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Secret staff cafeteria at this Japanese train station is still open…for those in the know

• Oona McGee
  Oct 31, 2022
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Eat where the rail employees eat, at super cheap prices. 

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• Japan
• (cafeteria • cheap eats • cheap food • COK • eating • food • Japanese food • Japanese train stations • Namba Station • Osaka • restaurants • secrets • shokudo • SNJO • train stations • trains)

Rune Naito, the man who pioneered concept of ‘kawaii’, to have 90th anniversary art exhibition

• Katie Pask
  Oct 25, 2022

The artist said to have created the kawaii aesthetic will feature in an exhibition celebrating his 90th birthday.

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• (art • art exhibition • beautiful • cute • Kawaii • Osaka • retro • rune naito • Showa Era)

Dreaming of a metal Christmas? Osaka hotel offering heavy metal themed festive buffet

• Katie Pask
  Oct 23, 2022

All sweets in the buffet are named after a legendary heavy metal band.

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• Japan
• (buffet • Christmas • cool • crazy • food • heavy metal • hotel • Osaka • Ozzy Osbourne • restaurants • sweets • werid • Yngwie Malmsteen)

English-speaking-only bar opens in Osaka and Tokyo, yellow cards for those who don’t follow rules

• Oona McGee
  Sep 28, 2022

Bar Sick! is only open to English speakers.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • bars • beer • COK • drinks • English conversation • English education • English education in Japan • english language • English language education • language learning • learning English • Nishi Azabu • Osaka • Tokyo)

The secret staff cafeteria at Osaka Airport that few people know about

• Oona McGee
  Sep 15, 2022

Behind this door lies an oasis of cheap Japanese meals, if you know where to find it.

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• (cafeteria • cheap eats • cheap food • COK • eating • food • Itami Airport • Japanese food • Osaka • Osaka International Airport • restaurants • secrets • shokudo • SNJO)

Wagyu beef gacha vending machine dispenses meat at random in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Sep 11, 2022

Like a box of chocolates, you never know which one you’re gonna get.

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• Japan
• (beef • COK • food • gacha • gacha vending machine • Japanese food • Japanese vending machines • MG Ogawa • omi beef • Osaka • SNJO • taste test • vending machines • Wagyu • weird)

Newly unveiled “horror room” in Osaka apartment promises a creepy day or night’s stay

• Krista Rogers
  Sep 8, 2022

The room makes for a perfect spooky Halloween backdrop, unless you’re one of those people that happens to find old-fashioned dolls soothing.

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• Japan
• (ceazy • COK • cool • dolls • Horror • hotels • Osaka • party • photoshoot • scary • Shinsekai • travel • weird)

Getting a driver’s license in Japan the hard way: The End

• Master Blaster
  Aug 29, 2022

All bad things must come to an end.

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• Japan
• (COK • driver's license • driving • driving license • foreigners in Japan • Getting a driver’s license in Japan the hard way • Osaka • police • SNO • society)

Japanese vending machine is the first of its kind, operated by a local business

• Oona McGee
  Aug 27, 2022

A fun and tasty way to support the local economy.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Japanese food • Japanese vending machines • Osaka • Ponzu • sauce • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taste test • Tsuruhashi Station • vending machines • weird)

Discount vending machine in Japan serves up Caramel Popcorn Soda

• Oona McGee
  Aug 23, 2022

And we’re not sure how we feel about it.

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• (Beverages • caramel • Cheerio • COK • drinks • Japanese vending machines • MG Ogawa • Osaka • popcorn • SNJO • soda • sweets • taste test • vending machines • weird • weird flavors)

World’s first Takoyaki Guitar created in Japan, features a gas grill and octopus balls

• Oona McGee
  Aug 12, 2022

The best-sounding takoyaki you’ll ever hear.

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• Japan
• (cool • electric guitar • food • guitar • instruments • Iwatani • Japanese food • Kansai • music • Osaka • Sae Banjoya • takoyaki • takoyaki guitar • weird • Yamano Music)

Takoyaki…inarizushi? New fusion food boggles the mind in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jul 29, 2022

Japanese food breaks out of the mould for a new adventure in flavour.

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• (COK • cool • Daimaru Department Store • food • fusion food • inarizushi • Japanese food • Kansai • Kyoto • Mameda • Osaka • review • SNJO • sushi • takoyaki • taste test • weird)

Japanese craft brewery and tech company to simulate making beer on Moon and Mars

• Master Blaster
  Jul 28, 2022

Get ready for some out-of-this world beer.

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• Japan
• (AMAZ • craft beer • Cyclo • Derailleur Brew Words • DigitalBlast • gravity • ISS • Nishinari • Osaka • space • technology • yeast)

We roll the die on Japan’s new random-destination train tickets

• Oona McGee
  Jul 23, 2022

How to buy a cheap ticket to…somewhere. 

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• Japan
• (COK • Fukuoka • Japan Railway • JR • JR West • Kurashiki • Onomichi • Osaka • random • shinkansen • SNJO • trains • travel • West Japan Railway)

Ninja & Geisha capsule hotel: A very Japanese place to stay in Osaka

• Oona McGee
  Jul 22, 2022

Sleep amongst lanterns, gods, and traditional motifs at the “very Japanese new sensation capsule hotel”.

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• (Budget Hotels • capsule hotel • capsule hotels • cheap accommodation • cheap stays • COK • hotels • Japanese art • Osaka • travel)

Japan’s random-destination roll-the-die train tickets: An amazingly cheap way to go…somewhere

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 19, 2022

Seven great destinations and a chance to save almost 150,000 yen if you’re especially lucky.

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• Japan
• (Fukuoka • Japan Railway • JR • JR West • Kurashiki • Onomichi • Osaka • random • shinkansen • trains • travel • West Japan Railway)

Why is Osaka “the most livable city in Japan” according to a recent survey?

• Master Blaster
  Jul 6, 2022

It’s a great place to live, but I wouldn’t want to visit there.

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• Japan
• (city living • Global Livability Index • Japanese cities • Living in Japan • Osaka • ranking • society)

Japanese city makes list of world’s top 10 most livable cities, but not one most people expected

• Dale Roll
  Jul 1, 2022

If it’s not Tokyo, can you guess which city made the list?

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• (city living • COK • Global Livability Index • Japan • Japanese cities • Osaka • ranking • rankng • society)

Nephew receives SD card after his uncle passes away, finds treasure trove of gems from the past

• Oona McGee
  Jun 29, 2022

Over 16,000 newly discovered photos show the beauty and hardships of old Japan. 

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• Japan
• (culture • history • Japanese history • Kyoto • old photos • Osaka • photography • photos • postwar • travel • twitter • war • World War II)

Is roughly half of Japan preconditioned to hate mint chocolate sweets?

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 23, 2022

Researcher thinks that the traditions of one Japan’s biggest foodie centers don’t mesh with the summertime sweets flavor.

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• Japan
• (choco mint • COK • food • ice cream • Kansai • mint chocolate • Osaka • survey • sweets)

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