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Our writer gets enticed by AliExpress’s reading-in-the-dark glasses…but do they really work?

• Master Blaster
  May 24, 2023
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Masanuki is drawn to high-beam eyes like a moth to a flame.

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• Japan
• (AliExpress • glasses • LED lights • Masanuki Sunakoma • online shopping • reading glasses • shopping)

For just 5 yen, Amazon Japan’s cheapest possible outfit will have you looking like 0.04 bucks!

• Casey Baseel
  May 18, 2023

But beware the secret of the extra-extra-extra-large pants.

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• Japan
• (Amazon • Amazon cheapest • Amazon Japan • Amazon lowest-rated • COK • crazy • fashion • funny • Masanuki Sunakoma • shoes • SNJO • weird)

Testing the automatic jump rope spinner from Akihabara’s Thanko

• Master Blaster
  May 16, 2023

Coordination and fitness are just a hop, step, and jump away.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • exercise • fitness • funny • gadgets • jump rope • Masanuki Sunakoma • shopping • SNJO • technology • Thanko • weird)

We buy a low-rated, solar-powered bobblehead toy meant to be calming in bad traffic【Amazon Low-Rated】

• Dale Roll
  May 5, 2023

t’s cute, but will it serve its purpose?

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• Japan
• (Amazon low-rated • Amazon lowest-rated • bobblehead • cars • COK • cute • driving • funny • Masanuki Sunakoma • road trip • SNJO • stress relief • weird)

We open a mysterious package from China, unveil a cheeky surprise

• Dale Roll
  May 1, 2023

We completely forgot we ordered this…and now wish we hadn’t.

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• Japan
• (Amazon lowest-rated • COK • crazy • funny • gag gifts • joke • Masanuki Sunakoma • practical joke • SNJO • weird)

Meet the Japanese salarymen who defy gravity in a Tokyo park during lunchtime

• Oona McGee
  Apr 29, 2023

Salarymen with superhero strength band together to form a horizontal bar club.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • fitness • gymnastics • health • Hibiya Park • interview • Japanese salaryman • Masanuki Sunakoma • nature • outdoors • parks • salarymen • SNJO • Tokyo • working in Japan)

We try Amazon Japan’s lowest-rated ab roller with elbow supports, reviewed as “The literal worst”

• Dale Roll
  Apr 22, 2023

“I’d give it no stars if I could” only served to pique our curiosity.

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• Japan
• (Amazon Japan • Amazon lowest-rated • exercise • exercise equipment • Masanuki Sunakoma • product review • product testing)

Takeshi’s Castle returns, and we make news with overseas press for our fundoshi

• Oona McGee
  Apr 22, 2023

When everyone else wears sensible clothes to a press event, we wear loincloths.

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• Japan
• (Amazon • Amazon Japan • Amazon lowest-rated • funny • mannequin • Masanuki Sunakoma • SNJO)

Our Japanese team star in Takeshi’s Castle on Amazon Prime!

• Oona McGee
  Apr 21, 2023

Watch our team of zany reporters run around in loincloths as they attempt to beat Beat Takeshi.

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• Japan
• (Amazon • Amazon Prime • Beat Takeshi • Challenges • fundoshi • funny • Go Hatori • LOL • Masanuki Sunakoma • Mr. Sato • nostalgia • P.K. Sanjun • SNJO • streaming • Takashi Harada • Takeshi Kitano • Takeshi’s Castle • TV shows • weird)

We built a steel rack taller than our crazy cheap country Japanese house with Daiso goods

• Shannon
  Apr 13, 2023

As Shia LaBeouf once said, “Just do it!”

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• Japan
• (art • cheap homes • contemporary art • home renovation • Japanese countryside • Masanuki Sunakoma • silly • Yoshio)

The strongest peeing boy statue in Japan is a hidden gem of sightseeing in Saitama

• Master Blaster
  Apr 10, 2023

Nature is calling…

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• Japan
• (Akasakazawa Check Dam • hiking • Manneken Pis • Masanuki Sunakoma • Ogose • Saitama • sightseeing • travel)

Testing Amazon Japan’s lowest-rated Screaming Pot【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 10, 2023

Stress-relief item tells us to “shake well and have sex outside” if need be.

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• Japan
• (Amazon Japan • Amazon lowest-rated • COK • crazy • funny • gadgets • Masanuki Sunakoma • SNJO • stress • stress relief • video • weird)

Instant natto soba a suspiciously hot item so we check it out

• Master Blaster
  Apr 9, 2023

Is Natto Soba natto what it seems?

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • food • instant noodles • Masanuki Sunakoma • natto • SNJO • soba • taste test • weird)

Our wacko boss tries making his own baseball practice equipment using only 100-yen shop products

• Dale Roll
  Apr 7, 2023

And one hapless colleague was dragged into helping. 

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• Japan
• (100 yen shop • 100 yen store • baseball • COK • crazy • Daiso • funny • Masanuki Sunakoma • SNJO • SoraHouse • sports • weird • Yoshio)

We try a hot pink poncho meant to turn your at-home bath into a sauna experience

• Dale Roll
  Apr 6, 2023

And boy did we sweat!

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• Japan
• (bath • beauty • Masanuki Sunakoma • ofuro • product testing • sauna • sweat)

Our Japanese reporter tries a top-rated face mask on Amazon in the U.S.

• Master Blaster
  Apr 4, 2023

Face/Off against pollen and aerosols.

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• Internet, Japan, USA
• (Amazon • COK • crazy • face masks • funny • Masanuki Sunakoma • Nicolas Cage • shopping • SNJO • weird)

Koto is a local favorite in Iruma, Saitama, for its large food portions, so we check it out

• Master Blaster
  Mar 17, 2023

You’ll have to work your way up to take on the final form of their service.

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• Japan
• (baumkuchen • food • ginger pork • Iruma • koto • large portions • Masanuki Sunakoma • restaurants • rice • Saitama)

We visit a “harbor” in Saitama where we eat an enormous bowl of fresh sashimi over rice

• Dale Roll
  Mar 17, 2023

Who says you can’t get good seafood in a landlocked prefecture?

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• Japan
• (fresh fish • huge food • kaisen-don • Kawajima • Masanuki Sunakoma • Saitama • sashimi • seafood • sushi)

What’s the difference between “The World’s Most Delicious” and “Tastiest” Coffee Jellies?

• Dale Roll
  Mar 5, 2023

A coffee shop’s confusing menu items both baffle and delight us.

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• Japan
• (cafe • coffee • coffee jelly • coffee shop • dessert • Geisha Coffee • Marunouchi • Masanuki Sunakoma • Saza • sweets • Tokyo Station)

This bath bomb looks and feels like an Edo gold bar, is great for gifts or bathing like a shogun

• Dale Roll
  Mar 5, 2023

And it makes for a very nice bath!

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• Japan
• (bath • bath bomb • gift • gold • Ieyasu Tokugawa • Masanuki Sunakoma • ofuro • Sano • Tochigi)

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