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Japanese underground idol group GE’LMINATii react to meeting our reporter, their secret songwriter

• Oona McGee
  Sep 1, 2024
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Sometimes the tables are turned and the idoliser becomes the idolised.

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• Japan
• (COK • concert • coo • Ge'lminatii • idol group • idol singers • Idols • Japanese idols • live • live house • music • oshi • parents • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • touching • visual kei)

Japanese theme park’s Hololive art event: A fun day for sweaty otaku!【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 28, 2024

To clarify, that’s photos of the event, not the sweaty otaku.

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • anime • COK • HoloLive • manga • otaku • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • theme parks • virtual YouTubers • VTubers • YouTubers)

Visiting a hot spring complex made out of a repurposed elementary school in Osaka

• Master Blaster
  Aug 27, 2024

It’s the best place to learn a thing or two about hot springs.

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• Japan
• (hot springs • Ibuki Onsen • Ibuki Village • onsen • Osaka • rural life • Seiji Nakazawa • travel)

What happens when you freeze your boss’s glasses in a block of ice?

• Master Blaster
  Aug 12, 2024

Results may vary.

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• Japan
• (business • friendship • glasses • ice • Seiji Nakazawa • summer • Toyotomi Hideyoshi • Yoshio)

Secret unstaffed hot spring in Japan will make you feel like you’ve been spirited away

• Oona McGee
  Jun 28, 2024

A mysterious outdoor onsen leaves a lifelong impression on two night-time visitors. 

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • crazy • hot springs • Japanese baths • Kagoshima • onsen • public baths • rotenburo • secret onsen • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • tourism • tourist sites • travel • weird • Yakushima • Yudomari Onsen)

Onsen hot spring with Mt Fuji views has one of the best rotenburo in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jun 26, 2024

Bathing here is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity you don’t want to miss.

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• Japan
• (Ashigara • Ashigara Onsen • bathing • COK • cool • Fuji • hot springs • Mt. Fuji • onsen • outdoor baths • piano • rotenburo • Seiji Nakazawa • sento • Shizuoka • SNJO • tourism • travel)

Sumo training hall chef shares a secret cream stew ingredient his wrestlers love【Taste test】

• Krista Rogers
  Jun 25, 2024

Adding one surprise ingredient is said to make this classic Western-style Japanese dish pair extra well with white rice.

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• Japan
• (COK • cooking • cream stew • food • mentsuyu • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • Stew • Sumo • sumo wrestlers • taste test)

Second-tier Japanese convenience store’s “Drinkable Soft Serve Ice Cream” is a top-tier dessert

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 2, 2024

Minisof’s Super Milk is worth tracking down.

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• Japan
• (COK • convenience stores • ice cream • Minisof • Ministop • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • soft serve ice cream • sweets • taste test)

Our Japanese-born reporter eats burrito for first time in his life, changes opinion on McDonald’s

• Casey Baseel
  May 27, 2024

Somehow Seiji ate a beetle before he ate a burrito.

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• Japan
• (burritos • COK • fast food • food • Mexican food • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • Taco Bell • Taco Bell Japan • taste test)

We went to Shibuya’s swanky Saunas to sweat away all of our troubles

• Shannon
  May 23, 2024

Our reporter shows us how to find serenity in a very busy neighborhood.

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• Japan
• (Katsuki Tanaka • Manga Sadou • relaxation • sauna • saunas • Seiji Nakazawa • Shibuya • Shibuya Saunas • Tokyo)

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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• Japan
• (beef bowls • COK • food • gyudon • restaurants • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taste test • Wagyu)

The best kebab in Tokyo? We find out if Moses in Shibuya lives up to the hype

• SoraNews24
  May 7, 2024

Moses was the first person to sell kebabs in Japan, and you can buy them in Shibuya until three in the morning.

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• Japan
• (cheap eats • inexpensive • kebab • Moses Kebab • Restaurant • review • Seiji Nakazawa • Shibuya • SNJO • street food • taste test • Tokyo)

How to make a secret rice bowl at Ichiran ramen

• Oona McGee
  May 5, 2024

The Ichirandon is causing a stir amongst fans, but it’s a secret dish that isn’t listed on the menu.

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• Japan
• (COK • donburi • food • hack • Ichiran • Japanese food • Non-ramen Ramen Restaurant Stars • Noodles • ramen • ramen restaurants • rameshi • restaurants • review • Rice Bowl • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • tonkotsu • tonkotsu ramen • tourists)

Starbucks at Shibuya Scramble Crossing reopens, but is it really bigger and better than before?

• Oona McGee
  May 1, 2024

We discover a secret way to get the best photos, and all-you-can drink Starbucks coffee!

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• Japan
• (new opening • news • QFront • reopening • review • scramble crossing • Seiji Nakazawa • Shibuya • Shibuya Scramble • Shibuya scramble crossing • Shibuya Starbucks • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks Shibuya • Tokyo • Tsutaya)

Foreigner’s request for help in Tokyo makes us sad for the state of society

• SoraNews24
  Apr 26, 2024

Such an odd encounter that we’re hoping it was a YouTube prank. 

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• Japan
• (COK • news • Seiji Nakazawa • Shibuya • SNJO • society • Tokyo • tourism • tourist sites • tourists • weird)

The oldest tunnel in Japan is believed to be haunted, and strange things happen when we go there

• Oona McGee
  Apr 18, 2024

Spirits from the past live on at this abandoned site in the mountains. 

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • countryside • Fukui • haunted places • history • Japanese countryside • Japanese train stations • Kotone Tunnel • Rural Japan • rural life • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • steam locomotive • train station • train stations • trains • travel)

Tokyo Secret Eats: Shibuya City staff cafeteria serves Hachiko soba to visitors

• Oona McGee
  Mar 31, 2024

A hidden gem enjoyed by public servants…and visitors in the know!  

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• Japan
• (buckwheat • cheap eats • inexpensive • juwari soba • Noodles • Restaurant • review • Seiji Nakazawa • Shibuya • Shibuya Ward Office • SNJO • soba • staff cafeterias • taste test • Tokyo)

Osaka street food becomes a Tokyo noodle topping with the Deluxe Takoyaki Soba【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 25, 2024

Our native Osakan tries out this unusual combo.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • food • Noodles • restaurants • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • soba • takoyaki • taste test • weird)

American Reddit post claims this soy sauce will change your life【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 19, 2024

Seiji prepares to have his life changed by a Shikoku soy sauce.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Kikkoman • Kikubishio • reddit • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • soy sauce • taste test • Yamaroku)

The mysterious case of the horrifying sign on a cemetery wall in Tokyo

• SoraNews24
  Feb 27, 2024

Ominous eye and promise to “develop special abilities” leads to a hunt for clues around the city.

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• Japan
• (cemetery • counseling • culture • ghost story • graveyard • mystery • mystery spot • Seiji Nakazawa • Sendagaya • SNJO • temples • Tokyo)

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