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Here’s what it’s like to recreate a late-night konbini food binge from a manga in real life
- Krista Rogers
Jul 10, 2024 - Tweet
We’re probably the only ones who are crazy enough to try this Kaiji spinoff meal at home–though we don’t recommend it for anyone else.
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- (7-Eleven • Ahiruneko • anime • big food • COK • convenience store • convenience stores • food • Hancho • Kaiji • konbini • manga • night • SNJO)
Japan’s new convenience store calorie-bomb sandwiches have even more calories outside Tokyo
- Casey Baseel
Jun 24, 2024
Kanto gets lower-calorie version of The Calorie sandwich, while other parts of Japan get an even more filling, ultra-cheap meal.
- Japan
- (big food • COK • convenience stores • crazy • croquettes • donuts • egg salad • egg sandwiches • food • Lawson • Lawson Store 100 • sandwiches • sweets • The Calorie)
Lawson Store 100 starts their own free upsize campaign to match its parent convenience store
- Master Blaster
Jun 11, 2024
More for even less!
- Japan
- (bento • big food • COK • convenience stores • Dekamori Challenge • food • Lawson • Lawson Store 100 • Morisugi Challenge • onigiri • pudding • rice balls)
Japan’s massive matcha parfait weighs 6 kilos, contains hidden surprises for anyone who eats it
- Oona McGee
Apr 25, 2024
One surprise is the topping, which isn’t cream but an enormous green tea daifuku sweet.
- Japan
- (awesome • big food • crazy • dessert • food • green tea • huge food • matcha • Mishima • parfaits • Shizuoka • strawberries • sweets)
We found a giant slab of konnyaku jelly and tried turning it into a giant slab of steak
- Dale Roll
Mar 24, 2024
When we see big food, we just can’t help but see it as a challenge.
- Japan
- (big food • cooking • diet • food • Gyomu Super • Konjac • konnyaku • low-calorie • recipe • SoraKitchen • tasty)
“Red Wing Burger” is the newest crazy creation from Japan’s oldest hamburger chain【Taste test】
- SoraNews24
Mar 18, 2024
Dom Dom Burger goes big with a red wing burger for a red wing town.
- Japan
- (Akabane • big food • COK • Dom Dom Burger • Dom Dom Hamburger • fast food • fish • food • hamburgers • SNJO)
Is Japan’s massive Shizuoka steak sandwich really as delicious as it looks in promo photos?
- Casey Baseel
Feb 20, 2024
Star of the Shizuoka steak scene comes to Tokyo, and to our stomach.
- Japan
- (big food • COK • crazy • food • meat • sandwiches • SNJO • steak • taste test)
It’s the end of the line for Mos Burger’s monstrously meaty Niku Niku Niku Burgers
- Casey Baseel
Feb 14, 2024
Time-based pun sandwiches’ time comes to an end soon, but there’s still one last chance to experience them.
- Japan
- (big food • burgers • fast food • food • hamburgers • meat • Meat Day • Mos Burger • Niku Niku Niku Burger • Niku no Hi)
Japanese convenience store Lawson brings back 47-percent product-sizes increases, no extra charge
- Master Blaster
Feb 8, 2024
It’s convenient relief.
- Japan
- (big food • convenience stores • food • karaage kun • Lawson • Morisugi Challenge • Premium Roll Cake • sweets)
Insane Lump of Meat Curry, a.k.a. “Bam! Hearty Tender Meat Curry,” returns to Japan’s CoCo Ichi
- Casey Baseel
Nov 10, 2023
Mr. Sato sits down for a literal new level in massively meaty curry rice.
- Japan
- (big food • coco ichibanya • COK • curry • curry rice • food • meat • Mr. Sato • restaurnts • SNJO)
This “Texas Pile” set lured us into a fried chicken shop for the first time, and we have no regrets
- Dale Roll
Aug 7, 2023
Big food, big flavor, big satisfaction…We’ll be headed to this restaurant again!
- Japan
- (big food • chicken • fried food • karaage • Karayama • Masanuki Sunakoma • tasty • Texas)
In search of Japan’s largest melon bread with Mr. Sato
- Master Blaster
Mar 22, 2023
Join us as we hunt the monsters of the Japanese bakery scene.
- Japan
- (baked goods • big food • bread • COK • crazy • Deka Melon • food • Lopia • melon bread • Melon Pan • Monster Melon Pan • Mr. Sato • SNJO)
All-you-can-eat cheeseburgers offered by Burger King Japan for its 1,495-calorie King Yeti burger
- Casey Baseel
Mar 2, 2023
Sometimes one gigantic cheeseburger just isn’t enough, you know?
- Japan
- (all-you-can-eat • big food • Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • cheeseburgers • COK • fast food • food • King Yeti)
Burger King Japan’s Cheeseburger Gelände — exceptional in taste, size and… paper napkins?
- Katie Pask
Feb 3, 2023
Burger King’s latest offering leaves Mr. Sato stunned not once, not twice but three times!
- Japan
- (big food • Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • COK • fast food • food • hamburgers • Mr. Sato • restaurants • SNJO • taste test)
World’s largest type of daikon radish can now be ordered online in Japan
- Shannon
Jan 31, 2023
Don’t worry, it’s sold in manageable portions.
- Japan
- (agriculture • big food • COK • crazy • daikon • daikon radish • farming • food • Japanese food • Kagoshima • Sakurajima)
No hungry customers here: Kansai restaurant offers huge portions, meals with 3,500 calories
- Dale Roll
Jan 21, 2023
And every bite is delicious!
- Japan
- (big food • COK • crazy • food • K. Masami • restaurants • SNJO • Zunbera-ya)
Bring a friend to eat Japan’s 5-kilogram (11-pound) strawberry parfait, or it will take you down
- Dale Roll
Dec 13, 2022
It’s more than big food, too; it’s made from ingredients grown locally in Shizuoka Prefecture!
- Japan
- (awesome • big food • crazy • dessert • food • huge food • Mishima • parfaits • Shizuoka • strawberries • sweets)
The Big Bomb Onigiri Japanese rice ball helps us conquer mountain race but conquers us in the end
- Katie Pask
Sep 30, 2022
Our reporter completes a challenging race only to face a tougher challenge — a giant rice ball!
- Japan
- (big food • crazy • food • koshihikari • Masanuki Sunakoma • onigiri • rice • rice ball • rice balls • SNJO • takeout • taste test)
Maguro mountain! Giant sashimi bowls of this Ginza restaurant are even bigger than promised
- Casey Baseel
Sep 3, 2022
Why did we eat this mountain? Because it was there.
- Japan
- (awesome • big food • COK • crazy • food • maguro • Mr. Sato • restaurants • sashimi • SNJO • sushi • tuna)
Burger King Japan guarantees new chicken sandwich is bigger than your phone with weird promotion
- Casey Baseel
Aug 26, 2022
If you’ve got a big phone and a big appetite, this is the deal for you.
- Japan
- (big food • Burger King • Burger King Japan • cool • fast food • food • fried chicken • funny • Smartphones • weird)
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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]
Godzilla becomes a Japanese randoseru backpack, as do two of his greatest rivals [Photos]
First-ever cafe on Tokyo Imperial Palace Garden grounds is now open
Japan’s free stock image site of muscular men doing whimsical and mundane things reveals rankings
This is Japan’s best cycling course, but is it fun for bicycling beginners too?
Mr. Sato searches for the mysterious new wall of fortune in Tokyo
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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
Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
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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
Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
Tokyo train station will play Godzilla theme song as new departure melody
Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
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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
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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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