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Why do tourists eat noodles with a green onion instead of chopsticks in this Edo town?

• Oona McGee
  Oct 11, 2025
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Charming old post town serves up a culinary tradition you won’t find anywhere else in Japan.   

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• Japan
• (cool • cool food • Edo • Edo era • Edo period • food • Fukushima • gourmet • local specialties • must try • negi soba • Noodles • Ouchijuku • post town • regional food • restaurants • SNJO • soba • travel • weird food)

Osaka Lover Takoyaki Danish Bread is this week’s weird Japanese must-try food

• Oona McGee
  Jul 9, 2025

A sweet Danish that tastes like octopus balls.

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• Japan
• (COK • Danish • food • Grand Marble • Japanese food • Japanese street food • local specialties • Marble Danish • octopus balls • Osaka • Osaka specialties • review • SNJO • specialty food • sweets • takoyaki • taste test • weird • weird food)

Musical ekiben adds a tune to your train station bento meal

• Oona McGee
  Jun 6, 2025

Japan’s only musical ekiben lets you sing for your supper.

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• (beef • bento • bullet trains • dining • Ekiben • food • gourmet • Japanese food • Japanese trains • local specialties • shinkansen • SNJO • trains • travel • Wagyu)

Ramen vending machine brings a new noodle stand experience to Tokyo station

• Oona McGee
  May 18, 2025

A unique way to eat ramen in Japan.

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• Japan
• (bullet trains • dining • food • food vending machines • gourmet • Japanese food • Japanese trains • Japanese vending machines • local specialties • ramen • shinkansen • trains • travel • vending machine • vending machines)

Ekiben vending machine adds new excitement to bullet train travel in Japan

• Oona McGee
  May 10, 2025

A new way to enjoy ekiben on the Shinkansen.

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• (bento • bullet trains • crab • dining • Ekiben • food • Fukui • gourmet • Japanese food • Japanese trains • local specialties • red snow crab • shinkansen • trains • travel)

“Flat Takoyaki” at Nanpuu reimagines Japanese street food

• SoraNews24
  Apr 14, 2025

Fried octopus balls get a totally new look at this Japanese restaurant chain.

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• (COK • fast food • food • Japanese food • Japanese street food • local specialties • Nanpuu • octopus balls • Osaka • Osaka specialties • review • SNJO • specialty food • street food • takoyaki • taste test • weird • weird food)

New Takoyaki Burger from Wendy’s Japan makes us rethink Osaka’s specialty food

• Oona McGee
  Mar 31, 2025

Find out if octopus balls taste better in burger form.

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• (burgers • COK • fast food • food • local specialties • octopus balls • Osaka • Osaka specialties • review • SNJO • specialty food • takoyaki • Takoyaki Burger • taste test • weird • weird food • Wendy's • Wendy's Japan)

New Okonomiyaki Burger flips up the fast food scene in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Mar 26, 2025

Exclusively available in one area of the country.

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• Japan
• (burgers • cool • fast food • food • local specialties • Lotteria • okonomiyaki • Osaka • weird • weird food)

Shirasu ice cream at top Japanese tourist spot terrifies some, delights others

• Oona McGee
  Mar 23, 2025

Can ice cream sweeten the deal of eating dozens of baby sardines as their eyes stare at you?

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• (Enoshima • fish • food • ice cream • local specialties • restaurants • shirasu • SNJO • specialty • specialty food • sweets • taste test • tourist sites • weird food • werid • whitebait)

7-Eleven “Cream Box” is Japan’s newest must-try convenience store sweet

• Oona McGee
  Sep 23, 2024

A unique local specialty, set to become a nationwide comfort food. 

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• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • bread • COK • combini • convenience stores • cream • Cream Box • food • Fukushima • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • local specialties • local sweets • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

New bento bread makes us rethink sandwiches…and Japanese bentos

• Oona McGee
  May 11, 2024

Local bread specialist pushes the boat out with a surprising addition to their store.

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• (bento • bento bread • bread • COK • food • food souvenirs • Japan travel • japanese bento • Japanese bread • local specialties • Noppo • Noppo Pan • noriben • Shizuoka • sightseeing • SNJO • souvenirs • Takuya Inaba • taste test • travel • weird)

Leek ice cream is Japan’s newest must-try local specialty

• Oona McGee
  Mar 25, 2024

With “Enjoy Good Happy” as the tagline, this new dessert is destined for great things.

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• (COK • cool • desserts • Fukaya • ice cream • leeks • local specialties • Mascots • michi no eki • negi • Saitama • sweets • weird food)

Osaka hotel has amazing all-you-can-eat takoyaki and kushikatsu breakfast buffet

• Oona McGee
  Dec 19, 2023

Start the day with a street food buffet!

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• (accommodation • breakfast • breakfast buffet • food • hotel • hotel breakfast • hotels • Japanese breakfast • Japanese food • kushikats • local specialties • Masanuki Sunakoma • Osaka • SNJO • takoyaki • travel)

Tokyo Ramen Show seeks to find the country’s best regional noodles

• Oona McGee
  Oct 7, 2023

Vote for your favourite ramen at this special event in Tokyo.

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• (COK • events • food • gotochi • Japanese food • Kabukicho • local specialties • Mr. Sato • Noodles • ramen • regional food • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo)

Akashiyaki: A regional dumpling with a fascinating backstory

• Oona McGee
  Sep 1, 2023

Osaka might be famous for takoyaki, but Akashi is the place where octopus balls first started.

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• Japan
• (Akashi • akashiyaki • COK • food • Hyogo • Japanese food • K. Masami • local specialties • regional food • SNJO • takoyaki • taste test • travel)

“Hey, Japanese taxi driver, take us to the best Sano ramen in Sano!”

• Oona McGee
  May 18, 2023

We discover an unforgettable dish in the city that boasts the highest number of ramen joints per 100,000 people in Japan.

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• (COK • food • Hey Japanese taxi driver • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • local specialties • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • Sano ramen • SNJO • taxis • Tochigi • Tochigi Prefecture • travel)

“Hey, Japanese taxi driver, take us to the best chanpon noodles in Nagasaki!”

• Shannon
  May 9, 2023

It also turned out to be the supposed birthplace of chanpon.

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• Japan
• (chanpon • food • Japanese food • local specialties • Nagasaki • taxis • travel)

We push our luck and buy a lucky bag from a Japanese vending machine

• Oona McGee
  Jan 5, 2023

New Year, new vending machine, and this one is filled with fukubukuro.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro 2023 • Fukubukuro Roundup 2023 • Hokkaido • Japanese food • Japanese vending machines • local specialties • lucky bag 2023 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2023 • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2023 • SNJO • taste test • vending machines • weird)

What’s it like to eat goat sashimi from a Japanese vending machine?

• Oona McGee
  Dec 8, 2022

A local specialty from Okinawa, served up in a very unique way. 

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• Japan
• (COK • food • goat • Japanese vending machines • Kouhey • local specialties • Okinawa • sashimi • SNJO • taste test • vending machines • weird)

Japanese monaka ice cream looks very different in Hokkaido

• Oona McGee
  Oct 25, 2022

Does the corniest ice cream on the market really capture the taste of the region?

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• Japan
• (COK • corn • desserts • Hokkaido • ice creams • local specialties • Masanuki Sunakoma • monaka • review • SNJO • souvenirs • sweets • taste test • unusual • weird)

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