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Wagyu beef gacha vending machine dispenses meat at random in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Sep 11, 2022
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Like a box of chocolates, you never know which one you’re gonna get.

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• Japan
• (beef • COK • food • gacha • gacha vending machine • Japanese food • Japanese vending machines • MG Ogawa • omi beef • Osaka • SNJO • taste test • vending machines • Wagyu • weird)

What’s inside these 7-Eleven lucky bags?

• Oona McGee
  Sep 5, 2022

Only available when a new branch opens, the contents are sure to please lovers of Japanese convenience stores!

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • COK • convenience store food • convenience stores • countryside • Daiichiro Tashiro • food • fukubukuro • inaka • Japanese countryside • Japanese food • Kumamoto • Lucky Bags • Minamiaso • new opening • SNJO)

Last Samurai star Ken Watanabe cooks with daughter Anne in viral YouTube video

• Oona McGee
  Sep 1, 2022

Once-strained relationship looks very different now, as Anne starts a new life overseas. 

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• (Anne Watanabe • celebrities • cooking • food • japanese cooking • Japanese food • Japanese models • Japanese YouTubers • Ken Watanabe • models • movie stars • videos • viral videos • YouTube)

Eat 60 brands of eggs and a ton of rice for around 3 bucks at Tokyo’s egg festival

• Oona McGee
  Aug 31, 2022

Taking “I love egg” to new levels.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Ikebukuro • Japanese food • raw eggs • restaurants • rice • SNJ • tamago kake gohan • tamagokake gohan • TKG • Tokyo)

The best soba restaurant on Yakushima island, according to locals

• Oona McGee
  Aug 30, 2022

It’s a trek to get to this rural location, but it’s worth it. 

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• Japan
• (COK • countryside • food • inaka • Japanese food • Noodles • restaurants • Rural Japan • rural life • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • soba • taste test • travel • Yakushima)

Is this London branch of Marugame Udon as good as the ones in Japan?

• Oona McGee
  Aug 30, 2022

Putting Japanese noodles and tempura to the test.

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• Japan
• (Croatia • Ikuna Kamezawa • Japanese food • Japanese food overseas • Kamezawa Ikuna • overseas Japanese food • ramen • travel • Zagreb)

Japanese plastic food samples abound at this impressive exhibition in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Aug 30, 2022

From tiger-shaped prawns to instant ramen on tap, these delicious delights will make your mouth water!

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• Japan
• (art • COK • cool • exhibition • food • food sample • food samples • instant noodles • Japanese food • plastic food • plastic food samples • ramen • tempura • Tokyo • tuna)

Sous chef at a Michelin-starred restaurant makes hot dogs classy in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Aug 29, 2022

Baby Hotdog Cafe proves that simple dogs can sometimes be the best. 

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• Japan
• (Baby Hotdog Cafe • bread • COK • eating • food • hot dogs • Japanese food • Mr. Sato • restaurants • Shibuya • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo)

Japanese vending machine is the first of its kind, operated by a local business

• Oona McGee
  Aug 27, 2022

A fun and tasty way to support the local economy.

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• (COK • food • Japanese food • Japanese vending machines • Osaka • Ponzu • sauce • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taste test • Tsuruhashi Station • vending machines • weird)

Holy noodles! Japanese restaurant serves up some very unusual udon

• Oona McGee
  Aug 25, 2022

Food for thought, in more ways than one.

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• Japan
• (Buddhism • buddhist • COK • culture • food • Gunma • Heart Sutra • Japanese food • Noodles • religion • SNJO • sutras • taste test • tradition • udon • unusual • weird)

Japanese restaurant serves up the biggest sushi we’ve ever seen!

• Oona McGee
  Aug 22, 2022

Conveyor belt sushi chain goes big with its servings.

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• Japan
• (best conveyor belt sushi • big eats • COK • Conveyor belt sushi • crazy • food • Genki Sushi • hamburg • Japanese food • Kaitenzushi • Mr. Sato • revolving sushi • SNJO • sushi • taste test • Uobei • weird • wtf)

Nope, these AREN’T eels — Gunma Prefecture’s ‘Nasu no Kabayaki’ blows our reporter’s mind

• Katie Pask
  Aug 21, 2022

Our reporter was craving some grilled eel, but ended up with something even more delicious!

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• (eel • food • grilled eel • Gunma • Gunma restaurants • Japanese food • kabayaki • restaurants • SNJO • Takamichi Furusawa)

Baby Star Ramen Sneakers are this season’s tastiest kicks【Photos】

• Oona McGee
  Aug 20, 2022

Three big brands come together for a very special limited release in Japan.

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• (Baby Star • Baby Star Ramen • cool • cute • fashion • Japanese food • Kawaii • oyatsu • Oyatsu Company • ramen • Reebok • shoes • snacks • sneakers)

Nike releases izakaya sneakers in Japan【Photos】

• Oona McGee
  Aug 19, 2022

New Nike Air Force 1 Mid release is an homage to Japanese drinking taverns.

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• Japan
• (cool • drinking • drinking culture in Japan • fashion • food • izakaya • Japanese food • Nike • Shoe • shoes • sneakers • Tanuki • taverns • Tokyo • Trunk Hotel)

We visit a ramen bar in Croatia, meet a whole new version of ramen we can’t wait to make at home

• Dale Roll
  Aug 19, 2022

This ramen was all kinds of unique…and we couldn’t help but love it!

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• Japan
• (Croatia • Ikuna Kamezawa • Japanese food • Japanese food overseas • Kamezawa Ikuna • overseas Japanese food • ramen • travel • Zagreb)

Meet the Mega Bento, a Japanese meal that’s heavier than a newborn baby

• Oona McGee
  Aug 19, 2022

A surprising supermarket find is our biggest food challenge yet!

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• Japan
• (bento • big • big eats • boxed lunch • COK • crazy • food • food challenge • huge food • Japanese food • Japanese supermarkets • K. Masami • Lopia • lunch box • Nara • obento • SNJO • supermarkets • taste test • tempura • tendon • weird)

World’s first Takoyaki Guitar created in Japan, features a gas grill and octopus balls

• Oona McGee
  Aug 12, 2022

The best-sounding takoyaki you’ll ever hear.

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• Japan
• (cool • electric guitar • food • guitar • instruments • Iwatani • Japanese food • Kansai • music • Osaka • Sae Banjoya • takoyaki • takoyaki guitar • weird • Yamano Music)

New pickled ginger drink takes ginger shots to a whole other level

• Oona McGee
  Aug 8, 2022

Are you game enough to drink pickle juice? 

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • drinks • food • ginger • Iwashita New Ginger • Japanese food • new • new ginger • pickled ginger • pickles • review • SNJO • taste test • weird)

What’s the secret behind these three rice bowls?

• Oona McGee
  Aug 8, 2022

There’s more, or maybe less, to this trio than meets the eye.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Japanese food • katsudon • lunch • Mr. Sato • rice bowls • SNJO • taste test • Wagyu)

Salt Milk Bean Paste…Omelette? Japanese bakery adds a surprise to its cake section

• Oona McGee
  Aug 6, 2022

A new treat that’s got everyone talking.

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• Japan
• (bakery • COK • cool • food • fusion food • Japanese food • Japanese sweets • omelet • omelettes • review • Shiroya • SNJO • sweets • taste test • weird)

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