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Is KFC Japan’s new Triple Tsukimi Moon Viewing Burger really as big as it looks?

Oona McGee
Aug 28, 2025
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Putting a new burger to the test, in the Mr Sato way.

Japan
(burgers • chicken • chicken burgers • fast food • food • fried chicken • KFC • KFC Japan • moon viewing • moon-viewing burgers • Mr. Sato • otsukimi • SNJO • tsukimi • tsukimi burger)

Unstaffed massage parlor pops up in Tokyo

Oona McGee
Aug 15, 2025

There’s a reason why a store like this has never existed until now.

Japan
(food • massage • massage chair • Mr. Sato • SNJO • Tokyo • unstaffed store)

Why a sugegasa sedge hat needs to be your Japan summer essential

Oona McGee
Aug 12, 2025

Prevent heatstroke and beat the heat with a product that’s been around for centuries.

Japan
(COK • culture • fashion • hats • Mr. Sato • sandogasa • SNJO • straw hats • sugegasa • summer)

Mr. Sato discovers a Cremahop ice cream shop in Tokyo right when he needs it most

Master Blaster
Jun 27, 2025

Fighting the wrath of nature with a natural ice cream.

Japan
(Akasaka • COK • Cremahop • food • ice cream • Mr. Sato • restaurants • SNJO • sweets • Tokyo)

Sausage stepping in for increasingly expensive octopus at takoyaki stands around Japan

Master Blaster
Jun 13, 2025

Sausageyaki?

Japan
(COK • food • Horaiya • hot dogs • Japanese street food • Mr. Sato • octopus • octopus balls • sausages • SNJO • takoyaki)

Mr. Sato orders a box of hot coffee from Starbucks Japan to our office

Elliot Hale
Jun 12, 2025

Ever felt like a Venti was just too small? This is over three times the size.

Japan
(coffee • coffee delivery • Coffee Traveler • COK • delivery • drink • Mr. Sato • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)

Mr. Sato visited Black Thunder’s new factory, but was mostly captivated by their sukajan jackets

Elliot Hale
May 24, 2025

He went for the chocolate and came back as part of the brand.

Japan
(Aichi • Black Thunder • chocolate • chocolate bars • chocolate factory • COK • factory shop • factory tours • Mr. Sato • SNJO • sukajan • tour • Toyohashi)

Udon Doughnuts boom in popularity, get a whole new look at Japanese restaurant chain

Oona McGee
May 23, 2025

Behold the Udonuts, with a texture like no other doughnut in Japan.

Japan
(Aichi • donuts • doughnuts • food • Marugame • Marugame Seimen • Mr. Sato • Noodles • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test • travel • udon • Udonatsu • Udonuts)

Fried chicken, fruits, and ice cream unite in the crazily delicious parfaits of Karafuneya Cafe

Krista Rogers
Apr 29, 2025

A parfait fit for everyone can be found at this parfait paradise located inside of Osaka Station.

Japan
(cafes • COK • crazy • dessert • fried chicken • fried food • ice cream • Karafuneya • Mr. Sato • Osaka • Osaka Station • parfait • parfaits • restaurants • SNJO • sweets • taste test • weird)

Mr. Sato helps his colleague with a serious work performance issue

Master Blaster
Apr 27, 2025

When it comes to humor, Mr. Sato is deadly serious.

Japan
(business • comedy • employee evaluation • funny faces • Masanuki Sunakoma • Mr. Sato • senbero)

A visit to the real-world Like a Dragon/Yakuza cabaret in Osaka【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Apr 23, 2025

Mr. Sato visits the clear inspiration for Goro Majima’s Cabaret Grand.

Japan
(alcohol • cabaret • COK • hostess bars • hostess clubs • Like a Dragon • Mr. Sato • Osaka • SNJO • video games • yakuza)

On-site coverage of the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo from our reporter’s mother

Master Blaster
Apr 22, 2025

Seiji’s mom gives us her firsthand account.

Japan
(2025 Osaka World Expo • COK • events • Mr. Sato • Osaka • Seiji Nakazawa • Seiji's mom • SNJO)

Cheapest breakfast in Japan? Hidden find at Japanese supermarket costs less than US$1

Oona McGee
Apr 19, 2025

Crazy cheap morning set shows why this is one of the best supermarkets in Japan.

Japan
(breakfast • breakfast set • COK • crazy • discount supermarket • food • Japanese breakfast • Japanese supermarkets • Mr. Sato • Osaka • SNJO • Super Tamade • supermarket • supermarket food • supermarkets)

Fake cherry blossom viewing failure leads us to international friendship in Ueno Park

Casey Baseel
Apr 9, 2025

While trying to pretend to enjoy Tokyo’s cherry blossoms, Mr. Sato ends up having a touching true sakura moment.

Japan
(cherry blossoms • COK • foreigners in Japan • funny • hanami • moving • Mr. Sato • sakura • SNJO • touching • Ueno Park)

Our Japanese writers share times they were the fool in honor of April Fools Day

Master Blaster
Apr 3, 2025

It may be factual, may be cruel. Everybody plays the fool.

Japan
(Ahiruneko • April Fools' Day • crazy • funny • Go Hatori • Mariko Ohanabatake • Masanuki Sunakoma • Mr. Sato • P.K. Sanjun • Seiji Nakazawa • Takamichi Furusawa • Takashi Harada • weird • Yoshio • Yuichiro Wasai)

Mr. Sato is sorry for not taking your compliment well

Master Blaster
Mar 26, 2025

Our reporter’s done a lot of work on his outside. Now, it’s time for the inside.

Japan
(clothing • compliments • fashion • manners • Mr. Sato • politeness • shyness • society)

One-handed pizza from Domino’s Japan is the ultimate convenience

Elliot Hale
Mar 15, 2025

No more greasy phone screens.

Japan
(Ariake • COK • Domino's • Domino's Japan • Domino's Pizza Japan • food and drink • Mr. Sato • ONE HANDomino's • pizza • SNJO • Tokyo)

Will listening to Japan’s biggest earworm song for five hours drive you insane? Let’s find out!

Casey Baseel
Feb 11, 2025

Our ace reporter Mr. Sato subjects himself to five hours of the Don Quijote theme song.

Japan
(COK • crazy • Don Quijote • experiment • funny • Miracle Shopping • Mr. Sato • music • SNJO • weird)

Using tempura as a ramen topping – Blasphemy, or a beautiful idea?【Taste test】

Casey Baseel
Jan 25, 2025

Soba restaurant chain’s claim leads us to cross the standard line of where tempura is supposed to go.

Japan
(COK • food • Fuji Soba • Mr. Sato • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • soba • taste test • tempura • udon)

Japanese Railway Lost Property Market: A treasure trove of lost items from trains

Oona McGee
Jan 22, 2025

We pick up a surprise find at this special market in Tokyo.

Japan
(COK • Japanese trains • lost and found • markets • Mr. Sato • shopping • SNJO • trains • travel)

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