade • Tokyo Disney Resort • Tokyo Disneyland • video • weird)
Live-action Spy x Family stage reveals its four Anyas!【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 14, 2022
Spy x Family’s littlest star is a role so big it has four actresses.
- Japan
- (anime • Anya • Live action • manga • musical • musicals • Spy x Family • stage play • video)
Totoro, Spirited Away mamezara dishes ready to grace the tables of Studio Ghibli anime fans【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 14, 2022
They’re especially nice for New Year’s, but you’ll want to use them all year long.
- Japan
- (anime • dishware • Donguri Kyowakoku • food • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • interior • My Neighbor Totoro • No Fave • osechi • Oshogatsu • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • tableware • Totoro)
These Ajinomoto frozen Japanese dishes from France baffled our Japanese reporter【Taste test】
- Dale Roll
Dec 14, 2022
Expectations were not met–in many ways.
- Japan
- (Ajinomoto • COK • food • france • frozen food • Ikuna Kamezawa • Japanese food overseas • overseas Japanese food • SNJO • taste test)
The cool way to peel a mandarin, according to a Japanese grandma
- Oona McGee
Dec 14, 2022
Become a mikan master with this neat hack, endorsed by the Japanese government.
- Japan
- (citrus • clever • COK • food • fruit • how to • life hacks • MAFF • mamechishiki • mandarin oranges • mikan • Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries • oranges • peel • peels • satsuma • SNJO • twitter)
Mr. Sato buys a Japanese snack stocking in Akabane that puts the “stuff” in “stocking stuffer”
- Shannon
Dec 14, 2022
Be prepared for a lot of snacks and a lot of attention.
- Japan
- (Christmas 2022 • Christmas presents • dagashi • gift ideas • japanese snacks • Mr. Sato • stockings)
Is Jiro-style ramen takeout from the supermarket as good as the real deal?
- Krista Rogers
Dec 14, 2022
We find out if this reasonably priced bowl stacks up to the ramen served at popular noodle chain Ramen Jiro.
- Japan
- (COK • food • Jiro-style • Noodles • ramen • ramen jiro • Seisen Ichiba • SNJO • supermarket • taste test)
Japan’s Kanji of the Year revealed, reflects both the good and the bad of 2022
- Casey Baseel
Dec 14, 2022
Single character with multiple meanings chosen as the kanji that best sums up 2022.
- Japan
- (COK • Japanese language • kanji • kanji of the year • linguistics • society)
Studio Ghibli announces release date for Hayao Miyazaki’s new anime movie, releases key art
- Casey Baseel
Dec 13, 2022
How Do You Live? looks like it’s going to be very different from its source material.
- Japan
- (anime • Ghibli • How Do You Live • movies • Studio Ghibli)
Diablo IV Lilith burger turns Burger King into Burger Queen in Japan for a limited time
- Oona McGee
Dec 13, 2022
Do you dare to take a bite out of the queen of hell?
- Japan
- (Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • cool • Diablo • Diablo 4 • Diablo IV • fast food • Lilith • marketing • video games)
We visit the full-scale Evangelion statue in Kyoto and particularly delight in the food tie-ins
- Krista Rogers
Dec 13, 2022
Sure, testing your Eva synchronization rate in the entry plug is pretty cool, but so is the food faithfully recreated from the anime.
- Japan
- (anime • COK • entry plug • Evangelion • food • Kyoto • mecha • Neon Genesis Evangelion • robots • Saya Togashi • SNJO • theme park • Toei Eigamura • Toei Kyoto Studio Park)
Bring a friend to eat Japan’s 5-kilogram (11-pound) strawberry parfait, or it will take you down
- Dale Roll
Dec 13, 2022
It’s more than big food, too; it’s made from ingredients grown locally in Shizuoka Prefecture!
- Japan
- (awesome • big food • crazy • dessert • food • huge food • Mishima • parfaits • Shizuoka • strawberries • sweets)
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Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in 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
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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
Tokyo train station will play Godzilla theme song as new departure melody
Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
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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
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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
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