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One simple unexpected recipe swap will make your Japanese-style omelets extra fluffy and juicy
- Casey Baseel
Oct 27, 2026 - Tweet
And one more cooking hack will make your dashimaki tamago fluffier still.
- Japan
- (COK • cooking • eggs • food • Japanese food • Japanese omelets • omelets • recipe • SNJO • SoraKitchen • sprakling water)
Japanese sushi etiquette: You may have been ordering sushi wrong this whole time
- Oona McGee
Oct 21, 2026
Read this before ordering fatty tuna at a sushi restaurant in Japan.
- Japan
- (Conveyor belt sushi • counter sushi restaurant • dining • eating • food • how to • Japanese etiquette • Japanese food • Kaitenzushi • restaurant etiquette • restaurants • sushi)
Giant wagashi cushions will turn your home sweet home into home sweet Japanese sweets home
- Casey Baseel
Oct 10, 2026
Nitori lets you cuddle up with taiyaki, dorayaki, and more.
- Japan
- (cool • crazy • cushions • cute • dorayaki • food • interior • Japanese food • Japanese sweets • Nitori • sweets • taiyaki • wagashi • weird)
Sushi Bus starts running in Japan, but is it a tourist trap or tourist must-do?
- Oona McGee
Oct 10, 2026
We take a trip on the world’s first conveyor belt sushi bus…and it’s like nothing we’ve ever seen before.
- Japan
- (bus tour • Conveyor belt sushi • cool • food • Japanese food • sightseeing • sightseeing bus • SNO • sushi • Sushi Bus • sushi restaurant • things to do • things to do in Tokyo • Tokyo • tour • tourism • tours • travel • Willer)
Yogurt and Japanese koji fungus is Japan’s latest food trend, but how does it taste? [Taste test]
- Casey Baseel
Oct 6, 2026
“Hey dude, put some fungus on this!” isn’t an ordinary food hack, but koji is no ordinary fungus.
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • food • food hacks • Japanese food • koji • shio koji • SNJO • taste test • weird • yogurt)
Japan’s first-ever conveyor-belt Sushi Bus announces Tokyo tour start date, reservations now open
- Casey Baseel
Oct 1, 2026
Hopefully the food prep won’t be as lazy as the AI video preview.
- Japan
- (bus tour • Conveyor belt sushi • cool • crazy • food • Japan travel • Japanese food • restaurants • sightseeing • sightseeing bus • sushi • Sushi Bus • Tokyo • tourism • travel)
Sample lots of little Japanese dishes at this hidden all-you-can-eat lunch buffet in Shinjuku
- Krista Rogers
Oct 1, 2026
Want to try all kinds of Japanese dishes but don’t know where to start? This gem with “hidden” in its name has got you covered.
- Japan
- (all-you-can-eat • buffet • COK • food • Japanese food • Kakurebo • lunch • restaurants • shinjuku • SNJO • tabehodai • Tokyo)
To stir, or not to stir – A Japanese rice cooker debate
- Casey Baseel
Sep 30, 2026
Rice cooker manufacturer weighs in on the question of whether you should stir your cooked rice before you scoop it out of the pot.
- Japan
- (COK • cooking • food • Japanese food • rice • rice cookers)
7-Eleven Japan revamps its convenience store pizza, but did it ruin a good thing?
- Oona McGee
Sep 25, 2026
We find out if 7-Eleven delivers on its promise to enhance the size and texture of its pizzas.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • combini • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • Japanese pizzas • konbini • pizza • pizzas • SNJO)
Tokyo cafe challenges customers to play with their food? Challenge accepted!
- Casey Baseel
Sep 21, 2026
Riding the waves and eating the sweets in Asagaya.
- Japan
- (cafes • COK • cool • food • gelato • Japanese food • Japanese sweets • restaurants • SNJO • sweets • taiyaki)
Does washing rice in this Japanese pouch really make it more delicious?
- Oona McGee
Sep 14, 2026
We test the Okome Pouch, which uses a patented method to make rice more delicious… and easier to wash.
- Japan
- (clever • COK • cooking • cooking gadgets • Daiso • food • Japan travel • Japanese food • Japanese kitchen gadgets • kitchen • kitchen gadgets • rice • rice washing • SNJO • SoraKitchen)
7-Eleven Japan’s Ramen Machine is a viral hit, but there’s one glaring problem
- Oona McGee
Sep 14, 2026
Well, two if you take into account how rare they are to find.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • 7-Eleven ramen machine • convenience store • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • Noodles • ramen • SNJO)
New Japanese convenience store rice balls taste like instant noodles [Taste test]
- Casey Baseel
Sep 5, 2026
Nissin’s Donbei comes to Family Mart in a new form.
- Japan
- (COK • convenience store food • convenience stores • Donbei • Family mart • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • kitsune udon • noodles.instant noodles • onigiti • rice balls • SNJO • taste test • tofu • udon)
Japan’s revolving sushi restaurant king Sushiro coming to U.S. this fall with high prices, no tipping
- Casey Baseel
Sep 2, 2026
Sushiro, budget-friendly in Japan, is adding private rooms and full-course meals as it arrives in America for the first time.
- Japan, USA
- (Conveyor belt sushi • food • Japanese food • Kaitenzushi • New York • restaurants • revolving sushi • sushi • Sushiro • Times Square)
Ohaw? Ruibe? Pocche? While traveling in Japan’s north, we try Ainu cuisine for the first time
- Casey Baseel
Aug 23, 2026
Taste-testing the northern frontier of local foods in Japan.
- Japan
- (Ainu • Ainu food • Akanko Ainu Kotan • COK • culture • food • Hokkadio • Japan travel • Japanese food • Lake Akan • Lake Akanko • restaurants • SNJO • tourism • travel)
The Japanese city where ordering grilled chicken doesn’t guarantee you’ll actually get chicken
- Elliot Hale
Aug 13, 2026
Just a short train ride from Tokyo and you’ll be left addicted to delicious skewers slathered in a fiery miso sauce.
- Japan
- (chicken skewers • COK • cuisine • food • gourmet • Higashimatsuyama • Japanese food • Kashira • Mr. Sato • pork skewers • Saitama • Saitamaya • skewers • SNJO • Three Great Yakitori • yakitori)
Wagyu ramen for foreign tourists appears in Kabukicho, with a very high price tag
- Oona McGee
Aug 12, 2026
What makes this bowl of noodles cost around twice as much as a regular ramen, and is it worth it?
- Japan
- (beef • food • Japanese food • Kabukicho • Mita Seimenjo • Noodles • ramen • ramen restaurant • ramen restaurants • restaurants • Tokyo • tourists • Wagyu)
This Japanese chopping board sanitising bag might be the handy kitchen gadget we never knew we needed
- Oona McGee
Aug 9, 2026
We find out if a bag made specifically for soaking chopping boards is actually useful.
- Japan
- (100 yen shop • 100 yen store • COK • cooking • cooking gadgets • Daiso • eggs • food • gadgets • Go Hatori • Japanese food • SNJO)
Foreign tourists in Japan eat far more rice than previously thought, according to new data
- Oona McGee
Jul 30, 2026
The average overseas visitor now consumes more rice in a day than a Japanese local.
- Japan
- (food • foreign tourism • foreign tourists • foreigners • inbound tourism • internationalism • Japan tourism • Japanese food • MAFF • Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries • news • rice • society • survey • tourism)
Japan’s “edible fireworks” wagashi sweets return, but only for a limited time [Photos]
- Casey Baseel
Jul 20, 2026
In business for over 70 years, this traditional confectioner figured out how to turn the suspension of a Japanese tradition into a new one of their own.
- Japan
- (beautiful • cool • fireworks • food • Japanese food • Japanese sweets • Okamedo • sweets • wagashi)
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