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We try “the worst-tasting ramen in Japan” – How bad could it be?【Taste test】
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Jun 12, 2024 - Tweet
Orochon ramen restaurant makes a bold, unappealing claim.
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Akihabara ramen restaurant becomes a hit with foreign tourists
- Oona McGee
Jun 4, 2024
Restaurant offers free noodle refills, with a quick lesson in Japanese so you can order like a local.
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- (Akihabara • COK • food • Japanese • Japanese food • Japanese language • Japanese restaurants • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • review • SNJO • Tokyo • tonkotsu ramen • tourists)
New Kura Sushi revolving sushi bar in Ginza is the chain’s most beautiful restaurant in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Jun 4, 2024
Gorgeous features make this more like an Edo theme park than a conveyor belt sushi restaurant.
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- (Bikurapon Plus • Bikurapon! • capsule toys • COK • Conveyor belt sushi • cool • Edo • Ginza • Kaitenzushi • Kura Sushi • Kura Sushi Global Flagship Store • Kura Sushi Global Flagship Store Ginza • Kurazushi • restaurants • revolving sushi • seafood • sushi • tempura • tourist site • tourists • traditional Japan)
Samurai manor house-style restaurant collabs with 150-year-old Kyoto matcha merchant for dessert
- Casey Baseel
Jun 4, 2024
Visuals fit for samurai lords and high-rollers, prices OK for us peasants.
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Tokyo restaurant with neighborhood grannies in the kitchen serves family recipes to one and all
- Casey Baseel
Jun 1, 2024
If you’ve always wanted to taste Japanese food just like grandma used to make, but don’t actually have a Japanese grandma, here’s your chance.
Ramen lovers continue to eat noodles as restaurant goes up in flames around them【Video】
- Oona McGee
May 29, 2024
Ramen Jiro has dedicated fans, but this is verging on ridiculous.
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- (fire • food • Jirolians • Kabukicho • news • Noodles • police • ramen • ramen jiro • restaurants • shinjuku • Tokyo)
Tokyo restaurant finds heartwarming way to lure people away from ramen and back to set meals
- Oona McGee
May 29, 2024
A Japanese restaurant with a whole lot of food…and a whole lot of heart.
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- (COK • fish • Ikebukuro • izakaya • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • restaurants • review • seafood • set meal • SNJO • taste test • teishoku)
Yoko Sushi chain in Germany is doing its own thing and honestly, we’ve got to respect that
- Krista Rogers
May 29, 2024
Our Japanese reporter dishes on her experience trying sushi at a popular sushi delivery chain.
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- (chain • COK • dining • food • Germany • Ikuna Kamezawa • restaurants • SNJO • sushi • travel • Yoko Sushi)
Perfect Japanese summer day: Chilled desserts served in a Kyoto manor house
- Casey Baseel
May 25, 2024
Tired from the summer sun on a day of temple hopping? This might be the very best place in the city to take a break.
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- (cafes • COK • food • Kyoto • Nishio Yatsuhashi • oshiruko • restaurants • shaved ice • sweets)
Tokyo DisneySea’s new Fantasy Springs area: Peter Pan’s Never Land has the best ride of all
- Oona McGee
May 16, 2024
An attraction so good it’ll rival Space Mountain!
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- (Amusement Parks • Disney • DisneySea • Fantasy Springs • food • frozen • Never Land • Peter Pan • Peter Pan's Neverland • restaurants • SNJO • Tokyo Disney Resort • Tokyo Disney Sea • Tokyo Disneyland • Tokyo DisneySea)
Kusaki Marino: A Japanese family restaurant where you bow your head and enter like a samurai
- Oona McGee
May 14, 2024
Through a tiny door, no less.
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- (COK • cool • family restaurant • family restaurants • food • Japanese food • Kanto • Kusaki Marino • Masanuki Sunakoma • Noodles • restaurants • review • samurai • SNJO • Tochigi • traditional)
Fried Pokémon: Tokyo restaurant serves up an unusual dish【Taste Test】
- Oona McGee
May 13, 2024
Pikachu…is that you?
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- (Akihabara • chicken • COK • food • fried chicken • Kanda • karaage • Pokemon • restaurants • review • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo)
Map of Mexican restaurants across Japan created by Mexican embassy
- Casey Baseel
May 11, 2024
Gracias!
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- (COK • food • Map • Mexican food • Mexico • restaurants)
Tokyo DisneySea’s Frozen Kingdom: Elsa’s home at Fantasy Springs has a surprising attraction
- Oona McGee
May 10, 2024
Japan-exclusive Disney zone is a place where you can let it go.
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Sushi Ramen restaurant serves up the best of both worlds in one epic Japanese meal
- Oona McGee
May 9, 2024
A tip-off from a local opens the door to a wonderful way to feed our desire for Japanese food.
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- (COK • food • Japanese food • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • review • SNJO • sushi • sushi restaurant • taste test • Yokohama)
Shibuya strip show-adjacent extra-fatty beef bowl fails and succeeds in impressing us
- Casey Baseel
May 9, 2024
Twice the price of a Yoshinoya beef bowl, but more than it seems.
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- (beef bowls • COK • food • gyudon • restaurants • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taste test • Wagyu)
Tokyo DisneySea’s new Fantasy Springs area reveals the beauty of Rapunzel’s Forest
- Oona McGee
May 9, 2024
A pre-opening look at the new US$2 billion expansion, including the rides and yes — Disney food!
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- (Amusement Parks • Disney • DisneySea • Fantasy Springs • food • frozen • Frozen Kingdom • Peter Pan's Neverland • Rapunzel's Forest • restaurants • SNJO • Tangled • Tokyo Disney Resort • Tokyo Disney Sea • Tokyo Disneyland • Tokyo DisneySea)
New Tokyo restaurant charges higher prices to foreign tourists than Japanese locals
- Casey Baseel
May 8, 2024
With “inbound pricing” becoming a bigger issue, Shibuya seafood restaurant offers discounted prices for domestic customers.
Tokyo tortilla restaurant is worth visiting whether you love or hate traditional Mexican cuisine
- Casey Baseel
May 8, 2024
Mr. Sato tries tostadas for the first time and falls in love with the tacos at Tortilla Club Tortilleria.
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- (COK • food • Mexican food • restaurants • SNJO • tacos • tortillas • tostadas)
Is the absolute closest conveyor belt sushi to Akihabara Station any good? Let’s find out!
- SoraNews24
May 7, 2024
Uzushio is the shortest path from Akihabara Station to revolving sushi.
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- (Akihabara • best conveyor belt sushi • COK • food • kaiten sushi • Kaitenzushi • restaurants • revolving sushi • SNJO • sushi)
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Experimenting with making hot sandwiches in the microwave with a device from Japan’s 3COINS
Matcha ice cream discontinued by one of Japan’s favorite ice cream brands
New Sonic the Hedgehog figure costs 1 million yen, is made of Arita ware Japanese porcelain [Vid]
Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
If anyone needs us, we’ll be in the cardboard Japanese snack house we just built [Photos]
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Japan announces new permanent residency guidelines, foreigners must earn more than average Japanese person
Studio Ghibli’s Calcifer is ready to light up your home as a magical-looking candle lamp [Photos]
Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
Tokyo train station will play Godzilla theme song as new departure melody
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Osaka man arrested for running little pet shop of horrors with dangerous crocodile
Starbucks Japan says sayonara to the Filone for new sandwiches and a Pumpkin Soupuccino
Casio collaborates with a Kyoto foil master for a luxurious one million yen G-SHOCK
Foreign tourist numbers drop in Osaka, despite record-setting highs from U.S. and Korea
Japan’s first-ever conveyor-belt Sushi Bus announces Tokyo tour start date, reservations now open
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Japan announces new permanent residency guidelines, foreigners must earn more than average Japanese person
Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
Starbucks Japan unveils new Pokémon collaboration with Pikachu Latte and exclusive goods
Studio Ghibli’s Calcifer is ready to light up your home as a magical-looking candle lamp [Photos]
Lady Gaga and Family Mart team up for a Japanese convenience store work video [Video]
New Gundam Base superstores coming soon in the U.S., with one opening this month
Studio Ghibli releases new plush mascot character collection with a focus on friendship
Studio Ghibli releases new onigiri rice ball-shaped lunch bag for Kiki’s Delivery Service fans
Do Japan’s new single-minded convenience store bento show depressing poverty or satisfying focus?
How to watch Studio Ghibli’s new anime in Japan, with a special after-dark outdoor screening for Halloween
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
Studio Ghibli has a new anime out, and there’s only one place in the world where you can see it
Starbucks Japan releases new drinkware and goods for Valentine’s Day
Starbucks Japan releases new sakura goods and drinkware for cherry blossom season 2026
Japan’s newest Shinkansen has no seats…or passengers [Video]
Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
Japanese ninja certification exam attracts 131 candidates from Japan and abroad
Salomon releases Japan-exclusive Mt. Fuji hiking gear that doubles as an amazing souvenir
Japan reportedly adding Japanese language skill requirement to most common foreigner work visa
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