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US$9,700 solid-gold Pokémon figure going on sale in Japan, life-size gold-leaf Pikachu appears too
- Casey Baseel
Sep 24, 2026 - Tweet
Artisans create an extremely expensive, and extremely accurate, recreation of a certain Steel/Ghost-type Pokémon.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • crazy • expensive • figures • Gholdengo • gold • manga • Pikachu • Pokemon • video games)
This Japanese 7-Eleven has the most expensive drinks, and item, we’ve even seen at the chain
- Casey Baseel
Aug 29, 2026
But the startlingly pricy item isn’t something that you can eat or drink.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • alcohol • art • COK • convenience stores • crazy • drinks • expensive • Japan travel • Japanese convenience stores • Niseko • SNJO • tourism • travel • weird)
We ate sushi made from Japan’s most expensive tuna ever【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 9, 2026
Tokyo’s record-breaking New Year’s Day fish market auction tuna arrives at one of Japan’s favorite casual sushi restaurant chains.
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • expensive • fish • food • ichiban maguro • maguro • SNJO • sushi • Sushi Zanmai • taste test • Tokyo fish market • tuna)
Tokyo fish market breaks New Year auction record as single fish sells for over 500 million yen【Vid】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 6, 2026
Casual sushi restaurant chain spends big on Toyosu Market’s first day of 2026.
- Japan
- (crazy • expensive • fish • food • ichiban maguro • maguro • sushi • Sushi Zanmai • Tokyo fish market • Toyosu Market • tuna • tuna auction)
Trying a pouch of instant curry that costs as much as a full meal at a nice restaurant
- Master Blaster
May 30, 2025
Microwave-friendly fine dining!
- Japan
- (beef • COK • crazy • curry • expensive • expensive food • food • instant curry • luxury food • Miyazaki wagyu • retort curry • SNJO • taste test • Wagyu)
Kyoto’s crazy expensive luxury chirimen nut clusters cost as much as a lunch, but are they worth it?
- Casey Baseel
Apr 23, 2025
A very unique, very pricy snack from Japan’s classiest town.
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • expensive • expensive food • fish • food • Kyoto • nuts • snacks • SNJO • sweets • taste test)
This Tokyo rice ball takes 20 years to make and 2,000 yen (US$14.30) to buy, but is it worth it?
- SoraNews24
Oct 1, 2024
Taste-testing Manma’s premium onigiri in Shinjuku.
- Japan
- (Bongo • COK • expensive • expensive food • food • Manma • Miso • onigiri • rice balls • SNJO • taste test)
Cost to cook curry rice rises to highest in 10 years, puts pinch on Japan’s budget-friendly food
- Casey Baseel
Aug 21, 2024
One of Japanese home chefs go-to cheap meals isn’t as cheap as it used to be.
Is Denny’s Japan’s new ultra-expensive Amaou strawberry parfait worth it?【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 16, 2024
Prized Fukuoka fruit delivers joy to the taste buds, shock to the wallet.
- Japan
- (Amaou • COK • Denny's • Denny's Japan • expensive • family restaurants • food • fruit • ice cream • parfaits • SNJO • strawberries • sundaes • sweets • taste test)
Tokyo restaurant wins prized tuna at New Year auction for 114.2 million yen and serves it up to customers
- Shannon
Jan 10, 2024
The best part is their customers get to share the prize.
- Japan
- (auction • COK • expensive • fish • food • maguro • Oma Tuna • restaurants • sushi • Tokyo • Toyosu • tuna • tuna auction)
Is KFC Japan’s ultra-expensive Christmas-only premium chicken worth it? YES…but also maybe no…
- Casey Baseel
Dec 24, 2023
Christmas chicken gets complicatedly delicious.
- Japan
- (Christmas • Christmas chicken • COK • crazy • expensive • fast food • food • fried chicken • Kentucky Fried Chicken • KFC • KFC Japan • SNJO • taste test)
Expensive Japanese nail clippers: Are they worth it?
- Oona McGee
Nov 8, 2023
Precision quality from a city known for its blacksmithing techniques.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • crazy • culture • expensive • fashion • grooming • Mr. Sato • nail clippers • nails • Niigata • SNJO • Suwada • Tokyo • tradition)
Is Muji’s most expensive instant curry worth its price?【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 12, 2023
Mujirushi Ginza item would be expensive even for non-instant curry.
- Japan
- (COK • curry • expensive • food • instant curry • muji • Mujirushi • SNJO • taste test)
Osaka’s ultra-expensive instant Kiwami Curry: Worth the price?【Taste test】
- SoraNews24
Sep 14, 2023
This instant curry costs more than restaurant varieties, but we can think of at least one scenario where it’d be money well spent.
- Japan
- (COK • curry • curry rice • expensive • food • instant curry • retort curry • SNJO • taste test)
Our Osaka native taste-tests the extra-expensive, extra-large Bikkuri Takoyaki octopus balls
- Casey Baseel
Aug 30, 2023
Seiji goes big as he goes home.
- Japan
- (COK • expensive • food • octopus • Osaka • restaurants • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • street food • takoyaki • taste test)
A story of how Starbucks Reserve Roastery products always make us forget about money management
- Dale Roll
Jul 17, 2023
Who knows how they’ve turned us against our wallets?
- Japan
- (coffee • coffee cup • coffee mug • COK • drinkware • expensive • interior • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks Reserve Roastery • Starbucks Reserve Roastery Tokyo • tableware • Yuichiro Wasai)
Trying our luck at premium gacha machines for high-end appliances, camping equipment, and more
- Shannon
Jan 19, 2023
The results are “shocking!”
- Japan
- (capsule machines • COK • expensive • gacha • gacha machines • home appliances • shinjuku • SNJO • Tokyo)
We try a Le Lectier, the highest-quality European pear available in Japan【Taste Test】
- Dale Roll
Dec 19, 2022
This luxury pear is grown almost exclusively in Niigata. Is it worth splurging on?
- Japan
- (COK • expensive • expensive food • expensive fruit • food • fruit • Le Lectier • Niigata • pears • SNJO • taste test • yellow pears)
Over 94 percent of Japanese people in survey find movie theater prices too expensive
- Katie Pask
Nov 12, 2022
High prices are part of why many in survey visit the cinema just once a year.
The most expensive ice cream in Japan? Metallic soft serve frays the nerves of staff who make it
- Oona McGee
Aug 8, 2022
Sparkly soft serve gives you equally sparkly poops the next day.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • desserts • expensive • food • gold • haruka takagi • ice cream • platinum • restaurants • SNJO • soft serve • soft serve ice cream • taste test • weird)
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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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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
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Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
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