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Japan’s cafe that won’t let you go home until you solve a puzzle is opening in Osaka’s canal district
- Casey Baseel
May 30, 2026 - Tweet
Hatena Coffee continues to make customers smile as they scratch their heads.
- Japan
- (cafes • coffee • cool • crazy • Dotonbori • drinks • food • Hatena Coffee • Namba • Osaka • puzzles • restaurants)
Sushi Pizza surprises diners in one of the best food destinations in Japan
- Oona McGee
May 28, 2026
New fusion food looks set to become a hit on social media.
- Japan
- (food • izakaya • new releae • Osaka • pizza • restaurants • seafood • sushi • sushi pizza)
Tokyo’s insane Garlic Ramen is a meal, and an aroma, you’ll never forget[Taste test]
- Casey Baseel
May 27, 2026
There aren’t enough breath mints in the world to save us, but we’re going in anyway.
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • food • garlic • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • taste test)
Japanese government to allow desecration of flags on kids’ meals
- Master Blaster
May 25, 2026
A victory for freedom of eats.
- Japan
- (crime • desecration of the flag • flags • food • freedom of expression • kids' meal • law • LDP • restaurants • society)
Tokyo’s new extra-expensive ramen restaurant is dividing opinions, so we tried a bowl
- Casey Baseel
May 24, 2026
Crab, Claaaaab, and high prices in Asakusa.
- Japan
- (Asakusa • COK • crab • expensive food • food • Noodles • P.K. Sanjun • ramen • restaurants • SNJO)
Japan’s izakaya pubs closing at record pace, failing to attract foreign tourists
- Casey Baseel
May 21, 2026
Combination of factors is dimming the shine of one of the stars of Japanese restaurant culture.
Saltiest ramen in Japan? Ikebukuro White goes viral for crazy salt levels
- Oona McGee
May 15, 2026
We challenge you to find a saltier ramen in Japan.
- Japan
- (COK • food • Ikebukuro • Ikebukuro White • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • shio ramen • shio soba • SNJO)
The 3 best secret places to eat a cheap One Coin lunch in Shinjuku
- Oona McGee
May 11, 2026
Cheap eats are getting harder to find in Tokyo, but these tips from a local will guide you to some hidden gems.
- Japan
- (cheap eats • cheap food • famiy restaurants • food • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • one coin lunch • restaurants • SNJO • soba • Tokyo)
Police cracking down on outdoor seating in Tokyo’s liveliest street market neighborhood[Video]
- Casey Baseel
May 9, 2026
Tokyo Metropolitan Police officers issue warnings to pub owners in Ueno.
- Japan
- (Ameya Yokocho • Ameyoko • Ameyokocho • bars • COK • izakaya • pubs • restaurants • SNJO • society • Ueno • video)
Eating cheap sushi in a narrow building in Tokyo is an adventure for bold diners
- SoraNews24
May 4, 2026
We play culinary roulette at a cheap restaurant in Kabukicho.
- Japan
- (cheap eats • food • izakaya • Japanese restaurants • Kabukicho • Restaurant • restaurants • shinjuku • SNJO • sushi • Tokyo)
Brand-new Square Enix Cafe to open in Tokyo…and in Los Angeles too!
- Casey Baseel
Apr 27, 2026
Both sides of the Pacific are getting new themed cafes with attached merch shops from the video game developer of Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest.
- Japan, USA
- (cafes • food • Little Tokyo • Los Angeles • restaurants • Square Enix • Square Enix Cafe • Tokyo • video games)
Tsujihan sushi bowl restaurant goes viral with foreign tourists, but is it worth the hype?
- Oona McGee
Apr 25, 2026
A Japanese diner shares their take on the kaisendon restaurant that’s exploded in popularity amongst overseas tourists.
- Japan
- (food • kaisendon • Nihonbashi • restaurants • seafood • SNJO • sushi • taste test • Tokyo • Tsujihan • viral)
G-cha & Ba-cha serves Japanese green tea with a heartwarming backstory in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Apr 25, 2026
When you support these cool grandparents, you’ll get a lot in return too.
- Japan
- (cafes • cool • G-Cha & Ba-Cha • green tea • ice cream • matcha • matcha ice cream • matcha latte • restaurants • seniors • Shibuya • SNJO • tea • Tokyo)
Japanese-style afternoon tea in this Japanese manor house outside downtown Tokyo is something special
- Casey Baseel
Apr 20, 2026
The atmosphere is as elegant as the cuisine at this amazing restaurant.
- Japan
- (afternoon tea • architecture • awesome • beautiful • COK • cool • culture • food • history • oyashiki • restaurants • SNJO • yashiki)
Fading Tokyo – Horikiri Station, the Arakawa River, and Kinpachi-sensei[Walking course]
- Casey Baseel
Apr 13, 2026
Mr. Sato heads to the neighborhood of a famous TV drama and finds a nostalgic taste of a youth he never had.
- Japan
- (Adachi • Arakawa • COK • cool • Fading Tokyo • food • Horikiri • Horikiri Station • Kinpachi-sensei • Mr. Sato • restaurants • retro • Showa Era • SNJO • Tokyo • urban exploration • urban exploring • walking • walking course • walking tour)
Japan’s best conveyor belt sushi restaurant of seven years ago has now, finally, come to Tokyo
- Casey Baseel
Apr 13, 2026
We head to the new arrival from the north to see if it’s still something special.
- Japan
- (COK • Conveyor belt sushi • food • kaiten sushi • Kaitenzushi • restaurants • revolving sushi • SNJO • sushi • Tabelog • taste test • top-rated)
Tokyo teahouse serves up a sakura matcha dessert you won’t find anywhere else
- Oona McGee
Apr 3, 2026
Unique cherry blossom dessert conceals a surprising filling of traditional flavours.
- Japan
- (cafes • cherry blossoms 2026 • desserts • green tea • Kagurazaka • Kagurazaka Saryo • matcha • Mont Blanc • restaurants • sakura • SNO • sweet • sweets • Tokyo)
Fading Tokyo – Searching for signs of the Showa era as local neighborhoods evolve[Photos]
- Casey Baseel
Apr 2, 2026
Mr. Sato starts his urban exploration of Tokyo to catch a glimpse of local neighborhoods’ pasts before they’re changed forever.
- Japan
- (Araiyakushi-mae • cafes • COK • cool • Fading Tokyo • food • Mr. Sato • Nakano • Numabukuro • restaurants • retro • Seibu Shinkuku Line • Showa Era • shrines • SNJO • temples • Tokyo • urban exploration • urban exploring • walking • walking course • walking tour)
New cafe in trendy Tokyo neighborhood is staffed by grannies and grandpas with average age of 73
- Casey Baseel
Apr 2, 2026
Ji-chan and ba-chan are waiting for you at G-cha and Ba-cha.
- Japan
- (cafes • COK • cool • green tea • matcha • matcha latte • restaurants • seniors • Shibuya • tea)
Why is Yoshinoya called Yoshinoya?
- Casey Baseel
Mar 30, 2026
There’s a beautiful reason why Mr. Matsuda didn’t name his restaurant after himself.
- Japan
- (beef bowls • cherry blossoms • food • gyudon • Mt. Yoshino • restaurants • sakura • Yoshinoya • Yoshinoyama)
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
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Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
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