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3-second salt company jingle becomes #1 karaoke song in Japan across all genres

• Master Blaster
  Jul 11, 2026
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Everyone’s feeling a little salty this summer.

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• Japan
• (Hakata no Shio • Hakata Salt • Joysound • karaoke • music • ranking • sound logos)

Shouting “Hakata Salt!”, the number four track in Japanese nationwide karaoke ranking

• Master Blaster
  Jun 18, 2026

Don’t knock it till you shout it.

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• Japan
• (Gen Z • Hakata no Shio • Hakata Salt • Joysound • karaoke • music • ranking • Sabikara • salt • sound logos • taipa)

Kyoto karaoke joint is like a dystopian city

• Oona McGee
  Sep 20, 2025

Step inside “Neo-Kyoto’s most flourishing karaoke facility in 2221”.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • dystopian • hidden gem • Jankara • karaoke • Kyoto • neo Kyoto • secret finds • tourism • travel)

Want some great ramen in Akihabara? Then head to this…karaoke joint?!?

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 23, 2024

You can sing and eat your heart out with Ramen Paro.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • COK • crazy • food • Jiro ramen • Jiro-kei • Jiro-style • karaoke • Noodles • Paro Ramen • Pasela • ramen • Ramen Paro • Ramn Jiro • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • weird)

Japanese karaoke chain brings singing in the bathroom to a whole new level

• Elliot Hale
  Oct 12, 2024

Everyone needs to know how amazing you are when you sing in the shower!

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• Japan
• (COK • Jankara • Japanese karaoke • karaoke • karaoke box • karaoke shop • Osaka)

Site of Japan’s most famous samurai murder is now a Kyoto karaoke joint

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 11, 2024

Belt one out for Ryoma.

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• Japan
• (crazy • history • Jankara • karaoke • Kyoto • Sakamoto Ryoma • samurai • weird)

Foreigners living in Japan have surprisingly old top Japanese karaoke song picks in survey

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 2, 2024

Top-ranking songs have average age of over 30 years old.

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• Japan
• (COK • foreigners in Japan • J-Pop • karaoke • music • survey • Utada Hikaru)

How solo karaoke changed our Japanese writer’s outlook on life

• Master Blaster
  Feb 17, 2024

Our worst critic is usually ourselves.

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• Japan
• (COK • karaoke • moving • music • Saya Togashi • singing • SNJO • solo karaoke • touching • Wankara)

The time P.K. flatly refused a request from his deceased best friend’s mom at their first meeting

• Krista Rogers
  Nov 28, 2023

A long-buried memory recently resurfaced during our Japanese-language reporter’s annual memorial trip–and he still doesn’t know how to feel about it.

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• Japan
• (COK • funny • karaoke • moving • P.K. Sanjun • SNJO • touching)

Luxury hotel chain offering karaoke in a large tub floating on the ocean

• Master Blaster
  Aug 29, 2023

It’s perfect for butchers, bakers, and candlestick makers.

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• Japan
• (Hoshino Resorts • Kaijyo Karaoke • karaoke • Minami Atami • Ocean • Risonare Atami • Shizuoka • singing • travel)

Looking to have the best night out on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa? Go to this enka pub right now

• Krista Rogers
  Jul 15, 2023

The owner is a stylishly eccentric enka singer who sings along with his guests and promises a great night will be had by all.

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• Japan
• (bars • COK • cool • enka • Ishigaki • karaoke • music • Okinawa • pubs • restaurants • singing • SNJO • travel • Yaeyama)

Here are Japan’s most-sung karaoke songs in 2022 from karaoke system Joysound

• Shannon
  Dec 21, 2022

Want to know what people in Japan are singing? Joysound knows.

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• Japan
• (A Cruel Angel's Thesis • COK • J-Pop • Joysound • karaoke • music • Neon Genesis Evangelion • ranking)

Beer, Suntory whiskey for under a buck and all-you-can eat ice cream! Joy at Tokyo’s Karaoke One

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 17, 2022

This hidden-gem karaoke chain is perfect for your inner child and adult-beverage-loving grown-up.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • beer • COK • drinks • karaoke • SNJO • Whiskey • whisky)

The Top 10 anime theme songs that Japanese people jammed to at karaoke in 2021

• Krista Rogers
  Feb 1, 2022

Both the opening and ending theme of this particular anime made it into the Top Three.

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• Japan
• (anime • anisongs • Beastars • Daiichi Kosho • DAM karaoke • Demon Slayer • karaoke • singing • theme songs • Tokyo Revengers • Top Ten)

Here’s what Japanese netizens think of the U.S.’s top 20 most-picked karaoke songs

• Dale Roll
  May 12, 2021

How do America’s karaoke selections compare to Japan’s?

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• Japan, USA
• (Disney • Disney music • karaoke • music • musicals • pop music • ranking • singing)

How can you maximize the calories you burn singing karaoke?【Experiment】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 11, 2020

Yes, Japanese karaoke machines will tell you how many calories you used singing.

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• Japan
• (anime • anime songs • anison • COK • Demon Slayer • experiment • Ikuna Kamezawa • karaoke • Kimetsu no Yaiba • LiSA • music • singing • SNJO)

No-charge karaoke rooms now available across Japan to keep country singing during the pandemic

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 26, 2020

Karaokekan shifts to a new strategy.

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • deals • free • karaoke • Karaokekan • music)

Over 500 karaoke boxes close due to Covid-19, dealing historic blow to the industry

• Katy Kelly
  Sep 18, 2020

Safety fears and an urge to social distance has rung a death knell for one of Japan’s most famous pastimes.

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• Japan
• (business • capitalism • COVID-19 • industry • JKBA • karaoke • pandemic)

Japanese karaoke now offers “Mask Effect” for people with face masks【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Jul 16, 2020

The improvement in sound makes us think we should all wear face masks at karaoke from now on.   

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• Japan
• (COK • coronavirus • COVID-19 • face masks • Joysound • karaoke • karaoke box • masks • music • singing)

Is Japan’s crazy silent karaoke gadget the solution for stay-home singing? 【Video experiment】

• Casey Baseel
  May 21, 2020

We test out the One-Person Karaoke Deluxe.

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• Japan
• (COK • experiment • funny • gadgets • karaoke • music • Seiij Nakazawa • singing • SNJO • video • weird)

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