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7-Eleven Japan has a “Super Spicy! Taiwan Mince Cutlet” that’s fiery red… but how hot is it?
- Oona McGee
Aug 14, 2026 - Tweet
Spoiler alert: Your taste buds aren’t ready for this convenience store katsu.
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Japan’s craziest burger chain takes menchi katsu to new extreme levels
- Oona McGee
Feb 28, 2026
We find out what gives the Naughty Menchi Katsu Burger its unusual name.
- Japan
- (burgers • cool • crazy • Dom Dom • Dom Dom Hamburger • DomDom • fast food • food • katsu • menchi katsu • weird)
Hidden travel gems of northern east Japan, presented by the Kita Kanto Brothers!【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 2, 2025
Our northern Kanto reporters team up and head to Gunma for a look at this part of Japan that gets overlooked by tourists.
- Japan
- (Calpico • Calpis • COK • food • Gunma • Kanto • katsu • Kita Kanto • Kita Kanto Bros. • Kita Kanto Brothers • Masanuki Sunakoma • north Kanto • northern Kanto • pork cutlet • SNJO • Takamichi Furusawa • Tanuki • Tatebayashi • temples • tonkatsu • tourism • travel)
Is katsudon a dish best served cold? Trying out the new Hiyashi Dashi Katsudon in Tokyo【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 29, 2025
West Japan pork cutlet chain has arrived in Tokyo, and it’s brought something unusual for the summer.
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • food • katsu • katsudon • pork cutlet • pork cutlet bowl • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • weird)
Good-cop interrogation part of the menu at new restaurant in Japan
- Casey Baseel
Jul 4, 2025
“Hey, this must be really hard for you. How about some katsudon?”
- Japan
- (COK • crime • food • katsu • katsudon • pork cutlet • restaurants • themed restaurants • weird)
KFC Japan cooking up new yuzu Japanese citrus katsu sandwiches for summer
- Casey Baseel
Jun 4, 2025
Yuzu and shichimi add distinctive delicious Japanese flavors to the fried chicken house from Kentucky.
- Japan
- (burgers • cutlet • fast food • food • fried chicken • katsu • Kentucky Fried Chicken • Kentucky Fried Chicken Japan • KFC • KFC Japan • shichimi • yuzu)
Beyond matcha sweets: Japan’s favorite katsu sandwich maker releasing matcha pork cutlet sandwich
- Casey Baseel
May 28, 2025
Masters of their crafts in Tokyo and Kyoto team-up for a very unusual, but very appealing, innovation.
- Japan
- (food • green tea • Iemon • katsu • katsu sandwiches • Maisen • matcha • pork cutlet • sandwiches • Suntory • tea)
Katsu weight showdown! Which Japanese supermarket gives you the most tonkatsu meat for your yen?
- SoraNews24
Nov 12, 2024
We strip four pork cutlets down to their fighting weights and see who’s got the most meat inside.
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • experiment • food • funny • katsu • pork cutlet • SNJO • tonkatsu)
Deep-fried matcha green tea and strawberry KitKats on a stick coming to Japan
- Casey Baseel
Sep 26, 2024
Japan continues to set the bar for inventive excellence in the field of KitKats.
- Japan
- (awesome • chocolate • COK • crazy • food • fried food • green tea • Japanese KitKats • katsu • KitKats • kushi katsu • Kushi Katsu Tanaka • matcha • sweets)
Mos Burger releases new Tsukimi Moon-Viewing focaccia burgers for 2024
- Oona McGee
Sep 7, 2024
A triple-moon showing at Japan’s famous homegrown burger chain.
- Japan
- (autumn • fast food • festivals • katsu • limited menu • moon viewing • moon-viewing burgers • Mos Burger • seasonal menu • taste test • tradition • tsukimi • tsukimi burger)
Epic cutlet sandwiches in Osaka are the best Shinkansen bento
- Oona McGee
Aug 11, 2024
A tasty way to travel on the bullet train.
- Japan
- (bento • big eats • bullet train • cutlet sandwich • Ekiben • food • Japanese food • katsu • katsu sandwich • Osaka • sandwiches • shinkansen • train stations)
Katsudon vs. tonkatsu vs. katsu sandwich – What’s the best way to eat pork cutlet in Japan?
- Casey Baseel
Apr 20, 2024
Three great ways to enjoy katsu, but when you have to choose one, what’s your pick?
- Japan
- (COK • food • katsu • katsudon • pork • pork cutlet • SNO • tonkatsu • tonkatsu sandwiches)
The newest must-eat Japanese KitKats: Deep-fried KitKat katsu on sticks
- Casey Baseel
Oct 31, 2023
Sweet, savory, and doubly lucky.
- Japan
- (chocolate • crazy • cutlets • food • fried food • Japanese KitKats • katsu • KitKats • kushi katsu • Kushi Katsu Tanaka • restaurants • sweet • weird)
Katsu Curry Ramen: An unusual Japanese dish that combines three great meals in one
- Oona McGee
Oct 18, 2023
This local restaurant makes customers’ dreams come true.
- Japan
- (COK • curry • food • Gunma restaurants • Japanese food • Japanese meals • Japanese restaurants • katsu • katsu curry • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • review • SNJO • tonkatsu)
Japan’s favorite pork cutlet sandwich maker also has awesome katsudon restaurant in Tokyo Station
- Casey Baseel
Aug 21, 2023
Maisen Shokudo will make sure you get on the train with a full and happy stomach.
- Japan
- (COK • food • katsu • katsudon • Maisen • pork • pork cutlet • restaurants • SNJO • stations • Tokyo Station • trains • travel)
Restaurant Yoshibei is crazy in the best way: A pork cutlet set with a side of pork cutlet bowl
- Casey Baseel
Aug 14, 2023
Pork cutlet so nice you get to eat it twice.
Tomahawk Tonkatsu at Japanese restaurant becomes a hot topic online
- Oona McGee
Jul 27, 2023
A very unusual type of tonkatsu hidden in the backstreets of Tokyo.
- Japan
- (COK • food • Japanese food • katsu • Ningyocho • P.K. Sanjun • pork • restaurants • review • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo • Tokyo restaurant • tonkatsu • Tonkatsu Fujiki)
Tonkotsu ramen rice bowl blows our minds, makes us appreciate noodles in a new light
- Oona McGee
Jul 12, 2023
This noodle-less tonkotsu ramen dish totally messed with our heads.
- Japan
- (COK • fast food • food • Japanese food • katsu • katsudon • Katsuya • new • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • taste test • tonkotsu • tonkotsu ramen)
Salmon katsudon? Tokyo restaurant’s specialty is like a deep-fried sashimi lunch【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 10, 2023
And if you eat it like we did, there’s essentially a second rice bowl waiting for you too.
Hey, Japanese taxi driver! Take us to the best restaurant in Fukuoka’s Hakata neighborhood!
- Casey Baseel
Jun 10, 2023
The Hanmen Set is our new must-eat in Kyushu’s biggest foodie town.
- Japan
- (COK • fish • food • Fukuoka • hakata • Hey Japanese taxi driver • katsu • katsudon • salmon • sashimi • SNJO • sushi)
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Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
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