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A trip to hell on Japan’s ‘vomit ship’: Is it as bad as everyone says it is?

• Oona McGee
  Nov 18, 2021
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Exploring the not-so-glamorous side of island-hopping.

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• Japan
• (boats • COK • crazy • ferries • ferry • ferry ride • Ishigaki • islands • Okinawa • Ryukyu • sea • seasickness • SNJO • transport • travel • weird • Yonaguni)

Taco Bell Japan’s DIY Tacos Kit gives us what we want and more

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 18, 2021

The best DIY projects are the ones you can eat.

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• Japan
• (COK • fast food • food • SNJO • Taco Bell • tacos)

How crowded is Kyoto now without international tourists?【Photos】

• Oona McGee
  Nov 18, 2021

We visit the top tourist sites, and are surprised at what we discover.

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• Japan
• (autumn leaves • COK • Fushimi Inari Taisha • Ginkakuji • Kinkakuji • Kiyomizudera • Kyoto • shrines • SNJO • temples • tourism • tourist sites • tourists • travel)

Does Lawson’s new “A Happy Pancake the Drink” live up to our pancake-loving expectations?

• Dale Roll
  Nov 18, 2021

We try out the newest “drinkable food.”

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• Japan
• (COK • convenience stores • cool • drinkable • drinks • food • Lawson • pancakes • SNJO • sweets • weird)

Crazy new Pokémon chair makes no secret of your pure love for Poison-Type Gengar【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 18, 2021

Spiky Pocket Monster turns into a soft spot to relax.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • chair • cool • crazy • Gengar • interior • Pokemon • sofa • video games)

Japan’s Department of Magic witch’s cape combines cozy cosplay and warm roomwear【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 18, 2021

An enchantingly comfy way to stay toasty this winter.

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• Japan
• (cool • cosplay • cute • Department of Magic • fashion • Felissimo • roomwear • warm • witch)

Starbucks unveils new festive Christmas Frappuccinos and drinkware for 2021

• Oona McGee
  Nov 18, 2021

Limited-edition U.S. drink gets a new taste “unique to Japan” for the holidays.

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• Japan
• (chocolate • Christmas • Christmas 2021 • COK • drinkware • festive • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • limited edition • mocha • mugs • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • travel mugs • tumblers • white chocolate)

Japanese elementary school student teaches us how to solve a difficult maths problem

• Oona McGee
  Nov 18, 2021

A lesson in multiplication opens our eyes to a new way of thinking. 

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• Japan
• (cool • elementary school • elementary school students • homework • learning • math • mathematics • maths • multiplication • school • students • twitter)

Tokyo Disneyland and Disney Sea are getting their own exclusive Pocky

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 18, 2021

It’s a chocolate snack and a hidden Mickey all in one, but it’s not cheap.

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • cool • cute • Disney • food • Glico • Hidden Mickey • Pocky • sweets • theme parks • Tokyo Disney Resort • Tokyo Disneyland • Tokyo DisneySea)

Japanese Twitter user shares a genius-level tip for drawing manga characters in skirts【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 17, 2021

Having trouble making manga character’s pleated skirts look good? You can solve it with three things you probably have within arm’s reach.

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• Japan
• (anime • art • clever • cool • illustration • manga • School Uniforms • skirts)

Mitsuimo tart “caramelized sweet potato tart” ice cream hits the shelves at Lawson convenience stores

• Krista Rogers
  Nov 17, 2021

Häagen-Dazs Japan rolls out a perfect, leveled-up mitsuimo sweet treat for this autumn season.

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• Japan
• (COK • convenience stores • Häagen-Dazs • ice cream • Lawson • mitsuimo • seasonal • SNJO • sweet potato • sweet potatoes • taste test • yaki imo • yakiimo)

Vintage coin-operated “weight machine” found in Kyoto stationery store

• Master Blaster
  Nov 17, 2021

Somewhere along the way we forgot how to make weighing yourself fun.

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• Japan
• (antiques • COK • cool • Kyoto • scale • SNJO • technology • weight machine • weird)

Lawson’s new “drowning in cream” pancakes take convenience store sweets to another level

• Oona McGee
  Nov 17, 2021

It’s not the only dessert to be drowning in cream right now at the popular chain. 

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• Japan
• (brownies • chocolate • COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • cream • cute • desserts • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese desserts • konbini • Lawson • limited edition • pancakes • sweets)

Over half of Japanese newlyweds haven’t been bothering with a wedding ceremony

• Master Blaster
  Nov 17, 2021

Billy Idol might say it’s not a nice day for a white wedding.

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• Japan
• (COK • coronavirus • COVID-19 • honeymoons • marriage • relationships • romance • society • Surveys • weddings)

What should you use table salt for at a sushi restaurant? We asked a kaitenzushi maniac

• Dale Roll
  Nov 17, 2021

It turns out there’s a number of things you can put salt on, besides french fries!

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• Japan
• (condiments • conveyer belt sushi • food • food hack • Japanese food • salt • sushi • Sushiro)

Come camp with us on Mt. Jinbagata, the best view you can get without breaking a sweat【SoraCamp】

• Scott Wilson
  Nov 17, 2021

You bring the marshmallows, we’ll bring the pics.

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• Japan
• (camping • COK • Laid-Back Camp • Mt. Jinbagata • Nagano • Nagano Prefecture • nature • outdoors • SNO • Yuru Camp)

Japanese convenience store chain running out of fried chicken, takes precautions to save Christmas

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 17, 2021

We might not be seeing Family Mart’s Famichiki for a while.

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• Japan
• (Christmas • COK • convenience stores • coronavirus • Famichiki • Family mart • food • fried chicken • SNJO • Thailand)

Making a traditional Japanese dessert from “heaven grass”【Photos】

• SoraNews24
  Nov 17, 2021

It comes from the sea, but when you’re done preparing it, it tastes divine.

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• Japan
• (COK • cooking • food • SNJO • sweets • tengusa • tokoroten)

Shinkansen conductor caught playing GPS smartphone game on bullet train…for TEN years

• Oona McGee
  Nov 16, 2021

He might have gotten away with it too, if it weren’t for an anonymous tip-off.

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• Japan
• (bullet train • conductors • games • gaming • Joetsu Shinkansen • news • shinkansen • smartphone games • trains • transport • travel • working in Japan)

Demon Slayer anime airplane set to take flight in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 16, 2021

ANA will also offer Demon Slayer in-flight entertainment and toys.

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• Japan
• (airlines • airplanes • ANA • anime • awesome • cool • Demon Slayer • Kimetsu no Yaiba • manga • travel)

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