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Sukiya beef bowl chain makes Japanese New Year fun with limited-edition fukubukuro

• Oona McGee
  Jan 6, 2020
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13 reasons why 2020 ought to be the Year of the Beef Bowl. 

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• (beef bowl • beef bowls • fast food • food • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2020 • Japanese food • lucky bag • Lucky Bag Roundup 2020 • SNJO • Sukiya)

Yoshinoya fukubukuro lucky bag comes with sought-after beef bowl, sold at only one place in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jan 6, 2020

We go on a journey to find the Holy Grail of beef bowls.

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• Japan
• (beef bowl • food • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2020 • Japanese food • lucky bag • Lucky Bag Roundup 2020 • SNJO • Yoshinoya)

Japan now has sweet onigiri cakes and they’re absolutely delicious

• Oona McGee
  Dec 19, 2019

We try eight of the new Omusubi sweets that people in Japan are going crazy for right now. 

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• Japan
• (cakes • COK • food • food review • Japanese food • Japanese sweets • omusubi • onigiri • rice balls • SNO • sweets • taste test)

Tapioca onigiri brings boba to the world of rice balls

• Oona McGee
  Dec 16, 2019

People in Japan are going crazy for boba ball rice balls.

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• Japan
• (Aeon • COK • food • food review • Japanese food • Mai • onigiri • rice balls • SNJO • tapioca • taste test)

We make a super giant sushi using Costco salmon in Japan【SoraKitchen】

• Oona McGee
  Nov 26, 2019

Jiro dreams of sushi, but we dream of GIANT sushi. 

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• Japan
• (COK • Costco • fish • food • Japanese food • recipes • salmon • SNJO • SoraKitchen • sushi)

Post-meal waste at Japanese sushi restaurant sparks controversy online

• Oona McGee
  Nov 5, 2019

A lesson in what not to do at a revolving sushi joint in Japan.

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• Japan
• (COK • conveyer belt sushi • environment • food • Japanese food • kaiten sushi • restaurants • rice • sushi • travel • twitter)

Okinawa soul food: We try the most epic pork and egg onigiri rice balls in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Oct 14, 2019

A fistful of a feast, these rare treats are more like burgers than rice balls.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • food review • Japanese food • local cuisine • Mai • Okinawa • pork • SNJO • soul food • taste test • tonkatsu)

Sting returns to Japan, heads straight for tonkotsu ramen in Fukuoka

• Oona McGee
  Oct 10, 2019

You can take the ramen-loving singer out of Japan, but you can’t take away the singer’s love for ramen.

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• Japan
• (celebrities • food • Fukuoka • Horin • Instagram • Japanese food • music • musicians • ramen • Santouka • Sting • tonkotsu ramen)

Japan Travel: What it’s like to go on a solo journey on a Japanese restaurant train

• Oona McGee
  Oct 2, 2019

Who needs company when you’ve got a Japanese kaiseki feast laid out in front of you? 

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• Japan
• (COK • Japanese food • Japanese trains • kaiseki • Karuizawa • Nagano • restaurants • SNOJ • trains • travel)

Old Japanese photos show the awesome skill of soba delivery workers in the Showa era

• Oona McGee
  Aug 19, 2019

Uber drivers have nothing on these delivery pros.

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• Japan
• (bicycles • crazy • food • food delivery • Japanese food • Noodles • old photos • soba)

Optus pulls Australian commercial from YouTube following complaints from Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jun 20, 2019

Telecommunications company slammed for using Japanese culture to promote a Samsung product from South Korea.

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• (ads • Australia • commercials • Japanese food • marketing • Optus • Samsung • Samsung Galaxy S10 • video • wasabi)

This luxurious maternity hospital makes us want to have all the babies in Japan

• SoraNews24
  Mar 24, 2019

This maternity hospital makes having a baby in Japan look like a trip to Tokyo Disneyland.

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• Japan
• (baby • birth • cuisine • hospital • Japanese food • maternity)

Kura Burger: Japanese sushi chain restaurant offers burgers in Tokyo for a limited time

• Oona McGee
  Mar 2, 2019

Rice cola, fish patties and rice buns make for a very different sushi experience.

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• (burgers • Cola • drinks • food • food review • Japanese food • Kura Burger • Kura Sushi • Shari cola • SNO • sushi • Sushi Train • taste test)

We eat a meal to remember…at a Japanese police station in Fukuoka

• Oona McGee
  Jan 24, 2019

Lunch and law enforcement make for a thrilling combination.

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• Japan
• (cafes • cafeteria • food • Fukuoka • Japanese food • Japanese Police • katsudon • Kyushu • police • police stations • restaurants • RNO)

Tonkotsu ramen chain Ichiran set to open first-ever non-pork broth restaurant in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Dec 22, 2018

The tonkotsu pork broth ramen specialists branch out into new territory for foreign customers.

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• Japan
• (food • Ichiran • Japanese food • muslim • ramen • shinjuku • Tokyo)

Japanese company creates wasabi pearls that look like shiny green caviar

• Oona McGee
  Dec 21, 2018

People in Japan are going crazy for the new Wasa Beads, which burst on your tongue with the heat and flavour of real wasabi.

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• Japan
• (food • Japanese food • Shizuoka • Tamaruya • wasabi)

Celebrate the New Year with a special and limited edition Barbie bento box of New Year foods

• Dale Roll
  Dec 21, 2018

Traditional Japanese New Year’s food now comes in a bright pink limited-edition box, along with a rare Barbie doll! 

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• Japan
• (Barbie • bento boxes • collectibles • Japanese food • New Year's Eve • osechi • osechi ryori • themed)

Introducing Tokyo University’s exclusive “Infinite Destroyer” sandwich from Subway

• Dale Roll
  Mar 23, 2018

Try this sub if you like, and we mean really like, roast beef!

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• Japan
• (Japanese food • roast beef • Subway • Subway sandwiches • Tokyo University)

Popular virtual YouTuber Kizuna Ai selected as ambassador for new “Come to Japan” campaign【Video】

• Dale Roll
  Mar 7, 2018

The bubbly virtual girl has released her first video as part of the campaign, and it’s a great way to learn about the country’s charms.

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• Japan
• (come to japan • japan national tourism organization • Japan travel • Japanese food • Japanese YouTubers • jnto • Kizuna Ai)

Foreign visitors rank their top Japanese experiences in new survey

• Richard Simmonds
  Jan 25, 2018

Survey reveals foreign visitors of different nationalities have similar tastes when it comes to Japanese experiences, but not Japanese food.

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• Japan
• (Japan • Japanese food • tourism • travel • visiting Japan)

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