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![Visiting Fukui can teach travelers how to make, and smash, Japanese kawara tiles [Photos]](https://soranews24.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/09/x-gif-3-810024490-17.jpg?w=640 "Visiting Fukui can teach travelers how to make, and smash, Japanese kawara tiles [Photos]")
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Name could have used some more time in the kitchen, but we still want these in our stomach ASAP.
![New Japanese convenience store rice balls taste like instant noodles [Taste test]](https://soranews24.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/09/0_c8e809.jpg?w=640 "New Japanese convenience store rice balls taste like instant noodles [Taste test]")
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