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One-of-a-kind Osaka-themed Uniqlo Shinsaibashi opens

• Master Blaster
  Nov 24, 2023
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You’ve never seen a Uniqlo quite like this.

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• Japan
• (culture • Kyuji Fujikawa • Osaka • Shinsaibashi • shopping • Taro Kido • travel • Uniqlo)

Japanese foundation tests mobile meditation truck in Osaka city with promising results

• Shannon
  Nov 21, 2023

Don’t worry, the zen will come to you.

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• Japan
• (health and wellness • innovative • Kansai Innovations • meditation • mobile meditation • Osaka • Test • truck • wellness • Zen)

Japanese city gets its very own Starbucks Frappuccino for a limited time

• Oona McGee
  Nov 9, 2023

Limited-edition drink celebrates milestone anniversary in style, with a nod to the local dialect. 

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• Japan
• (COK • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • green tea • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • limited edition • matcha • Osaka • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition)

Eat at a kotatsu while enjoying the view from Osaka’s Harukas 300 Observatory this winter

• Krista Rogers
  Nov 7, 2023

Enjoy your choice of two of Japan’s favorite hotpot dishes from the toastiest seats ever on top of the second-tallest building in Japan.

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• Japan
• (Abeno Harukas • dining • Harukas 300 • hotpot • Kakomu de Kotatsu • kotatsu • observatory • oden • Osaka • shabushabu • view • viewing platform)

Inventor of the punch perm awarded Medal of Honor

• Master Blaster
  Nov 4, 2023

Osakan inventor attributes idea to those damn long-haired Beatles.

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• Japan
• (COK • fashion • hairstyles • Medal of Honor • Osaka • punch perm • Ryoichi Hijiya • society • yellow ribbon)

Pizza Hut campaigns to become an Osakan konamon food

• Master Blaster
  Oct 27, 2023

Just because it is, doesn’t mean it is.

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• Japan
• (culture • food • Kansai • konamon • okonomiyaki • Osaka • pizza • Pizza Hut • takoyaki)

Sweet Japanese couple serve jumbo parfaits at hidden underground joint in Osaka

• Oona McGee
  Oct 23, 2023

Desserts as sweet as the couple who makes them.

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• Japan
• (big eats • COK • cool • crazy • desserts • haruka takagi • interview • Osaka • parfait • parfaits • restaurants • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Do people in Osaka really eat crunchy fried noodles with curry? We ask a local, then try it out

• Dale Roll
  Oct 11, 2023

This is something we’ve never heard of–but not something we’re opposed to trying!

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• Japan
• (agesoba • cooking • crispy fried noodles • deep fried noodles • food • Ikuna Kamezawa • local cuisine • Osaka • sara udon • Seiji Nakazawa • SoraKitchen • taste test)

Unusual curved escalators are the crowning jewel of this shopping mall in Osaka

• Oona McGee
  Oct 9, 2023

Join us for a ride on two of the world’s most unique escalators.

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• Japan
• (architecture • Big Step • COK • cool • curved escalator • design • escalator • escalators • Mitsubishi • Mitsubishi Electric • Osaka • Shinsaibashi • shopping centre • shopping mall • SNJO • spiral escalator • tech • technology)

Visit a pepper-packed tribute to spiciness tucked away in an Osaka food court

• Master Blaster
  Oct 6, 2023

It might not be the spiciest food, but it’s the most spicy-loving food.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Noodles • Osaka • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • spicy • spicy food)

The story behind “the most hopeful ramen bar in the world”

• Oona McGee
  Sep 25, 2023

 Solving the mystery of the “world’s most hectic noodles” from Human Beings Everybody Noodles. 

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Hyogo • Ikuna Kamezawa • Noodles • Osaka • ramen • ramen restaurants • restaurants • service area • SNJO)

Talking about takoyaki got us thinking…why can’t you use squid instead of octopus?【SoraKitchen】

• Dale Roll
  Sep 22, 2023

Surely squid is just as good a filling?

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• Japan
• (COK • cooking • experiment • food • food history • K. Masami • octopus • Osaka • SNJO • SoraKitchen • squid • takoyaki)

Japan’s first casino resort pushed back to 2030

• Master Blaster
  Sep 9, 2023

Luck be a lady tomorrow night.

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• Japan
• (2025 Osaka World Expo • business • casino • gambling • Osaka • Yumeshima)

Osaka hotel reveals the top five things guests leave behind in their rooms

• Oona McGee
  Sep 1, 2023

This checklist will save you from forgetting some common items.

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• Japan
• (accommodation • hotel • hotels • Osaka • ranking • TikTok • travel • travel tips • videos)

“Sipping meat,” the semi-secret Osaka food that sounds like a joke, is seriously tasty

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 30, 2023

Leave it to Osaka to turn a comedian’s hungover quirkiness into a delicious meal.

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• Japan
• (beef • COK • food • Ikuna Kamezawa • Osaka • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • udon • weird)

Our Osaka native taste-tests the extra-expensive, extra-large Bikkuri Takoyaki octopus balls

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 30, 2023

Seiji goes big as he goes home.

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• Japan
• (COK • expensive • food • octopus • Osaka • restaurants • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • street food • takoyaki • taste test)

USJ unveils its Halloween lineup, including some first-ever Pokémon food and fun collaborations

• Krista Rogers
  Aug 28, 2023

The time is right to get your spooky Poké-fix inside of Osaka’s popular theme park.

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• Japan
• (Ado • biohazard • dance party • halloween • Kuromi • My Melody • Osaka • Pokemon • theme park • Universal Studios Japan • USJ • zombies)

Five things you can do to make hotel staff happy in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Aug 24, 2023

TikTok video shows us how to be a good guest.

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• Japan
• (accommodation • etiquette • hotel • hotels • Japanese accommodation • manners • Osaka • TikTok • tourists • travel • videos)

Takoyaki store in Osaka becomes a hot topic on Reddit, but is it any good?

• SoraNews24
  Aug 20, 2023

What’s good for a visitor isn’t always good for a local. 

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • Dotonbori • food • Japanese food • Juhachiban • octopus • Osaka • reddit • review • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • takoyaki • taste test • weird)

A visit to the first revolving sushi restaurant ever: Genroku Sushi in Higashiosaka

• Master Blaster
  Aug 17, 2023

Conveyor belt sushi comes full-circle.

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• Japan
• (Conveyor belt sushi • food • Genroku Sushi • Higashiosaka • Osaka • restaurants • revolving sushi • Seiji Nakazawa • sushi)

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