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Experimenting with making hot sandwiches in the microwave with a device from Japan’s 3COINS
- Elliot Hale
Oct 8, 2026 - Tweet
Can you really get crispy grill-marked sandwiches without the grill?
- Japan
- (3COINS • COK • cooking • cooking gadgets • food • gadgets • Go Hatori • hot sandwich • hot sandwich maker • kitchen gadgets • microwave • microwave cooking • sandwich maker • sandwiches • SNJO)
Does washing rice in this Japanese pouch really make it more delicious?
- Oona McGee
Sep 14, 2026
We test the Okome Pouch, which uses a patented method to make rice more delicious… and easier to wash.
- Japan
- (clever • COK • cooking • cooking gadgets • Daiso • food • Japan travel • Japanese food • Japanese kitchen gadgets • kitchen • kitchen gadgets • rice • rice washing • SNJO • SoraKitchen)
Japan’s double-decker portable rice cooker/bento maker is better than ever with new version
- Casey Baseel
Aug 23, 2026
Now there’s even more to be thankful to Thanko for.
- Japan
- (awesome • bento • bento boxes • boxed lunches • clever • COK • cooking • cooking gadgets • cool • food • gadgets • one-persomn rice cooker • rice • rice cookers • Thanko)
This Japanese chopping board sanitising bag might be the handy kitchen gadget we never knew we needed
- Oona McGee
Aug 9, 2026
We find out if a bag made specifically for soaking chopping boards is actually useful.
- Japan
- (100 yen shop • 100 yen store • COK • cooking • cooking gadgets • Daiso • eggs • food • gadgets • Go Hatori • Japanese food • SNJO)
Japanese onsen egg maker from 100-yen store Daiso needs to be on your shopping list
- Oona McGee
Mar 18, 2026
Simply add hot water and you can easily make hot spring eggs at home.
- Japan
- (100 yen shop • COK • cooking • cooking gadgets • Daiso • egg maker • eggs • gadgets • hot spring egg • Japanese gadgets • Japanese kitchen gadgets • kitchen goods • onsen egg • onsen tamago • runny egg • SNJO • tamago • tamago maker)
We zapped up some tasty hot sandwiches in the microwave with 3COINS’ new gadget from Japan
- Elliot Hale
Nov 15, 2025
This is some hot sand that you’ll love to put in your mouth.
- Japan
- (3COINS • COK • cooking • cooking gadgets • food • gadgets • hot sandwich maker • kitchen gadgets • microwave • microwave cooking • Mr. Sato • sandwich maker • sandwiches • SNJO)
3 Coins sells Electric Cotton Candy Maker as part of its newly released summer festival series
- Krista Rogers
Aug 5, 2025
Celebrate the season by making the popular carnival food right in the comfort and convenience of your home.
- Japan
- (3 Coins • appliance • COK • cooking • cooking gadgets • cotton candy • gadgets • kitchen gadgets • natsu matsuri • SNJO • summer festival • sweets)
It’s time to take a trip to pancake paradise with Japan’s new Warmer Plate kitchen gadget
- Casey Baseel
Dec 10, 2023
Nitori puts the hot in hotcakes.
- Japan
- (clever • COK • cooking gadgets • cool • food • gadgets • kitchen gadgets • Nitori • pancakes • SNJO)
Japan’s new portable handheld microwave shoots to the top of our cooking gadget wish list
- Casey Baseel
Apr 12, 2023
No cord, and no cold food either.
- Japan
- (awesome • clever • cooking • cooking gadgets • cool • food • gadgets • microwave • portable • technology)
Is the mochi alive? Japanese mochi maker gadget video will leave you satisfied all day【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 13, 2023
No hammers here as rice looks like it’s decided to transform into mochi all on its own.
- Japan
- (cooking • cooking gadgets • cool • cute • mochi • mochi maker • rice • rice cake • video)
Testing out the Happy Pawcake Maker to see just how much joy it brings us【SoraKitchen】
- Shannon
Nov 2, 2022
The pawssibilities are endless.
- Japan
- (cat paws • cats • COK • cooking • cooking gadgets • cute • dog paws • dogs • food • gyoza • kitchen gadgets • pancakes • pawprints • SNJO • SoraKitchen)
Japan’s one-person instant ramen pot may be the one and only cooking gadget we need
- Casey Baseel
May 23, 2022
Clever invention is designed for both cooking and eating, but not sharing.
- Japan
- (clever • cooking • cooking gadgets • cool • Instant Ramen • Noodles • ramen • Thanko)
Japanese oden maker revolutionises the way we eat at home…with a few adjustments
- Oona McGee
Apr 21, 2022
New kitchen gadget lets you live out your 7-Eleven oden dreams at home.
- Japan
- (COK • cooking gadgets • cool • drinks • gadgets • izakaya • kitchen gadgets • oden • review • SNJO)
Milk Tea Maker from Japan is a life-changer
- Oona McGee
Feb 24, 2022
How to make a never-ending supply of cafe-quality milk tea at home…all at the push of a button.
- Japan
- (COK • cooking gadgets • cool • drinks • gadgets • kitchen gadgets • milk tea • Milk Tea Maker • Recolte • review • SNJO)
We tried a Japanese egg steamer to achieve the perfect breakfast eggs without a stove
- Shannon
Jan 29, 2022
No more careful timing needed for the perfectly boiled egg!
- Japan
- (COK • cooking • cooking gadgets • cool • eggs • food • gadgets • Koizumi Seiki • onsen tamago • SNJO • SNO)
Japan’s new Pie Maker kitchen gadget uses instant soup, curry packs to take you to pie paradise
- Casey Baseel
Dec 15, 2021
And two slots mean you can make a dessert pie at the same time.
Can Japan’s one-person granite plate cooker take you to solo stone steak paradise? Let’s find out
- Shannon
Dec 7, 2021
Our favorite Japanese cooking gadget maker promises a premium steak dinner for one with no fuss.
- Japan
- (COK • convenient • cooking • cooking gadgets • cool • food • SNJO • solo cooking • SoraKitchen • steak • Thanko)
Does this egg timer from Japanese 100-yen store Daiso really work?
- Oona McGee
Sep 16, 2021
We find out if this cute gadget is all it’s cracked up to be.
- Japan
- (100 yen shop • 100 yen store • COK • cooking • cooking gadgets • Daiso • eggs • food • gadgets • Go Hatori • Japanese food • SNJO)
Heat sake like they do at a Japanese izakaya with this special at-home set
- Oona McGee
Sep 14, 2021
Special delivery from a Japanese-style pub in Tokyo!
- Japan
- (atsukan • clever • COK • cooking • cooking gadgets • cool • food • gadgets • hot sake • izakaya • Japanese food • kitchen gadgets • pubs • sake • snacks)
New Japanese gadget is like a toaster for instant food pouches, gets you fed in a jiffy
- Dale Roll
Sep 13, 2021
Make warming up instant foods even easier than before!
- Japan
- (cooking • cooking gadgets • curry • food • gadgets • instant food • kitchen gadgets • retort pouch)
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Starbucks Japan unveils new winter drinkware collection with limited-edition Stanley cups
Pachinko parlor operator arrested for not obscuring the act of gambling well enough
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Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
Discount retailers known for massive bargains releases massive Japanese egg sandwich
First-ever cafe on Tokyo Imperial Palace Garden grounds is now open
Japanese government hires leading comedy agency to explain national defense spending
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Continuing cyberattacks hit Japanese arcade hard [Photos]
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- Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
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Life-size Monster Hunter dragon statues to be built at Japanese shopping mall
Evangelion announces collaboration with Hard Rock Cafe
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Studio Ghibli homeware brand’s faux oil lamp brings light, smiles, and Kiki’s Jiji to your home
Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
Starbucks Japan releases now Tokyo Reserve Roastery Christmas drinkware collection [Photos]
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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
- Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
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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
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
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Virtual idol Hatsune Miku redesigned with look that adds new elements and brings back old ones
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