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Survey picks the eight best Tokyo-area neighborhoods to live in, and number one isn’t in Tokyo

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 2, 2018
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Tokyo’s much-ballyhooed Kichijoji only makes it to number-three, while an outsider with easy access to Tokyo takes the top spot.

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• Japan
• (apartments • COK • Kanagawa • Kanto • Living in Japan • ranking • society • survey • Tokyo • Yokohama)

Foreigner visiting Japan? Don’t forget to get your free-to-use smartphone from Kanagawa

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 31, 2018

One more reason to visit beautiful Kanagawa, just a 30-minute train ride from downtown Tokyo.

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• Japan
• (foreigners in Japan • free • Hakone • Kamakura • Kanagawa • Smartphones • travel • Yokohama)

We shoot for stardom with Japanese restaurant’s 1,300-times-spicier-than-usual curry

• Krista Rogers
  Sep 25, 2017

Join us for the latest installment of our no-holds-barred reporter biting off more than he can chew (literally, in this case). 

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• Japan
• (crazy • curry • food • Fujisawa • Kanagawa • restaurants • spicy)

Black Eggs and Ham, in Japan they am

• Master Blaster
  Sep 12, 2017

Would you, could you eat these eggs from Owakudani?

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• Japan
• (black • black egg • black food • boar • eggs • food • funny • Hakone • Kanagawa • kuro tamago • Owakudani • Poetry • salami • Susami)

Kimono to keep, dressing service, unlimited beer, one of Japan’s best views all in one package

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 19, 2017

Unbeatable deal in Yokohama includes full-course meal and your choice from over one hundred yukata and obi sash patterns.

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• Japan
• (all you can drink • beer • beer gardens • Kanagawa • kimono • restaurants • travel • Yokohama • yukata)

Japanese beach turned into beautiful fantasy world as nighttime ocean glows blue【Video, photos】

• Casey Baseel
  May 9, 2017

Bioluminescent plankton turn Kanagawa seashore into something that looks more like a Final Fantasy game.

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• Japan
• (beach • beautiful • blue • Kamakura • Kanagawa • nature • Ocean)

Kanagawa man’s body found one month after death in a six-ton pile of erotic magazines

• Master Blaster
  Mar 3, 2017

Body discovered several days after man passed away.

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• Japan
• (crazy • death • hikkikomori • hoarding • Kanagawa • lonely death • magazines)

At new Kanagawa attraction, you too can be a Ninja Warrior…sort of!

• Richard Simmonds
  Feb 15, 2017

While most of us can’t build our very own Midoriyama, there will soon be a place in Japan where we can unleash our inner ninja.

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• Japan
• (climbing • cool • Kanagawa • Muscle Monster • Ninja Warrior • sports)

Odawara welfare officials in trouble for calling cheats “Dregs,” calling selves “SHAT”

• Master Blaster
  Feb 12, 2017

It’s unclear if this rogue group of city workers were fully aware of the acronym they made for themselves or not.

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• Japan
• (funny • government • Kanagawa • Odawara • public assitance • welfare)

We try the Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Bread being sold at a bakery in Kanagawa, Japan 【Taste test】

• Krista Rogers
  Oct 25, 2016

Yes, Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen bread, based on the viral video, actually exists, and our lucky reporters managed to get their hands on some!

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• Japan
• (bakery • bread • food • Kanagawa • pen pineapple apple pen • Pikotaro • ppap • sweets)

Tour Japan’s former capital dressed as a samurai or noble lady on awesome day trip from Tokyo

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 15, 2016

History buffs and cosplay fans won’t just look like samurai, but eat like them too on their visit to Kamakura.

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• Japan
• (armor • cool • cosplay • culture • history • Kamakura • Kanagawa • kimono • samurai • travel)

Japan’s Pikachu Outbreak 2016! Pokémon get wet and wild in Yokohama【Photos & Four Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 17, 2016

Well, wet and adorable, anyway.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • cute • events • Kanagawa • Pikachu • Pokemon • video • video games • Yokohama)

Anybody want to live rent-free in a house in a Japanese beach town for two years?

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 3, 2016

Non-Japanese applicants also being accepted for unique housing program from interior goods brand Mujirushi.

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• Japan
• (free • homes • houses • Kamakura • Kanagawa • muji • Mujirushi)

Mass stabbing in Japan leaves 19 dead and dozens injured

• Oona McGee
  Jul 26, 2016

According to local media reports, the incident is one of Japan’s worst massacres since WWII.

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• (Care facilities • crime • Kanagawa • news • Sagamihara • Saitama)

Cold Stone set to offer its first-ever soft-serve ice cream in Japan this month

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 22, 2016

Japanese dessert lovers have a soft spot for soft-serve, and the popular chain is now happy to oblige them.

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• Japan
• (Cold Stone • food • ice cream • Kanagawa • soft serve • sweets)

Make your very own Japanese Raindrop Cake 【Video】

• Corey Gold
  Jul 4, 2016

Tanabata, also known as the Star Festival, is once again on our doorstep and now with this “how to” video you can make your very own Raindrop Cake to celebrate!

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• Japan
• (japanese cakes sweets • Kanagawa • star festival • tanabata festival • Tokyo • wagashi)

How to visit the cats of Jogashima Island Park on a “Tuna Ticket” from Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Jun 29, 2016

We take a trip to an island close to Tokyo and find a haven for adorably sleepy, relaxed kitties.
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• Japan
• (animals • Cat Island • cats • cute • cute. cats • Jogashima Island Park • Kanagawa • pets)

45-year-old man promptly arrested after asking police if it’s okay to date a 15-year-old

• Master Blaster
  Apr 14, 2016

Police couldn’t help but think something might be afoot upon hearing the man ask, “Is it a crime to date a 15-year-old?”

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• Japan
• (crime • Kanagawa • law • minor • Odawara)

Awesome optical illusion turns Japanese Ferris wheel into a cube 【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 23, 2016

Yokohama plays a beautiful trick on the eyes of visitors to its harbor area.

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • cool • Ferris wheel • Kanagawa • optical illusion • theme parks • video • Yokohama)

Low-cost Japanese inn welcomes foreign guests with hot springs, sake tastings, cosplay backdrops

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 19, 2016

Soak up some Japanese atmosphere without busting your budget.

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• Japan
• (cosplay • hot springs • hotels • Kanagawa • onsen • ryokan • sake • travel)

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