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Next time you feel like taking a coffee break, why not head over to the NagaLatte Cafe in Harajuku, where you can try Snow Brand Milk’s newest beverage and experience what it’s like to work as a manga illustrator, animator, or other creative professional?
Join our Japanese writer on a taste-test of dreams. We promise this is the only birthday cake you’ll ever need!
In our continuing endeavor to visit McDonald’s restaurants around the world we sample the unique regional offerings the international chain creates to appease the locals and delight tourists.
This time RocketNews24 sent a reporter to a McDonald’s in the Philippines to sample one of their localized combos centered by a heap of McSpaghetti. The following is their report.
Go shopping with our Japanese reporter as he experiences Costco in the U.S. for the first time
You can wear the Princess Mononoke curse on your fingers with new Ghibli ring and accessory line
A visit to Japan’s wasp nest art museum stings us with respect for the industrious insects【Pics】
The most expensive ice cream in Japan? Metallic soft serve frays the nerves of staff who make it
Watermelon-looking rice balls go on sale in Tokyo, bring Mr. Sato bitter memories of regret
We try making a low-calorie katsu with tofu instead of pork【SoraKitchen】
We fall in love with a bucket of Japanese custard pudding【Taste test】
Saitama man’s 7M-yen Rolex stolen after leaving it alone with “potential buyer” for two minutes
We try Starbucks’ buzzworthy (and slightly gross) new cream pie to see how good it really is
A senbero with deer in Nara Park turns into a weird fever dreamSaitama man’s 7M-yen Rolex stolen after leaving it alone with “potential buyer” for two minutes
Starbucks Japan’s new cream pie’s looks are freaking people out
Foreign Lawson employees claim unfair treatment such as forced sushi and Christmas cake purchases
The twin joys and dual sadnesses of eating ramen in the U.S.We fall in love with a bucket of Japanese custard pudding【Taste test】
Hayao Miyazaki produces animated commercial for Ghibli Park【Video】
Is Japan’s new pain-in-the-butt instant ramen also a joy in the stomach?【Taste test】
Japanese candy Hi-Chew says a heartfelt, ridiculous goodbye as it retires Green Apple flavor【Vid】
“My employees were killed.” Japanese pond owner breaks into tears after 3,000 fish die in robbery
Japan Weather Association creates new words to describe merciless summer heatSaitama man’s 7M-yen Rolex stolen after leaving it alone with “potential buyer” for two minutes
Studio Ghibli releases free bulletin board illustration to “use within the bounds of common sense”
Jimmy Choo designs limited edition Crystal Boots for Sailor Moon’s 30th anniversary
New Princess Mononoke accessory line has Kodama for your ears, wolves for your fingers【Photos】
Cases of people getting unwanted crabs skyrocketing in Japan, salmon too
The entire Pokémon Red and Blue Kanto region map, built as a 3-D diorama, looks amazing【Photos】
Princess Mononoke 25th anniversary lineup includes cute plushies, fierce magnets, expensive bowls
We visit izakaya in Thailand billed as “Middle Aged Man’s Paradise”, try food that’s illegal in Japan
Japanese curry rice appears at McDonald’s, but not in the country you’d expect
Burger King Japan’s all-you-can-eat challenge knocks us out of the ring
Mandarin orange peels aren’t trash, they’re treasure! Three chimpi tips to reuse your mikan skins
Move over grilled cheese — we’ve discovered the tastiest toasted sandwich yet【Recipe】
One Punch Man manga artist’s amazing “practice” drawing is so good we think he might not be human
Sony’s wearable air conditioners selling like cold cakes in heat-stricken Japan
How to use the new floating hologram registers at 7-Eleven
Liev Schreiber’s son deemed “too beautiful” in Japan
Princesses, fruits, and blacksmiths: Study reveals the 30 most unusual family names in Japan
Japanese woman finds better way to make potato salad, we may not be able to go back to old style
Miss Universe 2021 Japan entry slammed for wearing “dead person’s kimono”
One Piece characters’ nationalities revealed, but fans have mixed opinions
We try making a low-calorie katsu with tofu instead of pork【SoraKitchen】
We fall in love with a bucket of Japanese custard pudding【Taste test】
Saitama man’s 7M-yen Rolex stolen after leaving it alone with “potential buyer” for two minutes
We try Starbucks’ buzzworthy (and slightly gross) new cream pie to see how good it really is
A senbero with deer in Nara Park turns into a weird fever dream
Haku is…Chihiro’s dead brother? Studio Ghibli fans blown away by Spirited Away theory
Line of Japanese-smelling watches sold through Japan Post Office
What’s the secret behind these three rice bowls?
Hayao Miyazaki produces animated commercial for Ghibli Park【Video】
Pokémon baked goods booming in South Korea, boosted further by BTS
First-ever carbon-neutral sake coming in October
Japanese customer finds run-in with “Indian” convenience store clerk a refreshing experience
Natto for beginners? How to half-make Japanese fermented soybeans at home【SoraKitchen】