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Tokyo Sushi for US 8 cents a piece (as long as you also want a beer) makes us believe in miracles
- Casey Baseel
Apr 12, 2022 - Tweet
Oedo Sushi makes us an offer we can’t, and would never want to, refuse.
- Japan
- (alcohol • awesome • beer • cheap • COK • Conveyor belt sushi • food • Oedo Sushi • restaurants • SNJO • sushi)
Japan’s most popular beers, according to 70 million customers
- Oona McGee
Apr 5, 2022
Is your favourite Japanese beer on the list?
- Japan
- (Asahi Super Dry • beer • beers • COK • drinking • drinks • happoshu • Japanese beer • Kirin • ranking • Sapporo Beer • shinjanru • Suntory • survey)
We try Ajinomoto’s new frozen gyoza, come up with a dangerously delicious way to eat them
- Katie Pask
Feb 5, 2022
You’ll never eat gyoza the same way ever again!
- Japan
- (beer • food • Go Hatori • gyoza • pot stickers • SNJO • Tabasco • tacos • Takashi Harada • taste test)
A paradise for beer lovers — Yokohama combini has over 300 different kinds of beer for sale
- Katie Pask
Jan 25, 2022
The store is run by a man who “hardly used to drink at all.”
- Japan
- (beer • combini • convenience store • craft beer • craft beers • Japanese convenience stores • kombini • SNJO • sweets • taste test • weird • Yokohama)
Japan’s best-selling beer is changing its recipe for the first time in 35 years
- Casey Baseel
Jan 17, 2022
Will a new brewing process make Asahi Super Dry even more super?
- Japan
- (alcohol • Asahi Breweries • Asahi Super Dry • beer • COK • drinks)
Enjoy a pint in Japan’s oldest beer hall, now designated a Tangible Cultural Property
- Dale Roll
Nov 25, 2021
Get a drink and a taste of history from this 87-year-old Ginza drinking den!
- Japan
- (beer • beer hall • cultural heritage • Ginza • history • Tangible Cultural Property • Tokyo)
Shichimi Togarashi Beer takes Japan’s famous spice mix to a whole new level
- Oona McGee
Oct 16, 2021
Edo-period creator could never have predicted this new development.
- Japan
- (beer • COK • condiments • food • new • review • shichimi togarashi • SNJO • spices • taste test)
Tabasco Japan says you should add hot sauce to your beer, but are they right?【Taste test】
- SoraNews24
Sep 20, 2021
It’s not just the alcohol that’s giving this beer a kick.
“Safe” way to drink on the street recommended by our mask expert, forbidden by everyone else
- Master Blaster
Aug 4, 2021
Drown your sorrows or drown yourself trying.
- Japan
- (Ahiruneko • alcohol • beer • masks • public drinking • Seiji Nakazawa • snorkeling • Tokyo)
Booze Hack: One Cup Ozeki sake lids make perfect beer can covers
- Master Blaster
Jul 26, 2021
An ironic commonality between two rival drinks.
Happy Father’s Day, Japan-style with the Asahi Super Dry beer tower set【Photos】
- SoraNews24
Jun 14, 2021
After going to all the trouble to raise you, doesn’t Dad probably need more than just a six-pack?
- Japan
- (Asahi • Asahi Super Dry • beer • COK • drinks • Father's Day • SNJO)
Crowdfunding opens on Japanese version of a gadget that makes any canned beer easier to drink
- Katy Kelly
Jun 14, 2021
Turn even the cheapest convenience store beer into a classy little beer cup with this device!
- Japan
- (alcohol • beer • canned beer • crowdfunding • draft beer • Draft Top 2.0 • drinking • drinks • gadgets • Kibidango)
Is milk really the best match for cereal? Why not try beer and these five other liquids?
- Master Blaster
May 30, 2021
Free yourself from the tyranny of big milk.
- Japan
- (beer • ceral • Cereal Day • Corn Frosty • Frosted Flakes • Frosties • hojicha • menyu • milk • monster • olive oil • SNJO)
Asahi paused production of its awesome removable-top beer cans, so let’s try making our own!
- Dale Roll
Apr 22, 2021
Can we achieve the same results with a can opener? We find out!
- Japan
- (alcohol • Asahi • Asahi Super Dry • Asahi Super Dry Nama Jockey Can • beer • COK • crazy • draft beer • experiment • funny • SNJO • weird)
Asahi Super Dry’s draft beer in a can, the Nama Jockey Can, is here【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 8, 2021
Bringing the izakaya draft beer experience home.
- Japan
- (alcohol • Asahi • Asahi Super Dry • beer • COK • drinks • SNJO • taste test • weird)
We try blue beer made with drift ice from Hokkaido
- Oona McGee
Mar 25, 2021
Drift Ice Draft even looks like sea ice from the north when it’s poured.
- Japan
- (Abashiri Brewery • beer • blue beer • COK • drift ice • drinks • Hokkaido • online shopping • review • SNJO • taste test)
Fukushima supermarket sells earthquake-damaged beers as “heroes”
- Master Blaster
Feb 17, 2021
A good beer has character.
- Japan
- (alcohol • beer • cans • damaged goods • date • earthquakes • Fukushima • RE Fanz • supermarkets)
Mark your calendars for the return of Japan’s popular cherry blossom-inspired beer
- Krista Rogers
Feb 2, 2021
One of the first glimmers of spring is the appearance of this seasonal beverage that uses real cherry blossom petals and leaves.
- Japan
- (alcohol • beer • cherry blossom • drink • Izumibashi Brewery • Kanagawa • Nagano • sakura • sakura mochi • Sankt Gallen • seasonal)
Sapporo releases a limited-edition Adult Choc Mint beer in Japan
- Oona McGee
Jan 19, 2021
Japanese beer lover submits the idea to the company and it gets a small-batch commercial release.
- Japan
- (beer • choc mint • drinks • happoshu • Hoppin' Garage • limited edition • new • Sapporo • Sapporo Beer)
Sapporo decides to sell new Japanese beer with English mistake on label
- Oona McGee
Jan 14, 2021
Spelling error looks set to make this uncancelled release a hot new collectors’ item.
- Japan
- (beer • canned beer • draft beer • English • English fail • english language • Family mart • lager • limited edition • Sapporo • Sapporo Beer)
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Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
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