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Janken Kebab: Win at rock-paper-scissors and get extra fillings at this fun Japanese kebab shop
- Oona McGee
Aug 30, 2026 - Tweet
Kebabs taste better with a side of janken.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • COK • Ikuna Kamezawa • kebab • kebab norimaki • SNJO • Star Kebab • Tokyo)
No, that’s not French bread, it’s Japan’s crazy-big gobo!
- Casey Baseel
Apr 14, 2026
Giant gobo is shocking to look at, but how does it taste?
- Japan
- (big food • burdock root • COK • cooking • crazy • food • gobo • Ikuna Kamezawa • Japanese food • kinpira gobo • SNJO)
Rakuten randomly offers 58 New Year’s osechi feasts in Japan, but did we get a star or a dud?
- Krista Rogers
Jan 7, 2026
Will Ikuna go big or go home with her New Year’s feast this year?
- Japan
- (COK • dining • food • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2026 • fukubukuro roundup 2026 • Gion Iwamoto • Ikuna Kamezawa • Kyoto • Lucky Bag 2026 • lucky bag roundup 2026 • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2026 • New Year's • osechi • random • SNJO)
Does the maxixe live up to its promise of being a whole new flavor for our Japanese reporter?
- Krista Rogers
Nov 13, 2025
We can never resist the temptation of buying produce that’s hard to come by in Japan.
- Japan
- (Brazil • COK • cooking • food • Ibaraki • Ikuna Kamezawa • mashishi • maxixe • SNJO • Tsukuba)
Local souvenir tip: our brains are scrambled after finding eggs cooked in the Tottori sand dunes
- Krista Rogers
Oct 4, 2025
Our Tottori-born reporter buys some “sand eggs” cooked at insanely high temperatures to determine just how egg-citing they are.
- Japan
- (COK • eggs • Ikuna Kamezawa • sand dunes • sand eggs • SNJO • souvenir • Tottori)
Day 2 of our quest to visit all the Pokémon manhole covers in Tottori【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 30, 2025
Can we get to all the remaining Sandshrews before time runs out?
- Japan
- (anime • cute • Ikuna Kamezawa • manga • Pokéfuta • Pokemon • sandshrew • Tottori • Tottori Prefecture • tourism • travel • video games)
Two days to hunt down all of Tottori’s 20 Pokémon manhole covers [Part One]
- Elliot Hale
Sep 25, 2025
With a Pokéfuta in every municipality, Tottori lets you explore the entire prefecture on your quest to catch ’em all.
- Japan
- (anime • COK • cool • cute • Ikuna Kamezawa • Pokéfuta • Pokélids • Pokemon • Pokémon manhole covers • sandshrew • SNJO • stamp rally • Tottori • Tottori Prefecture • tourism • travel • video games)
Buying a Dream Candle to cheer up a lonely birthday in a gloomy hotel room
- Master Blaster
Sep 8, 2025
Add a touch of pyrotechnics to your special day.
- Japan
- (Birthday • candles • Don Quijote • Dream Candle Deluxe • hotels • Ikuna Kamezawa • shopping • travel)
How a Gundam Wing pilgrimage had our lapsed anime fan feeling all warm and fuzzy【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 3, 2025
She was looking forward to a reunion with her favorite G-boy, but the new people she met were just as special.
- Japan
- (Animate • anime • cafes • drinks • Gundam • Gundam Wing • Ikuna Kamezawa • manga • moving • SNJO • themed cafes • touching)
For the ladies – An awesomely authentic old-school capsule hotel that accepts female travelers
- Casey Baseel
Jul 22, 2025
Our experience traveler/capsule hotel newbie spends a night at Apaiser.
- Japan
- (capsule hotels • hotels • Ikuna Kamezawa • Nagoya • SNJO • tourism • travel)
Searching for Japan’s “river of the dead” in Tottori Prefecture【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 24, 2025
Legends say Sai no Kawara exists on the border between the realms of the living and the dead, but the map says it’s in Tottori.
- Japan
- (beautiful • COK • culture • history • Ikuna Kamezawa • Mt. Daisen • outdoors • Sai no Kawara • SNJO • Tottori • Tottori Prefecture • touris • tourism • travel)
Identity crises abound with the Okonomiyaki Burger from Lotteria and/or Zetteria in Osaka
- Master Blaster
Jun 18, 2025
Is it okonomiyaki or a burger and what is the name of this place?
- Japan
- (fast food • hamburgers • Ikuna Kamezawa • Lotteria • okonomiyaki • Okonomiyaki Burger • Osaka • Zetteria)
Did you know? Japan’s Freshness Burger chain sells crepes and gelato at very limited locations
- Krista Rogers
May 15, 2025
We stumble upon a sweet surprise while shopping and naturally have to try out the new finds for ourselves.
- Japan
- (burgers • COK • crepes • food • freshness burger • gelato • hamburgers • ice cream • Ikuna Kamezawa • LaLaport • SNJO • sweets • Tachikawa)
Is there demand for merch of our stylish reporter? Let’s find out with the Ikuna Acrylic Standee
- Casey Baseel
May 2, 2025
Attention, Ikuna fans! SN24’s most photogenic fashion reporter has made her merch debut.
- Japan
- (acrylic standees • COK • cosplay • cosplayers • fashion • funny • Ikuna Kamezawa • SNJO • Subculture Market)
We never want to go back after dry frying the popular Japanese potato snack JagaRico【Taste test】
- Elliot Hale
Mar 2, 2025
What happens when you dry fry a snack that’s already fried?
- Japan
- (Calbee • COK • food and drink • food hack • Ikuna Kamezawa • Jagarico • Jagariko • japanese snacks • junk food • P.K. Sanjun • SNJO • taste test • tasty)
We try eating, and also try to eat, a shark burger and deep sea fish burger【Taste test?】
- Master Blaster
Feb 7, 2025
We taste seafood and defeat.
- Japan
- (burgers • COK • crazy • deep-sea fish • food • funny • hamburgers • Ikuna Kamezawa • Numazu • seafood • shark • Shizuoka • SNJO • travel • weird)
This foxy Tokyo gyaru look from 20 years ago is having a mini revival right now【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 20, 2025
A bit of furry fashion fun returns.
- Japan
- (accessories • Ayumi Hamasaki • COK • fashion • Gyaru • Ikuna Kamezawa • SNJO)
The dark kawaii fashions of the Ank Rouge lucky bag are here!【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 6, 2025
A yami-kei infusion to start the New Year!
- Japan
- (Ank Rouge • COK • fashion • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2025 • Ikuna Kamezawa • Lucky Bag Roundup 2025 • Lucky Bags • SNJO • yami kawaii • yami-kei)
We sample the deep sea fish and more at this delectable sushi restaurant in Shizuoka Prefecture
- Krista Rogers
Dec 29, 2024
A visit to this restaurant that specializes in deep sea fish also teaches us that some of our favorite fish live deeper than we previously thought. Read More
- Japan
- (COK • Conveyor belt sushi • food • Ikuna Kamezawa • kaiten sushi • Kaitenzushi • Numazu • restaurants • revolving sushi • Seiji Nakazawa • Shizuoka • SNJO • Suruga Bay • sushi • tourism • travel)
Shimonoseki’s Koreantown isn’t like Tokyo’s or Osaka’s, but it has a retro atmosphere all its own
- Krista Rogers
Nov 29, 2024
We stumble upon a small Korean area in Yamaguchi Prefecture in the city connected to Busan, Korea by ferry.
- Japan
- (Busan • COK • Green Mall • Ikuna Kamezawa • Korea • Koreantown • Koreatown • Little Busan Festival • Shimonoseki • sister city • SNJO • Yamaguchi Prefecture)
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Pachinko parlor operator arrested for not obscuring the act of gambling well enough
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The poop ice cream to end all poop ice creams
First-ever cafe on Tokyo Imperial Palace Garden grounds is now open
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Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
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Liquid croissant coffee is coming to Japanese stores this month
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Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
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Pokémon Company announces first-ever permanent Pokémon store to open outside Asia- Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
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Chainsaw robots helping keep trains running safely in east Japan [Video]
New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
Studio Ghibli creates illustrated Kyoto sightseeing map, available at any 7-Eleven Japan store
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
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