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Don’t throw away your leftover ramen broth! Use it to make ice cream sauce instead!【Recipe】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 24, 2021 - Tweet
Is there no end to the wonders Cup Noodle is capable of?
- Japan
- (COK • cooking • crazy • Cup Noodle • food • ice cream • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • ramen • SNJO • SoraKitchen • sweets • weird)
Revolutionary technology: Japanese company’s new vertical monitor for social media browsing
- Casey Baseel
Nov 24, 2021
New design promises benefits for content creators too.
- Japan
- (clever • cool • monitors • Nojima • social media • technology • weird)
Let’s get into the holiday spirit with some low rated Christmas decorations from Amazon Japan
- Master Blaster
Nov 24, 2021
This product belongs in the toilet.
- Japan
- (Amazon Japan • bathroom • Christmas • Christmas decorations • Masanuki Sunakoma • ratings • Santa Claus • SNJO • toilet)
One of Japan’s favorite manga/anime stars gets her own real-world lingerie set【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 24, 2021
Urusei Yatsura bra and pantie set salute fashion sense and hair color of Rumiko Takahashi’s Lum.
- Japan
- (anime • fashion • lingerie • Lum • manga • Rumiko Takahashi • Urusei Yatsura)
Baseball star Shohei Ohtani turns down People’s Honor Award from Japanese prime minister
- Casey Baseel
Nov 24, 2021
Unanimous MVP would have been first recipient of award since 2019.
- Japan, USA
- (baseball • L.A. Angels • People's Honor Award • Shohei Ohtani • society • sports)
What’s wrong with Netflix’s live-action Cowboy Bebop? The characters, our old-school fan says
- Casey Baseel
Nov 23, 2021
These aren’t the cowboys, or the villain, that defined the classic anime, our veteran Bebop fan says.
- Japan, USA
- (anime • Cowboy Bebop • Live action • Netflix • Seiji's world of anime)
Rice balls aplenty at the Ministop senbero, but with a special twist【Japan’s Best Home Senbero】
- Master Blaster
Nov 23, 2021
Mr. Sato eats seven onigiri without eating a single onigiri.
- Japan
- (alcohol • COK • convenience stores • crazy • food • funny • Japan’s Best Home Senbero • Ministop • Mr. Sato • onigiri • rice balls • senbero • SNJO • weird)
Sanrio announces eight kinds of 2022 fukubukuro lucky bags featuring Hello Kitty and pals
- Krista Rogers
Nov 23, 2021
In the blink of an eye 2021 has flown by and another slew of lucky bags we must justify.
- Japan
- (fukubukuro 2022 • Kawaii • lucky bags 2022 • new year • Sanrio)
“How I learned to stop worrying and eat Japanese school lunches,” by P.K. Sanjun
- Katie Pask
Nov 23, 2021
A touching tale in which our brave reporter overcame his daily battle with school lunches.
- Japan
- (food • funny • japanese school • Japanese school lunch • P.K. Sanjun • pk sanjun • school • school lunch • story)
Nine middle-aged Japanese men celebrate Twintail Day by putting their hair in twintails【Photos】
- SoraNews24
Nov 23, 2021
Our staff gets into the spirit and style of the annual celebration.
- Japan
- (COK • hairdos • hairstyling • SNJO • twaintails • Twintail Day)
Stalker uncovered after committing hit and run while driving victim’s car
- Master Blaster
Nov 23, 2021
Suspect becomes victim in a bizarre twist of fate.
One Piece anime recreates original opening, brings back “We Are” theme for Episode 1,000【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 22, 2021
We are overwhelmed with nostalgia.
Hokkaido police station evacuated after elderly man brings bombshell in a plastic bag
- Master Blaster
Nov 22, 2021
More people were surprised about the plastic bag.
- Japan
- (Ashikawa • evacuation • ground self defense force • Hokkaido • police • shells • unexploded bomb • weapons • World War II)
Burger King Japan unleashes the Super One Pound Beef Cheeseburger to celebrate Good Meat Day
- Krista Rogers
Nov 22, 2021
If there’s already a Super Burger does that mean after more training there’s going to be a Super Burger 2 someday?
- Japan
- (Burger King Japan • cheeseburger • fast food • ginormous • limited • one pound • super one pound beef cheeseburger)
Subway Japan releases its “heaviest sub in history”
- Oona McGee
Nov 22, 2021
But is the Wild Clubhouse truly as wild as they say it is?
- Japan
- (chipotle • Clubhouse • COK • fast food • food • limited edition • sandwiches • SNJO • sub • Subway • taste test)
Our one-star Halloween mask from Amazon has arrived! …in mid-November
- Master Blaster
Nov 22, 2021
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At least it sucks too.
- Japan
- (alien mask • Amazon Japan • halloween • Masanuki Sunakoma • masks • one-star review • product reviews • slow delivery)
Japanese beef bowl vending machine serves up…gyudon rice burgers?!?
- Oona McGee
Nov 22, 2021
Matsuya’s first-ever vending machine surprises everyone with secret burgers.
- Japan
- (beef • beef bowls • burgers • COK • food • gyudon • gyumeshi • Japanese food • Japanese vending machines • Matsuya • meat • restaurants • rice burgers • SNJO • tonkatsu • vending machines • weird)
Tokyo kotatsu cafe wants to keep your legs warm and your coffee VERY cold
- SoraNews24
Nov 22, 2021
Nescafe combines Japan’s favorite warming furniture with chilled sweets and drinks.
Getting a driver’s license in Japan the hard way: The first written test
- Master Blaster
Nov 22, 2021
They say the hardest part of any task is getting started… We’ll see about that.
- Japan
- (cars • COK • driver's license • driving • driving exam • exams • foreigners in Japan • Getting a driver’s license in Japan the hard way • Living in Japan • Osaka • police • SNO • society)
Okonomiyaki you can eat with one hand? We try a revolutionary new frozen food【Taste test】
- Dale Roll
Nov 21, 2021
How do you transform a flat saucy food into a handheld form, and is it any good?
- Japan
- (COK • food • frozen food • Japanese food • microwave cooking • okonomiyaki • one-handed food • SNJO • taste test)
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Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
Japan’s mini Shikoku Pilgrimage walking tour left us feeling immensely satisfied
Shoplifting prevention guard arrested for shoplifting boot from store he was guarding
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Tokyo Skytree set to offer breathtaking Diamond Fuji natural phenomenon view this month
This semi-secret, totally free footbath in downtown Tokyo is completely awesome
Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
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Starbucks Japan unveils new Christmas goods for 2026, with exclusive holiday surprises- Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
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Life-size Monster Hunter dragon statues to be built at Japanese shopping mall
Modern exosuits are opening up ancient Japanese castle climbs to everyone
Evangelion announces collaboration with Hard Rock Cafe
One simple unexpected recipe swap will make your Japanese-style omelets extra fluffy and juicy
Fishing information website for Susaki, Japan, hit by data leak, all 3 users affected
Starbucks Japan releases “Let’s Par-TEA!” Frappuccino and drinks for the holiday season
Cold Stone is closing its final branch in all of east Japan, but it’s going down singing
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Pokémon Company announces first-ever permanent Pokémon store to open outside Asia- Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
What’s it like to stay in a Japanese container hotel?
Chainsaw robots helping keep trains running safely in east Japan [Video]
New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
Tokyo train station will play Godzilla theme song as new departure melody
Studio Ghibli creates illustrated Kyoto sightseeing map, available at any 7-Eleven Japan store
Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign- Starbucks Japan unveils new Christmas goods for 2026, with exclusive holiday surprises
- Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
Yearly
Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
Studio Ghibli has a new anime out, and there’s only one place in the world where you can see it
Starbucks Japan releases new drinkware and goods for Valentine’s Day
Starbucks Japan releases new sakura goods and drinkware for cherry blossom season 2026
Japan’s newest Shinkansen has no seats…or passengers [Video]
Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
Japanese ninja certification exam attracts 131 candidates from Japan and abroad
Salomon releases Japan-exclusive Mt. Fuji hiking gear that doubles as an amazing souvenir
Japan reportedly adding Japanese language skill requirement to most common foreigner work visa
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