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There’s nothing for sale inside the machine, but Okinawan spirits and delicious deserts are waiting on the other side.
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Three cities share the status of this year’s first sakura arrivals, with a fourth joining them one day later.
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When you’re all choked up and there’s nose way out, take a leaf out of our book to get yourself out of the throes of nose blows.
Restaurant chain creates sushi you can eat with one hand, leaving your other free to toast the cherry blossoms.
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Japan’s foreign resident population surges past four million for the first time in history.
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Why sit on a tarp when you can zoom through flowers on a 100-meter slide or risk falling into the trees from 370 meters in the air?
Viral tweet claims have shoppers wondering if they’re paying premium-filling prices for almost-plain onigiri.
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Dashimaki tamago in three minutes sounds awesome, but if it tastes bad, it won’t be worth even 100 yen.
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