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Why Gonpachi Nori-Temaki in Harajuku is a great Japanese restaurant for foreign tourists

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  Dec 5, 2022
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Mr Sato reckons this hand-rolled sushi joint is perfect for international visitors.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • Gonpachi • Harajuku • Japanese food • Mr. Sato • restaurants • review • SNJO • sushi • taste test • temaki • temakizushi • Tokyo • tourists)

Which noodles, other than Okinawa soba, pair best with Okinawa soba broth?【Taste Test】

• Dale Roll
  Dec 4, 2022

A distinct broth and four types of noodles…which combination will be the best?!

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• Japan
• (chukamen • COK • food • Noodles • Okinawa • Okinawa soba • ramen • SNJO • soba • somen • SoraKitchen • taste test • udon)

McDonald’s Japan’s Fuwatoro Tamago Noko Demi Gurakoro burger is a mouthful in more ways than one

• Oona McGee
  Dec 3, 2022

New limited-edition menu item celebrates Japanese fusion flavours.

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• Japan
• (burgers • COK • croquette • fast food • food • gratin • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • review • sandwiches • SNJO • taste test)

KFC releases an Otaku Burger…in Spain?!?

• Oona McGee
  Dec 2, 2022

Spreading the Japanese custom of eating KFC at Christmas to other parts of the world.

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• Europe, Japan
• (anime • burgers • chicken • Christmas in Japan • COK • cool • fast food • food • fried chicken • Kentucky Fried Chicken • KFC • manga • marketing • McDonald's • otaku • SNJO • Spain • taste test • weird • wtf)

Starbucks Japan releases its second festive Frappuccino for 2022, but is it as good as the first?

• Oona McGee
  Dec 1, 2022

A surprising departure from your usual Christmas flavours.

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• Japan
• (caramel • Christmas • Christmas 2022 • COK • dessert drinks • desserts • drinks • festive • Frappuccinos • Holiday Season • K. Masami • mille-feuille • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test)

Can we pick out the Japanese premium priced persimmon in this blind taste test?

• Katie Pask
  Nov 30, 2022

Premium vs. supermarket — we try to avenge our persimmon failings from five years ago.

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• Japan
• (blind taste test • COK • expensive food • food • fruit • Isetan • japanese fruit • persimmon • SNJO • taste test)

The Fuwatoro Yamaimo Teppan just might be 7-Eleven Japan’s dish of the year【Taste test】

• Shannon
  Nov 29, 2022

Only available in select areas of Japan!

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • COK • convenience stores • food • SNJO • taste test • yam • yamaimo)

Japan has a special foil for roasting sweet potatoes at home, and it’s like having a time machine

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 29, 2022

Kuro Foil is exactly the kind of culinary black magic we want at this time of year.

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• Japan
• (aluminum foil • clever • COK • cooking • cool • food • SNJO • sweet potatoes • taste test • yaki imo)

The 5 best Japanese bento to buy at Kyoto Station

• Oona McGee
  Nov 28, 2022

These ekiben are a feast for the eyes as well as the taste buds.

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• Japan
• (bento • COK • Ekiben • food • gourmet • Japanese food • Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • K. Masami • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • train stations • trains • travel)

The new mustard mayo black pepper yakisoba “Demon King” flavor is here to terrorize tongues

• Krista Rogers
  Nov 28, 2022

Our reporter’s tastebuds get taunted when he underestimates the true power of the Demon King.

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• Japan
• (black pepper • Demon King • mustard mayonnaise • Noodles • Peyoung • pk sanjun • taste test • yakisoba)

This Tempura Soba Burger has some famous credentials behind its creation

• Oona McGee
  Nov 28, 2022

Will these unlikely bedfellows make for an illicit relationship or sublime harmony?

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• Japan
• (bread • burgers • COK • eating • food • ginger • Iwashita New Ginger • Japanese food • Japanese sandwiches • Mr. Sato • restaurants • sandwiches • SNJO • soba • taste test • tempura • Tokyo • weird • yakisoba)

Komeda Coffee’s Gratin Croquette Burger is just the comfort food we need this winter

• Shannon
  Nov 26, 2022

Hot and fried potato, cream, and cheese on a bun–the perfect meal for a winter’s day.

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• Japan
• (Burger • delicious • Gurakuro • Komeda • Komeda Coffee • seasonal menu • taste test • winter menu)

Sushi birthday cake turns out to be the best present our reporter could’ve ever asked for

• Oona McGee
  Nov 26, 2022

With this “jewellery box of the sea”, birthday dinner and dessert is sorted in one meal.

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• Japan
• (Ahiruneko • birthday cake • birthdays • cakes • chirashizushi • COK • cool • cute • eating • food • Japanese food • SNJO • sushi • Sushi Cake • taste test • unusual • weird)

Aomori Prefecture’s regional soul food is…English Toast lunch pack sandwiches?

• Oona McGee
  Nov 25, 2022

Well, this was a bizarre discovery. 

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• Japan
• (Aomori • Aomori Prefecture • cheap food • COK • eating • English Toast • food • Japanese food • Japanese sandwiches • lunch packs • sandwiches • SNJO • taste test • toast)

Black Thunder becomes an epic chocolate dessert at Japanese cafe chain

• Oona McGee
  Nov 25, 2022

Tiny chocolate gets a massive overhaul, thanks to the chain known for huge desserts.

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• Japan
• (Black Thunder • bread • chocolate • COK • delicious • desserts • food • Komeda • Komeda Coffee • Shiro Noir • SNJO • taste test • unusual • weird • Yuraku Confectionery)

Is ramen without the “men” a Tokyo dining paradox worth experiencing?【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 22, 2022

Tachikawa Mashi Mashi challenges the concept of what exactly ramen is.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Jiro-inspired ramen • Noodles • ramen • ramen jiro • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • weird)

We try pickling a mysterious fruit gifted to us by a man in the mountains【SoraKitchen】

• Katie Pask
  Nov 21, 2022

These delicious pickles are hard to obtain, but even harder to stop eating! Read More

• Japan
• (chayote • cooking • easy recipe • food • fruit • Fujino • Japanese recipe • pickles • Seiji Nakazawa • squash • taste test)

Pokémon Poké Ball rice balls now on sale in Japan, don’t taste like jelly donuts【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 21, 2022

7-Eleven is the next stop on our quest to become Pokémon food masters.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • anime • COK • convenience stores • cool • food • onigiri • Poké Ball • Pokemon • rice balls • SNO • taste test • video games)

Cheese Hamburg Steak Sushi?!? Japanese convenience store chain throws tradition out the window

• Oona McGee
  Nov 20, 2022

It’s not the only sushi getting a makeover at Family Mart.

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• Japan
• (bread • COK • eating • food • hot dogs • Ikebukuro • Japanese food • Mr. Sato • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • tempura • Tokyo • udon)

Bleach Coca-Cola is on sale in Japan and won’t kill you, but how does it taste?【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 20, 2022

We crack open a can of the crossover between Coca-Cola and the Bleach anime/manga franchise.

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• Japan
• (anime • Bleach • Coca-Cola • Coca-Cola Japan • COK • Cola • cool • drinks • manga • SNJO • soft drinks • taste test • Thousand Year Blood War)

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