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Fried chicken sleeping bags to be awarded to 500 lucky Mos Burger customers

• Master Blaster
  Oct 18, 2022
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Savory dreams are made of this.

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• Japan
• (contests • fast food • fried chicken • Mos Burger • Moschikin • restaurants • sleeping bags)

Preparing for the Soraniwa Music Festival in the mountains of Kanagawa

• Krista Rogers
  Oct 18, 2022

Seiji revisits his musician roots while discovering how the individuals of one local community have built a lasting celebration of music and family.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • family • Kanagawa • moving • music • music festival • Sagamihara • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • Soraniwa • touching)

Tokyo taxis offer to let you take a ride with The Ring’s ghost girl, just in time for Halloween

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 18, 2022

Sadako Taxis are a terrifying alternative to Tokyo’s train and subway networks.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • funny • movies • Sadako • scary • taxis • The Ring • transportation • travel • weird)

Five things that’ll surprise foreign tourists in Japan when they visit

• Oona McGee
  Oct 18, 2022

Visiting Japan after it’s been closed off to tourists for so long is making people see the country with new eyes. 

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• Japan
• (border restrictions • COK • entry ban • entry restrictions • Japan travel • reopening • reopening after coronavirus • reopening borders • shopping • SNJO • Soon Pyon's • Tokyo • tourism • tourist sites • tourists • travel)

Someone crashed a car into Japan’s oldest restroom

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 18, 2022

Bathroom accident in Kyoto involves no poo, but there’s still a mess that needs cleaning up.

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• Japan
• (accident • bathrooms • cars • crazy • culture • history • Kyoto • temples • Toilets • weird)

Tully’s Coffee Japan is bringing back Harry Potter collaboration by popular demand

• Shannon
  Oct 17, 2022

This year brings all-new drinks, snacks, and goods!

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• Japan
• (cafes • coffee • cool • drinks • food • Harry Potter • Hogwarts • sweets • Tully's • Tully's Coffee • Tully's Coffee Japan)

Nintendo takes steps to protect staff from growing problem of customer harassment

• Master Blaster
  Oct 17, 2022

Nintendon’t take grief from customers anymore.

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• Japan
• (business • culture • customer harassment • customer service • harassment • Ministry of Health Labor and Welfare • nintendo)

Is the magical Flying Ball that’s trending on Japanese TikTok as easy to use as it looks?

• Katie Pask
  Oct 17, 2022

Social media makes it look like a piece of cake, but how will our reporter handle his magical ball?

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• Japan
• (awesome • flying ball • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • technology • TikTok • tiktok trends • toys)

Daiso Halloween makeup challenge! Can Japan’s favorite 100 yen store zombify you?【How-to】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 17, 2022

Joining the battalions of the undead on a budget.

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• Japan
• (100 yen shops • 100-yen stores • COK • Daiso • halloween • Halloween costumes • haruka takagi • makeup • scary • SNJO • zombies)

The Kyoto way: Sidewalk sign with a window is actually a manners warning

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 17, 2022

City government is tired of an inconsiderate problem happening in downtown Kyoto.

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• Japan
• (clever • funny • Kyoto • manners • signage • signs • taxis • travel)

Turn around, and you’ll see this Tokyo convenience store is also something else【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 16, 2022

The delicious, heartwarming tale of Misawa, two great businesses in one spot in Shibuya.

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• Japan
• (COK • convenience stores • cool • food • Noodles • restaurants • SNJO • soba • udon • weird)

Mr. Sato attempts to conquer mountains of shaved ice at all-you-can-eat event

• Dale Roll
  Oct 16, 2022

Even for Mr. Sato, there are some mountains you just can’t climb.

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• Japan
• (all-you-can-eat • dessert • Ikebukuro • kakigoori • Mr. Sato • shaved ice • sweets)

Three of the best Japanese convenience store sweets you’ll want to try this autumn

• Oona McGee
  Oct 16, 2022

Family Mart, Lawson and 7-Eleven dig up some surprises for customers this fall.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • autumn • beniharuka • cakes • COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • fall • Family mart • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • Lawson • review • SNJO • sweet potatoes • sweets • taste test)

Beautiful beefy Yoshinoya gacha capsule toys look good enough to eat or display【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 16, 2022

Gyudon meets gacha.

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• Japan
• (beef bowls • capsule toys • cool • food • gachapon • gyudon • weird • Yoshinoya)

Anime fans go old-school, record new Urusei Yatsura anime on Beta and period-appropriate media

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 16, 2022

Urusei Yatsura is back on TV, and tape media is back on fans’ minds.

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• Japan
• (anime • beta • cassette tapes • cool • funny • manga • physical media • technology • Urusei Yatsura • VHS)

Our Japanese reporter visits Czechia’s famous beer spas and boozily bathes in a bath of beer

• Katie Pask
  Oct 15, 2022

These boozy baths are a must for all beer lovers!

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• Europe, Japan
• (beer • beer spa • Czech Republic • Czechia • drinks • Ikuna Kamezawa • SNJO • spa • travel)

Japan has too many adorable Akita dog license plate designs, needs help picking just one

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 15, 2022

Which Akitas should represent Akita on cars in Japan?

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• Japan
• (Akita dog • Akita Inu • animals • cars • cute • dogs • license plates)

Turning a crazy cheap country Japanese house into a home — Step 10: Mysterious water【SoraHouse】

• Oona McGee
  Oct 15, 2022

Dare we drink the water from this strange source we discovered on our property?

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• Japan
• (cheap homes • COK • home renovation • homes • houses • Japanese property • nature • property • real estate • renovation • SNJO • SoraHouse • Turning a crazy cheap country Japanese house into a home • water)

KFC Japan stops selling “Sand” and changes name to “Burgers” with new spicy and cheese versions

• Master Blaster
  Oct 15, 2022

Smart move or wasted opportunity?

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• Japan
• (chicken burgers • Chicken Sand • chicken sandwiches • Colonel Sanders • fast food • food • KFC • KFC Japan)

Japan may finally abolish law that bans women only from remarrying soon after divorce

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 15, 2022

Change would also revise “presumed legitimacy” child custody law for the first time since Japan created a modern legal system.

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• Japan
• (COK • marriage • remarrying • romance • society)

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  10. Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan

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  2. Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
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  1. Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
  2. Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
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