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Mr. Sato (Page 11)
We eat a luxurious Japanese-style buffet breakfast in a restaurant full of wood-carved bears
If you’re looking for breakfast in Tokyo, look no further than this place!
- Japan
- (breakfast • breakfast buffet • buffet • COK • food • Hokkaido • Japanese breakfast • Kabukicho • Mr. Sato • restarants • shinjuku • SNJO)
Mr. Sato buys a Japanese snack stocking in Akabane that puts the “stuff” in “stocking stuffer”
- Shannon
Dec 14, 2022
Be prepared for a lot of snacks and a lot of attention.
- Japan
- (Christmas 2022 • Christmas presents • dagashi • gift ideas • japanese snacks • Mr. Sato • stockings)
Kakiage towers and Italian soba? We try out a unique soba restaurant in Tokyo
- Shannon
Dec 12, 2022
Is it creative madness, or creative genius?
- Japan
- (Akabane • creative • delicious • Mr. Sato • soba • taste test • Tokyo eats • Zenmi Kotobuki)
Why don’t hosts in Kabukicho approach our female reporter any more?
- Oona McGee
Dec 11, 2022
Back when she was younger she couldn’t get away from them, so we visit a host club to find out what’s going on.
- Japan
- (COK • crime • host bars • hostess bars • hosts • Ikuna Kamezawa • Kabukicho • Kamurocho • Like a Dragon • Mr. Sato • Ryu ga Gotoku • Sega • shinjuku • SNJO • Tokyo • video game • yakuza)
Tokyo Banana’s Legendary Curry Bread tests the limits of what makes a good karepan 【Taste test】
- Oona McGee
Dec 11, 2022
New store at Tokyo Station goes bananas for curry bread…and doughnuts.
- Japan
- (awesome • bananas • bread • COK • cool • crazy • curry • curry bread • doughnuts • food • Japanese food • karepan • Mr. Sato • SNJO • souvenirs • sweets • Tokyo Banana • Tokyo Bananas • Tokyo Station)
Is real Tokyo as dangerous as the Yakuza video games? Chapter 4: Not Like a Dragon
- Casey Baseel
Dec 9, 2022
The fourth and final stop on Mr. Sato’s look at Kabukicho, the real-world Kamurocho.
- Japan
- (COK • crime • hostess bars • Kabukicho • Kamurocho • Like a Dragon • Mr. Sato • Ryu ga Gotoku • Sega • SNJO • video game • yakuza)
Mos Burger has a new restaurant just for cheeseburgers, and you bet we tried it
- Shannon
Dec 9, 2022
Because sometimes a regular Mos cheeseburger doesn’t cut it.
- Japan
- (burgers • cheeseburgers • gourmet • Mos Burger • mosh Grab N Go • Mr. Sato • Restaurant • taste test • Tokyo eats • Tokyo restaurant)
Legendary pie shop Anna Miller’s returns to Tokyo with station popup shop【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 9, 2022
Hey, Mr. Sato, how do you like them apple (pies)?
- Japan
- (Anna Miller’s • apple pie • COK • Koenji • Mr. Sato • pies • SNJO • stations • sweets • taste test)
Is real Tokyo as dangerous as the Yakuza video games? Chapter 3: Crazy Town
- Casey Baseel
Dec 8, 2022
Stories of blood, cockroaches, and the old days of Kabukicho, Tokyo’s real-world Kamurocho.
- Japan
- (COK • crime • hostess bars • Kabukicho • Kamurocho • Like a Dragon • Mr. Sato • Ryu ga Gotoku • Sega • SNJO • video game • yakuza)
Is real Tokyo as dangerous as the Yakuza video games? Chapter 2: Towards the Gray Darkness
- Casey Baseel
Dec 7, 2022
Mr. Sato continues his night out in Kabukicho, the real-world Kamurocho.
- Japan
- (COK • crime • hostess bars • Kabukicho • Kamurocho • Like a Dragon • Mr. Sato • Ryu ga Gotoku • Sega • SNJO • video game • yakuza)
Is Tokyo’s real-world Kamurocho as dangerous as the Yakuza games’ setting? Mr. Sato investigates
- Casey Baseel
Dec 6, 2022
Our ace reporter hits the streets in his Kiryu Kazama cosplay to talk to the people who know Kabukicho best.
- Japan
- (COK • crime • hostess bars • Kabukicho • Kamurocho • Like a Dragon • Mr. Sato • Ryu ga Gotoku • Sega • SNJO • video game • yakuza)
Why Gonpachi Nori-Temaki in Harajuku is a great Japanese restaurant for foreign tourists
- SoraNews24
Dec 5, 2022
Mr Sato reckons this hand-rolled sushi joint is perfect for international visitors.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • Gonpachi • Harajuku • Japanese food • Mr. Sato • restaurants • review • SNJO • sushi • taste test • temaki • temakizushi • Tokyo • tourists)
Mr. Sato becomes handsome anime boys with the power of AI, and the SN24 team transforms too【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 4, 2022
Photo editing app is like having a production team adapt your life into anime, in more ways than one.
- Internet, Japan
- (AI • AI art • AI images • anime • art • artificial intelligence • cool • funny • illustraiton • manga • Meitu • Mr. Sato • photo editing • SNJO)
Mr. Sato takes on the “Trap or Treasure” capsule machine for 500 yen
- Master Blaster
Dec 1, 2022
One man’s trap is another’s treasure.
- Japan
- (Ameyoko • capsule machines • gacha • Mr. Sato • prayers • Taito • Tokyo • Trap or Treasure)
Mr. Sato gets his first pole dancing performance invitation, nearly blows it【Video】
- Master Blaster
Nov 29, 2022
You’re only as old as you feel.
- Japan
- (Aerial Dance Hachinohe • Aomori • Chainsaw Man • COK • dancing • fitness • Kenshi Yonezu • Mr. Sato • pole dancing • SNJO)
This Tempura Soba Burger has some famous credentials behind its creation
- Oona McGee
Nov 28, 2022
Will these unlikely bedfellows make for an illicit relationship or sublime harmony?
- Japan
- (bread • burgers • COK • eating • food • ginger • Iwashita New Ginger • Japanese food • Japanese sandwiches • Mr. Sato • restaurants • sandwiches • SNJO • soba • taste test • tempura • Tokyo • weird • yakisoba)
We find Italian Soba at an Aomori fish market that insisted it’s perfect for the beach
- Dale Roll
Nov 24, 2022
Italian-style Japanese? Or Japanese-style Italian? We just couldn’t decide.
- Japan
- (Aomori • fusion cuisine • Hachinohe • Italian food • Mr. Sato • pasta • soba • unusual food)
Cheese Hamburg Steak Sushi?!? Japanese convenience store chain throws tradition out the window
- Oona McGee
Nov 20, 2022
It’s not the only sushi getting a makeover at Family Mart.
- Japan
- (bread • COK • eating • food • hot dogs • Ikebukuro • Japanese food • Mr. Sato • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • tempura • Tokyo • udon)
Tokyo’s Curry Udon Croquette Burger is four of Japan’s favorite foods in one【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 20, 2022
Ikebukuro Bread Festival serves up hybrid rice bowl burgers too.
- Japan
- (awesome • bread • burgers • COK • cool • crazy • croquette • curry • food • katsu • katsudon • Mr. Sato • oyakodon • rice bowls • sandwiches • SNJO • udon • unagi)
We go to a 7-Eleven in Aomori and find a surprising “one per family” item on the shelf
- Dale Roll
Nov 17, 2022
This is a popular food in the city of Hachinohe, but is it as good as its popularity warrants?
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