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Do different brands of Japanese tofu taste different? We try all the supermarket types to find out

• Shannon
  May 29, 2022
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You’ll never shop for tofu in Japan the same way again.

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• Japan
• (Japanese supermarkets • Seiji Nakazawa • taste test • tofu)

“It’s Rice! Toast” recipe from Japan gives us an edible paradox for breakfast【Recipe, taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  May 27, 2022

The key ingredient in “girl’s hair-flavored fried chicken” returns in yet another surprising place.

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• Japan
• (bread • cooking • Gohan Desu Yo • recipe • rice • seaweed • SNJO • taste test • toast • tsukudani • weird)

Japanese convenience store teams up with centuries-old matcha shop for a very modern tea ceremony

• Oona McGee
  May 27, 2022

Family Mart gives us a tea ceremony to go this summer.

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• Japan
• (combini • convenience store • drinks • Family mart • frappes • green tea • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese sweets • Kanbayashi Shunsho Honten • konbini • matcha • taste test • Uji)

Frozen Japanese sake: A fantastic way to make easy summer cocktails

• Oona McGee
  May 27, 2022

Sparkling sake becomes slushie sake this summer.

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• Japan
• (cocktails • COK • cool • desserts • drinks • frozen sake • haruka takagi • Mio • new • sake • slushies • SNJO • sparkling sake • taste test)

We put Mr. Donut donuts in a hot sandwich maker to see which one turns out best【Taste Test】

• Dale Roll
  May 26, 2022

Five classic donuts, one hot sandwich maker: Who will come out on top?

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• Japan
• (breakfast • donuts • experiment • hot sandwich maker • MG Ogawa • Mister Donut • SoraKitchen • sweets • taste test)

Weirdest convenience store drink in Japan? New drinkable Happy Turn makes stomachs turn

• Oona McGee
  May 25, 2022

Mystery “happy powder” does not make us happy. 

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• Japan
• (combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • drinks • food • Happy Turn • Japanese convenience stores • japanese snacks • konbini • Lawson • Mr. Sato • snacks • taste test • Tokyo • weird • weird food)

Level up a convenience store curry pan to a depachika gourmet meal

• Oona McGee
  May 25, 2022

Japanese curry bread has never looked, or tasted, this good!

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• Japan
• (camping • COK • cooking hack • curry • curry bread • curry pan • food hack • food trends • hacks • hot sandwich maker • kare pan • recipes • sandwich maker • SNJO • SoraKitchen • taste test)

Instant bear curry from the northeastern mountains of Japan【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  May 25, 2022

Testing the hypothesis that everything goes well with Japanese curry.

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• Japan
• (Akita • bear • COK • curry • food • instant curry • SNJO • taste test • weird)

How to make edible slime with just two ingredients

• Oona McGee
  May 22, 2022

This easy food hack from Japan is just waiting to go viral.

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• Japan
• (COK • cooking hack • food hack • food trends • Go Hatori • hacks • Masanuki Sunakoma • Meiji • slime • SNJO • SoraKitchen • taste test • weird • weird food • wow • yoghurt)

We accidentally buy some silkworm candy at Hokkaido’s Vending Machine Land

• Katie Pask
  May 21, 2022

We attempt to get over our dislike of eating insects by… eating some insects. 

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • edible insects • food • Hokkaido • insects • Japanese vending machines • SNJO • taste test • vending machines • weird • worm)

Which Japanese conveyer belt sushi chain has the best chutoro?【Taste test】

• Oona McGee
  May 20, 2022

Medium fatty tuna go head-head in our latest kaitenzushi showdown.

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• Japan
• (best conveyor belt sushi • chutoro • COK • conveyer belt sushi • food • Hama Sushi • Kaitenzushi • Kappa Sushi • Kura Sushi • revolving sushi • SNJO • Sushiro • taste test • tuna)

Can French fry and instant yakisoba-flavored sodas surpass kimchi as Japan’s best strange ramune?

• Master Blaster
  May 19, 2022

Just because you can make something taste different doesn’t mean that you should.

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• Japan
• (COK • drinks • french fries • instant noodles • instant yakisoba • kimchi • Noodles • Osaka • Ramune • SNO • soda • taste test • UFO • yakisoba)

Vending machine noodle ice cream: A retro icon in Japan brings joy to a new generation

• Oona McGee
  May 18, 2022

A surprising find to thrill the taste buds of noodle lovers. 

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• Japan
• (Akita • COK • desserts • food • Japanese vending machines • michi no eki • Noodles • SNJO • soba • sweets • taste test • udon • vending machines • weird)

Have you tried Tokushima ramen? No? You should (says our obsessed Japanese-language reporter)

• Dale Roll
  May 18, 2022

This relatively unknown local delicacy is well worth getting your hands on…if you can find it!

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Ikuna Kamezawa • Noodles • Okayama • ramen • Ramen Todai • Shikoku • SNJO • taste test • Tokushima • Tokushima ramen • western Japan)

Pizza Hut’s new Oreo pizza is like nothing we’ve ever eaten before

• Oona McGee
  May 16, 2022

What you’d get if street food, biscuits and pizza had a child together.  

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• Japan, Taiwan
• (fast food • food • fried chicken • Oreo • Oreos • pizza • Pizza Hut • Pizza Hut Taiwan • SNJO • street food • taste test • weird)

Eating sushi…from a vending machine? We try Toyama Prefecture’s local delicacy, masuzushi

• Katie Pask
  May 15, 2022

Our reporter’s unfortunate blunder actually turns out for the best as she discovers a hidden surprise!

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• Japan
• (food • haruka takagi • masu zushi • SNJO • sushi • taste test • Toyama Prefecture • travel)

Is fancy drinkable yogurt better than regular yogurt for marinating chicken? 【Taste Test】

• Dale Roll
  May 14, 2022

We use a super thick and delicious product from Niigata to see if it will make our chicken super juicy!

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• Japan
• (chicken • cooking • food hack • marinade • Niigata • SoraKitchen • taste test • Yasuda Yogurt • yogurt • yogurt drink)

Is this spicy Japanese condiment the secret to making desserts more delicious?【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  May 11, 2022

We heard yuzu kosho can spice up our desserts, so we put it to the test.

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• Japan
• (Cheesecake • COK • dango • food • ice cream • mitarashi dango • SNJO • sweets • taste test • yuzu • yuzu kosho)

We try canned oyster okonomiyaki, a food we didn’t even know existed【Taste Test】

• Krista Rogers
  May 10, 2022

Savory seafood pancakes from a can don’t exactly sound appetizing, but will we eat our words?

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• Japan
• (canned food • Mr. Sato • Okayama • okonomiyaki • oyster • shimbashi • specialty store • taste test • Tokyo)

Which Japanese conveyer belt sushi chain has the best steamed egg custard? 【Taste test】

• Shannon
  May 9, 2022

Go for the sushi, stay for the eggs.

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• Japan
• (best conveyor belt sushi • chawanmushi • COK • conveyer belt sushi • egg custard • food • Hama Sushi • Kaitenzushi • Kappa Sushi • Kura Sushi • revolving sushi • SNJO • Sushiro • taste test)

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