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This regional pizza buffet offers so many flavors you won’t be able to try them all

• Dale Roll
  Nov 10, 2023
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We sure gave it our best shot, though!

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• (all-you-can-eat • buffet • Gunma • Ibaraki • Italian food • local chain • Masanuki Sunakoma • Nagano • Napoli no Shokutaku • pizza • Saitama)

Local Japanese coffee business teams up with local sake brewers to make Sake Coffee drip packs

• Shannon
  Oct 5, 2023

It’s a caffeine boost and a microdose of Japanese culture all in one.

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• (coffee • drip coffee • Gunma • Japanese sake • local ingredients • sake • Sake Coffee • unique)

Doai Station: The deepest station in Japan is also one of the scariest, like a video game dungeon

• Oona McGee
  Oct 4, 2023

This underground fortress isn’t dubbed “Japan’s No. 1 Mole Station” for nothing.

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• Japan
• (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!

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• (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. 

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• (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.

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• (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. 

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• (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. 

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• (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!

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• (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.

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• (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. 

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• (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.

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• (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.

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• (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. 

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• (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. 

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• (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.

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• (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.

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• (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.

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• (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.

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• 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.

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• (COK • cool • desserts • food • Gunma • honey toast • ice cream • SNJO • sweets • weird)

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