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This upcycled Kyoto train cafe is the ultimate kawaii spring experience

• Elliot Hale
  Mar 28, 2026
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Produced by Kawaii Monster Cafe creator, the Future Train diner serves up pink teriyaki burgers and wobbly pancakes aboard the Sakura Express.

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• Japan
• (cafe • cherry blossoms • cool • cute • diner • food and drinks • Future Train • Future Train Diner & Cafe • Japanese trains • Kyoto • pink • Restaurant • sakura • Sakura Express • seasonal menu • seasonal specials • Sebastian Masuda • themed restaurants • train • Umekoji Highline)

Japan’s budget chain restaurant Saizeriya might just be the perfect first date location

• Elliot Hale
  Mar 16, 2026

Why not feast like royalty while keeping your wallet, and your date, happy?

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• (cheap eats • cheap food • COK • date ideas • date spots • dating • family restaurant • family restaurants • first dates • food and drinks • Italian food • Saizeriya • SNJO)

The fish in rural Fukui that rivals Japan’s most auspicious sea bream

• Elliot Hale
  Feb 28, 2026

This Obama delicacy impresses with its sashimi-like flavor, which is almost unthinkable for a preserved food.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • COK • food and drinks • Fukui • Hayaseura • Kodai no Sasazuke • local food • Marukai • Obama • regional food • rice wine • Saba Kaido • Sakahomare • sake • sasazuke • sea bream • SNJO • souvenir • tai • Tasuku Egawa • Wakasa)

We revisited Sweets Paradise after a decade to see if Japan’s dessert buffet still delivers

• Elliot Hale
  Jan 3, 2026

Can it make both your stomach and wallet happy?

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• Japan
• (all-you-can-eat • buffet • chain restaurant • COK • desserts • food • food and drinks • Machida • Restaurant • SNJO • sweets • Sweets Paradise • tabehodai • Takuya Inaba • Tokyo)

Tokyo’s Kabuki-za Theater curry has a photo that looks deceptive but it’s a star performer

• Elliot Hale
  Nov 16, 2025

Unlike the makeup of the heroes of kabuki, this curry keeps its appearance simple.

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• Japan
• (Cafe Hinoki • cafes • COK • curry • food and drinks • Ginza • Kabukiza Theater • Masanuki Sunakoma • SNJO • theater • theater restaurant • Tokyo)

All-you-can-eat lunch buffet for just 850 yen right next to Shinjuku Station

• Elliot Hale
  Nov 10, 2025

Grilled fish, curry, and homemade croquettes make for a shockingly affordable and satisfying meal.

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• Japan
• (all-you-can-eat • COK • croquettes • food • food and drinks • izakaya • mapo tofu • Masanuki Sunakoma • restaurants • shinjuku • SNJO • tabehodai • Tokyo • Yottekiya)

Japan’s new restaurant is reeling in customers with its all-you-can-eat sashimi experience

• Elliot Hale
  Oct 23, 2025

Unlimited fish and a menu that changes every day at an unbeatable price.

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• Japan
• (all-you-can-eat • bluefin tuna • COK • food and drinks • Gyoko Shokudo • Hadano • ikura • Kanagawa • Pacific Bluefin tuna • Restaurant • salmon roe • sashimi • Shrimp • SNJO • tabehodai • Takuya Inaba)

Green is the new color this autumn at Osaka hotel’s latest sweet buffet

• Elliot Hale
  Oct 13, 2025

Celebrate the fall season with chestnuts, grapes, and decadent matcha treats.

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• Japan
• (buffet • buffets • chestnuts • COK • food and drinks • grapes • Hotel New Otani • hotel restaurants • matcha • matcha sweets • Nagano Purple • Osaka • Restaurant • Shine Muscat • sweets buffet • Uji Matcha • Yamamasa Koyamaen)

Discovering Paapo, the secret flavor behind the happosai enjoyed by Osakan families

• Elliot Hale
  Aug 31, 2025

It tastes just like what mom used to make.

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• (chinese food • COK • cooking • food and drinks • happosai • Osaka • Paapo • seasonings • SNJO • Takuya Inaba)

Tokyo’s hidden mall serves up Japan’s best regional ice creams

• Elliot Hale
  Aug 17, 2025

The only thing better than a nationwide ice cream tour is doing it without leaving the city.

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• Japan
• (Anji Tabata • antenna shops • Blue Seal • camembert ice cream • casdoce • COK • food and drinks • Godipan • Godiva • Godiva Japan • Hirado • ice cream • Nagasaki • Niigata • Okinawa • regional food • regional foods • SNJO • soft serve ice cream • Tokyo • Tokyo Kotsu Kaikan • Yukiguni)

Tokyo Station staff share their top 10 favorite ekiben

• Elliot Hale
  Aug 17, 2025

Gransta Tokyo have selected the best travel lunches for your next long train ride.
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• (Anji Tabata • bento • COK • dining • Ekiben • food and drinks • gourmet • Gransta • Gransta Tokyo • Japanese food • ranking • survey • Tokyo • Tokyo Station • Top Ten • travel)

One woman versus endless noodles in this Japanese restaurant’s all-you-can-eat event

• Elliot Hale
  Aug 2, 2025

With only 90 minutes on the clock, how much soba can one person eat?

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• Japan
• (all-you-can-eat • buckwheat • catalana • chain restaurant • COK • dessert • eating challenge • food • food and drinks • Koguma-chan • Natsuno Futon • Restaurant • Sagami • SNJO • soba • sweets)

This Japanese cafe for stuffed animals is a sweet day out for nuikatsu fans

• Elliot Hale
  Jul 28, 2025

Plushies are the VIP guests at this cafe, complete with tiny menus and mini desserts.

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• (cafe • COK • cute • dessert • food • food and drinks • Mariko Ohanabatake • nuigurumi • nuikatsu • pop-up cafe • SNJO • stuffed animals • stuffed toys • sweets • Tokyo)

We visit the restaurant chain with more stores than either McDonald’s or Starbucks

• Elliot Hale
  Mar 28, 2025

It’s one of the biggest chains in the world, yet many people have never even heard of it.

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• Japan
• (bubble tea • COK • fast food • fast food chain • food and drinks • Ikebukuro • Mixue • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • soft serve • soft serve ice cream • tapioca • Tokyo)

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  1. Japanese toilet aims to attract foreign tourists but not everybody is happy about it
  2. New Japanese vending machine at Shinkansen station sells cups of ice on platform
  3. Beautiful Totoro bonsai figure needs no watering, makes soothing rain showers whenever you want
  4. Anime fan in Japan arrested for ordering and cancelling over 4.3 billion yen in anime merch
  5. End of a manga era as Weekly Shonen Jump’s circulation drops under one million
  6. 7-Eleven Japan rethinks convenience store drinks with new Grilled Corn Chilled Soup Smoothie
  7. This Japanese chopping board sanitising bag might be the handy kitchen gadget we never knew we needed
  8. Tired of city life? Try out Japanese rural life for a few days on an active volcano in Kagoshima
  9. Studio Ghibli unveils new finger puppets featuring anime characters from My Neighbour Totoro
  10. Japan’s new beer glass is designed to force you to drink…water [Video]

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  1. Air-conditioned dress shirts arrive in Japan to save working professionals from sweltering heat
  2. Pokémon Center Online designates first Pokémon items that will require Japanese ID card to buy
  3. Japanese vending machine sells freshly squeezed lemon juice with a futuristic light show
  4. Tokyo’s newest viral dessert is like a Japanese parfait inside a bread bun [Taste test]
  5. Japanese toilet aims to attract foreign tourists but not everybody is happy about it
  6. 7-Eleven Japan adds new chocolate fruit gummies to its sweets range, but are they worth the hype?
  7. Starbucks Japan teams up with Traveler’s Company for new stationery and goods collection
  8. Studio Ghibli’s No Face twirls to sound of Spirited Away’s theme song in beautiful accessory box
  9. Anime fan in Japan arrested for ordering and cancelling over 4.3 billion yen in anime merch
  10. Pokémon comes to McDonald’s Japan for new Happy Meals toys, brings every generation’s starters

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  1. Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
  2. Studio Ghibli has a new anime out, and there’s only one place in the world where you can see it
  3. Japan now has human refrigerators inspired by Japanese vending machines
  4. Hatsune Miku collaborates with Hokusai’s art in new Vocaloid ukiyo-e illustration series [Pics]
  5. New Shinkansen luggage drop-off system begins in Japan, making train travel even easier
  6. Studio Ghibli releases anime T-shirts that pay homage to one of Hayao Miyazaki’s most personal films
  7. Family Mart opens new “Famima” flagship store in Tokyo that’s like a tourist attraction
  8. Air-conditioned dress shirts arrive in Japan to save working professionals from sweltering heat
  9. Uniqlo looks back to the very start of Pokémon with new black-and-white pixel art T-shirts[Pics]
  10. Japanese Shinkansen becomes an overnight hotel for three nights this summer

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  1. Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
  2. Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
  3. Studio Ghibli has a new anime out, and there’s only one place in the world where you can see it
  4. Starbucks Japan releases new drinkware and goods for Valentine’s Day
  5. Starbucks Japan releases new sakura goods and drinkware for cherry blossom season 2026
  6. Japan’s newest Shinkansen has no seats…or passengers [Video]
  7. Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
  8. Japanese ninja certification exam attracts 131 candidates from Japan and abroad
  9. Salomon releases Japan-exclusive Mt. Fuji hiking gear that doubles as an amazing souvenir
  10. Put sesame oil in your coffee? Japanese maker says it’s the best way to start your day【Taste test】

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