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Studio Ghibli releases Japanese curry shirts in honour of anime about the studio’s staff
- Oona McGee
Jul 25, 2026 - Tweet
Test your Ghibli fan level with your knowledge of this character and his unusual restaurant policy.
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- (anime • clothing • cool • curry • Donguri Kyowakoku • fashion • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • Japanese clothes • Japanese curry • merchandise • shirts • Studio Ghibli • t-shirts • The Ghiblies • The Ghiblies Episode 2)
Japanese curry rice burger gets all the attention in Mos Burger’s new birthday celebration campaign
- Oona McGee
Jul 21, 2026
There are some showstoppers in this limited-time promotion, but the unique twist on Japanese curry rice is all we can look at.
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- (burgers • curry • curry rice • drinks • fast food • food • Japanese curry • limited edition • Lucky Bags • merchandise • Mos Burger • rice • rice burger • rice burgers • weird)
Japan’s popular curry chain Cocoichi has an elusive delivery-only noodle menu
- Elliot Hale
Jul 20, 2026
We investigated a suspicious noodle store on Uber Eats only to have our curry udon dreams come true.
- Japan
- (CoCo Ichiban • coco ichibanya • COK • curry • curry udon • delivery app • food • food delivery • Japanese curry • Japanese food • Menya CoCo Ichi • SNJO • Uber Eats • Yuuichiro Wasai)
Lawson upsizes convenience store food for a limited time with two must-try Japanese meals
- Oona McGee
Jun 17, 2026
“Super Happy Too Much! Challenge” campaign has all the right ingredients for happiness.
- Japan
- (combini • convenience store • convenience store finds • convenience stores • cool • curry • desserts • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese curry • Japanese food • konbini • Lawson • marketing • SNJO • sweets • weird • yakisoba)
Pizza Hut Japan’s drinkable curry pizza is here – Is it all we dreamed it would be?[Taste test]
- Casey Baseel
May 23, 2026
Too much of a good thing, or just enough?
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • curry • food • Japanese curry • pizza • Pizza Hut • Pizza Hut Japan • SNJO • taste test • weird)
Pizza Hut now sells curry pizza in Japan
- Casey Baseel
May 11, 2026
Make that “drinkable curry pizza.”
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • curry • food • Japanese curry • pizza • Pizza Hut • Pizza Hut Japan • weird)
How to make curry in a rice cooker with zero prep work and no water[Recipe]
- Casey Baseel
Feb 19, 2026
Two steps, one piece of cooking equipment, and zero problems.
- Japan
- (clever • COK • cooking • cooking hacks • cool • crazy • curry • curry rice • food • Japanese curry • recipe • rice cooker • rice cooker recipe • SNJO • weird)
Japanese instant curry promises flavor of day-old curry right away, and that’s a very good thing
- Casey Baseel
Sep 24, 2025
Ashita no Curry wants to time-warp you to the curry of tomorrow.
- Japan
- (cool • crazy • curry • curry rice • food • instant curry • Japanese curry • taste test • weird)
Japan’s Egg Curry Pan Sandwich is a bread-on-bread snack that deserves to go viral
- Oona McGee
Aug 22, 2025
Egg Curry Pan Sandwich puts bread inside bread for a new take on a traditional classic.
- Japan
- (COK • curry • curry bread • curry pan • egg • egg sandwich • food • Japanese curry • Japanese sandwich • sandwiches • SNJO • taste test • weird)
Secret staff cafeteria in Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building serves up an exclusive ramen
- Oona McGee
Mar 6, 2025
Is the Tocho ramen worth the elevator ride up to the 32nd floor?
- Japan
- (cafeteria • cafeterias • cheap eats • cheap food • COK • curry • eating • food • Japanese curry • Japanese food • ramen • restaurants • secrets • shinjuku • shokudo • SNJO • staff cafeterias • Tocho • Tocho Ramen • Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building)
Studio Ghibli retailer now sells Japanese anime curry with all the special utensils
- Oona McGee
Jan 18, 2025
Enjoy the taste of a Hayao Miyazaki movie classic.
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- (anime • anime merchandise • curry • curry rice • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Hayao Miyazaki • Japanese curry • Japanese food • merchandise • Panda Kopanda • Panda! Go Panda! • Studio Ghibli)
Japanese curry restaurant at Shinjuku Station is like stepping into a time machine
- Oona McGee
Jul 7, 2024
Experience Tokyo dining the way it used to be, at an eatery loved by locals.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • food • Japanese curry • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • restaurants • retro • review • shinjuku • Shinjuku Station • shopping • SNJO • stations)
Udonuts: Doughnuts containing udon noodles become a thing in Japan
- Oona McGee
Jun 23, 2024
Japanese noodle restaurant chain adds an unusual new sweet to its dessert menu.
- Japan
- (COK • curry • donuts • doughnuts • fast food • food • Japanese curry • Marugame Seimen • Noodles • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test • udon • weird food)
Mister Donut adds hot dog doughnuts to its menu in Japan…but are they any good?
- Oona McGee
Jun 8, 2024
The Zakumocchi Dog Curry makes us rethink doughnuts, hot dogs, and Japanese curry.
- Japan
- (COK • curry • donuts • doughnuts • fast food • food • hot dogs • Japanese curry • Mexican food • Mister Donut • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test • weird food)
Japanese curry pasta is quick to make, receives rave reviews
- Oona McGee
May 26, 2024
Japanese curry is now as simple as boiling pasta in a pot!
- Japan
- (curry • curry rice • food • Hyogo • Japanese curry • Japanese food • K. Masami • pasta • recipes • SNJO • taste test • weird • weird food)
Japanese black curry “experiment” takes place at an unlikely restaurant branch in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Apr 9, 2024
A unique katsu curry that’s only available at one place in all of Japan right now.
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- (curry • food • Japanese curry • Japanese food • katsu curry • Kokkai • Matsunoya • Mitaka • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • tonkatsu)
Godiva teams up with Mister Donut for new series of chocolate doughnuts in Japan
- Oona McGee
Jan 5, 2024
First-ever collaboration includes a Galette des Rois “King Cake” doughnut for New Year.
- Japan
- (curry • donuts • doughnuts • egg • food • Japanese curry • Mister Donut • sweets • weird • weird food)
Tokyo big eats just got even bigger with massive meat curries at new restaurant chain
- Oona McGee
Dec 22, 2023
Nikumeshi Okamoto rises from the ashes of its predecessor with a new take on Japanese curry.
- Japan
- (beef • Japanese curry • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • meat • Mr. Sato • Nikumeshi Okamoto • restaurants • review • SNJO • taste test)
Mister Donut now sells Japanese curry doughnuts…with egg
- Oona McGee
Dec 4, 2023
Will curry doughnuts become the next big fad in Japan?
- Japan
- (curry • donuts • doughnuts • egg • food • Japanese curry • Mister Donut • sweets • weird • weird food)
Does the Blue Mt Fuji Curry taste as terrifying as it looks?
- Oona McGee
Oct 1, 2023
We go on a trek to conquer this mountain of curry, and end up learning something in the process.
- Japan
- (blue curry • COK • cool • curry • curry rice • food • Fuji • Fujisan • fun • Japanese curry • Japanese food • Mt. Fuji • retort curry • review • SNJO • souvenirs • taste test • Yamanashi)
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