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Another Akihabara icon disappears as famous rice bowl restaurant closes its doors
- Oona McGee
Aug 17, 2021 - Tweet
Sad demise of this Tokyo branch breaks our hearts.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • beef bowl • business • closure • COK • food • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • news • Niku Meshi • Okamuraya • SNJO • Tokyo)
How to cook rice in a Ziploc container【SoraKitchen】
- Oona McGee
Aug 14, 2021
Turn your Tupperware into a rice cooker with this simple cooking hack from Japan.
- Japan
- (COK • cooking hack • easy recipe • food • hacks • Japanese food • Japanese recipe • microwave • recipe • rice • rice cooker • SNJO • Sora Kitchen • SoraKitchen • ziploc)
Celebrate a belated Pokémon Slowpoke Day by slurping up some exclusive udon from Kagawa!
- Katy Kelly
Aug 13, 2021
Who needs a Slowpoke Tail when you have all these yummy noodles?
- Japan
- (COK • cuisine • Japanese food • Kagawa • Noodles • olives • Slowpoke • SNJO • tourism • udon • udon noodles)
Yoshinoya’s wagyu beef box for Japanese politicians
- Oona McGee
Aug 12, 2021
We eat an exclusive menu item inside the National Diet Building.
- Japan
- (beef bowls • COK • cool • diet • food • gyudon • Japanese food • National Diet • review • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taste test • Wagyu • Yoshinoya)
Toast Soba: Cancelled before it goes on sale due to popularity
- Oona McGee
Aug 12, 2021
Fusion breakfast item pulled from the menu before sales begin.
- Japan
- (bread • COK • food • Fuji Soba • Fujisoba • Japanese food • new • Noodles • restaurants • soba • toast • Tokyo)
How to make epic umeboshi like a Japanese grandpa
- Oona McGee
Aug 11, 2021
92-year-old shares his recipe for making the best pickled plums.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • food • how to • Japanese food • Japanese recipe • pickled plum • pickles • plums • recipe • recipes • SNJO • SoraKitchen • traditional food • ume • umeboshi)
Our reporter devises the best way to beat the summer heat: by eating somen in an outdoor shower
- Dale Roll
Aug 4, 2021
Go devises his own, completely unique way to enjoy a classic summer meal, and named it: Jibun wo Nagashi Somen.
- Japan
- (funny • genius • Go Hatori • hot • Japanese food • Japanese summer • Japanese tradition • nagashi somen • Noodles • somen • summer)
This Japanese bar snack also makes for a great camping meal【Recipe】
- Master Blaster
Aug 2, 2021
You never know how easy tonpeiyaki is to make until you try.
- Japan
- (camping • COK • cooking • food • izakaya • Japanese food • recipes • SNJO • tonpeiyaki)
You put WHAT in your curry? Japanese netizens reveal their favourite secret ingredients
- Katie Pask
Jul 30, 2021
“Don’t knock it till you try it” comes to mind for some of these!
- Japan
- (chocolate • coffee • COK • cooking • curry • food • garlic • Japanese curry • Japanese food • ranking • survey)
Japanese sandwiches give foreign reporters culture shock at Tokyo Olympics
- Oona McGee
Jul 28, 2021
The humble lunch pack becomes the talk of the press room.
- Japan
- (2020 Tokyo Olympics • 2021 Tokyo Olympics • food • Japanese food • Japanese sandwiches • lunch packs • sandwiches • Tokyo Olympics • twitter)
We create a Japanese izakaya pub at home with an amazing all-in-one kitchen gadget
- Oona McGee
Jul 13, 2021
Join us for a Japanese-style pub meal at our place, complete with hot sake and snacks that are super easy to make!
- Japan
- (atsukan • clever • COK • cooking • cooking gadgets • cool • food • gadgets • izakaya • japanese cooking • Japanese food • kitchen gadgets • Lithon • pubs • sake • snacks • SNJO)
The best-looking ramen in Japan? New store creates beautiful noodle bouquets
- Oona McGee
Jul 10, 2021
But…do they that taste as good as they look?
- Japan
- (beautiful • COK • food • Japanese food • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • reviews • SNJO • taste test • vegan • vegetables • vegetarian)
Mikan Gohan: Japanese soul food or…Japanese myth?
- Oona McGee
Jul 6, 2021
An odd local specialty that’s surprised the nation.
- Japan
- (cooking • food • home cooking • japanese cooking • Japanese food • local specialties • mandarins • mikan • rice • twitter • Wakayama • weird)
After trying 2,500 different kinds of Japanese curry, these experts have picked the top three
- Dale Roll
Jul 2, 2021
We get recommendations from someone who’s eaten more than 2,500 kinds of instant curry.
- Japan
- (Asakusa • COK • curry • Curry Land • food • instant curry • Japanese food • SNJO • taste test)
Make soy sauce eggs in minutes with popular new Japanese product from Daiso
- Oona McGee
Jun 29, 2021
Easy-to-use item goes viral and sells out as everyone attests to its soy marinated egg perfection.
- Japan
- (100 yen shop • 100 yen store • cooking • cooking gadgets • Daiso • eggs • food • gadgets • Japanese food • ramen • recipes • soy sauce)
$100 ramen in Tokyo: Overpriced or totally worth it?
- Oona McGee
Jun 29, 2021
We splurge on luxury noodles with a luxury price tag.
- Japan
- (beef • COK • crazy • expensive • food • Japanese food • Matsusaka beef • meat • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • reviews • Shabu-shabu • SNJO • taste test • Wagyu)
Testing out a Japanese rice cooker bag from a 100-yen store
- Oona McGee
Jun 24, 2021
Is this the next best thing to investing in an actual rice cooker?
- Japan
- (100 yen shops • COK • food • Go Hatori • Japanese food • review • rice • rice cooker • rice cookers • Seria • SNJO • taste test)
Curry Land: A Mecca in Tokyo for Japanese curry fans
- Oona McGee
Jun 22, 2021
A unique store filled with curries from around the country, featuring unusual local ingredients.
- Japan
- (Asakusa • beef • COK • curry • Curry Land • curry rice • food • instant curry • Japanese curry • Japanese food • retort curry • review • SNJO • taste test • Tottori • Wagyu)
Superman to star in upcoming gourmet manga series
- Master Blaster
Jun 18, 2021
It’s Superman like you’ve never seen him before…eating Japanese food.
- Japan
- (American comics • anime • DC • Evening • food • Japanese food • manga • super heroes • Superman • Superman No Hitori Meshi • Superman vs Meshi • weird)
Japanese YouTuber tests out homemade Water Cake three different ways【Video】
- Shannon
Jun 15, 2021
Find out which ingredient will give you the transparent treat you’re looking for.
- Japan
- (delicious • Instagrammable • Japanese food • Japanese recipe • Japanese YouTubers • mizu shingen mochi • recipe • water cake • YouTube)
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- Pachinko parlor operator arrested for not obscuring the act of gambling well enough
- Continuing cyberattacks hit Japanese arcade hard [Photos]
- Starbucks Japan reveals this year’s lucky bag, but you’ll have to act fast to get one
- Princess Mononoke was going to look totally different, new Studio Ghibli artbook shows
- Liquid croissant coffee is coming to Japanese stores this month
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Liquid croissant coffee is coming to Japanese stores this month
Continuing cyberattacks hit Japanese arcade hard [Photos]
Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
First-ever cafe on Tokyo Imperial Palace Garden grounds is now open
Princess Mononoke was going to look totally different, new Studio Ghibli artbook shows
Starbucks Japan reveals this year’s lucky bag, but you’ll have to act fast to get one
Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
Starbucks Japan releases now Tokyo Reserve Roastery Christmas drinkware collection [Photos]
Japan’s free stock image site of muscular men doing whimsical and mundane things reveals rankings
This is Japan’s best cycling course, but is it fun for bicycling beginners too?
Weekly
Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
Life-size Monster Hunter dragon statues to be built at Japanese shopping mall
Modern exosuits are opening up ancient Japanese castle climbs to everyone
Evangelion announces collaboration with Hard Rock Cafe
Studio Ghibli homeware brand’s faux oil lamp brings light, smiles, and Kiki’s Jiji to your home
Cold Stone is closing its final branch in all of east Japan, but it’s going down singing
Starbucks Japan unveils new Christmas goods for 2026, with exclusive holiday surprises
Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
Monthly
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
Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
What’s it like to stay in a Japanese container hotel?
Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
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
Tokyo train station will play Godzilla theme song as new departure melody
Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
Yearly
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
Studio Ghibli has a new anime out, and there’s only one place in the world where you can see it
Starbucks Japan releases new drinkware and goods for Valentine’s Day
Starbucks Japan releases new sakura goods and drinkware for cherry blossom season 2026
Japan’s newest Shinkansen has no seats…or passengers [Video]
Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
Japanese ninja certification exam attracts 131 candidates from Japan and abroad
Salomon releases Japan-exclusive Mt. Fuji hiking gear that doubles as an amazing souvenir
Japan reportedly adding Japanese language skill requirement to most common foreigner work visa
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Tokyo Skytree set to offer breathtaking Diamond Fuji natural phenomenon view this month
Thief mails 460 million-yen watch back to Tokyo store he stole it from, says “I’m sorry”
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time’s remake can be played with an actual ocarina [Video]
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