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The latest offering from Japanese snack manufacturer Calbee has got some people eagerly awaiting its release and others scratching their heads in puzzlement.

Japan
(Calbee • food • natto • potato chips • weird)

Girls’ feet-flavor fried chicken now on sale in Tokyo, promises smell, stickiness of real thing

Casey Baseel
Jan 11, 2018

Idol singer group’s strange follow-up to sweat-flavor karaage is now here!

Japan
(crazy • food • fried chicken • gross • Idols • Kamen Joshi • karaage • natto • Tenka Torimasu • weird)

Instant noodle company combines yakisoba noodles with fermented natto bean topping

Meg Murphy
Mar 1, 2017

If you’ve been too hesitant to give natto a try, this may be the way to start!

Japan
(food • instant noodles • natto • Peyoung • yakisoba)

Custard pudding with natto fermented soybeans? We try the new dessert craze sweeping Japan

Oona McGee
Feb 22, 2017

It might sound like an unusual pairing, but according to Japanese sweet connoisseurs, this is actually a delicious combination!

Japan
(desserts • Japanese desserts • Japanese sweets • natto • purin • sweets)

Life hack for living in Japan: How to painlessly remove the wrapper from a pack of natto

Krista Rogers
Mar 20, 2016

This simple little trick could be a life-changer if you’re a fan of natto.

Food & Drink, Japan
(eating • life hack • natto • trick • twitter)

Japanese composer expresses smelly breath as music【Videos】

Anime News Network
Nov 18, 2015

Hear the stench of fermented soybeans, herring.

Japan
(anime • music • natto • smelly • stinky • Takashi Niigaki • video)

Ramen Noodle Pizza and Natto Okonomiyaki Pizza now finally a reality!

Oona McGee
Sep 10, 2015

We’ve seen some strange pizza toppings in the past. From Kit Kats to squid ink, Japan certainly knows how to deliver when it comes to thinking outside of the box.

Now, there are two new awesome pizzas on the menu: Ramen Noodle and Natto Okonomiyaki. And that’s not all – both items are being offered as part of a collaboration using local ingredients that hark back to the 1960s. Available from Aoki’s Pizza from September 10, this is an opportunity that’s not to be missed!

Japan
(cheap eats • natto • okonomiyaki • pizza • ramen • weird)

Five Japanese tacos that Taco Bell should have released by now, made and taste-tested【Photos】

Master Blaster
Aug 10, 2015

Dear Taco Bell Japan,

I’m writing this open letter to first welcome you back to Japan, but also to warn you of a great danger that lies ahead.

When you first announced you would open in Shibuya I was among those who felt that warm feeling of an old friend returning. And even though there were a few hiccups with your grand opening such as the lack of beans and “supreme court tacos” on your online menu, I had faith Taco Bell would rise to greatness in Japan.

However, since then we haven’t really heard much from your restaurant, and that worries me. So, I’d like to present you with five ideas for uniquely Japanese tacos that will not only appeal to the local crowd, but be eye-catching enough to make your brand a name to remember. I even went ahead and actually made and taste-tested them for you!

Japan
(fast food • food • green tea • macha • natto • octopus • recipe • sushi • taco • Taco Bell • wasabi)

All-you-can-eat stinky fermented soybeans come to Ginza, if that’s your thing

Jessica
Jul 10, 2015

Spend a while in Japan, and at some point you’ll no doubt encounter natto, sticky, stinky fermented soybeans that often get served over rice for breakfast. This polarizing food has its superfans and impassioned detractors among Japanese and foreigners alike, but if you happen to be in the former camp, you should know there is an all-you-can-eat premium natto pop-up bar in Tokyo’s Ginza this weekend.

Japan
(events • food • natto • restaurants • Tokyo)

Natto Boys want to take their smelly beans to Africa, but they need your help

Master Blaster
Jun 19, 2015

Natto Boys (Natto Danshi) are a group whose sole purpose is to share the ancient and traditional Japanese food natto with the world. However, with its acrid smell and texture of an alien autopsy subject, those are some high hopes.

Already in about half a year, the Natto Boys have established a website featuring over 100 serving suggestions for the fermented soy beans to help promote the food at home. Now, they want to take the next step into the world’s second largest continent, Africa, and to do this they have turned to us for help via crowdfunding.