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Vending machine noodle ice cream: A retro icon in Japan brings joy to a new generation

• Oona McGee
  May 18, 2022
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A surprising find to thrill the taste buds of noodle lovers. 

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• Japan
• (Akita • COK • desserts • food • Japanese vending machines • michi no eki • Noodles • SNJO • soba • sweets • taste test • udon • vending machines • weird)

Japanese universities determine cats know the names of other cats

• Master Blaster
  May 18, 2022

Poor Mr. Muffinstuff…

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• Japan
• (Azabu Unviersity • cats • intelligence • Japanese cat names • Kyoto University • pets • reserach • science)

Have you tried Tokushima ramen? No? You should (says our obsessed Japanese-language reporter)

• Dale Roll
  May 18, 2022

This relatively unknown local delicacy is well worth getting your hands on…if you can find it!

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Ikuna Kamezawa • Noodles • Okayama • ramen • Ramen Todai • Shikoku • SNJO • taste test • Tokushima • Tokushima ramen • western Japan)

A permanent One Piece-themed fitness gym is opening in Japan, now recruiting pirate trainers

• Casey Baseel
  May 18, 2022

The real treasure was the delts we blasted along the way.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • crazy • exercise • fitness • gym • manga • One Piece • weird)

Japan to begin accepting tourists from the U.S., three other countries this month

• Casey Baseel
  May 17, 2022

Inbound foreign tourists will have to comply with numerous requirements.

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• Australia, Japan, SE Asia, USA
• (border restrictions • COK • coronavirus • society • travel)

You’re not supposed to drink this special sake from Japan【Non taste-test】

• Casey Baseel
  May 17, 2022

Suppin doesn’t have a place at the table, but it’s definitely got a spot in our home now.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • baths • beauty • COK • cool • drinks • sake • SNJO • weird)

U.S. Ambassador wins fans in Japan with his love of local trains…and puns

• Oona McGee
  May 17, 2022

Japanese train otaku recognise Ambassador Emanuel as a fellow railway geek during his “weekend of firsts”.

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• Japan
• (ambassador • diplomacy • embassies • embassy • funny • Hankyu • Hankyu Railway • Japanese trains • Kansai • LOL • news • politics • puns • trains • travel • twitter)

Staircase National Highway: the only highway in Japan that cars can’t enter

• Oona McGee
  May 17, 2022

An unusual hidden tourist site for the intrepid traveller. 

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• Japan
• (Aomori • COK • cool • highways • Mountains • national highway • SNJO • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel • unusual travel • weird)

Former sake brewery in Japan gets a new life as…whatever the heck this is

• Oona McGee
  May 17, 2022

Looking for a weird place to visit in Japan? This spot ticks all the boxes.

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• Japan
• (art • characters • COK • Kinnikuman • Masanuki Sunakoma • Mazinger Z • nostalgia • Saitama • sake brewery • Showa • SNJO • Spider-Man • statues • travel • weird • wtf)

Digital manga distributer releases its top ten ranking of shonen and seinen series for April

• Krista Rogers
  May 17, 2022

Need a little more action, adventure, and spying in your life? Try checking out free sample chapters from one of these current hit series in Japan.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • free • manga • Mecha Comic • ranking • seinen • shonen • Top Ten)

We visit the 24-hour male-only sauna just outside of Hakata Station and ponder a strange sight

• Krista Rogers
  May 16, 2022

The spa is only a two-minute walk from Hakata Station in Fukuoka City. 

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• Japan
• (capsule hotel • capsule hotels • COK • Fukuoka • Fukuoka City • Fukuoka Prefecture • hakata • hakata station • hotels • Masanuki Sunakoma • sauna • SNJO)

Japanese netizens vote for the top 20 anime they want an on-air sequel to

• Shannon
  May 16, 2022

Fans want to stop being ghosted by anime producers.

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• Japan
• (Adachi and Shimamura • anime • Bloom Into You • Gin Tama • Haikyu!! • Haikyuu! • Japanese TV • national survey • sequel • The Millionaire Detective)

Japanese gacha machine sells nostalgic super tiny books, and we tried it out

• Shannon
  May 16, 2022

Read some tiny flashbacks from the Showa Era!

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• Japan
• (bean book • gacha gacha • gacha toys • gacha vending machine • mame hon • mini book • Showa • Showa Era • Vintage)

Meet the Japanese Colonel Sanders, who’s handsome…and passionate about fried chicken

• Oona McGee
  May 16, 2022

Real-life fan steps into the suit of the Colonel.

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• Japan
• (actors • COK • Colonel Sanders • commercials • cool • fried chicken • funny • handsome guys • Japanese actors • Kento Kaku • Kentucky Fried Chicken • KFC • KFC Japan • marketing)

Pizza Hut’s new Oreo pizza is like nothing we’ve ever eaten before

• Oona McGee
  May 16, 2022

What you’d get if street food, biscuits and pizza had a child together.  

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• Japan, Taiwan
• (fast food • food • fried chicken • Oreo • Oreos • pizza • Pizza Hut • Pizza Hut Taiwan • SNJO • street food • taste test • weird)

Makers of Azuki Bar report record profits in 2021

• Master Blaster
  May 15, 2022

It couldn’t have happened to a nicer frozen snack.

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• Global, Japan
• (azuki • azuki bar • business • food • frozen snacks • Imuraya)

Eating sushi…from a vending machine? We try Toyama Prefecture’s local delicacy, masuzushi

• Katie Pask
  May 15, 2022

Our reporter’s unfortunate blunder actually turns out for the best as she discovers a hidden surprise!

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• Japan
• (food • haruka takagi • masu zushi • SNJO • sushi • taste test • Toyama Prefecture • travel)

Kids’ lunch for adults selling for a limited time at Katsuya

• Master Blaster
  May 15, 2022

Eat like a kid again.

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• Japan
• (Adults' Lunch • food • Katsuya • kids lunch • kids' meal • restaurants)

Man who accidentally received entire town’s COVID-19 relief money vanishes

• Master Blaster
  May 14, 2022

Recipient said “I will not run” and then ran.

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• Japan
• (Abu • COVID-19 • crime • mistakes • money • mysteries • Yamaguchi Prefecture)

Is fancy drinkable yogurt better than regular yogurt for marinating chicken? 【Taste Test】

• Dale Roll
  May 14, 2022

We use a super thick and delicious product from Niigata to see if it will make our chicken super juicy!

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• Japan
• (chicken • cooking • food hack • marinade • Niigata • SoraKitchen • taste test • Yasuda Yogurt • yogurt • yogurt drink)

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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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  10. Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign

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