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Mr. Sato (Page 14)

Weiner Onigiri: Japanese convenience store rice ball has a surprise in store for Mr Sato

• Oona McGee
  Jul 4, 2022
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Celebration sausage opens our mouth to a new way of eating. 

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• Japan
• (COK • combini • convenience store • food • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • Lawson Store 100 • Mr. Sato • onigiri • rice balls • SNJO • taste test • unusual • Weiner • weird)

Make Fried-Chicken-Pepsi-Fried-Chicken with our slow and difficult recipe!【SoraKitchen】

• Master Blaster
  Jun 22, 2022

Mr. Sato will show you how to make this unique delight, eventually!

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• Japan
• (Cola • cooking • fried chicken • karaage • Mr. Sato • pepsi • recipes)

This Tokyo bakery gives its curry bread a special Aomori ingredient for a one-of-a-kind taste

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 22, 2022

The pride of Aomori Prefecture is the star of the show at Little Princess Tokyo.

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• Japan
• (apples • bakeries • bread • COK • curry • curry bread • food • Fuji apples • Mr. Sato • SNJO • taste test)

Genki Sushi now has a range of sushi…that isn’t really sushi

• Oona McGee
  Jun 21, 2022

Vegetarian? Vegan? Or just plain weird? This conveyor belt restaurant chain serves up a taste of all three.

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• Japan
• (best conveyor belt sushi • COK • Conveyor belt sushi • fish • food • Genki Sushi • Kaitenzushi • Mr. Sato • revolving sushi • SNJO • sushi • taste test • Uobei • vegan • vegetarian)

Unable to learn our lesson, we blast ourselves in the crotch with cooling spray and a leaf blower

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 19, 2022

Don’t try this at home, or anywhere else, kids!

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• Japan
• (Ahiru Neko • COK • cooling spray • crazy • experiment • funny • Mr. Sato • SNJO • weird)

Anna Miller’s announces closure, immediately becomes Tokyo’s top must-visit cafe

• Oona McGee
  Jun 18, 2022

Mr Sato gets in line for a taste of pie, but as always, things don’t go as planned.

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• Japan
• (Anna Miller’s • burgers • cafes • closure • COK • food • Imuraya • Mr. Sato • news • pies • restaurants • review • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo)

The most Japanese vending machine of them all? Tokyo discovery shows us a new use for PET bottles

• Oona McGee
  Jun 16, 2022

A genius way to sell some very Japanese staples. 

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Japanese vending machines • koshihikari • Mr. Sato • rice • SNJO • vending machines • weird)

New cafe reimagines sushi burgers, serves food like plastic displays

• Oona McGee
  Jun 16, 2022

A dream come true for anyone who’s ever wanted to eat those plastic food samples.

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• Japan
• (burgers • cafes • COK • fast food • fish • food • kakiage • Mr. Sato • Napolitan • plastic food • plastic food samples • restaurants • Saitama • seafood • SNJO • sushi • taste test • weird)

Building this go-kart required a leaf blower, umbrella, and a WHOLE lot of Mr. Sato magic【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 12, 2022

All hope looked lost, until Mr. Sato came up with a plan.

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• Japan
• (Ahiru Neko • cars • COK • crazy • funny • go-kart • Mr. Sato • SNJO • video • weird)

This cafe has a drink bar and lets you bring your own food, could be the perfect telework space

• Dale Roll
  Jun 11, 2022

Plus it’s in Korea Town, and you know what that means: good food everywhere!

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• Japan
• (cafe • capsule hotel • Korea Town • Mr. Sato • remote work • Shin-Okubo • teleworking • Tokyo • working from home)

We eat “pork floss sweets” that confuse our senses, stimulate our minds【Taste test】

• Dale Roll
  Jun 10, 2022

We’ve never tried sweets with meat on them before…

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• Japan
• (chinese food • meaty sweets • Mr. Sato • Nanatea & Tsutsumi • pork • pork floss • sweets • unusual food)

Weirdest convenience store drink in Japan? New drinkable Happy Turn makes stomachs turn

• Oona McGee
  May 25, 2022

Mystery “happy powder” does not make us happy. 

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• Japan
• (combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • drinks • food • Happy Turn • Japanese convenience stores • japanese snacks • konbini • Lawson • Mr. Sato • snacks • taste test • Tokyo • weird • weird food)

Sexy Sato? SoraNews24’s Mr. Sato as you’ve never seen him before: in a steamy gravure photo shoot

• Casey Baseel
  May 25, 2022

Mr. Sato proves it’s never too late to be living your best life.

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• Japan
• (COK • fitness • Handsome men • Mr. Sato • photos • pole dancing • SNJO)

Let’s find out if mixing milk and a lemon-lime soda makes cream soda

• Master Blaster
  May 13, 2022

Don’t blame us. It wasn’t our idea.

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• Japan
• (cream soda • drinks • milk • Mitsuya Cider • Mr. Sato • Seiji Nakazawa • Zen-Noh)

Starbucks Challenge: How long does it take to visit all the branches in downtown Shinjuku?

• Oona McGee
  May 10, 2022

Mr Sato puts on his walking boots to give us a whirlwind tour of all the Starbucks in one of Tokyo’s busiest areas. 

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• Japan
• (cafes • coffee • COK • Mr. Sato • shinjuku • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Tokyo)

We try canned oyster okonomiyaki, a food we didn’t even know existed【Taste Test】

• Krista Rogers
  May 10, 2022

Savory seafood pancakes from a can don’t exactly sound appetizing, but will we eat our words?

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• Japan
• (canned food • Mr. Sato • Okayama • okonomiyaki • oyster • shimbashi • specialty store • taste test • Tokyo)

Weird Japanese vending machine find of the day: Cream in cans?

• Oona McGee
  Apr 29, 2022

You’ll only find one thing in this machine, and it’s heaven for cream lovers.

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• Japan
• (cakes • COK • cream • desserts • food • Japanese vending machines • Mr. Sato • Shibuya • shibuya 109 • SNJO • sweets • taste test • Tokyo • vending machines)

We visit the new Japan branch of Wayback Burgers, try their vegan set, notice a big problem

• Dale Roll
  Apr 27, 2022

Why does being eco-conscious have to be so hard?

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• Japan
• (burgers • meat substitute • meatless • Mr. Sato • NEXT MEATS • plant-based • vegan • Wayback Burgers)

We make chashu in just eight minutes, thanks to Kaldi’s microwaveable roast pork【Taste Test】

• Katie Pask
  Apr 25, 2022

“Quick” and “easy” are not words usually associated with roast pork… until now!

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• Japan
• (char siu • chashu • cooking • food • KALDI • kitchen • Mr. Sato • pork • roast pork • SNJO • SoraKitchen • taste test)

New McDonald’s burgers pay homage to an icon of the kaiju genre

• Oona McGee
  Apr 23, 2022

A favourite returns…with some surprising new ingredients.

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• Japan
• (burgers • chicken • Chicken Tatsuta • COK • food • limited edition • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Mr. Sato • nanban chicken • new • SNJO • taste test • tokusatsu)

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