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We deliver 441 pounds of lucky bag prizes, and a cuddly friend, to one very lucky reader【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 15, 2023 - Tweet
“Earnestly carry out your dumb ideas,” our boss always says.
The Ferris wheel at this Japanese highway oasis is scarier than it looks
- Oona McGee
Oct 12, 2023
Some special parking areas in Japan have more thrills to offer than luxury high-tech toilets.
- Japan
- (Aichi • COK • driving • Driving in Japan • Ferris wheel • Kariya • Mr. Sato • parking area • parking areas • sightseeing • SNJO • tourism • tourist sites • travel • Yoshio)
Ride bikes on an abandoned railway line at this hidden tourist spot in Japan
- Oona McGee
Oct 12, 2023
Old railway tracks get a new lease on life in the mountains.
- Japan
- (attractions • bicycles • bikes • COK • cool • countryside • fun • Japanese countryside • Japanese scenery • Japanese train stations • Mountains • Mr. Sato • railway • scenic • SNJO • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • train lines • train stations • trains • travel • Yoshio)
Mr. Sato is in fish heaven after tasting the freshly grilled mackerel at a market in Fukui
- Krista Rogers
Oct 9, 2023
Sometimes an unexpected stop at a seafood market is all you need to fill your belly and happiness meter.
- Japan
- (delicious • fish • food • Fukui • Hamayaki Yasubee • mackerel • Mr. Sato • Nihonkai Sakanamachi • regional • Restaurant • Sea of Japan • Yoshio)
28 things that surprised SoraNews24’s Japanese founder on his trip to San Diego
- Yoshio
Sep 24, 2023
A trip to visit Big Sis takes Yoshio an ocean away from Japan, and in some ways a world apart.
- Japan
- (California • COK • culture shock • food • internationalism • San Deigo • SNJO • society • travel • Yoshio)
We built a steel rack taller than our crazy cheap country Japanese house with Daiso goods
- Shannon
Apr 13, 2023
As Shia LaBeouf once said, “Just do it!”
- Japan
- (art • cheap homes • contemporary art • home renovation • Japanese countryside • Masanuki Sunakoma • silly • Yoshio)
Our wacko boss tries making his own baseball practice equipment using only 100-yen shop products
- Dale Roll
Apr 7, 2023
And one hapless colleague was dragged into helping.
- Japan
- (100 yen shop • 100 yen store • baseball • COK • crazy • Daiso • funny • Masanuki Sunakoma • SNJO • SoraHouse • sports • weird • Yoshio)
Learn how to crush walnuts with your butt from Japan’s Guinness World Record holder【Video】
- Krista Rogers
Sep 20, 2022
Will our butts survive the crushing blows of victory?
- Japan
- (Cherry Yoshitake • COK • crazy • funny • Guinness Word Record • interview • Mr. Cherry • Mr. Sato • SNJO • video • walnuts • weird • world record • Yoshio)
That time our boss almost killed Mr. Sato with a ginormous, unBEARable assignment【Photos】
- Krista Rogers
Sep 1, 2022
Never trust your boss when he’s smiling like this. Never.
We spent over US$400 at a Tokyo premium capsule machine, and we’re not sure how we feel about it
- Casey Baseel
Apr 5, 2022
Things get complicated/expensive when Mr. Sato and our boss combine their intellectual powers/lack of willpower.
- Japan
- (capsule machines • capsule toy machines • COK • crazy • Don Quijote • funny • gacha • Mr. Sato • SNJO • weird • Yoshio)
Do Tokyo natives get lost in Shinjuku and Shibuya too? We ask our in-office Tokyo-ites
- Shannon
Apr 4, 2022
The maze of Shinjuku Station and beyond may just be a maze for everyone.
- Japan
- (Go Hatori • Ikebukuro • Seiji Nakazawa • sense of direction • Shibuya • shinjuku • Shinjuku Station • SNJO • Tokyo natives • Yoshio)
Everyone in the office works together to make a “Dark Ehomaki Sushi Roll” for Setsubun
- Master Blaster
Feb 3, 2022
The office that makes sushi together, stays together.
- Japan
- (Dark Ehomaki • Ehomaki • experiments • food • holidays • setsubun • sushi • Yoshio)
9 middle-aged Japanese men try putting on their own makeup
- Master Blaster
Nov 26, 2021
How hard could it be?
- Japan
- (Ahiruneko • cosmetics • experiments • fashion • makeup • Masanuki Sunakoma • Mr. Sato • Seiji Nakazawa • Yoshio • Yuichiro Wasai)
We enter a mixed martial arts tournament held by tea maker Ito En
- Master Blaster
Aug 6, 2021
Live by the tea, die by the tea.
- Japan
- (fighting • Ito En • Oi Ocha • P.K. Sanjun • tea • tea making • wrestling • Yoshio)
Does the Shibuya Scramble Crossing overwhelm even Tokyo natives? We asked our reporters
- Shannon
Aug 3, 2021
No matter how long you’ve been in Tokyo, you’ve got to admit it is a lot of people.
- Japan
- (Go Hatori • Seiji Nakazawa • Shibuya • Shibuya scramble crossing • shocking • SNJO • Yoshio)
How many rare coins are in our pile of 100,000 one-yen coins?
- Master Blaster
Jul 19, 2021
One-in-100,000 to find a rare coin seem like reasonable odds.
- Japan
- (1 yen coin • Ahiruneko • appraisal • coins • COK • crazy • funny • Minoru Terada • money • one yen • rare coins • Shimbashi Stamp Trading • SNJO • weird • Yoshio)
What happens when our reporters show up to work dressed like their fathers?
- Dale Roll
Jun 23, 2021
What could go wrong if we give our reporters free access to their dads’ closets?
- Japan
- (Father's Day • fathers • Go Hatori • holiday • Masanuki Sunakoma • Mr. Sato • P.K. Sanjun • Parenting • parents • Seiji Nakazawa • Yoshio • Yuichiro Wasai)
Our boss becomes the father of a gigantic chocolate egg, raises it with love【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 18, 2021
What can the biggest chocolate egg we’ve ever seen teach us about parenthood?
- Japan
- (chocolate • chocolate eggs • COK • Costco • crazy • food • funny • SNJO • sweets • weird • Yoshio)
Let’s celebrate Good Spouse Day by dressing up as our partners!
- Master Blaster
Nov 25, 2020
What? Only us? So be it then.
- Japan
- (fashion • Good Spouse Day • holidays • marriage • Mr. Sato • unofficial holidays • Yoshio)
SoraNews24 founder develops effective yet inexpensive COVID-19 guards for restaurants
- Master Blaster
Sep 3, 2020
It’s the greatest thing I’ve ever seen, and I’m not just saying that because he signs my cheques.
- Japan
- (100 yen shop • AS Field • coronavirus • COVID-19 • inventions • public health • restaurants • safety • umbrella • Yoshio)
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- Tokyo Skytree set to offer breathtaking Diamond Fuji natural phenomenon view this month
- Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
- Japan’s mini Shikoku Pilgrimage walking tour left us feeling immensely satisfied
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Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
Japan’s mini Shikoku Pilgrimage walking tour left us feeling immensely satisfied
This hot spring near Osaka’s Kansai Airport resolves the pick-two-out-of-three bathhouse dilemma
Starbucks Japan invites us to par-tea with its new Earl Gray Frappuccino [Taste test]
Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
Tokyo Skytree set to offer breathtaking Diamond Fuji natural phenomenon view this month
Shoplifting prevention guard arrested for shoplifting boot from store he was guarding
This semi-secret, totally free footbath in downtown Tokyo is completely awesome
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- Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
- Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
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Life-size Monster Hunter dragon statues to be built at Japanese shopping mall
Studio Ghibli homeware brand’s faux oil lamp brings light, smiles, and Kiki’s Jiji to your home
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Cold Stone is closing its final branch in all of east Japan, but it’s going down singing
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Pokémon Company announces first-ever permanent Pokémon store to open outside Asia- Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
What’s it like to stay in a Japanese container hotel?- Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
Chainsaw robots helping keep trains running safely in east Japan [Video]
New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
Tokyo train station will play Godzilla theme song as new departure melody
Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
Studio Ghibli creates illustrated Kyoto sightseeing map, available at any 7-Eleven Japan store- Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
Studio Ghibli has a new anime out, and there’s only one place in the world where you can see it
Starbucks Japan releases new drinkware and goods for Valentine’s Day
Starbucks Japan releases new sakura goods and drinkware for cherry blossom season 2026
Japan’s newest Shinkansen has no seats…or passengers [Video]
Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
Japanese ninja certification exam attracts 131 candidates from Japan and abroad
Salomon releases Japan-exclusive Mt. Fuji hiking gear that doubles as an amazing souvenir
Japan reportedly adding Japanese language skill requirement to most common foreigner work visa
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