A serious culinary deep dive for those who need their instant ramen to taste like Japanese instant ramen.
Ikuna Kamezawa (Page 4)
Our Japanese-language reporter writes on the peculiarities of traveling from a high-risk country during a pandemic.
Our reporter shares some important things to know if you’ll be applying for a vaccine passport within Japan.
Our female reporter gets her ears cleaned by someone else for the first time in years, and loves it.
Are congratulations in order as creator Hideaki Anno’s masterpiece anime franchise reaches the end of its 26-year journey?
The party was a far cry from what our reporter had envisioned, but it was just as satisfying in its own way.
We test whether Kate’s kogao masks help with one of Japanese women’s most desired beauty goals.
We’d meant to compare French tonkotsu with Japanese tonkotsu, but we couldn’t resist trying a brand new kind of ramen!
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More foreign tourists than ever before in history visited Japan last month
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Sales of Japan’s most convenient train ticket/shopping payment cards suspended indefinitely
Sold-out Studio Ghibli desktop humidifiers are back so Totoro can help you through the dry season
Japanese government to make first change to romanization spelling rules since the 1950s
Ghibli founders Toshio Suzuki and Hayao Miyazaki contribute to Japanese whisky Totoro label design- Foreigner’s request for help in Tokyo makes us sad for the state of society
Doraemon found buried at sea as scene from 1993 anime becomes real life【Photos】
Tokyo’s most famous Starbucks is closed
One Piece characters’ nationalities revealed, but fans have mixed opinions
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Icon’s Mac & Cheese Burger contender for best burger in Tokyo【Taste test】
Studio Ghibli unveils new goods that tip the hat to The Cat Returns
Red light district sushi restaurant in Tokyo shows us just how wrong we were about it
All-you-can-drink deal for US$4 in Shinjuku is one of the best finds in Tokyo
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Two things to do, and two things not to do, when leaving a traditional Japanese inn
History’s largest force of Samurai Colonel Sanders deploying to KFC Japan branches
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Weird Japanese vending machine find of the day: Cream in cans?
Pizza Hut releases a turtle pizza that looks like a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle
Randomly running into a great sushi lunch like this is one of the best things about eating in Tokyo
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