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Kyoto’s Nishiki Market has great bento boxed lunches, and here are our top 3 picks

Whether you’re looking to eat in the park, along the river, or on the Shinkansen, “Kyoto’s Kitchen” has you covered.

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An overnight trip on the Sunrise Izumo, Japan’s awesome Tokyo-Shimane sleeper train【Photos】

Mr. (and Mrs.) Sato ride the overnight rails back to his hometown on one of Japan’s coolest cross-country travel options.

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Japanese ramen chain elevates convenience store food with new microwaveable noodles【Taste test】

Over a year in the making, these noodles bring the taste of Japan’s most popular ramen chain into your kitchen.

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24-hour Kabukicho restaurant serves up Japanese meals with Tokyo flair

A great place in Shinjuku for an early morning breakfast or late-night snack. 

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Such recognition! Official doge meme dog manhole cover installed in Japan【Photos】

Sakura salutes its Shiba star.

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Japanese teacher beats up student for making fun of his body by calling him anime character name

Board of Education hands down punishments to teachers fighting, dating their teenage students.

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Tokyo’s Shinjuku is looking very different with its giant westside skyscraper torn down【Photos】

It’s been a long time since the busy Tokyo neighborhood looked like this.

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Do Mister Donut’s sakura doughnuts taste as good as they look?

Each doughnut represents a different stage of the cherry blossoms in bloom, so we eat our way through all of them to find our favourites. 

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Sakura and matcha from 150-year-old Kyoto tea merchant ice creams arrive at Baskin-Robbins Japan

Springtime sweets give us even more to choose from at “Thirty-one.”

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New Pokémon card game lounge opening in downtown Tokyo with free drinks, snacks, and loaner decks

Shibuya Scramble-adjacent Tsutaya building set to become newest Pokémon destination.

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The disembodied arm on the shoulder prank in the office shows you can be too good at something

Overly smooth prank nearly costs us an arm and a leg.

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Starbucks Japan unveils final sakura collection for hanami season 2024

New cherry blossom collection includes two special Stanley cups you can’t get anywhere else.

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We plastered our car!【SoraHouse】

You never know until you try it.

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Do all big Japanese cafe chains just give you a tea bag when you order black tea? Let’s find out

Our black tea-loving reporter goes in search of a proper cup of tea at five of Japan’s most popular cafe chains.

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Japanese cake becomes a hit with foreign tourists, but is it worth the hype?

We find out if a cake that looks like an omusubi rice ball is worth your yen.

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Low-Amazon-rated heater claims to melt car frost with energy blasts, does only half a thing right

Vulgar analogy turns out to be surprisingly accurate.

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How well does canned fruit syrup-flavored drink match up to the real thing?【Taste test】

The great taste of canned mikan syrup from a carton.

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What are the most and least attractive hobbies for Japanese men and women? Survey investigates

One hobby for women shows up in both guys’ top and bottom rankings.

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Is Lotteria’s new meat sauce burger a challenge to the reign of Mos Burger’s Japanese classic?

We taste test to find out!

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Japan spending survey shows one region really likes to drink

Beer? Sake? One part of Japan has a strong fondness for both, as well as a few other alcoholic beverages.

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