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Japanese milk carton cakes are a genius idea that the world needs to know about
- Oona McGee
Oct 10, 2026 - Tweet
We’ve got all the details on where to find them, and how to eat them.
- Japan
- (big food • cakes • cooking • cool • desserts • food • Gyomu Super • milk carton cakes • recipe • SoraKitchen • sweet potato • sweet potatoes • tasty)
Japanese restaurant chain offering free food for a year if you beat massive meat bowl challenge
- Casey Baseel
Sep 10, 2026
A stamina bowl of legendary size could save you a ton of money on future meals.
- Japan
- (big food • crazy • Densetsu no Sutadonya • donburi • food • free food • gyudon • meat • pork • rice bowls • stamina bowls • sutadon)
Japan’s Tsukimi One-hand Bento’s name is all wrong, but it still looks entirely delicious
- Casey Baseel
Sep 5, 2026
Name could have used some more time in the kitchen, but we still want these in our stomach ASAP.
- Japan
- (bento • big food • COK • food • Hokkahokka-tei • Japanese language • linguistics • onigiri • rice balls • tsukimi)
Second-generation sumo burger coming to Burger King Japan with return of Baby Body Burger
- Casey Baseel
Apr 29, 2026
New collaboration with Japan Sumo Association is even more deacdent than the last.
- Japan
- (Baby Body Burger • big food • Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • COK • fast food • food • hamburgers • Japan Sumo Association • Sumo)
No, that’s not French bread, it’s Japan’s crazy-big gobo!
- Casey Baseel
Apr 14, 2026
Giant gobo is shocking to look at, but how does it taste?
- Japan
- (big food • burdock root • COK • cooking • crazy • food • gobo • Ikuna Kamezawa • Japanese food • kinpira gobo • SNJO)
Mr. Sato discovers his inner beaver with a 16-inch chocolate “twig” at Tokyo Station
- Elliot Hale
Apr 12, 2026
Why settle for a tiny snack when you can gnaw on one that doubles as a legendary sword?
- Japan
- (big food • churros • COK • crazy • First Avenue • First Avenue Tokyo Station • food • Koeda • Morinaga • Morinaga no Okashina Okashiyasan • Mr. Sato • snacks • SNJO • Super Long • Tokyo • Tokyo Station)
Downtown Tokyo’s meaty monster Kaibutsu ramen will challenge your stomach, thrill your taste buds
- Casey Baseel
Apr 12, 2026
This ramen behemoth only appears two days a week, but for serious carnivores, it’s worth waiting for.
Lawson convenience stores sell a mega katsu sando, and there’s a hack to get it cheap in Japan
- Oona McGee
Feb 9, 2026
This beast puts convenience store egg sandwiches to shame.
- Japan
- (big food • COK • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience store hack • convenience stores • crazy • food • hacks • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese sandwich • katsu sando • katsu sandwich • katsu sandwiches • Lawson • sandwich • SNJO • taste test • tonkatsu sandwiches • weird)
Start saving room now – Japanese grocery store’s biggest sushi roll yet is coming for Setsubun
- Casey Baseel
Dec 21, 2025
The “super-thick” ehomaki is a luxurious way to ensure good luck for your home and family in the coming year.
- Japan
- (awesome • big food • COK • crazy • culture • Ehomaki • food • lucky rolls • SNJO • sushi • sushi rolls.Setsubun)
We might have found the funniest dish in Kanagawa
- Elliot Hale
Nov 21, 2025
A geyser of crispy noodles, seeming to erupt out of the bowl, leaves customers in fits of laughter.
- Japan
- (big food • COK • crazy • food • funny • Kangawa • mapo tofu • Noodles • restaurants • SNJO • Takuya Inaba • yakisoba)
This Japanese restaurant chain’s triple-decker sushi bowls are a crazy feast for the eyes/stomach
- Casey Baseel
Nov 3, 2025
Scaling the tower-don is a food experience you won’t soon forget.
Burger King Japan releasing official Japan Sumo Association burger
- Casey Baseel
Jul 2, 2025
“Yokozuna-class” burger is for those with very big appetites.
- Japan
- (big food • Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • fast food • food • hamburgers • sports • Sumo)
An elegant and hefty cheeseburger bento awaits at the “Japanese Costco” Lopia
- Master Blaster
Jun 24, 2025
It’s so classy, you’ll want to eat it with a knife and fork.
- Japan
- (bento • big food • burgers • cheeseburgers • COK • food • hamburgers • Lopia • Manpuku Burger Double Cheese • SNJO • supermarkets)
Lawson overloads some of its popular foods by doubling their amount for its 50th anniversary
- Elliot Hale
Jun 20, 2025
Will our reporter be able to finish one of their dishes in a single sitting?
- Japan
- (50th anniversary • big food • COK • convenience store • convenience store food • food • large portions • Lawson • meat sauce spaghetti • Morisugi Challenge • overload • overloaded • P.K. Sanjun • pasta • SNJO • spaghetti)
Crazy-big “Bam!” Hunk of Meat Curry returns to Japan’s favorite curry rice chain, price still rising
- Casey Baseel
Jun 9, 2025
This curry rice has so much meat it gets its own sound effect.
- Japan
- (big food • coco ichi • coco ichibanya • Cocoichi • cocoichibanya • COK • crazy • curry • curry rice • food • Hunk of Meat • meat • Nikukai • SNJO)
Milan’s popular giant pizza pizzeria, Spontini, finally arrives in Tokyo’s Shinjuku neighborhood
- Elliot Hale
May 3, 2025
Famed for its face-sized slices and super-thick crust, Spontini is a must-visit for pizza lovers.
- Japan
- (big food • COK • food • pizza • restaurants • shinjuku • Shinjuku Station • SNJO • Spontini • Tokyo)
“Get fat now!” commands Tokyo restaurant that gives you the means to do just that
- Casey Baseel
Mar 17, 2025
Shibuya ramen restaurant’s new dish contains copious calories but no noodles.
- Japan
- (big food • char siu • chashu • COK • crazy • food • meat • pork • ramen • restaurants • Shibuya • SNJO • Yaro Ramen • Yarou Ramen)
Did Mr. Sato just discover Japan’s longest bread?
- Elliot Hale
Jan 17, 2025
And how do you even get it home in one piece?
- Japan
- (baked goods • bakery • big bread • big food • bread • COK • crazy • food • Gouter Le Ble • Mr. Sato • SNJO • Super Long • Tokyo)
Line of foreign tourists leads us to Akihabara’s meatiest fatty ramen【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 19, 2024
“A violent combination of meat, fat, and sugar.”
Our delivery of meat from Katsuya was so full of everything deep-fried that we almost cried
- Krista Rogers
Aug 8, 2024
Nevertheless, we dutifully dissected every element of the chain’s new takeout-exclusive “Full Mori” menu item before downing it all.
- Japan
- (Ahiruneko • bento • big food • COK • dining • food • fried food • Full Mori • karaage • katsudon • Katsuya • SNJO • tonkatsu)
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