Don’t chop off your own finger if you’re not prepared to pay out of pocket to get sewn up afterwards.
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If you don’t have a team of sumo wrestlers to cook chanko nabe for you, will a rice cooker do the job for a one-person hot pot meal?
The only difference is that our version of a “mountain” may be a bit more gastronomically inclined.
Taste-testing the mixes of ice cream, mochi, and one other all-star Japanese dessert ingredient.
…and which are still worth visiting even if you’ve never watched or read the Hokkaido adventure anime/manga.
Our two most eligible bachelors, one a dog-loving trained actor and the other a former pharmaceutical researcher turned rapper, are looking for that special someone. Could it be you?




















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