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How are you supposed to wash a Japanese futon duvet at the laundromat?
- Casey Baseel
Jul 27, 2026 - Tweet
Sure, that big, fluffy down blanket is a must for making it through a Japanese winter, but how are you supposed to clean it when summer comes around?
- Japan
- (coin laundry • COK • duvet • futon • interior • laundromat • laundry • life hacks • Living in Japan)
Secret Starbucks sausage customization sparks sweet joy in Japan[Taste test]
- Casey Baseel
Mar 23, 2026
![Secret Starbucks sausage customization sparks sweet joy in Japan[Taste test]](https://soranews24.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/03/2_ff4ed3.jpg?w=640 "Secret Starbucks sausage customization sparks sweet joy in Japan[Taste test]")
Adding something usually meant for coffee to Starbucks Japan’s Sausage Pie.
- Japan
- (caramel • COK • food • food hacks • life hacks • sausage • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks customization • Starbucks Japan • sweets • taste test)
Discovered: An even better way to open Japanese convenience store rice balls【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 4, 2024
Onigiri wrappers were secretly also onigiri holders this whole time.
- Japan
- (clever • COK • food • life hacks • Lifehacks • onigiri • rice balls • video • Zen-Noh)
Can you defeat curry stains by hanging your clothes in the sunshine?【Experiment】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 2, 2024
Summer sun versus curcumin – FIGHT!
- Japan
- (COK • curry • curry rice • experiment • fashion • food • life hacks • science • SNJO)
Summer survival tip! Muji lets you fill water bottles for free, even if you didn’t buy them there
- Casey Baseel
Aug 1, 2024
Even most Japanese shoppers aren’t aware of this cool free service.
- Japan
- (cool • drinks • eco-friendly • environment • heath • life hacks • muji • Mujirushi • Mujirushi Ryohin • reusable water bottles • water • water bottles)
Peachy keen life hack! Japan’s Zen-Noh shares an ingeniously easy way to pit a peach in seconds【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 15, 2024
The fastest, easiest way possible to get a prized peach ready to eat.
3 quick tips to turn your bowl of home-made noodles into a restaurant-beautiful dish【SoraKitchen】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 28, 2023
Our certified chef shares a trio of tips that anyone can do/will be impressed by.
- Japan
- (beautiful • COK • cooking • food • Go Hatori • life hacks • Noodles • SNJO • soba • SoraKitchen • toshikoshi soba)
“Japan needs more public trash cans!” – Our Japanese reporter sympathizes, though he doesn’t agree
- Casey Baseel
Oct 19, 2023
Why aren’t Japanese locals more bothered about this common complaint from overseas visitors?
- Japan
- (COK • life hacks • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • SNO • society • trash cans • travel)
Japan Airlines flight attendant shares packing pro-tips, cool clear file trick【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 16, 2023
Clear files are great for holding more than documents, it turns out.
- Japan
- (cabin attendant • JAL • Japan Airlines • life hacks • packing • travel • video)
If you have an apartment in Japan, your “fire disaster insurance” may also be toilet insurance
- Casey Baseel
Sep 4, 2023
Got a busted toilet in your place in Japan? Check for this before you pay the whole repair bill.
- Japan
- (apartments • COK • Insurance • life hacks • Living in Japan • SNO • Toilets)
We try the viral screaming rubber chicken car park hack in Japan
- Oona McGee
Aug 4, 2023
Who needs fancy parking sensors when you’ve got chickens to help you out?
- Japan
- (cars • chickens • cool • Don Quijote • funny • hacks • life hacks • LOL • Masanuki Sunakoma • parking • parking lot • product reviews • rubber chicken • shopping • SNJO)
A beginner’s summertime survival guide to Japanese air conditioners – 4 tips to fight the heat
- Casey Baseel
Jul 13, 2023
Summer in Japan will always be hot and humid, but your apartment doesn’t have to.
- Japan
- (air conditioner • heat • hot • humidity • interior • life hacks • Living in Japan • summer)
Manga water damage rescue tip lets us read our favorites without fear in the bathtub
- SoraNews24
Jun 28, 2023
Our reporter loves nothing more than a good soak with a good manga, and now she knows how to get rid of the page warping that comes with that combination.
- Japan
- (anime • books • COK • experiment • life hacks • manga • SNJO • water damage)
What should you do if you get stuck in an elevator in an earthquake? Japan’s NHK offers five tips
- Casey Baseel
May 15, 2023
And we add one of our own.
- Japan
- (COK • disaster • earthquakes • life hacks • Lifehacks • safety)
Testing the true way to make fluffy pancakes from Japan’s Agricultural Cooperatives Group
- Casey Baseel
May 12, 2023
It’s a pancake showdown in the SoraKitchen!
- Japan
- (COK • cooking • food • kitchen hacks • life hacks • pancakes • SNJO • SoraKitchen • Zen-Noh)
Here’s one of the first things you should do if you just moved into a new apartment in Japan
- Casey Baseel
Apr 14, 2023
Sharp idea for spring could be a lifesaver come summer.
- Japan
- (air conditioner • clever • COK • heat • interior • life hacks • Lifehacks • Living in Japan • Sharp)
Smash Bros. director Sakurai shares secret to smash through your procrastination habits【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 13, 2023
You don’t create one of the biggest fighting games of all time without knowing how to get a whole lot of things done, and Sakurai has “the best and only solution.”
- Japan
- (life hacks • Masahiro Sakurai • nintendo • procrastination • productivity • Smash Bros • Super Smash Bros. • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate • video • video games)
The cool way to peel a mandarin, according to a Japanese grandma
- Oona McGee
Dec 14, 2022
Become a mikan master with this neat hack, endorsed by the Japanese government.
- Japan
- (citrus • clever • COK • food • fruit • how to • life hacks • MAFF • mamechishiki • mandarin oranges • mikan • Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries • oranges • peel • peels • satsuma • SNJO • twitter)
Here are the best ways to kill roaches, according to Japanese experts, and some ways to avoid
- Dale Roll
Jul 16, 2022
The season is upon us…so make sure you know what to do before you panic!
- Japan
- (bugs • cockroaches • COK • gross • insects • life hacks • roaches • summer)
This plastic wrap is supposed to turn supermarket sashimi into great sashimi, but does it work?
- SoraNews24
Jul 4, 2022
Taste-testing the effects of Pichit sheets.
- Japan
- (COK • food • life hacks • sashimi • SNJO • taste test)
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Japan approves foreign resident visa renewal fee increases of up to 967 percent, starts soon
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Japanese ninja certification exam attracts 131 candidates from Japan and abroad
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Put sesame oil in your coffee? Japanese maker says it’s the best way to start your day【Taste test】
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Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
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