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This Japanese chopping board sanitising bag might be the handy kitchen gadget we never knew we needed

• Oona McGee
  14 hours ago
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We find out if a bag made specifically for soaking chopping boards is actually useful.

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• Japan
• (100 yen shop • 100 yen store • COK • cooking • cooking gadgets • Daiso • eggs • food • gadgets • Go Hatori • Japanese food • SNJO)

7-Eleven Japan rethinks convenience store drinks with new Grilled Corn Chilled Soup Smoothie

• Oona McGee
  2 days ago

Exclusive to only two wards in Tokyo, this is a must-try drink that’s very hard to get.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • COK • combini • convenience store drinks • convenience store finds • convenience stores • corn • corn soup • drinks • food • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • smoothie • smoothies • SNJO • soup)

Akita Kanto Festival, one of Japan’s most spectacular summer festivals, gets an anime twist this year

• Oona McGee
  4 days ago

Towering lanterns, traditional balancing skills, and a special anime collaboration make this an unforgettable Japanese festival experience.

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• Japan
• (Akita • anime • festivals • Golden Kamuy • Japanese festivals • Kanto • Kanto festival • manga • SNJO • summer • Tohoku)

Yoshinoya gets into fancy fish, but is the cheap beef king reaching too far? [Taste test]

• Casey Baseel
  4 days ago

Japan’s biggest beef bowl chain is now serving up simmered kinmedai.

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• Japan
• (beef bowls • fast food • fish • food • gyudon • kinmedai • restaurants • sea bream • SNJO • taste test • Yoshinoya)

Coco’s Japan is very confident in their chilled ramen, but should they be? [Taste test]

• Casey Baseel
  5 days ago

Premium-priced hiyashi chuka comes to the American coffee shop’s Japanese branches.

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• Japan
• (Coco's • Coco’s Japan • COK • cold ramen • food • hiyashi chuka • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • taste test)

Is covering your entire upper body with cooling strips enough to fend off Japan’s summer heat?

• Casey Baseel
  5 days ago

Mr. Sato thinks it might be, and when was the last time he had an idea that didn’t pan out?

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• Japan
• (COK • cooling patches • cooling strips • crazy • experiment • funny • heat • Hiepita • Mr. Sato • SNJO)

Sweet dreams are made of cheese at this all-you-can-eat cheese and doria restaurant

• Krista Rogers
  5 days ago

Our stomachs are more than pleased after eating all of the cheese.

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• Japan
• (all-you-can-eat • cheese • COK • doria • Jiyugaoka • Saint Marc • SNJO • sweets • Tokyo)

7-Eleven Japan adds new chocolate fruit gummies to its sweets range, but are they worth the hype?

• Oona McGee
  6 days ago

Convenience store chain has become the place to go for gummies, and fans are going wild for them.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • chocolate • convenience store • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience store sweets • convenience stores • food • gummies • gummy candies • gummy candy • Japanese convenience stores • SNJO • sweets)

Japanese vending machine sells freshly squeezed lemon juice with a futuristic light show

• Oona McGee
  Aug 2, 2026

We test the sourness of the juice but get distracted by a surprise performance.

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• Japan
• (cool • drinks • hidden gems • Japanese vending machines • juice • lemon juice • lemons • Osaka • SNJO • vending machines • weird • weird vennding machine)

Daiso now sells stress-relief punching bags, but are they worth beating on?

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 2, 2026

Is this a cheap way to beat away stress, or a case of cheaping out that’ll have us feeling even more frustrated?

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• Japan
• (100 yen shop • 100 yen store • COK • crazy • Daiso • exercise • fitness • SNJO • stress • weird)

Tokyo security guard’s famous station tape font becomes official custom Nike streetwear

• Elliot Hale
  Aug 1, 2026

Upgrade your wardrobe with custom clothes featuring the iconic font of a Shinjuku Station legend.

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• Japan
• (art • calligraphy • clothes • COK • fashion • font • graphic design • Mr. Sato • Nike • Nike Shinjuku • packing tape • shinjuku • Shuetsu Sato • SNJO • streetwear • tape • Tokyo • typography)

Tokyo’s newest viral dessert is like a Japanese parfait inside a bread bun [Taste test]

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 1, 2026

A cool idea from Coolish, and further proof that sweet bean paste makes everything better.

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• Japan
• (an bread • anko.an • anpan • bakeries • bread • Coolish • food • ice cream • Lotte • SNJO • sweet beans.sweet red beans.sweet bean paste • sweets • taste test)

Japan’s expensive “phantom” melon is so exquisite it sells out in just 12 hours

• Oona McGee
  Jul 28, 2026

Grown with special electrolysed hydrogen water, this ultra-sweet fruit reaches more than 17 degrees Brix.

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• Japan
• (expensive food • expensive fruit • food • fruit • fruits • gifts • japanese fruit • Japanese melon • Kusatsu • melon • melons • Shiga • SNJO • summer)

McDonald’s Japan goes viral for Samurai Mac burger hack

• Oona McGee
  Jul 28, 2026

Turn a Samurai Mac into an expensive Omotesando gourmet burger by taking one thing out – and no, it’s not the pickles.

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• Japan
• (beef • burgers • exclusive • fast food • food • food hack • hack • Japan-exclusive • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Samurai Mac • SNJO • social media)

Starbucks Japan brings back the Caramel Waffle, but is it as good as it used to be?

• Oona McGee
  Jul 27, 2026

The price has gone up, so we find out if the taste has gone down, or if it’s hopefully stayed the same.

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• Japan
• (caramel • caramel waffle • coffee • drinks • food • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • sweets • waffle • waffles)

A roadside hair salon stall in China made us Norway’s Haaland for US$1, and warmed out hearts too

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 27, 2026

The haircut wasn’t the only great thing we got out of this great-price deal.

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• China
• (China • COK • crazy • Erling Haaland • funny • hair salons • haircut • hairstyling • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • soccer • sports • tourism • travel)

Family Mart’s new Famima flagship in Tokyo has a hidden gem that most visitors miss

• Oona McGee
  Jul 26, 2026

A must-try convenience store drink you won’t find anywhere else.

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• Japan
• (Azabudai • convenience store drinks • convenience stores • drinks • Family mart • Famima • Famima Park Azabudai • flagship store • Japanese convenience stores • jasmine tea • milk tea • new opening • Nigo • SNJO • tapioca • tea • Tokyo • Toranomon)

Why is Taco Bell failing in Japan, even as the country falls in love with tacos?

• SoraNews24
  Jul 25, 2026

Mr. Sato gets some tacos for his tummy and serves up some food for thought.

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• Japan
• (COK • fast food • food • Mexican food • Mr. Sato • SNJO • society • Taco Bell • Taco Bell Japan • tacos)

“We want to be Japan’s best cheap restaurant” says new (but also not new) Akihabara noodle joint

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 24, 2026

Akihabara Ramen Center is dead. Long live Akihabara Seimen Center.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • cheap eats • COK • food • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • Tokyo • udon)

Starbucks Japan adds a new summer Frappuccino to the menu, but is it as refreshing as it looks?

• Oona McGee
  Jul 23, 2026

Limited-edition “gyugyutto” beverage features a fruit combo rarely seen at Starbucks.

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• Japan
• (Chillax Soda • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • fruit • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • mango • orange • orange mango • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • summer)

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