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Japanese government doggie bag initiative asking restaurant to let customers take leftovers home
- Casey Baseel
Jul 31, 2024 - Tweet
Ministry wants food in stomachs, not in the trash.
- Japan
- (COK • doggie bags • eco-friendly • ecology • food • food loss • restaurants • society)
This Tokyo kimono and Tokyo Tower-view cafe experience will keep you cool in more ways than one
- Casey Baseel
Jul 30, 2024
Suzumushi Cafe now open in green oasis in downtown Tokyo.
- Japan
- (beautiful • cafes • COK • drink • food • gardens • hotels • kimono • restaurants • Tokyo Tower • yukata)
Hypnosis bar opens in Tokyo, with prizes for those who don’t fall into a hypnotic state
- SoraNews24
Jul 27, 2024
Veteran hypnotist puts his money where his mouth is.
- Japan
- (bars • cafes • COK • drinks • food • hypnosis • Islam Alley • Islam Yokocho • magic • palm reading • restaurants • Shin-Okubo • Tarot • Tokyo)
Sushiro joining forces with Street Fighter for discounts and contests
- Master Blaster
Jul 23, 2024
Go home and be a family man and take them out to Sushiro!
- Japan
- (Capcom • COK • collaborations • Conveyor belt sushi • food • kaiten sushi • Kaitenzushi • restaurants • revolving sushi • Street Fighter • Street Fighter 2 • Street Fighter II • sushi • Sushiro • Sushiro Super Bargain Festival • video games)
Big Hero 6 Baymax Cafe opening in Tokyo with adorable food that’s good for you too【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 23, 2024
A little bit of San Fransokyo in Tokyo.
- Japan
- (Baymax • Big Hero 6 • cafes • COK • cute • Disney • drinks • food • movies • restaurants • themed restaurants)
Yabai Ramen: What makes this Japanese ramen so dangerous?
- Oona McGee
Jul 20, 2024
Restaurant uses controversial slang word to sell its noodles, and we find out why.
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • food • funny • Japanese • Japanese food • japanese slang • Noodles • ramen • Restaurant • restaurants • review • slang • SNJO • taste test • weird • yabai • Yabai Ramen)
Pronto Pokémon cafe collaboration in Japan gives us themed food and drinks…and free merch!
- Oona McGee
Jul 17, 2024
Pikachu takes us on a culinary adventure with some legendary stars along for the ride.
- Japan
- (anime • cafes • clever • COK • cool • drinks • food • Ogerpon • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pronto • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • Terapagos • video games)
Foreign tourists go crazy for white tonkatsu in Japan
- Oona McGee
Jul 16, 2024
Restaurant serves up an unusual Japanese dish that’s even surprising locals.
- Japan
- (COK • cutlet • etiquette • food • food hacks • Fukuoka • hacks • Japanese etiquette • Japanese food • pork cutlet • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • tonkatsu)
Hungry in Tokyo’s Ueno? This restaurant’s all-you-can-eat sushi bowl deal is all you need
- Casey Baseel
Jul 15, 2024
Ameyoko has always been a great place to look for bargains, and we’re very happy we found this one.
- Japan
- (all-you-can-eat • Ameya Yokocho • Ameyoko • COK • food • restaurants • SNJO • sushi • Ueno)
Repeating retro meals in teen-town Tokyo – A visit to Ikebukuro’s Takase
- Casey Baseel
Jul 14, 2024
Time feels like it’s standing still in this downtown Tokyo dining complex with over a century of history.
Ghibli Park adds new anime food to the menu at restaurants and Kiki’s bakery
- Oona McGee
Jul 13, 2024
Stay cool this summer with tasty new treats from Ghibli.
- Japan
- (Amusement Parks • anime • anime food • food • Ghibli Park • Gütiokipänjä • Japanese food • restaurants • sandwiches • Studio Ghibli • theme parks • Valley of Witches)
Beautiful afternoon tea lounge lets you look at and eat Osaka Castle【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 8, 2024
A taste of a luxurious view in Osaka.
- Japan
- (afternoon tea • cafes • COK • DoubleTree • DoubleTree by Hilton Osaka Castle • food • Hilton • hotels • Osaka • Osaka Castle • restaurants • SNJO • sweets • tea • tourism • travel)
Japanese curry restaurant at Shinjuku Station is like stepping into a time machine
- Oona McGee
Jul 7, 2024
Experience Tokyo dining the way it used to be, at an eatery loved by locals.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • food • Japanese curry • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • restaurants • retro • review • shinjuku • Shinjuku Station • shopping • SNJO • stations)
A visit to the real-life Naruto Ramen Ichiraku anime restaurant that’s not in Japan【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 6, 2024
We grab a bowl of Ichiraku ramen and down a chakra drink at Naruto’s favorite noodle house.
- China, Japan
- (anime • COK • food • Ikuna Kamezawa • manga • Naruto • Noodles • ramen • Ramen Ichiraku • restaurants • Shanghai • SNJO • themed restaurants)
Skip Tsukiji sushi?!? This seafood-stock ramen restaurant is a great reason to do just that
- Casey Baseel
Jul 5, 2024
Kako to Kai enthralls our reporter who just might have been a sea otter in his former life.
Kyoto luxury just off the beaten path at Maruyama Park’s Chourakukan【Photos】
- SoraNews24
Jul 1, 2024
Beautiful architecture and so, so much delicious food with just a quick detour from the standard tourist itinerary.
- Japan
- (cafes • COK • drinks • food • hotels • Kyoto • Maruyama Park • restaurants • SNJO • sweets • tourism • travel)
Sesame Street characters turn into awesome shaved ice desserts at Tokyo Sesame Street cafe【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 1, 2024
And yes, the Cookie Monster shaved ice includes a cookie!
- Japan
- (cafes • COK • Cookie Monster • cute • Elmo • food • kakigori • restaurants • Sesam Street • Sesame Street Market • shaved ice • sweets)
Pronto Pokémon cafe collab brings exclusive merch and a clever way to take photos of your food
- Casey Baseel
Jun 22, 2024
Beach and mountain summer fun from the comfort of an air-conditioned cafe.
- Japan
- (anime • cafes • clever • cool • drinks • food • Pikachu • Pronto • restaurants • video games)
Is Kyoto’s tourist-targeting flavored edamame specialty shop worth its high prices?【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 17, 2024
“Edamame, but not as you know it.”
- Japan
- (COK • edamamae • food • Kyoto • restaurants • SNJO • soy beans • taste test)
Headed to the beautiful island under two hours from Tokyo? This sashimi restaurant is the first place you should go
- Casey Baseel
Jun 16, 2024
Before you do anything else on Hatsushima, treat yourself to an amazing lunch at this fisherman-run restaurant.
- Japan
- (Atami • COK • food • Hatsushima • island • restaurants • sashimi • Shizuoka • SNJO • sushi • tourism • travel)
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