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Best place for street food in Japan? New eating alley in Shinjuku is an Asian foodie’s paradise

• Oona McGee
  Nov 11, 2022
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Take a look inside Ryu no Miyako Inshokugai, the newest restaurant complex you need to know about.

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• Japan
• (Asian food • awesome • COK • cool • food • food stalls • Japanese food • Mr. Sato • restaurants • review • Ryu no Miyako Inshokugai • shinjuku • Shinjuku Higashiguchi Yokocho • SNJO • street food • taste test • Tokyo • yokocho)

Krispy Kreme adds doughnut burgers to its menu in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Nov 10, 2022

Glazed original doughnuts get American fillings at select locations.

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• Japan
• (burgers • COK • donuts • doughnuts • food • Krispy Kreme • Mac n Cheese • Mr. Sato • sloppy joe • SNJO • sweets • tasty • Tokyo • weird)

Japanese chain Bikkuri Donkey’s enormous salad almost beats Mr. Sato, but not because of its size

• Katie Pask
  Nov 2, 2022

Casual restaurant chain’s giant salad causes unexpected problems for Mr. Sato.

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• Japan
• (Bikkuri Donkey • family restaurant • food • giant salad • gulliver • huge food • Mr. Sato • restaurants • salad • SNJO)

We find a vending machine selling ‘Great Buddha flavoured’ drinkable whipped cream

• Katie Pask
  Oct 29, 2022

The latest in a long line of Japanese vending machines that’ll make you think, “… they’re selling what?!”

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• Japan
• (can • canned drinks • cream • lacto ice cream • Mr. Sato • namanomi • SNJO • sweets • taste test • whipped cream)

School Cafeteria for adults is a great place to go for cheap Japanese food in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Oct 20, 2022

Experience the comforting flavours of a school lunch, and enjoy all-you-can eat Japanese curry as well! 

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• Japan
• (cafeteria • cheap eats • cheap food • COK • eating • food • Japanese food • Japanese school lunch • Mr. Sato • restaurants • review • school lunches • secrets • shinjuku • shokudo • SNJO • Tokyo)

Tokyo’s spicy cod roe ice cream: An unexpected dessert that tastes about like what you’d expect

• Dale Roll
  Oct 19, 2022

Mixing spicy fish eggs and sweet ice cream is a bold choice, but is it a wise one?

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • fish eggs • food • ice cream • mentaiko • Mr. Sato • pasta • SNJO • spicy cod roe • tarako • taste test • Tokyo Tarako Spaghetti • weird)

Mr. Sato attempts to conquer mountains of shaved ice at all-you-can-eat event

• Dale Roll
  Oct 16, 2022

Even for Mr. Sato, there are some mountains you just can’t climb.

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• Japan
• (all-you-can-eat • dessert • Ikebukuro • kakigoori • Mr. Sato • shaved ice • sweets)

A visit to one of Japan’s motorcycle Shinto shrines

• Master Blaster
  Oct 7, 2022

You don’t have to be a motorcycle enthusiast to visit here, but it helps.

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• Japan
• (Chiba • COK • cool • Go Hatori • Kashiwa • motorcycles • Mr. Sato • Omamori • shinto • shrines • SNJO • weird)

Mr. Sato tries out Kappa Sushi’s salmon salad mountain, a fun dish available for only one week

• Krista Rogers
  Oct 3, 2022

Will the conveyor belt sushi chain’s recent playful menu item be as much fun to eat as it is to look at?

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• Japan
• (Conveyor belt sushi • food • gourmet • Kappa Sushi • Mr. Sato • salmon • sushi • yancha)

Gunma’s yaki manju, unknown to most Japanese people, are the best manju we’ve ever had

• Katie Pask
  Oct 3, 2022

Our sweet-loving reporter falls in love with a delicacy that’s been enjoyed by the people of Gunma for hundreds of years.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Gunma • Japanese sweets • manju • Mr. Sato • SNJO • sweets • Takamichi Furusawa • taste test • traditional sweets • travel • yaki manju)

Our team turns into old men on Respect for the Elderly Day with the magic of A.I. photo editing

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 20, 2022

It’s like looking into the future as Mr. Sato and his cohorts digitally advance themselves to a respectfully elderly age.

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• Japan
• (Ahiru Neko • cool • crazy • elderly • funny • Go Hatori • Keiro no Hi • Masanuki Sunakoma • Mr. Sato • P.K. Sanjun • photo editing • Respect for the Elderly Day • Seiji Nakazawa • weird • Yuichiro Wassai)

Learn how to crush walnuts with your butt from Japan’s Guinness World Record holder【Video】

• Krista Rogers
  Sep 20, 2022

Will our butts survive the crushing blows of victory?

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• Japan
• (Cherry Yoshitake • COK • crazy • funny • Guinness Word Record • interview • Mr. Cherry • Mr. Sato • SNJO • video • walnuts • weird • world record • Yoshio)

Japan’s chocolate mountains are a feast for the eyes AND a great prop for iPhone photographers

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 19, 2022

Mr. Sato finds a whole new way to play with his food.

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• Japan
• (beautiful • chocolate • cool • crazy • food • funny • iPhone • Mountains • Mr. Sato • photography • sweets • trick photography • weird)

Futuristic drinks stand in Tokyo lets you order cute, personalised beverages from your phone

• Katie Pask
  Sep 18, 2022

But will the SoraNews24 Strawberry Latte hit Mr. Sato’s sweet spot?

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• Japan
• (cute • drink • drinks • latte • Mr. Sato • shinjuku • Shinjuku Marui • strawberry latte • taste test • technology • Tokyo)

Make restaurant quality food at home with Japanese restaurant Kitchen ABC’s vending machine

• Katie Pask
  Sep 15, 2022

Making restaurant quality food at home is as simple as (Kitchen) ABC.

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• Japan
• (fast food • food • Japanese vending machines • Mr. Sato • Ready meals • restaurants • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo • vending machine • yakiniku)

Japanese shiitake mushroom snacks from Don Quijote, created for people who don’t like mushrooms

• Oona McGee
  Sep 12, 2022

They don’t call this chain crazy for nothing. 

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• Japan
• (COK • Don Quijote • food • japanese snacks • Mr. Sato • mushrooms • shiitake • snacks • SNJO • taste test • vegetables • weird • weird food)

There’s a Japanese-style spaghetti chain Mr. Sato’s been skipping for years, but that ends today

• SoraNews24
  Sep 8, 2022

After spending decades without ever eating at Goemon, our ace reporter is finally giving the fusion chain a shot.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Goemon • Mr. Sato • Noodles • pasta • restaurants • SNJO • spaghetti • taste test)

Japan’s Gelato Pique isn’t a gelato company, so is their gelato any good?

• Shannon
  Sep 8, 2022

Mr. Sato’s mistaken assumptions lead to a delicious discovery.

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• Japan
• (cafes • COK • crepes • food • Gelato Pique • ice cream • Mr. Sato • restaurants • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Bikkuri Donkey isn’t only good for hamburger steaks–their breakfast is bomb too!

• Dale Roll
  Sep 4, 2022

And once you try their Potato Salad Toast…you won’t want to order anything else!

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• Japan
• (Bikkuri Donkey • breakfast • family restaurants • Mr. Sato • taste test • toast)

Maguro mountain! Giant sashimi bowls of this Ginza restaurant are even bigger than promised

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 3, 2022

Why did we eat this mountain? Because it was there.

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• Japan
• (awesome • big food • COK • crazy • food • maguro • Mr. Sato • restaurants • sashimi • SNJO • sushi • tuna)

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