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Extreme budget travel! Can you do a quick trip to Angkor Wat with 50,000 yen (US$334)? – Part 2
- Krista Rogers
Oct 25, 2023 - Tweet
Go continues testing the limits of his dwindling budget while sightseeing at Angkor Wat.
- SE Asia
- (Angkor Wat • Bangkok • budget travel • Cambodia • COK • cool • food • low-budget • Siem Reap • SNJO • Thailand • travel)
Bando Taro proves family restaurants in Japan are on a whole other level
- Oona McGee
Oct 25, 2023
There are family restaurants, and then there are Bando Taro family restaurants.
- Japan
- (Bando Taro • COK • cool • family restaurant • family restaurants • food • Ibaraki • Japanese food • Kanto • Masanuki Sunakoma • miso nikomi udon • Noodles • restaurants • review • SNJO • soba • udon)
Devil’s Crust Bloody Pizza brought to dark life by Domino’s Japan, has one more terrifying secret
- Casey Baseel
Oct 24, 2023
Domino’s Japan is also proud that it’s new Bloody Chicken will make you look like a blood-stained zombie.
- Japan
- (bamboo charcoal • cool • Domino's Pizza Japan • dominos pizza • food • groos • halloween • pizza • scary • tapioca)
Extreme budget travel! Can you do a quick trip to Angkor Wat with 50,000 yen (US$334)? – Part 1
- Krista Rogers
Oct 24, 2023
Go Hatori tests the limits of his wallet by visiting Cambodia’s Angkor Wat via Thailand over three nights and four days.
- SE Asia
- (Angkor Wat • Bangkok • budget travel • Cambodia • COK • cool • food • Go Hatori • low-budget • Siem Reap • SNJO • Thailand • travel)
How to eat a Whopper the beautiful way, from Burger King Japan
- Oona McGee
Oct 23, 2023
This genius hack will change the way you eat burgers forever.
- Japan
- (Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • cool • fast food • food • food hack • hack • marketing • packaging • tweet • twitter • urawaza • video)
10 hours, six prefecture, one 2,720-yen ticket – Testing the JR Holiday Outing train pass limits
- Casey Baseel
Oct 23, 2023
Let’s go for a ride in east Japan…several rides, actually.
Japanese hot spring adds roaring Godzilla Invasion Cave, other kaiju-related relaxation options
- Casey Baseel
Oct 23, 2023
Hakone onsen facility continues to think outside the box.
- Japan
- (cool • crazy • Godzilla • Godzilla Minus One • Hakone • hot springs • kaiju • onsen • travel • Yunessun)
Sweet Japanese couple serve jumbo parfaits at hidden underground joint in Osaka
- Oona McGee
Oct 23, 2023
Desserts as sweet as the couple who makes them.
- Japan
- (big eats • COK • cool • crazy • desserts • haruka takagi • interview • Osaka • parfait • parfaits • restaurants • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test)
Private open-air bath is the crowning gem at this Japanese-style hotel in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Oct 21, 2023
Luxury accommodation in Tokyo at budget prices.
- Japan
- (accommodation • bathing • baths • COK • cool • hotels • Japanese accommodation • Japanese baths • Masanuki Sunakoma • rotenburo • SNJO • tokyo hotels • travel • wow)
McDonald’s releases new Come on Baby New York Burgers in Japan
- Oona McGee
Oct 19, 2023
Limited-edition collection takes our taste buds on a trip to the Big Apple.
- Japan
- (America • American comics • burgers • COK • Comics • commercial • cool • design • fast food • food • Japanese commercial • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • New York • news • U.S. • U.S.A.)
Gacha capsule toy machine sells Casio watch rings in Japan, and we try to get all of them
- Oona McGee
Oct 15, 2023
Will the gacha gods smile kindly on our desire to own all of these cute miniature watches?
- Japan
- (capsule machines • capsule toy • capsule toy machines • capsule toys • Casio • challenge • cool • cute • fashion • gacha • gacha machines • gachapon • haruka takagi • rings • SNJO • watches)
Nettori Peanuts: New Garigari-kun popsicle tastes like a peanut butter sandwich
- Oona McGee
Oct 14, 2023
If you don’t know what “nettori” means in Japanese, you definitely will after eating this ice cream.
- Japan
- (Akagi Nyugyo • COK • cool • food • Garigari-kun • ice candy • nuts • peanut butter • Peanuts • popsicles • rice • sandwich • shaved ice • sweets • weird • weird flavors)
Hot spring offers people of all ages chance to participate in Japanese school-style sports day
- Casey Baseel
Oct 13, 2023
Here’s your chance to experience your Japanese high school days that never were.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • funny • hot springs • onsen • Sports Day • undokai • weird)
Flipping genius? Japan is getting a new flip phone/smartphone hybrid【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 13, 2023
Return of the gara kei?
- Japan
- (cool • crazy • flip phones • gara kei • phones • smart phones • technology • weird)
Gigantic Super Mario head statue will welcome fans to new Nintendo shop in Kyoto【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 13, 2023
Nintendo’s hometown finally gets its own Nintendo superstore.
- Japan
- (cool • crazy • Kyoto • Maro • nintendo • Nintendo Kyoto • Nintendo shop • Nintendo store • Super Mario • video games)
We get a taste of Starbucks Japan’s new Halloween Booooo Frappuccino
- Oona McGee
Oct 12, 2023
A surprising drink that plays pranks on customers, in the most wonderful ways.
- Japan
- (cool • cute • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • halloween • Halloween 2023 • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • K. Masami • limited edition • mugs • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • taste test)
Ride bikes on an abandoned railway line at this hidden tourist spot in Japan
- Oona McGee
Oct 12, 2023
Old railway tracks get a new lease on life in the mountains.
- Japan
- (attractions • bicycles • bikes • COK • cool • countryside • fun • Japanese countryside • Japanese scenery • Japanese train stations • Mountains • Mr. Sato • railway • scenic • SNJO • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • train lines • train stations • trains • travel • Yoshio)
Starbucks Japan releases new spooky cute drinkware collection for Halloween 2023
- Oona McGee
Oct 11, 2023
Taking peek-a-boo pranks to new extremes.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • cups • cute • drinkware • halloween • Halloween 2023 • limited edition • mugs • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • tumblers)
Starbucks Japan’s new Halloween Frappuccino says Booooo for 2023
- Oona McGee
Oct 11, 2023
Black drink and cake play tricks on us with hidden treats.
- Japan
- (cakes • chocolate • chocolate cake • COK • cool • dessert drink • drinks • Frappuccino • halloween • Halloween 2023 • Japanese Frappuccino • limited edition • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition)
This 7-Eleven convenience store causes a buzz with foreigners online
- SoraNews24
Oct 10, 2023
No other 7-Eleven in Japan can compete with this branch’s claim to fame.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • COK • combini • convenience store • convenience stores • cool • history • imgur • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • news • SNJO • Tokyo • Toyosu • unusual • weird)
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New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
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