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Man finds adorable lost “puppy” on roadside in Japan, turns out to be adorable something else

• Casey Baseel
  May 10, 2020
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A short but sweet time together saves the animal’s life.

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• Japan
• (animals • cute • dogs • foxes • Hokkaido • moving • touching • video)

Large bat species discovered to be breeding in Japan for the first time

• Dale Roll
  May 9, 2020

Wildlife photographer discovers Japan’s first-ever baby Alashanian pipistrelle while observing bats near a local school.

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• Japan
• (animals • bats • Hokkaido • nature • Sapporo • science • zoology)

Where are all the beautiful women in Japan? Survey investigates

• Oona McGee
  Mar 26, 2020

Top 10 results suggest you’ll have to travel outside of Tokyo to find the most beauties. 

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• Japan
• (beautiful women • COK • cute • Hokkaido • Kanagawa • Kawaii • Kyoto • Osaka • ranking • survey • Tokyo)

Survey ranks Tokyo as the most desirable Japanese prefecture to live in, bumping Kanagawa to #2

• Dale Roll
  Mar 21, 2020

Top 10 results reveal the special places around Japan that people most want to live in.

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• Japan
• (47 prefectures • Hokkaido • Kanagawa • Kyoto • Living in Japan • Osaka • places in Japan • ranking • Tokyo)

Japanese airline thanks passengers during coronavirus slump with a special message 【Photos】

• Shannon
  Mar 14, 2020

A little customer appreciation can go a long way.

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • COVID-19 • customer service • heartwarming • Hokkaido • Skymark • touching)

How to make your own ramen food sample with real ramen, in just 1.5 hours and -22.6 degrees C

• Dale Roll
  Feb 15, 2020

A Hokkaido resident demonstrates. 

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• Japan
• (cold • crazy • Cup Noodle • food samples • funny • Hokkaido • instant noodles • ramen • video • winter)

Secluded sauna in Hokkaido lets you enjoy steamy sits and ice-water dips in one isolated location

• Scott Wilson
  Feb 8, 2020

A sauna of ice and fire.

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• Japan
• (cold • extreme cold • Hokkaido • Japan travel • sauna • SNJO • travel)

Survey ranks Japanese prefectures by how much people want to continue living there

• Shannon McNaught
  Jan 14, 2020

Spoiler: the most popular prefecture is also the largest.

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• Japan
• (47 prefectures • Fukuoka • Hokkaido • livable • most livable prefectures • Osaka)

Twin-tailed flasher in Japan’s coldest prefecture may not understand how flashing works

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 21, 2019

Heavyset man exposes himself on sub-zero night.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • crime • flasher • Hokkaido • Sapporo • weird)

Brand-new Pokémon manhole covers coming to Japan’s snowy Hokkaido Prefecture!

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 2, 2019

Pokéfuta spread to the northernmost region of Japan with adorable appearances by Vulpix, Ninetails, and many more Pokémon!

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

Japanese woman arrested for snipping hair off a woman’s head on bus

• Oona McGee
  Nov 23, 2019

Many people are siding with the perpetrator, saying they’ve been annoyed with hair on public transport too. 

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• (bus • buses • crime • hair • Hokkaido • Japanese women • manners • news • police • Sapporo • scary • video • women)

Real-world Pokémon arena battle park found in Japan【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 16, 2019

Intentional or not, there’s no way to see this park in one of Japan’s largest cities and not think of Pikachu throwing down.

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• (anime • awesome • cool • crazy • funny • Hokkaido • parks • Pikachu • Pokemon • Sapporo • video games)

Japan’s first snowfall of the season comes to Hokkaido before September ends【Video, photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 20, 2019

Snow falls in Hokkaido before Tokyo even needs to get out its fall fashions.

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• Japan
• (cold • Daisetsuzan National Park • Hokkaido • snow • weather)

We tried “brain-flavored” zombie ramen from Hokkaido, with surprising results!

• Shannon McNaught
  Aug 30, 2019

What better way to commemorate your visit to Hokkaido than with a bowl of brains?

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• Japan
• (brains • COK • crazy • food • funny • gross • Hokkaido • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • weird • zombies)

This mouthwatering sushi is all from one of Japan’s greatest convenience stores【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 2, 2019

Japan sets the bar for convenience store excellence pretty high, but this one clears it with ease.

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• (COK • convenience stores • cool • food • Hokkaido • Sapporo • Seico Mart • SNOJ • sushi)

What part of Japan has the best food, and what should you eat there?

• Casey Baseel
  May 29, 2019

Come hungry for this list of the most delicious things to eat in the most palate-pleasing prefectures of Japan.

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• (COK • food • Hokkaido • Kyoto • survey • travel)

Hokkaido police searching for naked man in glasses who groped woman in sub-zero weather

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 12, 2019

Lack of common decency and common sense lead to unusual attack in Sapporo.

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• Japan
• (COK • cold • crazy • crime • gropers • Hokkaido • Sapporo)

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)

Is it cold enough in Hokkaido for banana hammers?

• Master Blaster
  Feb 18, 2019

Our northern reporter dares to dream of a banana that can drive a nail through wood.

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• Japan
• (banana hammer • bananas • DIY • freezing temperature • Hokkaido • K. Nagahashi • milkshake • SNJO • weather • winter)

Beautiful Japanese sightseeing train will be unforgettable way to travel country’s north island

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 17, 2019

The Royal Express is coming to Hokkaido, but if you can’t wait, it’s already running in the Tokyo area.

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• Japan
• (awesome • beautiful • coo • Hokkaido • luxury trains • sightseeing trains • Tokyu • trains • travel • Yokohama)

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