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Red light district sushi restaurant in Tokyo shows us just how wrong we were about it
- Casey Baseel
Apr 24, 2024 - Tweet
Mr. Sato finally heads to Kabukicho’s Yaro Sushi.
Better than Apple EarPods? Our 100 yen shop earphone showdown finds a true champion
- SoraNews24
Apr 22, 2024
Testing the highest-quality earphones from Daiso and the rest of Japan’s lowest-priced stores.
- Japan
- (100 yen shops • 100-yen stores • Apple • Apple EarPods • Can Do • COK • Daiso • earphones • electronics • Mr. Sato • music • Seria • SNJO • Three Coins)
Hamburg and Hamburg Shibuya: A Japanese restaurant you need to put on your Tokyo itinerary
- Oona McGee
Apr 13, 2024
New restaurant becomes a hit on social media, and for good reason.
- Japan
- (food • hamburg • hamburger steak • Japanese food • meat • Mr. Sato • restaurants • review • salisbury steak • Shibuya • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo)
Coordinating a whole outfit with nothing but clothes from Japanese convenience store Family Mart
- Casey Baseel
Apr 13, 2024
How far has combining fashion come since our last investigation?
- Japan
- (COK • convenience stores • crazy • Family mart • fashion • funny • Mr. Sato • SNJO • weird)
Uniqlo opens its first Furugi Project secondhand clothing pop-up shop in Tokyo
- Krista Rogers
Apr 9, 2024
We buy clothes at Japan’s only Uniqlo location specializing in reused and remade clothing.
- Japan
- (Chitosedai • COK • fashion • Fukuoka • furugi project • Mr. Sato • pop-up shop • recycle • reuse • Setagaya • SNJO • tenjin • Tokyo • Uniqlo • used clothing)
Beautiful park, gigantic wholesale market, and smooth-as-silk coffee on Omori bus loop【Tokyo Loop Buses】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 7, 2024
Mr. Sato gets off the beaten path and finds a new part of Tokyo to fall in love with.
- Japan
- (buses • cafes • COK • cool • Haneda Airport • Mr. Sato • omori • parks • restaurants • SNJO • Tokyo • Tokyo Loop Buses • tourism • travel)
Everyone in Japan will be Mr. or Mrs. Sato by 2531, according to study
- Master Blaster
Apr 3, 2024
We are legion. We are Sato.
We try the free muscle bread distributed by macho dudes at a one-day, pop-up event in Tokyo
- Krista Rogers
Apr 2, 2024
This may be the only time in known human history when a six-pack was achieved using carbs.
- Japan
- (abs • bakery • bread • COK • Ebisu • funny • Handsome men • macho • melon bread • melonpan • Mr. Sato • muscle • SNJO • Zen-Noh)
When will the sakura bloom in Tokyo? We visit the famous cherry blossom sample tree to find out
- Oona McGee
Mar 20, 2024
The tree that officially signals the start of sakura season in the capital has missed the predicted starting date, but we have some new dates to keep an eye out for.
- Japan
- (cherry blossom forecast 2024 • cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2024 • COK • hanami • Mr. Sato • sakura • sakura 2024 • sakura forecast • sakura forecast 2024 • sample tree • SNJO • Tokyo • Yasukuni Shrine)
Dragon’s Maze: Japan’s built-by-hand giant labyrinth that gets bigger and harder every year
- Casey Baseel
Mar 11, 2024
81-year-old owner/designer builds what he sees in his dream, want visitors from overseas to experience his maze.
- Japan
- (awesome • COK • cool • crazy • Dragon Maze • maze • Mr. Sato • Shimane • SNJO • tourism • travel)
An overnight trip on the Sunrise Izumo, Japan’s awesome Tokyo-Shimane sleeper train【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 5, 2024
Mr. (and Mrs.) Sato ride the overnight rails back to his hometown on one of Japan’s coolest cross-country travel options.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • Izumo • Matsue • Mr. Sato • overnight trains • Shimane • SNJO • Sunrise Izumo • Sunrise Seto • tourism • trains • travel)
How well does canned fruit syrup-flavored drink match up to the real thing?【Taste test】
- Master Blaster
Feb 26, 2024
The great taste of canned mikan syrup from a carton.
- Japan
- (canned fruit • Canned Mikan Syrup • COK • drinks • mandarin oranges • mikan • Mr. Sato • Nissin York • SNJO • Sunyo • sweets • syrup • taste test)
Do Japan’s Sushi Manju sweets look as good as the packaging on the box?
- Oona McGee
Feb 12, 2024
Unusual case of false advertising surprises everyone in the office.
- Japan
- (cute • food • Japanese food • Kitte • Kitte Marunouchi • Lawson • manju • marketing • Mr. Sato • packaging • shopping • SNJO • souvenirs • steamed buns • sushi • Sushi Manju • sweets • Tokyo • Tokyo Station)
How to throw off your suit and shirt like a Like a Dragon tough guy, starring Mr. Sato【Videos】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 26, 2024
The iconic scene from Sega’s over-the-top series might look like the sort of thing only video game tough guys can do, but Mr. Sato shows how to do it in real life.
- Japan
- (cosplay • crazy • funny • Like a Dragon • Mr. Sato • Sega • video • video games • yakuza)
Let’s try again: Why can’t we make takoyaki with squid instead of octopus?
- Dale Roll
Jan 24, 2024
We asked once before…but surely this time we’ll find the answer we’re looking for.
This is what a Whopper with 1,005 slices of cheese looks like in today’s financial climate
- Oona McGee
Jan 23, 2024
Revenge is a dish best served cold, or sometimes, not at all.
- Japan
- (big eats • Burger King • cheese • COK • crazy • fast food • food challenge • funny • Mr. Sato • SNJO • weird • whopper)
Mr. Sato appears in a French photo album without his consent, goes mad with desire for vengeance
- SoraNews24
Jan 19, 2024
“THAT’S ME!”
Tokyo Auto Salon refuses to let Mr. Sato into the show as a journalist
- Casey Baseel
Jan 17, 2024
Japan’s biggest auto aftermarket event shoots down our ace reporter’s request for media access.
- Japan
- (beautiful women • cars • COK • Mr. Sato • SNJO • Tokyo Auto Salon • Tokyo Auto Salon 2024)
We uncover the dark and disturbing secret behind Mr. Sato’s happiness at 50
- Master Blaster
Dec 31, 2023
We all have our own ways of coping with life.
Cold Stone Creamery Japan’s special year-end takeout box is perfect if you have a sweet tooth
- Krista Rogers
Dec 28, 2023
The combination deal features six of the chain’s most popular flavors best enjoyed while hibernating in the warmth of home at the year’s end.
- Japan
- (COK • Cold Stone • Cold Stone Creamery • Cold Stone Japan • food • ice cream • icecream • Mr. Sato • SNJO • sweets)
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Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
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Pokémon Company announces first-ever permanent Pokémon store to open outside Asia
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Studio Ghibli creates illustrated Kyoto sightseeing map, available at any 7-Eleven Japan store
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
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Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
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