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Chiba man arrested for writing “Amazon!” on Shinto shrine
- Master Blaster
Feb 16, 2022 - Tweet
Looks like he’s either really happy or really angry about online retail.
- Japan
- (Amazon • Atago Shrine • Chiba • crime • graffiti • Noda • Sakuragi Shrine)
Meet the Japanese grandma who manually operates vending machines in the countryside
- Oona McGee
Jan 19, 2022
A unique place where there really is a person inside the machine.
- Japan
- (BiKing • candy • Chiba • coffee • COK • crazy • cute • dagashi • interview • Japanese vending machines • motorbikes • SNJO • travel • vending machines • weird)
Mr. Sato goes to the Tokyo Auto Salon 2022… front gate【Photos】
- Master Blaster
Jan 17, 2022
Our writer makes the most of a car show without seeing a single car.
- Japan
- (auto show • Chiba • Makuhari Messe • Mr. Sato • photography • SNJO • Tokyo Auto Salon • Tokyo Auto Salon 2022)
There’s something fishy about this mysterious tourist spot in Japan
- Oona McGee
Nov 13, 2021
You won’t find torii shrine gates like this anywhere else.
- Japan
- (Chiba • COK • mystery spot • SNJO • sunrise • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel)
Flight out of Narita Airport delayed because of a turtle on the runway
- Master Blaster
Sep 26, 2021
I’m really liking this Die Hard II remake.
- Japan
- (animals • Chiba • delay • Narita Airport • red-eared slider • transportation • travel • Tsuyoshi Shirawa • turtles)
Samurai luxury — Renovated 400-year-old ryokan near Chiba’s coast can be yours to rent【Photos】
- Krista Rogers
Aug 24, 2021
The inn is actually an upgraded traditional Japanese house that’s continuously served as a residence for officials for more than 400 years.
- Japan
- (Chiba • COK • culture • Edo period • history • hotels • inns • kominka • rotenburo • ryokan • Sengoku period • travel)
“World’s most spacious public toilet” baffles the mind in Japan
- Oona McGee
Aug 10, 2021
See-through garden lavatory is one of the most unusual ways to relieve the call of nature.
- Japan
- (architect • art • beautiful • Chiba • COK • cool • design • gardens • Japanese toilets • nature • public toilets • SNJO • Sou Fujimoto • toilet • Toilets • travel • unusual • weird)
Feel like a kid again at one of Japan’s last true old-school candy stores
- Master Blaster
Aug 2, 2021
Ryu-kun’s Shop in Chiba is a real throwback to another era.
- Japan
- (business • candy • Chiba • family fun • Funabashi • history • Ryu-kun No Mise • Ryu-kun's Shop • SNJO • travel)
New program lets you rent a house in a coastal Japanese town for less than 200 bucks a month
- Casey Baseel
Jun 30, 2021
If you’d rather be closer to the shining sea than the bright lights of the big city, and you’re willing to do some social media posting, this deal is for you.
The time farting lead to murder and the fall of one of Japan’s great samurai clans
- Casey Baseel
May 4, 2021
Japan’s Chiba Prefecture was once ruled by a samurai whose death was flatulence-related.
- Japan
- (Chiba • COK • crazy • farting • Farts • funny • gross • history • samurai • Sengoku period • weird)
What it’s like to buy a canned railway stone in Japan
- Oona McGee
Apr 26, 2021
A can full of playfulness and surprises.
- Japan
- (canned products • cans • Chiba • COK • funny • Japanese trains • SNJO • souvenirs • stones • train stations • trains • weird)
Beautiful photos of the isekai-looking mountain that’s one of the Tokyo area’s best day-trips
- Casey Baseel
Apr 12, 2021
You’ll be glad you saw this amazing place.
- Japan
- (awesome • beautiful • Chiba • cool • hiking • history • Mountains • Mt. Nokogiri • nature • Nokogiriyama • travel)
Joker in the running for Chiba Gubernatorial Election
- Master Blaster
Mar 6, 2021
Why so serious, Chiba?
- Japan
- (Chiba • election • governor. Teruki Goto • Joker • Masayuki Hiratsuka • Party to Make All of Chiba a Land of Dreams and Magic • politics • Yusuke Kawai)
567 cartons of cigarettes bought with 120 smartphones at once leads to arrest in Chiba
- Master Blaster
Oct 15, 2020
He could have stopped at 500, but he just got greedy.
- Japan
- (cashless payment • Chiba • cigarettes • convenience stores • crime • d-Harai • fraud • Funabashi)
Uber Eats delivers movie theater popcorn at certain Tokyo and Chiba locations
- Master Blaster
Aug 31, 2020
Real movie popcorn taste at real movie popcorn prices, right to your door!
- Japan
- (Chiba • delivery • movie theaters • movies • popcorn • SNJO • Tokyo • truffle salt • Uber Eats • United Cinemas)
Modern legend Tiger Mask returns, donates 55 handmade face masks to rural government workers
- Master Blaster
May 15, 2020
Japan’s muscular embodiment of human kindness pays a visit to a small town in Chiba.
- Japan
- (anime • charity • Chiba • coronavirus • COVID-19 • face masks • manga • Tako • Tiger Mask • Tiger Masko • wrestling)
Japanese city cuts 800,000 tulips after people refuse to stay away despite coronavirus risks
- Oona McGee
Apr 20, 2020
This is why we can’t have nice things.
- Japan
- (Chiba • coronavirus • COVID-19 • flowers • news • tourism • tourist sites • travel • tulips)
All of Tokyo’s neighbors are telling people to stay out of the city this weekend
- Casey Baseel
Mar 26, 2020
Japan’s second largest city also tells people to stay in their homes during the period.
- Japan
- (Chiba • COK • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • Kanagawa • Saitama • Tokyo • Yamanashi)
Japanese burger chain launches an explosive combo: the spicy ramen burger!
- Eli Pang
Dec 30, 2019
A fiery crossover that will sear itself into your memory and taste buds!
- Japan
- (Chiba • food • fusion food • hamburger • limited edition flavors • Lotteria • Noodles)
Nanotech professor from one of Japan’s top universities arrested for panty-theft
- Master Blaster
Nov 20, 2019
Looks like Nerdlinger’s bra bomb didn’t work.
- Japan
- (Chiba • crime • Ichikawa • Keio University • lingerie • panties • professor • schools • Teachers • theft • underwear)
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