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Doai Station: The deepest station in Japan is also one of the scariest, like a video game dungeon
- Oona McGee
Oct 4, 2023 - Tweet
This underground fortress isn’t dubbed “Japan’s No. 1 Mole Station” for nothing.
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- (COK • cool • countryside • Doai Station • Gunma • Japanese countryside • Japanese train stations • Minakami • Rural Japan • rural life • SNJO • Takamichi Furusawa • train station • train stations • trains • travel)
Retro vending machine corner is a hidden gem in the Japanese countryside
- Oona McGee
Sep 9, 2023
Step back in time with retro meals from the past but be warned — contents are hot!
- Japan
- (cool • food • Gunma • Japanese food • Japanese vending machines • Noodles • ramen • retro • retro technology • retro vending machines • SNJO • soba • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel • udon • unusual • vending machines • weird)
New Japanese sweets store sells drinkable red bean paste
- Oona McGee
Jul 20, 2023
Anko specialty store comes up with a cool new way to beat the summer heat.
- Japan
- (adzuki • anko • confectionery • drinks • Gunma • Japanese sweets • red bean paste • SNJO • sweets • Takamichi Furusawa • taste test • traditional sweets)
Udon restaurant chain opens its first-ever drive-through restaurant in Japan
- Oona McGee
Jun 28, 2023
This unique branch of Marugame Seimen even has an exclusive menu for drivers.
- Japan
- (drive through • driving • food • Gunma • limited edition • Marugame Udon • Masanuki Sunakoma • new • Noodles • restaurants • review • SNJO • taste test • udon • weird)
Calpis factory tour in Japan is an experience to remember【Photos】
- Oona McGee
Jun 27, 2023
Tour, tasting, and super rare souvenirs make this a must-visit spot for fans of the iconic drink.
- Japan
- (Asahi • Calpis • COK • drinks • factory tours • Gunma • lactobacillus • Masanuki Sunakoma • probiotic drink • review • SNJO • taste test • tours)
Japanese balloon jellies, or “Tengu’s Treasure”, are a very unique souvenir
- Oona McGee
Jun 19, 2023
Like a water balloon but with a sweet surprise inside that needs popping.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • fruit • Gunma • healthy • healthy eating • Japanese food • jelly • Konjac • konnyaku • snacks • SNJO • souvenirs • sweets • taste test)
This Gunma restaurant was crowned the King of Pasta in 2022, and for good reason
- Dale Roll
Jun 10, 2023
We were blown away by how delicious their food was!
- Japan
- (Gunma • Joshu pork • king of pasta • pasta • Restaurant • Takasaki • taste test)
103-year-old Japanese curry rice restaurant got dish right a century ago, still serves it today
- Casey Baseel
May 2, 2023
A visit to the favorite curry rice restaurant of the father of modern Japanese poetry.
- Japan
- (COK • curry • curry rice • food • Gunma • history • restaurants • SNJO • travel)
Ramen kaiseki: Japanese restaurant offers first-ever multi-course noodle experience
- Oona McGee
Apr 19, 2023
Welcome to the world of noodle haute cuisine.
- Japan
- (food • Gunma • Japanese food • kaiseki • Noodles • ramen • restauramts • review • SNJO • Takamichi Furusawa • taste test)
Visiting the Japan Snake Center, the Gunma zoo dedicated entirely to snakes
- Dale Roll
Mar 9, 2023
Venom Extraction Room’s Snake Meet and Greet is just the start of the weird fun at this facility hidden in the mountains of east Japan.
- Japan
- (animals • COK • cool • Gunma • Japan Snake Center • reptiles • science • snakes • SNJO • travel • weird • zoo • zoos)
What makes this new Japanese convenience store chain better than 7-Eleven?
- Oona McGee
Feb 27, 2023
This chain takes konbini food to a whole other level.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • bento • chicken • COK • combini • convenience • convenience store food • convenience stores • food • fried chicken • Gunma • Japanese convenience stores • karaage • konbini • Masanuki Sunakoma • new • onigiri • rice balls • Sakura Mikura • SNJO • taste test • travel)
Japanese restaurant serves noodles that you fold and eat【Taste test】
- Oona McGee
Feb 16, 2023
We’ve never tried udon like this before.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • crazy • food • Gunma • gunma prefecture • Japanese food • Noodles • restaurants • SNJO • travel • udon • weird)
Japanese train becomes a restaurant at this sleepy countryside station
- Oona McGee
Nov 19, 2022
A very unique place to eat.
- Japan
- (COK • Ekiben • food • gourmet • Gunma • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • restaurants • SNJO • train stations • trains • travel • weird)
Gunma Prefecture’s mascot brought in an estimated 71.3 billion yen last year
- Shannon
Nov 16, 2022
That’s a pretty popular horse.
- Japan
- (cute • Gunma • Gunma-chan • Horse • Japanese mascots • mascot character)
Man arrested for trying to kill a convenience store owner over a cup of coffee
- SoraNews24
Oct 27, 2022
Latte triggers a series of events that results in attempted murder.
- Japan
- (arrests • attempted murder • coffee • coffee machine • combini • convenience stores • Gunma • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • latte • Lawson • news • police • theft • unusual • weird)
Gunma’s yaki manju, unknown to most Japanese people, are the best manju we’ve ever had
- Katie Pask
Oct 3, 2022
Our sweet-loving reporter falls in love with a delicacy that’s been enjoyed by the people of Gunma for hundreds of years.
- Japan
- (COK • food • Gunma • Japanese sweets • manju • Mr. Sato • SNJO • sweets • Takamichi Furusawa • taste test • traditional sweets • travel • yaki manju)
Flush your prayers down the toilet at this unique Japanese temple
- Oona McGee
Sep 10, 2022
A new way to pray at the porcelain altar.
- Japan
- (Buddhism • buddhist • COK • culture • Gunma • Japanese squat toilets • Japanese toilets • religion • SNJO • squat toilets • Toilets • tradition • unusual • weird)
Japanese honey toast is breathtakingly large, contains two litres of ice cream
- Oona McGee
Aug 31, 2022
Bread and ice cream reaches new heights at this restaurant.
Holy noodles! Japanese restaurant serves up some very unusual udon
- Oona McGee
Aug 25, 2022
Food for thought, in more ways than one.
- Japan
- (Buddhism • buddhist • COK • culture • food • Gunma • Heart Sutra • Japanese food • Noodles • religion • SNJO • sutras • taste test • tradition • udon • unusual • weird)
Nope, these AREN’T eels — Gunma Prefecture’s ‘Nasu no Kabayaki’ blows our reporter’s mind
- Katie Pask
Aug 21, 2022
Our reporter was craving some grilled eel, but ended up with something even more delicious!
- Japan
- (eel • food • grilled eel • Gunma • Gunma restaurants • Japanese food • kabayaki • restaurants • SNJO • Takamichi Furusawa)
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