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Nintendo superstar Kirby gorges on fast food for latest Japanese lottery prizes
- Katy Kelly
Sep 18, 2021 - Tweet
Instead of chomping down enemies, Kirby’s tucking into burgers, dozing next to pizzas, and serving up coffee.
- Japan
- (adorable • anime goods • burgers • cushion • cute • fast food • Ichiban Kuji • Kirby • lottery • plush • video games)
Cup Noodle’s Super Combined flavors become super-awesome combined robots made from the cups【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 18, 2021
Empty instant ramen cups, gattai!
- Japan
- (awesome • cool • cup ramen • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • ramen • Super Combined Cup Noodle)
One minute is all you need to make this popular instant noodle meal from Okayama【SoraKitchen】
- Dale Roll
Sep 18, 2021
Part spaghetti, part Asian noodle, all deliciousness…you’ll want to get your hands on some…if you can find them!
- Japan
- (cheap food • cooking • Cruedo Spaghetti-style Noodles • instant food • instant noodles • Noodles • Okayama • pasta • SoraKitchen • spaghetti)
Sign of autumn – Japanese sweet potatoes Frappuccino appears at Starbucks Japan【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 18, 2021
Is this yaki imo drink worth eating?
- Japan
- (autumn • COK • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccinos • SNJO • Starbuck • Starbucks Japan • sweet potato • taste test • yaki imo)
Japanese toilet sweets put a new twist on tradition
- Oona McGee
Sep 18, 2021
The perfect sweet for a potty mouth.
- Japan
- (adzuki • Aichi • COK • funny • INAX • Japanese sweets • Japanese toilets • LIXIL • monaka • SNJO • souvenirs • sweets • Toilets • traditional Japanese sweets • wtf)
Uniqlo opens its first-ever cafe at newly revamped Ginza store
- Oona McGee
Sep 18, 2021
All 12 floors “reborn” at global flagship store.
- Japan
- (cafes • clothing • coffee • fashion • Ginza • Kimuraya • new • shopping • stores • t-shirts • Uniqlo)
Japan’s Best Home Senbero: Costco brings a touch of health to drinking at home for under US$10
- Master Blaster
Sep 18, 2021
If there’s a wrong way to get drunk, we’ll find it!
- Japan
- (alcohol • cheap food • Costco • food • Mr. Sato • senbero • vegetables • wine)
Demon Slayer popcorn bucket sells out to huge crowds at Universal Studios Japan
- Oona McGee
Sep 17, 2021
Fans lined up for hours for this anime character, and a lot of them had to return home empty-handed.
- Japan
- (anime • Demon Slayer • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba • Kimetsu no Yaiba • manga • Nezuko • popcorn • Universal Studios • Universal Studios Japan • USJ • weird • wtf)
Muji adds Japanese haori samurai coats to their casual wear collection
- Oona McGee
Sep 17, 2021
Perfect for modern-day warriors.
- Japan
- (clothes • fashion • haori • kimono • muji • Mujirushi • Mujirushi Ryohin • samurai • tradition • traditional Japanese clothing)
Play the meta capsule toy game at Japan’s second-hand stores for some real surprises
- Master Blaster
Sep 17, 2021
Join us for a little bit of toy archeology.
- Japan
- (capsule toys • Eiichiro Matsumoto • gacha toys • recycle shops • Saya Togashi • second-hand • Suiyobi Dodesho • Suntory • toys)
We try fresh orange juice squeezed for us by a vending machine in Saitama【Taste test】
- Katie Pask
Sep 17, 2021
Does fresh OJ taste even sweeter when it’s squeezed by a machine?
- Japan
- (cool • drinks • Japanese vending machines • orange • Orange juice • Saitama • taste test • Tasuku Egawa • technology • vending machine)
Let’s make a giant soap bubble with Daiso’s Let’s Make a Giant Soap Bubble
- Master Blaster
Sep 17, 2021
Finally, a product that does what it says.
- Japan
- (100 yen shops • bubble makers • bubbles • Daiso • Go Hatori • Let's Make a Giant Soap Bubble • toys)
This type of conveyor belt sushi tastes different in Tokyo than it does in Osaka, but why?
- Casey Baseel
Sep 17, 2021
Same fish, same restaurant chain, but something is very different between Kanto and Kansai.
- Japan
- (buri • COK • Conveyor belt sushi • culture • food • hamachi • Kaitenzushi • Kansai • Kanto • restaurants • revolving sushi • SNJO • sushi • Sushiro)
Squish, pop, and roll your way through Tokyo’s new ginormous bubble-wrap play park
- Katy Kelly
Sep 17, 2021
What’s better than popping bubble wrap? A whole room of oversized bubble wrap.
- Japan
- (art • bubble wrap • children • cute • day out • family • kids • museum • play spaces • Play! Park • Play! Park and Museum • playroom • Tachikawa • Tachikawa City)
This Tokyo apartment complex lets you paint your room, offers community BBQ and camping gear
- Dale Roll
Sep 17, 2021
And it has a community DIY workroom!
- Japan
- (Apartment • apartments • barbecue • camping • communal living • cool • DIY • Japanese apartments • outdoors • social apartments • Tokyo living)
ANA to auction off replica first class seat and real window frame from a Boeing 777
- Master Blaster
Sep 17, 2021
A rare chance to add a touch of first class to your home.
- Japan
- (airlines • ANA • Boeing 747-400 • Boeing 777-300ER • first class • online auctions • seat • SorANAka • travel • window • Yahoo Auctions)
Japan’s Best Home Senbero: Don Quijote sells booze and surprisingly good “sushi” for under US$10
- Master Blaster
Sep 17, 2021
This makeshift bar food will have our reporter battling windmills in no time.
- Japan
- (alcohol • cheap food • don quixote • food • Mr. Sato • senbero • shopping • Strong Zero • sushi)
Tokyo Revengers anime/manga takes over Tokyo Station with dozens of character posters【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 16, 2021
Tokyo Revengers become the Nippon Revengers with special salutes to all the prefectures of Japan.
- Japan
- (anime • cool • manga • stations • Tokyo Revengers • Tokyo Station)
Cup Noodle Sodas: Culinary innovation or beverage abomination?
- Oona McGee
Sep 16, 2021
Instant ramen becomes fizzy drinks, and we’ve tried them all so you don’t have to.
- Japan
- (COK • Cup Noodle • drinks • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • japanese drinks • Japanese food • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • soda • weird • wtf)
Osaka finally gets its own Pokémon manhole covers with team of Electric/Steel-types
- Casey Baseel
Sep 16, 2021
Hard work and tough sports are the themes of these newly installed Pokéfuta.
- Japan
- (anime • manhole covers • Osaka • Pokéfuta • Pokemon • Pokémon manhole covers • travel • video games • Yamper)
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