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Sushi soup? We try Japan’s latest easy-to-make, so-crazy-it-might-work meal【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 27, 2018 - Tweet
Our taste-tester Meg finds out if sushi soup is a guilty pleasure, or an unforgivable sin.
Following “suicide forest” video backlash, Logan Paul pledges $1 million to suicide organizations
- Casey Baseel
Jan 26, 2018
Latest video makes no mention of donations or outreach to suicide prevention organizations in Japan, however.
- Japan
- (Aokigahara • COK • controversy • Logan Paul • suicide • YouTube • YouTubers)
Tokyo’s stylish laundromat cafes are worth a visit even if your clothes are already clean
- Casey Baseel
Jan 24, 2018
And if you’re a traveler or a local with a full load of laundry to do, there’s no more relaxing way to get it done.
- Japan
- (cafes • COK • cool • fashion • laundromats • laundry • restaurants • Tokyo)
Japan’s potato chip-flavor rice topping is set to add some snack-time appeal to plain white rice
- Casey Baseel
Jan 23, 2018
But the potato chips that inspired it still have a Japanese twist.
Tokyo cafe’s brilliant idea: Serve coffee and matcha green tea in chocolate-coated waffle cones
- Casey Baseel
Jan 23, 2018
And yes, of course you can get an ice cream chaser.
Japan’s suicide number drops for eighth straight year, rises among teens
- Casey Baseel
Jan 19, 2018
Annual study also shows historically low suicide rate for women in Japan.
Starbucks Japan’s new Chocoholic Frappuccino gets what Japanese Valentine’s Day is really about
- Casey Baseel
Jan 19, 2018
Chocoholic Cocoa and stylish Valentine’s drinkware are also ready to receive your love.
- Japan
- (chocolate • cocoa • coffee • COK • drinkware • Frappuccinos • Starbucks • Valentine's Day)
Tokyo’s new sleep-inducing “time machine” head massage parlor looks like steampunk/sci-fi day spa
- Dale Roll
Jan 19, 2018
If you need some time to unwind, you’ll want to make an appointment A.S.A.P.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • head massage • health • massage • relaxation • steampunk • time machine)
Starbucks opens its second Roastery, the biggest Starbucks coffee shop yet, in Shanghai
- Richard Simmonds
Jan 18, 2018
Shanghai, already home to more than 600 Starbucks, is now only the second place to get an extra-special Starbucks Reserve Roastery.
Japan now has potato chip-covered chocolate, and it’s amazing!【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 18, 2018
Nope, that’s not backwards. The chips really are on the outside in this awesomely clever idea.
- Japan
- (Chip Star • chocolate • COK • food • Fujiya • potato chips • snacks • SNOJ • sweets • taste test • Yamazaki Biscuits)
Sushiro celebrates a traditional Japanese holiday with this…sushi thing
- Master Blaster
Jan 17, 2018
As odd as it looks, it actually makes a lot of sense for Setsubun.
Ramen restaurant in Kyoto offers all-you-can-eat toppings and side dishes for free
- Oona McGee
Jan 17, 2018
A great deal for ramen connoisseurs and beginners looking for a way to try all the staples.
- Japan
- (all-you-can-eat • COK • Kyoto • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNOJ • Tenkaippin)
Awesome, free Final Fantasy travel brochures treat series’ locations like real tourism hot spots
- Casey Baseel
Jan 16, 2018
Who wouldn’t want to go on a romantic Midgar Mako Reactor night view tour?
- Japan
- (ads • COK • cool • Final Fantasy • shinjuku • Shinjuku Station • SNOJ • Square Enix • video games)
Japan’s first kaiten-sweets shop brings the fun of conveyor-belt sushi to Valentine’s chocolate
- Meg Murphy
Jan 14, 2018
Get your chocolate fix on with a twist for a limited time at SWEETY LOFT in Ginza.
- Japan
- (chocolate • COK • Conveyor belt sushi • kaiten sushi • sweets • Valentine's Day)
Japan’s French fry sundaes are here, but which one should you try? We find out【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 13, 2018
”What’s the best flavor for a French fry sundae?” is a question we never had to answer…until now!
- Japan
- (azuki • COK • crazy • fast food • First Kitchen • food • french fries • ice cream • SNOJ • sweets • taste test)
“The one and only way to make people in Japan take more vacation time”
- Casey Baseel
Jan 10, 2018
Our veteran salaryman-turned-reporter gives his idea for the one thing that has to change before Japan will stop working itself to death.
- Japan
- (business • COK • economy • overwork • P.K. Sanjun • salarymen • SNOJ • society • working in Japan)
Tokyo’s Ranma 1/2 cafe is open, and we just stuffed ourselves with awesome anime nostalgia
- Casey Baseel
Jan 8, 2018
Food, art, and exclusive merch are part of love letter to one of the most popular anime of all time, and totally worth a six-hour wait for a table.
- Japan
- (anime • COK • food • Ikebukuro • manga • Ranma 1/2 • restaurants • Rumiko Takahashi • SNO • sweets • themed restaurants • Tokyo)
Fewer Japanese people got married last year than any time since the end of World War II
- Casey Baseel
Jan 6, 2018
Bad news for the country’s declining birth rate is accompanied by rosier development about divorce.
“Scholar” tops list of what Japanese boys want to be when they grow up, “restauranteur” for girls
- Casey Baseel
Jan 6, 2018
Boy’s sporting ambitions slide in survey as girls stick with the same favorite for the 21st year running.
【Lucky Bag Roundup 2018】Yodobashi Camera offers up a tablet box of techie dreams
- Krista Rogers
Jan 5, 2018
Popular retail chain Yodobashi Camera sets the bar high with their “Tablet Computer Dreams i” New Year’s gift box.
- Japan
- (COK • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro 2018 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2018 • Lucky Bags • SNOJ • tablet • Yodobashi Camera)
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Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
New Shinkansen luggage drop-off system begins in Japan, making train travel even easier
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Studio Ghibli releases anime T-shirts that pay homage to one of Hayao Miyazaki’s most personal films
Pokémon Center Online designates first Pokémon items that will require Japanese ID card to buy
Japanese toilet aims to attract foreign tourists but not everybody is happy about it
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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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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
Put sesame oil in your coffee? Japanese maker says it’s the best way to start your day【Taste test】
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