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Factory-outlet bacon and other pork products found in Fukuoka laundromat vending machine

• Master Blaster
  Sep 21, 2019
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Purchasing slightly defective cured meats while doing a load of laundry has never been easier!

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• Japan
• (bacon • Fukuoka • ham • Kyushoku • Kyushu • laundromats • meat • pork • vending machine • wieners)

Japan’s Roofless Museum holds many man-made marvels from the Sphinx to the Parthenon

• Master Blaster
  Jul 27, 2019

We travel into the depths of suburbia in search of Moai and ancient Pakistani Priest Kings.

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• Japan
• (Fukuoka • Kyushu • Moai • museums • Parthenon • Roofless Museum • sphinx • statues • travel)

Man in Fukuoka arrested for shoplifting a 49-inch TV weighing 12 kilos

• Master Blaster
  Jun 19, 2019

A 27-inch would have been way easier, but he just got greedy.

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• Japan
• (crime • Fukuoka • Geo • Onojo • shoplifting • TVs)

Fukuoka man arrested for stealing used tennis rackets because he liked their smell

• Master Blaster
  Apr 15, 2019

Theft of sporting goods may have been a crime of passion.

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• Japan
• (crime • Fukuoka • high school • sports • tennis • tennis racket • theft)

Pink sakura and baby blue eye flowers team up for gorgeous views at this seaside park in Japan【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 13, 2019

Fukuoka isn’t particularly famous for its cherry blossoms, but these photos have us thinking it should be.

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• Japan
• (baby blue eyes • beautiful • cherry blossoms • flowers • Fukuoka • nature • Nemophila • parks • sakura)

Real-world music shop from K-On! anime closes its doors, but the music isn’t ending

• Shannon McNaught
  Mar 29, 2019

If this particular anime pilgrimage spot was on your bucket list, you won’t be able to cross it off anymore (well, at least in its original location).

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• Japan
• (anime • Fukuoka • Fukushima • K-On! • manga • music • music shop • otaku • pilgrimage • pilgrimage sites)

Anime cosplayer burglar arrested in Japan, can’t stop dressing up/stealing

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 15, 2019

”Get in the damn prison cell, Shinji!”

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• Japan
• (anime • burglary • COK • cosplay • crazy • crime • Evangelion • Fukuoka • Spider-Man • weird)

Free Calpis fresh out of the tap available across Japan in celebration of 100th anniversary

• Master Blaster
  Feb 26, 2019

For maximum enjoyment we recommend reading the following article out loud.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • anniversary • Calpico • Calpis • event • faucets • free • Fukuoka • Hiroshima • Hokkaido • Kagawa • Miyagi • Osaka • Tochigi • Tokyo)

We eat a meal to remember…at a Japanese police station in Fukuoka

• Oona McGee
  Jan 24, 2019

Lunch and law enforcement make for a thrilling combination.

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• Japan
• (cafes • cafeteria • food • Fukuoka • Japanese food • Japanese Police • katsudon • Kyushu • police • police stations • restaurants • RNO)

Fukuoka’s new voting campaign urges voters to flex their electoral rights, get buff【Videos】

• Katy Kelly
  Nov 13, 2018

Let’s pump that iron so we can put our whole body and soul into the polls!

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• Japan
• (buff • Fukuoka • muscles • voting • weird • workout)

Fukuoka senior arrested for stealing a single grape, denies charges

• Master Blaster
  Oct 6, 2018

He probably would have gotten away with it too if he didn’t insist on peeling the darn thing.

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• Japan
• (crime • Fukuoka • grapes • senior citizens • shoplifting • theft)

Fukuoka man survives fall overboard from ferry by swimming to deserted island

• Master Blaster
  Aug 31, 2018

A 30-minute boat ride turned into a day-and-a-half struggle for survival.

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• Japan
• (accident • deserted island • ferry • Fukuoka • Hashima • Kyushu • overboard • Survival)

Hello Kitty Shinkansen Cafe: A delicious stop on the most kawaii bullet train in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jul 9, 2018

Get on board with the country’s cutest Shinkansen at its official limited-time cafe.

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• Japan
• (bullet train • cute • Fukuoka • Hello Kitty • Japanese train stations • Kawaii • shinkansen • themed cafes • train stations • trains)

Middle-aged man arrested for stealing whistles from little girls

• Master Blaster
  May 20, 2018

Search of suspect’s home revealed 12 whistles, suggesting repeat offenses.

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• Japan
• (crime • Fukuoka • Kasuga • Made in the Abyss • theft • whistle)

Hello Kitty Shinkansen looks set to be cutest Japanese train ever with special kawaii interiors

• Oona McGee
  May 19, 2018

JR West has finally revealed what the new bullet train will look like inside. 

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• Japan
• (bullet train • cute • Fukuoka • Fukuoka Prefecture • Hello Kitty • Japanese trains • Kawaii • Sanrio • shinkansen)

Reserve a spot at Michelin award-winning Waranokura for an unforgettable udon experience

• Katy Kelly
  May 6, 2018

Our Japanese reporter investigates the Michelin-recommended udon restaurant and nabs one of their precious thirty meals per day.
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• Japan
• (COK • food • Fukuoka • Michelin • Noodles • onigiri • restaurants • rice balls • SNOJ • udon)

Eerie dystopian view emerges as Japan dismantles one of its departed Bubble Era amusement parks

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 24, 2018

As Space World becomes a part of the past, the park’s remains are starting to look like part of an apocalyptic future.

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • cool • Fukuoka • Kyushu • Space World • weird)

Taste-testing Japan’s murky, mysterious “bathroom ramen”

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 30, 2018

We’re equal parts intrigued and scared as we try this local version of Japan’s favorite noodle dish.

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• Japan
• (food • Fukuoka • gross • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • tonkotsu • weird)

Japan’s latest luxury train is a stylish cafe on rails with hundred-year-old craftsmanship

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 30, 2018

Locally-sourced ingredients served in dining area decorated with woven bamboo, stonework made with samurai-era techniques.
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• Japan
• (COK • culture • food • Fukuoka • Kyushu • luxury trains • trains • travel)

Onsen in Japan uses the same mysterious hot spring bathing system from Ghibli film Spirited Away

• Oona McGee
  Dec 26, 2017

This is one of the most unusual hot springs in the country.

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• Japan
• (baths • films • Fukuoka • Ghibli • hot springs • Kyushu • onsen • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • travel)

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