Your Name director Makoto Shinkai’s latest movie takes on gorgeous edible form in Tokyo and Osaka.
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”Slime-flavored” pastry teaches us that the famous video game monsters are actually delicious!
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One of Japan’s most beautiful blades is now on display, and owes its existence to some dude who just wanted to eat some potatoes and pickles.
A small investment pays quick dividends as elementary schoolers’ grades jump to the top of the class.
We visit the bakery featured in Kyoto Animation’s love letter to brass bands, and taste its heartache-healing signature bread.
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Mr. Sato gets decadent by sustaining himself with caviar while camping in Ginza to try to be the first person in Japan with an iPhone 11.
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