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One simple unexpected recipe swap will make your Japanese-style omelets extra fluffy and juicy
- Casey Baseel
Oct 27, 2026 - Tweet
And one more cooking hack will make your dashimaki tamago fluffier still.
- Japan
- (COK • cooking • eggs • food • Japanese food • Japanese omelets • omelets • recipe • SNJO • SoraKitchen • sprakling water)
Japanese milk carton cakes are a genius idea that the world needs to know about
- Oona McGee
Oct 10, 2026
We’ve got all the details on where to find them, and how to eat them.
- Japan
- (big food • cakes • cooking • cool • desserts • food • Gyomu Super • milk carton cakes • recipe • SoraKitchen • sweet potato • sweet potatoes • tasty)
Japanese food hack says to soak your grapes in carbonated water, but is the fizz worth the buzz?
- Casey Baseel
Oct 5, 2026
We try a Shine Muscat experiment that method claim lets Japan’s most delicious grapes shine in a different way.
- Japan
- (carbonation • COK • crazy • food • fruits • grapes • recipe • Shine Muscat • SNJO • soda water • SoraKitchen • weird)
Pickling Shine Muscats was not on our bingo card, but were we grapeful we tried?【SoraKitchen】
- Krista Rogers
Sep 29, 2026
We followed a tip we heard through the grapevine that Japan’s sweet grape variety is even sweeter when pickled in a bed of fermented rice bran.
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • food • fruits • grapes • nukadoko • pickles • pickling • recipe • rice bran • Shine Muscat • SNJO • SoraKitchen • weird)
Does washing rice in this Japanese pouch really make it more delicious?
- Oona McGee
Sep 14, 2026
We test the Okome Pouch, which uses a patented method to make rice more delicious… and easier to wash.
- Japan
- (clever • COK • cooking • cooking gadgets • Daiso • food • Japan travel • Japanese food • Japanese kitchen gadgets • kitchen • kitchen gadgets • rice • rice washing • SNJO • SoraKitchen)
How to cook shiitake mushrooms like a Japanese manga character
- Oona McGee
Jul 5, 2026
Easy recipe shows how to grill a mushroom so it tastes just like meat.
- Japan
- (1-Nichi Gaishutsuroku Hanchou • cooking • food • Japanese food • manga • mushrooms • recipe • recipes • shiitake • SNJO • SoraKitchen • vegetables • vegetarian • vegetarian cuisine • vegetarian food)
We invent ice slurry somen to combat the extreme Japanese summer heat【SoraKitchen】
- Elliot Hale
Jun 21, 2026
Although your pre-battle preparations need to start a week in advance.
- Japan
- (COK • cooking • food • ice cubes • ice slurry • Japanese food • Japanese summer • mentsuyu • Noodles • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • somen • SoraKitchen • summer • summer food • tsuyu)
Japanese rice cooker recipe gives us a tasty new way to enjoy vegetables and wieners
- Oona McGee
Jun 7, 2026
Quick and easy, this is a meal that’ll have you going back for seconds.
- Japan
- (COK • cooking • food • Japanese food • recipe • recipes • rice • rice cooker • sausages • SNJO • SoraKitchen • vegetables • wiener)
A Japanese toast sandwich remix: The toasted rice rice ball[SoraKitchen]
- Casey Baseel
Jun 6, 2026
Mr. Sato steps into the SoraKitchen with a bold idea.
- Japan
- (COK • cooking • food • Japanese food • Mr. Sato • onigiri • rice balls • SNJO • SoraKitchen • toast sandwiches • weird)
Testing Japan’s fluffy mayonnaise pancake cooking hack【SoraKitchen】
- SoraNews24
Feb 12, 2026
Mr. Sato heads to the SoraKitchen with a bowl of pancake batter, a tube of mayo, and a desire to know if, and how, this cooking hack works.
- Japan
- (COK • cooking • cooking hacks • crazy • food • hotcakes • mayo • mayonnaise • Mr. Sato • pancakes • SNJO • SoraKitchen • weird)
How to make a lucky sushi roll with KFC fried chicken skin【SoraKitchen】
- Casey Baseel
Feb 3, 2026
Mr. Sato dreams up an innovative way to ensure good luck and give yourself an excuse to eat fried chicken.
- Japan
- (COK • Ehomaki • fried chicken • fried chicken skin • Kentucky Fried Chicken • Kentucky Fried Chicken Japan • KFC • KFC Japan • setsubun • SNJO • SoraKitchen • sushi • sushi rolls)
Rice cooker kuri gohan and two more super-easy chestnut recipes to make this fall【SoraKitchen】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 28, 2025
Ridiculously easy and amazingly tasty come together in this takikomigohan rice cooker idea.
- Japan
- (chestnuts • COK • cooking • food • kuri • recipe • rice • rice cooker • SNJO • SoraKitchen • sweets • takikomigohan)
How to make a Big Mac in Tokyo at a fraction of the price with minimal effort【SoraKitchen】
- Master Blaster
Sep 22, 2025
The Big Easy Mac.
- Japan
- (Big Mac • Big Mac Tacos • COK • cooking • fast food • food • hamburgers • recipes • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • SoraKitchen • supermarkets)
Our authentic, homemade red pickled ginger triumphs over store-bought versions【SoraKitchen】
- Elliot Hale
Sep 5, 2025
Sometimes the secret to an unforgettable flavor lies in just one simple step.
- Japan
- (COK • cooking • food • ginger • Go Hatori • pickled • pickled ginger • pickles • pickling • red pickled ginger • SNJO • SoraKitchen • umezu)
Can you use McDonald’s French fries to make Japanese-style croquettes?【SoraKitchen】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 16, 2025
And if you can, should you?
- Japan
- (COK • cooking • croquettes • fast food • food • korokke • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • SNJO • SoraKitchen)
How to make pickled plums like the Japanese grandparents you may or may not have【Part 1】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 2, 2025
Today in the SoraKitchen, we’re not just making umeboshi, we’re making umeboshi inside our office.
- Japan
- (COK • cooking • food • Go Hatori • pickled plums • pickles • plums • recipe • SNJO • SoraKitchen • ume • umeboshi)
Rice ball melon bread – A treat Japanese bakeries aren’t crazy enough to make, but we are【SoraKitchen】
- Casey Baseel
May 14, 2025
Today in the SoraKitchen, we push the melon bread envelope with melon bread filled with onigiri, mochi, and even ramem.
- Japan
- (bread • COK • cooking • crazy • funny • melon bread • mochi • onigiri • ramen • rice balls • SNJO • SoraKitchen • sweets • taste test • warabimochi • weird)
Chicken McNugget rice cooker rice — Can it beat KFC rice cooker rice?【SoraKitchen】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 8, 2024
With McNuggets on sale, we’re diving back into the rich world of crazy rice cooker cooking.
- Japan
- (chicken • Chicken McNuggets • COK • cooking • food • McDonald's • rice • rice cooker • rice cooker cooking • rice cooker recipe • SNJO • SoraKitchen)
Visit to a Japanese fish market has us trying tuna eggs for the first time【SoraKitchen】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 3, 2024
Japan loves eating tuna and fish eggs, but can we love eating tuna eggs?
Can you make KFC takikomi gohan in a rice cooker, and is it something worth eating?【SoraKitchen】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 20, 2024
Colonel Crispy goes into the rice cooker pot, but does something tasty come out?
- Japan
- (COK • cooking • crazy • food • fried chicken • Kentucky Fried Chicken • KFC • KFC Japan • rice cooker • rice cooker cooking • rice cooker recipe • SNJO • SoraKitchen • takikomi gohan • takikomigohan)
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New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
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