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English-speaking-only bar opens in Osaka and Tokyo, yellow cards for those who don’t follow rules

• Oona McGee
  Sep 28, 2022
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Bar Sick! is only open to English speakers.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • bars • beer • COK • drinks • English conversation • English education • English education in Japan • english language • English language education • language learning • learning English • Nishi Azabu • Osaka • Tokyo)

Nagoya soon to join Tokyo and get its own secret, members-only parfait bar

• Dale Roll
  Sep 28, 2022

And if the crowdfunding campaign is anything to go by, it’s gonna be extremely popular!

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• Japan
• (crowdfunding • dessert • members-only • Nagoya • parfait • Remake Easy • speak-easy • swanky)

Love Japanese yokai? You’ll love these Halloween-only yokai Japanese confectionaries

• Shannon
  Sep 28, 2022

Celebrate Halloween this year with some traditional Japanese characters!

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• Japan
• (cool • creative • Gifu • halloween • Halloween 2022 • Japanese sweets • Tohoen • traditional Japanese sweets • wagashi • yokai)

Japanese company develops personal fryer for easy and delicious meals

• Shannon
  Sep 28, 2022

A great way to enjoy a fried meal without the mess.

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• Japan
• (cooking • cool • deep fryer • fryer • Japanese kitchen gadgets • kitchen gadgets • personal fryer • solo cooking • Thanko)

Spy x Family’s Anya appears on giant video billboards in Tokyo to steal the city’s heart【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 28, 2022

Spy x Family’s littlest-but-biggest star makes her Cross Shinjuku Vision debut.

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• Japan
• (3-D billboard • anime • giant video screen • manga • shinjuku • Spy x Family • video • video billboards)

Shiratani Unsuikyo: The breathtaking anime setting where Princess Mononoke was born

• Oona McGee
  Sep 28, 2022

Ancient cedar trees that inspired Hayao Miyazaki and his Studio Ghibli team are just one reason why this forest in Yakushima is so magical.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • film locations • hiking • Mountains • movies • nature • Princess Mononoke • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • Studio Ghibli • travel • UNESCO World Heritage sites • World Heritage site • Yakushima)

Pair Japanese whisky with convenience store fried chicken at new Konbini Bar in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Sep 27, 2022

Lawson’s first-ever convenience store bar looks set to be a great place to unwind on the cheap.

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• Japan
• (bars • beer • COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • drinks • highball • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese whisky • karaage kun • konbini • Lawson • new openings • Osake no Museum • shinjuku • Tokyo • Whiskey • whisky)

Idol singer from Keyakizaka46 says she’s now working as a Tokyo bar hostess

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 27, 2022

”This is a type of work I’ve really been longing to do.”

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• Japan
• (AKB48 • hostess bars • idol singers • Idols • Keyakizaka46 • Manaka Shida • Sakurazaka46)

Edible 10-yen coins become a hot new trend in Tokyo【Taste test】

• Oona McGee
  Sep 27, 2022

Shame they don’t cost 10 yen…

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• (10 yen • 10 yen bread • bread • cheese bread • coins • COK • corn dog • Don Quijote • food • food trends • restaurants • Shibuya • snacks • SNJO • sweet bread • sweets • taste test • Tokyo • treats)

Japanese curry chain in Thailand has a surprisingly Japanese dish not found in Japan

• Master Blaster
  Sep 27, 2022

Sometimes the most Japanese stuff isn’t even in Japan.

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• (Bangkok • coco ichibanya • curry • fast food • food • Ikuna Kamezawa • Thailand • travel • Wagyu)

Insanely cheap Wagyu beef sushi box on sale at Japan’s one and only beef sushi restaurant

• Katie Pask
  Sep 27, 2022

Tokyo restaurant Kintan offers inexpensive wagyu to celebrate store’s recent renewal.

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• Japan
• (beef • beef sushi • food • kintan • restaurants • sushi • Tokyo)

Slowpoke takes center stage at special collaborative festival at Takamatsu Airport this October

• Krista Rogers
  Sep 27, 2022

The official Udon Prefecture ambassador takes part in special events at the airport where you can also win fabulous prizes.

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• Japan
• (fun • Kagawa • Pokemon • Slowpoke • Takamatsu Airport • tourism • travel • Yadon)

Can we pick out the expensive Japanese grapes in a blind taste test?

• Oona McGee
  Sep 27, 2022

Luxury fruit goes head-to-head with a supermarket bunch.

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• Japan
• (COK • expensive fruit • food • fruit • grapes • Isetan • japanese fruit • luxury food • Shine Muscat • SNJO • taste test • watermelons)

So long, CDs – Japan’s Geo chain will no longer purchase used compact discs

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 27, 2022

Decision starts the countdown to the chain’s end of selling used CDs too.

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• (CDs • COK • Geo • music • physical media • technology)

Turning a crazy cheap country Japanese house into a home — Step 6: Outdoor bathing【SoraHouse】

• Oona McGee
  Sep 27, 2022

Every countryside home needs a riverside rotenburo, but will it be the tub of dreams?

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• Japan
• (bathing • baths • cheap homes • COK • home renovation • Japanese baths • Masanuki Sunakoma • nature • property • real estate • rivers • rotenburo • SNJO • SoraHouse • Turning a crazy cheap country Japanese house into a home)

Japan’s Raincoat Man arrested for stealing 360 women’s raincoats, “As exciting as lingerie”【Vids】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 26, 2022

Raincoat man’s reign of terror has ended.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • crime • rain kappa • raincoats • theft • video • weird)

Japanese police to introduce video function to emergency 110 calls

• Master Blaster
  Sep 26, 2022

A welcome update to an essential service.

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• Japan
• (110 • 119 • emergency • live stream • police • technology • upload • video)

The roller slide of terror: Treetop fun ride for kids is a terrifying experience for adult butts

• Oona McGee
  Sep 26, 2022

When the only thing to save your buttocks from catching fire is a piece of cardboard.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • funny • Masanuki Sunakoma • parks • rides • roller slides • Saitama • scary • slides • SNJO • tourism • tourist sites • travel • video • weird)

Lawson announces new human-controlled digital avatars at store registers starting this fall

• Krista Rogers
  Sep 26, 2022

One of Japan’s top convenience store chains plans to introduce digital avatars at over 200 stores in the next three years.

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• Japan
• (avatars • convenience store • digital • konbini • labor shortage • Lawson)

Okinawa airport’s must-eat Pork Tamago Onigiri finally opens a branch in Tokyo!【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 26, 2022

Tokyoites can now enjoy this favorite pre-flight meal of travelers without getting on a plane.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Okinawa • onigiri • pork tamago onigiri • restaurants • SNJO • taste test)

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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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