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Tired of city life? Try out Japanese rural life for a few days on an active volcano in Kagoshima

• Elliot Hale
  Aug 8, 2026
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Escape Tokyo to harvest mandarins, dig footbaths, or learn how to run an inn.

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• Japan
• (agriculture • All Nippon Airways • ANA • COK • countryside • countryside life • culture • Japan travel • Japanese countryside • Kagoshima • rural • rural life • Sakurajima • tourism • travel • volcano)

Family Mart Japan installs red-eyed “Monster Wolf” to keep bears away from convenience store

• Oona McGee
  Jun 25, 2026

The giant wolf emits loud warning sounds and shouts out phrases like, “What are you looking at? Do you really think you can beat me?”

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• (animals • bear attacks • bears • convenience store • convenience stores • countryside • countryside life • Family mart • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese countryside • Monster Wolf • news • Rural Japan • rural life)

Visiting Ramen River, a Japanese restaurant that’s only open two hours a day

• Oona McGee
  Jul 24, 2025

If you don’t get here half an hour before opening, chances are they’ll already be sold out. 

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • countryside • food • hidden gems • Japanese countryside • Nara • Noodles • ramen • ramen restaurant • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • travel • weird • Yoshino)

Japanese island with a population less than 10 is a hidden gem you won’t find in travel guides

• Oona McGee
  Sep 3, 2024

Welcome to one of the least explored regions in Japan.

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• Japan
• (COK • island • islands • Japanese countryside • Kagawa Prefecture • nature • remote • Shikoku • SNJO • tourism • travel • Ushijima)

Is this 7-Eleven sign in Japan really 711 metres from the store?

• Oona McGee
  Jun 27, 2024

Testing the integrity of the famous Japanese convenience store chain. 

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • Ahiruneko • billboards • clever • convenience stores • cool • countryside • funny • investigation • investigative journalism • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese countryside • LOL • marketing • Saitama • signs • SNJO)

Japanese hand-dug tunnels on a bamboo forest trail are like a quest in a video game

• Oona McGee
  Jun 11, 2024

Complete with advice from a local side character, this off-the-beaten path adventure is wild and frightening at the same time. 

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• Japan
• (bamboo forest • Chiba • COK • cool • countryside • forest • haunted places • history • Japanese countryside • nature • Rural Japan • rural life • SNJO • travel • trees • tunnels)

The oldest tunnel in Japan is believed to be haunted, and strange things happen when we go there

• Oona McGee
  Apr 18, 2024

Spirits from the past live on at this abandoned site in the mountains. 

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • countryside • Fukui • haunted places • history • Japanese countryside • Japanese train stations • Kotone Tunnel • Rural Japan • rural life • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • steam locomotive • train station • train stations • trains • travel)

Renovations at our cheap Japanese house in the countryside plummet to new lows

• Oona McGee
  Feb 19, 2024

What has our boss lying face down on the floor?

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• Japan
• (cheap property • COK • countryside • homes • Japanese countryside • Japanese home • Japanese house • Japanese property • real estate • renovation • SNJO • SoraHouse)

An unexpected visitor stops by our cheap Japanese house in the countryside【SoraHouse】

• Oona McGee
  Nov 5, 2023

Proof that when night falls, nature comes out to play in the Japanese countryside, like something out of an anime film.

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• (animals • cheap property • COK • country life • countryside • deer • Japanese countryside • Japanese property • property • real estate • renovation • SNJO • SoraHouse • trail cam)

Mysterious mountain restaurant in Japan whisks us away to another world

• Oona McGee
  Nov 1, 2023

Hidden gem wows us with its atmospheric setting, and its amazing food.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • countryside • Egawa Tasuku • food • Japanese countryside • Japanese food • Mountains • Nagasaki • Noodles • restaurants • review • SNJO • somen • tempura • tourism • travel • weird • wow)

Ride bikes on an abandoned railway line at this hidden tourist spot in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Oct 12, 2023

Old railway tracks get a new lease on life in the mountains.

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• Japan
• (attractions • bicycles • bikes • COK • cool • countryside • fun • Japanese countryside • Japanese scenery • Japanese train stations • Mountains • Mr. Sato • railway • scenic • SNJO • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • train lines • train stations • trains • travel • Yoshio)

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)

How to eat well at a cheap Japanese house in the countryside with no electricity【SoraHouse】

• SoraNews24
  Oct 1, 2023

No convenience store food allowed during this sleepover!

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• (cheap property • COK • country life • countryside • food • Japanese countryside • Japanese food • Japanese property • Masanuki Sunakoma • meals • Nosh • property • real estate • renovation • SNJO • SoraHouse)

How to convert a cheap car into a Japanese taxi…with tape and a wild imagination

• Oona McGee
  Sep 4, 2023

Like a really bad, cheapo episode of Pimp My Ride.

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• Japan
• (cars • COK • country life • driving vehicles • Go Hatori • Japanese cars • Japanese countryside • Japanese house • Japanese taxis • Living in Japan • real estate • SNJO • SoraHouse • taxis • video)

Tearing down the ceiling at our cheap Japanese house in the countryside【SoraHouse】

• Oona McGee
  Aug 16, 2023

Renovation work reveals an exciting surprise — beautiful beams in the ceiling.

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• (before after • before and after • cheap property • COK • country life • countryside • Japanese countryside • Japanese property • property • real estate • renovation • SNJO • SoraHouse)

We buy a cheap Japanese mini van to go with our crazy cheap country house 【SoraHouse】

• Oona McGee
  Jul 3, 2023

A new set of wheels for a new season at the SoraHouse, our cheap country home.

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• (cars • COK • country life • driving vehicles • Go Hatori • Japanese cars • Japanese countryside • Japanese house • Living in Japan • property • real estate • SNJO • SoraHouse • SoraHouse Season 2 • Vans • video)

What does a family restaurant in the middle of nowhere, Hokkaido, serve? We find out

• Shannon
  May 17, 2023

Good eats in this part of the countryside aren’t hard to come by.

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• Japan
• (COK • countryside • family restaurants • food • Hokkaido • Japanese countryside • Noodles • restaurants • rural • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • soba • travel • wanko soba)

We built a steel rack taller than our crazy cheap country Japanese house with Daiso goods

• Shannon
  Apr 13, 2023

As Shia LaBeouf once said, “Just do it!”

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• Japan
• (art • cheap homes • contemporary art • home renovation • Japanese countryside • Masanuki Sunakoma • silly • Yoshio)

Turning a crazy cheap country Japanese house into a home — Step 15: Trash to Treasure【SoraHouse】

• Oona McGee
  Dec 27, 2022

How much money can we make from three truckfulls of trash?

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• Japan
• (COK • countryside • home renovation • houses • inaka • Japanese countryside • Japanese house • Japanese property • property • recycling • renovation • Saitama • SNJO • SoraHouse • Turning a crazy cheap country Japanese house into a home • weird)

Turning a crazy cheap country Japanese house into a home — Step 14: Before and After 【SoraHouse】

• Oona McGee
  Nov 18, 2022

Finally we’re seeing some real progress take place!

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• Japan
• (COK • countryside • home renovation • houses • inaka • Japanese countryside • Japanese house • Japanese property • property • renovation • Saitama • SNJO • SoraHouse • Turning a crazy cheap country Japanese house into a home • weird)

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