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Sushi By Foreigners BC: Japanese gacha capsule toys just keep on getting weirder

• Oona McGee
  Jul 27, 2022
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Have you ever heard of these sushi before?!?

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• Japan
• (capsule machines • capsule toys • capsule vending machines • COK • cool • fashion • gacha gacha • gacha toys • gacha vending machine • gachapon • SNJO • vending machines)

Seiji cosplays as the hot new mascot Myaku-Myaku using only 100-yen products

• Master Blaster
  Jul 27, 2022

Never has a man worn panties, wrapping paper, and balloons so well.

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• Japan
• (100 yen shops • 2025 Osaka World Expo • art • cosplay • Daiso • DIY • Mascots • Myaku-Myaku • Seiji Nakazawa)

We found the prettiest TKG ever at a restaurant specializing in raw eggs on rice in Tokyo

• Dale Roll
  Jul 27, 2022

It turns out there are ways to spruce up Japan’s simplest dish!

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Japanese food • Kichijoji • raw eggs • restaurants • rice • SNJ • tamago kake gohan • tamagokake gohan • TKG)

“Hey, Japanese taxi driver, take us to the best Okinawan restaurant in Naha!”

• Oona McGee
  Jul 27, 2022

A new adventure takes us to a local spot we never would’ve found ourselves. 

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Hey Japanese taxi driver • Naha • Okinawa • restaurants • SNJO • taxis • travel)

Sweet mochi beer? Yamanashi sweets maker teams up with craft brewer for Kuromitsu Black

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 27, 2022

Far Yeast Brewing takes inspiration from Shingen Mochi for a unique new craft beer.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • beer • COK • craft beer • drinks • Far Yeast Brewing • haruka takagi • Kikyoya • mochi • shingen mochi • SNJO • sweets • taste test • weird • Yamanashi)

69-year-old Tokyo man arrested for driving without a license for over 50 years

• Master Blaster
  Jul 27, 2022

Senior failed license test six times and decided to license himself.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • crime • driving • driving without a license • Harley Davidson • hit-and-run • motorcycles • three-wheeled motorcycle • Tokyo • weird)

You can taste One Piece’s Flower Flower Fruit in real life thanks to this peachy collaboration

• Krista Rogers
  Jul 27, 2022

We’re not saying that you’ll develop the same powers as “Devil Child” Nico Robin after eating it, but you never know. 

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• Japan
• (anime • Cake.jp • Flower Flower Fruit • Hana Hana no Mi • manga • Nico Robin • One Piece • sweets)

Studio Ghibli releases free bulletin board illustration to “use within the bounds of common sense”

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 27, 2022

Howl’s Moving Castle character designer draws a Calcifer for reminders, jokes, or however else you want to use him.

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• Japan
• (Akihiko Yamashita • anime • Calcifer • cool • Hayao Miyazaki • Howl's Moving Castle • Studio Ghibli)

Asahi Beer abolishes “image girl” spokesmodel position, ending practice at big four brewers

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 26, 2022

Position was suspended during the pandemic, and it won’t be coming back.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • Asahi Beer • Asahi Super Dry • beautiful women • beer • COK)

New spreadable French Toast from Japan is a game-changer

• Oona McGee
  Jul 26, 2022

The easiest way to make French toast? Simply spread it on bread!

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• Japan
• (bread • breakfast • butter • COK • cool • food • french toast • Japanese breakfast • KALDI • new • SNJO • sweets • taste test • weird)

500-Step Soccer: A new sport from Mizuno and World Yuru Sports Association

• Master Blaster
  Jul 26, 2022

Improve your game 500 steps at a time.

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• Japan
• (500-Step Soccer • cool • fitness • football • Mizuno • soccer • sports • weird • World Yuru Sports Association)

We investigate the half-priced beer at Sushiro that everyone is angry about

• Master Blaster
  Jul 26, 2022

Righteous indignation or an overreaction?

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• Japan
• (alcohol • beer • COK • Conveyor belt sushi • Kaitenzushi • restaurants • SNJO • Suntory Premium Malt's • sushi • Sushiro)

Takoyaki Party and Italian fully-loaded rice balls coming to NewDays for a limited time

• Master Blaster
  Jul 26, 2022

Convenience store’s giant demon balls show their softer side.

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• Japan
• (COK • convenience stores • food • Italian food • NewDays • onigiri • rice balls • takoyaki • takoyaki party)

Japanese game fans, and our play tester, can’t get enough of sci-fi cat adventure Stray

• Krista Rogers
  Jul 26, 2022

Cat lovers in particular are thrilled by the subtle, programmed mannerisms that bring your playable cat character to life.

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• Japan
• (cats • Saya Togashi • SNJO • Stray • stray cats • video games)

A first-time visit to Kyoto’s Gion Festival becomes a night to remember

• Oona McGee
  Jul 25, 2022

There’s more to these giant Yamahoko floats than first meets the eye. 

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• Japan
• (chimaki • COK • culture • Egawa Tasuku • festivals • floats • Gion • Gion Festival • Gion Matsuri • Kyoto • SNJO • sweets • tradition • travel)

Majority of younger Japanese people in survey respect less than 30 percent of their old coworkers

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 25, 2022

Over 50 percent of respondents say old coworkers contribute “nothing in particular” to the workplace.

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• Japan
• (COK • generation gap • seniors • society • survey • woring in Japan)

We buy the lowest-rated sexy pillow on Amazon Japan

• Master Blaster
  Jul 25, 2022

Don’t buy a sexy pillow without doing your homework.

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• Japan
• (Amazon • Amazon Japan • Amazon lowest-rated • body pillows • Masanuki Sunakoma • Nicolas Cage • shopping • weird)

Delicious bento without the plastic waste — the OniBen is the one-handed mini meal we all need

• Katie Pask
  Jul 25, 2022

Traditional bento shop collaborates with pair of comedians to make environmentally sustainable mini-lunches.

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• Japan
• (bento • eco-friendly • food • Hamamatsu • lunch • onigiri • Pakkun • Pakkun Makkun • Patrick Harlan • SDGs • Shizuoka)

We find who gives the best deadpan face in inaugural ‘King of Expressionlessness’ Championship

• Katie Pask
  Jul 25, 2022

Who is best able to completely rid their face of any emotion whatsoever? Let’s find out!

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• Japan
• (Ahiruneko • championship • crazy • face • funny • Go Hatori • gurning • King of Expressionlessness • Masanuki Sunakoma • Mr. Sato • P.K. Sanjun • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • Takashi Harada)

Three great indoor date spots (plus a bonus!) in Tokyo, for when the weather just won’t cooperate

• Dale Roll
  Jul 25, 2022

These are interesting places that will keep you cool and dry, no matter the weather outside!

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• Japan
• (attractions • Chiyoda • date ideas • fun • gallery • Planetarium • rainy weather • things to do in Tokyo • Tokyo)

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