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A trip down one of Japan’s most terrifying park slides【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 24, 2022
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Recommended for kids six and up!

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• Japan
• (crazy • funny • parks • roller slides • scary • slides • video • weird)

Try-your-luck vending machine proves it doesn’t always pay to take a gamble

• Oona McGee
  Jun 24, 2022

Don’t be fooled by the shiny bright lights of this machine.

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• Japan
• (COK • Don Quijote • food • Japanese vending machines • SNJO • vending machines • weird)

Site of the worst bear attack in Japanese history is a chilling place to visit

• Oona McGee
  Jun 24, 2022

You might not want to visit this area alone.

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• Japan
• (animals • bear attack • bears • brown bears • COK • Hokkaido • Sankebetsu Brown Bear Incident • Saya Togashi • SNJO • Tomamae • tourist sites • travel)

We spend 24 hours trying to keep a Tamagotchi alive, it ends up doing something weirder

• Katie Pask
  Jun 23, 2022

The Tamagotchi Smart means you can take your virtual pet with you everywhere.

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• Japan
• (cute • Japanese toys • SNJO • Tamagotchi • Tamagotchi 25th Anniversary • Tamagotchi Smart • toys • Udonko • virtual pet • virtual pets)

This no-bake sweet sake super-easy dessert is a perfect summertime sweets companion【Recipe】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 23, 2022

Chilled Amazake Cracked Ice is a cool treat you can make even with zero cooking skills.

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• Japan
• (amazake • COK • cooking • food • Morinaga • recipe • sake • SNJO • sweets)

Starbucks Japan’s new summer drinks deliver all the goodness of Matcha and Youthberry

• Oona McGee
  Jun 23, 2022

We spill the tea on Starbucks’ new limited-edition beverages. 

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• Japan
• (COK • drinks • Frappuccinos • green tea • Japanese Frappuccinos • matcha • melon • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets • taste test)

How to make an imitation katsudon pork cutlet bowl using imitation katsu【SoraKitchen】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 23, 2022

We harness the power of dagashi to create the “in-quotation-marks katsudon.”

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• Japan
• (Ahiru Neko • COK • cooking • crazy • dagashi • fish cake • food • katsu • katsudon • Katsuya • pork cutlet • SNJO • SoraKitchen • taste test • weird)

Is roughly half of Japan preconditioned to hate mint chocolate sweets?

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 23, 2022

Researcher thinks that the traditions of one Japan’s biggest foodie centers don’t mesh with the summertime sweets flavor.

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• Japan
• (choco mint • COK • food • ice cream • Kansai • mint chocolate • Osaka • survey • sweets)

Japan’s only blue old-school post box: Where is it and why is it there?

• Oona McGee
  Jun 23, 2022

A humble mailbox with a roundabout connection to ’90s J-Pop idol group Mi-Ke.

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• Japan
• (Chiba • COK • J-Pop • Japan Post • mail box • mailboxes • Mi-ke • post box • SNJO • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel • unique • unusual • weird)

Demand for Poop Money Drill textbooks backed up, orders suspended until system cleared out

• Master Blaster
  Jun 22, 2022

Everyone wants a piece of Poop Money.

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• Japan
• (business • economics • education • Financial Services Agency • poop • Poop Kanji Drill • Textbooks • unko • unko kanji drill)

Make Fried-Chicken-Pepsi-Fried-Chicken with our slow and difficult recipe!【SoraKitchen】

• Master Blaster
  Jun 22, 2022

Mr. Sato will show you how to make this unique delight, eventually!

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• Japan
• (Cola • cooking • fried chicken • karaage • Mr. Sato • pepsi • recipes)

Which Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain has the best saltwater eel sushi?【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 22, 2022

It’s a four-way anago showdown of affordable luxuries.

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• Japan
• (anago • best conveyor belt sushi • COK • conger eel • Conveyor belt sushi • eel • food • Hama Sushi • Kaitenzushi • Kappa Sushi • Kura Sushi • P.K. Sanjun • revolving sushi • saltwater eel • SNJO • sushi • Sushiro • taste test)

This Tokyo bakery gives its curry bread a special Aomori ingredient for a one-of-a-kind taste

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 22, 2022

The pride of Aomori Prefecture is the star of the show at Little Princess Tokyo.

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• Japan
• (apples • bakeries • bread • COK • curry • curry bread • food • Fuji apples • Mr. Sato • SNJO • taste test)

Multi-purpose meat cushions, raw and cooked, are now here for ravenous Monster Hunter fans【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 22, 2022

Non-food-based monster brooches also let you show your love for the Capcom video game series.

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• Japan
• (accessories • Capcom • cool • crazy • interior • meat • Monster Hunter • Monster Hunter Rise • video games)

Medical bills to be free in all Tokyo wards for high school students, younger kids from next year

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 22, 2022

System has no family income restrictions and will address low birth rate, politicians hope.

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• Japan
• (COK • declining birth rate • declining population • kids • low birth rate • medical • Parenting • society • Tokyo • youth)

We test out the new gaming chopsticks that bring gaming PC looks to your dinner table【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 21, 2022

You can now dine in the high-tech glow of gaming light.

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• Japan
• (chopsticks • COK • cool • food • gadgets • gaming PCs • SNJO • weird)

Cold karaage vending machines take fried chicken to new extremes

• Oona McGee
  Jun 21, 2022

Take a trip to heaven and hell with “Deep Fried Chicken of Angel and Devil I wish you every happiness”.

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• Japan
• (chicken • COK • cool • food • fried chicken • Japanese vending machines • karaage • SNJO • vending machine • vending machines • weird • wtf)

Genki Sushi now has a range of sushi…that isn’t really sushi

• Oona McGee
  Jun 21, 2022

Vegetarian? Vegan? Or just plain weird? This conveyor belt restaurant chain serves up a taste of all three.

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• Japan
• (best conveyor belt sushi • COK • Conveyor belt sushi • fish • food • Genki Sushi • Kaitenzushi • Mr. Sato • revolving sushi • SNJO • sushi • taste test • Uobei • vegan • vegetarian)

Camp eats: We try making an “Italian-style” meat-wrapped onigiri for a hearty meal【SoraKitchen】

• Shannon
  Jun 21, 2022

Possibly one of the best fusions of Japanese and Italian cuisine we’ve had.

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• Japan
• (camp eats • camp food • camping recipe • cheese • delicious • Italian food • Ken Outdoor Cooking • onigiri • SoraKitchen • taste test)

Add this year’s GBL line of Studio Ghibli shirts for adults to your casually stylish collection

• Krista Rogers
  Jun 21, 2022

2022’s collection of Hawaiian shirts and more highlights designs based on Ghibli classics Princess Mononoke and Porco Rosso.

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• Japan
• (Anime Fashion • fabric • fashion • GBL • Hawaiian shirts • Porco Rosso • Princess Mononoke • Studio Ghibli)

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  7. Starbucks Japan unveils new Christmas goods for 2026, with exclusive holiday surprises
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  9. Starbucks Japan releases “Let’s Par-TEA!” Frappuccino and drinks for the holiday season
  10. Cold Stone is closing its final branch in all of east Japan, but it’s going down singing

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  1. Pokémon Company announces first-ever permanent Pokémon store to open outside Asia
  2. Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
  3. Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
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  6. Chainsaw robots helping keep trains running safely in east Japan [Video]
  7. New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
  8. Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
  9. Tokyo train station will play Godzilla theme song as new departure melody
  10. Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign

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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
  3. Studio Ghibli has a new anime out, and there’s only one place in the world where you can see it
  4. Starbucks Japan releases new drinkware and goods for Valentine’s Day
  5. Starbucks Japan releases new sakura goods and drinkware for cherry blossom season 2026
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