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Flower park in northern Japan looks too beautiful to be real, but this happens every year【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 23, 2021
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Hokkaido park calls this time of year the “green season,” but “rainbow season” would be a lot more accurate.

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• Japan
• (awesome • beautiful • Biei • flowers • Hokkaido • nature • Shikisai no Oka • travel)

Russian defector claims to have swam for 23 hours to Japan because “sick of Putin admin”

• Master Blaster
  Sep 9, 2021

There’s “sick of” and then “swim for 23 hours in the ocean sick of.”

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• Japan, Russia
• (Hokkaido • immigration • Kunashir • refugees • Shibetsu • swimming • Vaas Feniks Nokard • Vladmir Putin)

Japan’s “edible tear gas ramen” lives up to its name【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 28, 2021

The convenience store treat (?) from Japan’s northern island is delicious…as long as you eat it the right way.

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• Japan
• (COK • convenience stores • food • Hokkaido • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Noodles • ramen • Secoma • Seico Mart • SNO • spicy • taste test • wasabi)

Russian man who swam to Japan was reportedly kicked out of Japan in 2011 for visa violation

• Master Blaster
  Aug 28, 2021

The authorities probably know who he is, but now the question becomes what to do with him.

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• Japan, Russia
• (crazy • disputed islands • Hokkaido • immigration • politics • Shibetsu • swimming • weird)

Sapporo man attempts to rob store with lighter, goes as you’d expect

• Master Blaster
  Aug 27, 2021

A story on the lighter side of crime.

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• Japan
• (COK • convenience store • crazy • crime • Hokkaido • lighter • robbery • Sapporo • weird)

Man claiming to be Russian who swam to Japan seeking asylum appears in Hokkaido town

• Master Blaster
  Aug 22, 2021

What would drive someone to swim between countries?

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• Japan, Russia
• (asylum seekers in Japan • Hokkaido • Kunashir • Kuril Islands • refugee • Sea of Okhotsk • Shibetsu • swimming)

Seven new Pokémon-themed manhole covers featuring Vulpix make their debut in Hokkaido this summer

• Ingrid Tsai
  Jul 12, 2021

Lots of Vulpix love in this batch!

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• Japan
• (anime • cute • Hakodate • Hokkaido • manhole covers • Pokemon • travel • video games)

Ocean’s 11: heist of over 2M yen in sea cucumbers thwarted by Japanese coast guard

• Master Blaster
  Jul 11, 2021

Like they always say, stealing sea cucumbers doesn’t pay.

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• Japan
• (coast guard • crime • Hokkaido • poaching • sea cucumbers • theft • yakuza)

Hokkaido senior secretly gets four doses of COVID-19 vaccine

• Master Blaster
  Jul 9, 2021

The refreshing taste of the COVID-19 vaccine kept him coming back for more.

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • COVID-19 • Hokkaido • overdose • Senior citizen • Teshikaga • vaccination)

Cups made of kelp from Hokkaido add a touch of umami to whatever you put inside

• Master Blaster
  May 23, 2021

Kelp yourself to an extra flavorful cup of sake or soup.

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• Japan
• (COK • drinkware • Hokkaido • K. Masami • kelp • kombu • miso soup • sake • seaweed • SNJO • umami • weird)

Japan has $10 bananas from the coldest prefecture in the country, but how do they taste?

• Casey Baseel
  May 3, 2021

Tropical fruit from Japan’s frosty north.

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• Japan
• (bananas • crazy • expensive • food • Hokkaido • SNJO • taste test)

Death of a Japanese man attacked by bear sparks conversation about what to do when facing off with one

• Katy Kelly
  Apr 14, 2021

Is there any way to avoid a grisly end?

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• Japan
• (animal attack • bears • brown bears • death • hiking • Hokkaido • safety • self defense)

We try blue beer made with drift ice from Hokkaido

• Oona McGee
  Mar 25, 2021

Drift Ice Draft even looks like sea ice from the north when it’s poured.

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• Japan
• (Abashiri Brewery • beer • blue beer • COK • drift ice • drinks • Hokkaido • online shopping • review • SNJO • taste test)

Japanese restaurant sears sushi with a soldering iron【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Mar 3, 2021

Unique serving style attracts attention online. 

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• Japan
• (food • Hokkaido • Japanese food • sushi • twitter • videos)

10 yakuza members arrested for stealing sea cucumbers from ocean

• Master Blaster
  Mar 2, 2021

More wayward souls caught up in the glitz and glamour of the illegal sea cucumber trade.

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• Japan
• (crime • fishing • Hokkaido • Omu • poaching • sea cucumber • smuggling • yakuza)

Sapporo Snow Festival now officially open online!

• Oona McGee
  Feb 5, 2021

Enjoy all the fun of Japan’s biggest winter festival from the comfort of your own home.

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • events • Hokkaido • Sapporo • Sapporo Snow Festival • Sapporo Snow Festival 2021 • Sapporo Yuki Matsuri • snow)

Japanese media finds out if it’s cold enough to “fry” an egg on the street in Hokkaido

• Master Blaster
  Jan 13, 2021

You never know unless you fry.

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• Japan
• (cold • cold weather • crazy • eggs • freezing • fried egg • Hokkaido • video • weird • winter)

Flying in Japan? Your flight may soon be arriving at “Hatsune Miku Airport”

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 11, 2021

Virtual idol queen might get an entire airport named after her in one of Japan’s largest cities.

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• Japan
• (airports • anime • COK • Hatsune Miku • Hokkaido • otaku • Sapporo • travel • virtual idols • vocaloids)

Japan’s favorite Pokémon types by prefecture–which types are the most popular?

• Dale Roll
  Jan 7, 2021

You might guess the most popular Pokémon type in the country, but each prefecture might surprise you!

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• Japan
• (anime • Chubu • Chugoku • Hokkaido • Japan • Kansai • Kanto • Kyushu • Okinawa • Pokemon • popular • prefectures • ranking • Shikoku • survey • Tohoku)

Japanese Twitter shows reality of living in snowy Hokkaido, and it’s magical

• Katie Pask
  Jan 3, 2021

Living in a snowy place is tough, but can be gorgeous too!

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• Japan
• (awesome • beautiful • funny • Hokkaido • payphone • phonebox • snow • snowy • twitter • winter)

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