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Japanese politician apologizes to prime minister for calling wife’s cooking “Hiroshima-yaki”

Casey Baseel
Oct 3, 2021
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Hiroshima foodies find it an unsavory name for their savory pancakes.

Japan
(food • funny • Hiroshima • Japanese language • linguistics • okonomiyaki • Osaka • politicians • politics)

Osaka finally gets its own Pokémon manhole covers with team of Electric/Steel-types

Casey Baseel
Sep 16, 2021

Hard work and tough sports are the themes of these newly installed Pokéfuta.

Japan
(anime • manhole covers • Osaka • Pokéfuta • Pokemon • Pokémon manhole covers • travel • video games • Yamper)

We pop into Bear Paw Cafe in Osaka… Actually it popped out to us

Master Blaster
Sep 10, 2021

An adorable way to help deal with complex problems.

Japan
(Bear Paw Cafe • bears • cafes • coffee • COK • cute • health • Kuma no Te Cafe • mental health • Mental Support General School • Osaka • SNO • sweets)

Japan’s Bear Paw Cafe: A safe space for staff with mental health challenges

Oona McGee
Sep 3, 2021

New cafe is a literal hole-in-the-wall, where you’ll be served by fluffy bears.

Japan
(bears • cafes • drinks • heartwarming • Kuma no Te • mental health • new • Osaka • parfaits • social issues • social welfare • society • sweets)

Marvel Culinary Universe coming to pop-up cafe in Osaka this September

Master Blaster
Sep 2, 2021

Light lunch, assemble!

Japan
(Black Widow • Captain America • comic books • Iron Man • Marvel • Osaka • Paprikash • pop-up cafes • Spider-Man • Superheroes • Thor • Umeda)

Osaka pachinko parlor volunteers to become public vaccination center

Master Blaster
Aug 26, 2021

The machines will be turned off at the time, so no need for earplugs.

Japan
(clever • COK • coronavirus • COVID-19 • health • Osaka • pachinko • vaccinations • vaccine)

Osaka man arrested for smearing poo on teen’s backpack

Master Blaster
Aug 23, 2021

Suspect claims stress from work and divorce as the reason.

Japan
(assault • backpack • crime • disgusting • feces • Osaka • Suita)

Japanese restaurant in former yukaku red light district struggles to preserve its history

Oona McGee
Jul 9, 2021

Historic building used to be a brothel, now its ornate interiors are in danger of fading away.

Japan
(accommodation • architecture • COK • cool • crowdfunding • culture • demolition • history • hotels • japanese architecture • oiran • Osaka • preservation • red light district • restaurants • ryotei • Taiyoshi Hyakuban • Tobita Shinchi • travel • yukaku)

Search is on for COVID-19 patient who escaped out a sixth-floor window of Osaka hotel

Master Blaster
Jun 24, 2021

Patient possibly infected with the “Spidey” variant of COVID-19.

Japan
(APA Hotel • coronavirus • COVID-19 • disease • escape • health • hotels • Osaka • quarantine)

Osaka to Fukuoka for less than 40 bucks? It’s possible with Japan’s overnight ferry

SoraNews24
Jun 8, 2021

Ship’s amenities include an onboard Japanese-style bath with a view of the Seto Inland Sea.

Japan
(boats • cheap • cheap travel • ferries • Fukuoka • Osaka • overnight • SNJO • travel)

Osaka man charged with spitting in front of same pickle shop for most of 2020

Master Blaster
Jun 4, 2021

We all have our own ways to keep busy during the pandemic.

Japan
(crazy • crime • customer service • Minor Crimes Act • Osaka • pickles • spitting • weird)

Osaka’s new remote-learning policy leaves teachers strained and forces students to go to school

Ingrid Tsai
May 15, 2021

Logistical mishaps and contradicting guidelines hinder what could be one of the best ways to lower COVID-19 community transmission.

Japan
(board of education • coronavirus • COVID-19 • education • elementary school • Japanese schools • junior high school • middle school • Osaka • public health • schools • society • technology)

Osaka elementary school becomes first in Japan to have a police box established on campus

SoraNews24
May 13, 2021

Will this police box be an outlier or set a new precedent for community policing?

Japan
(elementary school • Japanese schools • koban • Moriguchi • news • Osaka • police • Police box • safety • school)

Giant cats taking naps on train tracks — only in Japan

Katie Pask
May 13, 2021

Leaked screenshots from the latest Godzilla movie? Nope, just a restaurant in Osaka!

Japan
(cats • cute • cute. cats • funny • kittens • Osaka • Restaurant • restaurants • technology • trains • twitter • udon)

Osaka man finds stranger eating in his kitchen at night, stranger dies shortly after

Master Blaster
May 7, 2021

Truth is once again stranger than fiction.

Japan
(burglary • crime • death • home invasion • mystery • Osaka • Sakai City • scary)

7-Eleven in parking lot of other 7-Eleven opens for business in Japan

Master Blaster
May 4, 2021

Owner of lot’s first 7-Eleven goes shopping at the new one, talks to reporters on opening day.

Japan
(7-Eleven • business • COK • convenience stores • crazy • Higashiosaka • law • Mitoshi Matsumoto • Osaka • SNO • weird)

The Internet reacts to Osaka governor’s comical COVID-19 countermeasure with stunned disbelief

Katy Kelly
Apr 15, 2021

Japanese netizens need a little more reassurance than a cardboard mask.

Japan
(COVID-19 • Eating Mask • health and safety • Hirofumi Yoshimura • internet • Osaka • politicians • social media)

Man fights giant crab statue on streets of Osaka, becomes city’s most hated criminal【Video】

Casey Baseel
Apr 8, 2021

Innocent, delicious Crab Tower damaged in senseless attack.

Japan
(crab • crab sign • crime • food • Osaka • video)

7-Eleven to build 7-Eleven in parking lot of another 7-Eleven

Master Blaster
Apr 3, 2021

Japanese convenience stores have everything, even passive-aggressiveness!

Japan
(7-Eleven • business • Construction • convenience stores • Higashiosaka • law • Mitoshi Matsumoto • Osaka • strange)

Osaka YouTubers’ stupid plan to live-stream marijuana dealer’s arrest backfires, stupidly

Casey Baseel
Mar 26, 2021

Live-streamers feel the sting of their poorly thought-out scheme.

Japan
(COK • crazy • crime • Drugs • Osaka • YouTubers)

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