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The cops kick Mr. Sato off the street during his attempt to wait on sidewalk for the new iPhone
- Casey Baseel
Sep 20, 2019 - Tweet
You don’t gotta go home, Mr. Sato, but you can’t wait here.
Eating a 6,000-yen (US$55) sandwich on the Tokyo sidewalk: The best way to wait for a new iPhone
- Casey Baseel
Sep 20, 2019
Mr. Sato gets decadent by sustaining himself with caviar while camping in Ginza to try to be the first person in Japan with an iPhone 11.
- Japan
- (caviar • COK • crazy • expensive food • food • Ginza • iPhone • line-up • Mr. Sato • sandwiches • Smartphones)
Mr. Sato returns to the line, waits three nights for an iPhone 11
- Master Blaster
Sep 19, 2019
You can take Mr. Sato out of the line-up, but you can’t take the line-up out of Mr. Sato.
Cosplay tragedy strikes Mr. Sato with the official Fist of the North Star Raoh cosplay set【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 14, 2019
Wearing this won’t make you already dead, but you might be so embarrassed you’ll wish your head would explode.
- Japan
- (anime • COK • cosplay • crazy • Fist of the North Star • funny • Mr. Sato • Raoh • SNJO • weird)
Mr. Sato shows us what happens when you try to cook rice with only eggs 【SoraKitchen】
- Shannon McNaught
Sep 11, 2019
It seems like a good idea in theory, but how will it play out?
- Japan
- (cooking • cooking adventure • eggs • experiment • gourmet • Mr. Sato • rice cooker • SoraKitchen)
Mr. Sato has crazy idea to replace tapioca balls with fish roe in bubble tea【Taste test】
- Krista Rogers
Sep 11, 2019
It’s true that ikura (salmon roe) resembles tapioca balls, but how about the taste?
- Japan
- (bubble tea • experiment • ikura • milk tea • Mr. Sato • tapioca • taste test • weird)
This is what a 10,800-yen (US$100) Tokyo sushi boxed lunch looks like【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 3, 2019
Mr. Sato goes mad with sushi power as he buys an ultra-luxurious sushi take-out set at one of Tokyo’s fanciest department stores.
- Japan
- (bento • boxed lunches • COK • crazy • expensive food • food • Mr. Sato • SNJO • sushi)
Enter the cup noodle: Eating instant ramen in bullet time
- Master Blaster
Sep 2, 2019
Do you think that’s meat you’re eating?
- Japan
- (bullet time • Cup Noodle • DIY • Instant Ramen • iPhone • matrix • movies • Mr. Sato • SNJO)
We visit Tokyo Tapioca Land in Harajuku
- Oona McGee
Aug 20, 2019
Boba fantasy land or boba fail? We find out if this bubble tea pop-up is really as bad as its reviews.
- Japan
- (boba • bubble tea • COK • drinks • Harajuku • Mr. Sato • SNOJ • sweets • tapioca bubble tea • tapioca tea • Tokyo • Tokyo Tapioca Land)
How’s the fidelity of modern earphones when shoved up your nose?
- Master Blaster
Aug 3, 2019
Is one orifice still just as good as another? We find out!
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • earphones • experiment • funny • headphones • Mr. Sato • music • nose • science • SNOJ • weird • wireless)
Olympic medals and torch display held in Tokyo for a very limited time
- Master Blaster
Jul 31, 2019
Mr. Sato gets closer to Olympic gold than he ever dreamed possible.
- Global, Japan
- (2020 Olympics • 2020 Tokyo Olympics • COK • Mr. Sato • Olympic medals • Olympic torch • Olympics • SNOJ • sports • Tokyo • Tokyo Olympics)
Mr. Sato buys an electric earwax cleaner, takes it for a spin
- Master Blaster
Jul 29, 2019
Great, another job taken over by machines.
- Japan
- (ear cleaning • ear wax • grooming • hygiene • Mimi Sukkiri Cleaner • Mr. Sato • Tokyu Hands)
Japan’s semi-functional air conditioner capsule toys promise to help us cope with the summer heat
- Casey Baseel
Jul 11, 2019
Some assembly, possibly imagination, required.
- Japan
- (air conditioner • capsule toys • COK • cool • gachapon • hot • Mr. Sato • SNOJ • Statso • summer • vending machine toys • weird)
You can make rice with tapioca bubble tea, and it’s surprisingly tasty【SoraKitchen】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 26, 2019
Tapioca tea is everywhere in Japan these days – even in the SoraNews24 office rice cooker!
- Japan
- (boba • bubble tea • COK • cooking • food • Mr. Sato • pearl tea • rice cooker • SNOJ • SoraKitchen • tapioca • tapioca tea)
Saucy invite from lonely woman/online scammer has Mr. Sato filled with desire to do one thing
- Casey Baseel
Jun 25, 2019
When a stranger sends him a friend request, our reporter sees the opportunity to relieve his explosive, pent-up emotion.
The world’s most famous sushi restaurant sells seaweed too, so we made nori rice balls with it
- Casey Baseel
Jun 19, 2019
Mr. Sato whips up a batch of onigiri with a little help from Sukibayashi Jiro.
- Japan
- (COK • cooking • food • Jiro Dreams of Sushi • Mr. Sato • nori • onigiri • rice balls • seaweed • SNOJ • Sukibayashi Jiro • sushi)
Mr. Sato tries to buy a Rolex for his mid-life celebration, crisis occurs
- Master Blaster
May 31, 2019
An attempt at a new watch for a new chapter in the life of our star reporter.
- Japan
- (Bic Camera • Casio • fashion • Gucci • Isetan • mid-life crisis • Mr. Sato • Rolex • shinjuku • watches)
We try insect snacks from this vending machine in Tokyo, and get a bonus surprise in the capsule
- Koh Ruide
May 30, 2019
Our insects come with something heavy, metallic, and nothing to do with insects at all.
- Japan
- (bug • crickets • edible insects • Mr. Sato • vending machine • weird)
We try epic pancakes at Japanese coffeehouse chain Doutor
- Oona McGee
May 24, 2019
Skip Starbucks and head to a premium Doutor for some of the country’s best pancakes.
- Japan
- (cafes • coffeehouses • desserts • Doutor • Japanese sweets • Mr. Sato • OK • pancakes • SNOJ • sweets)
Starbucks’ Tokyo-only Minty Chocolate Tea Frappuccino deliciously disappoints our taste tester
- Casey Baseel
May 18, 2019
The new dessert beverage fills Mr. Sato’s heart with sadness, and makes the rest of us want to drink it even more.
- Japan
- (chocolate • COK • drinks • Frappuccinos • mint chocolate • Mr. Sato • SNOJ • Starbucks • sweets • taste test)
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