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We go looking for the free kaoyu hot spring facebath of onsen town Kusatsu【Photos】

Lots of Japanese hot spring towns have footbaths, but how does a facebath work?

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Coordinating a whole outfit with nothing but clothes from Japanese convenience store Family Mart

How far has combining fashion come since our last investigation?

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JR, Tokyo Metro, other rails lines adding discounts for mentally handicapped riders, caregivers

New policy seeks to remove additional financial burden in a country where not taking the train often isn’t an option.

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Hanton rice — a delicious regional food even most Japanese people don’t know about, but more should

We head to Kanazawa to visit the birthplace of this “hungry tuna” dish that doesn’t contain tuna.

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A new meaty dawn for Akihabara as neighborhood’s best steak/hamburger steak restaurant reopens

Man oh man it’s good to have Mansei around.

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Starbucks releases a special sparkly tumbler in Japan to support diversity

A portion of profits goes towards the chain’s Rainbow School Project.

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Legendary Pokémon Rayquaza evolves into a nagashi somen noodle delivery system【Pics】

A super-effective way to get a taste of Japanese summertime food culture.

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Is Starbucks Japan’s new Gohobi Melon Frappuccino really the ultimate melon Frappuccino?

New limited-edition drinks have a lot to live up to. 

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Tokyo Banana Curry adds capital’s souvenir sweet’s sweetness to roux, but not in Tokyo

This new mix of sweets and spices has us ready for a road trip.

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Tokyo restaurant’s chicken katsu mabo curry is hard to pin down, easy to love

One plate with two great tastes that somehow create a third.

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Uniqlo opens its first Furugi Project secondhand clothing pop-up shop in Tokyo

We buy clothes at Japan’s only Uniqlo location specializing in reused and remade clothing.

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Our Japanese reporter visits Costco in the U.S., finds super American and very Japanese things

The cross cultural appeal of a Costco run in Los Angeles.

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Tokyo restaurant offers “DIY Tempura Bowls,” so of course we had to go check it out

Do you cook it yourself? Put it together yourself, buffet style? What does it mean?!?!

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Is Coca-Cola Japan’s new canned Jack Daniels cocktail better than mixing your own?【Taste test】

The standard version was a hit with our taste-tester, but how will this new no-sugar version perform?

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Beautiful park, gigantic wholesale market, and smooth-as-silk coffee on Omori bus loop【Tokyo Loop Buses】

Mr. Sato gets off the beaten path and finds a new part of Tokyo to fall in love with.

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The Fake Burger is now on the menu at Burger King Japan, but is it worth the hype?

Limited-edition French fry burger takes meatless options to new levels.  

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New definition of “Japanese whiskey” goes into effect to prevent fakes from fooling overseas buyers

Japan Spirits and Liqueurs Makers Association still needs to take one more step though.

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Japan’s oldest man passes away, thought to have been last male born in the Meiji period

Chiba centenarian was former school teacher.

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New Pokémon cakes let you eat your way through Pikachu and all the Eevee evolutions

Who knew Eeveelutions came with different flavours?

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Cashiers given chairs as Japanese companies reconsider if it’s OK for workers to sit during their shifts

Discount megastore Don Quijote takes part in the Suwatte Iissu Project.

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