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Centuries-old sweets shop lends ingredient to flavor debuting in Tokyo head of nationwide rollout.
Family Mart turns tradition on its head with a new take on two well-known Japanese sweets.
When it’s this easy and this affordable, there’s really never a reason to not be eating warabi mochi.
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KFC’s new Japanese-Style Summer Burgers source refreshing ingredients from Setouchi and Wakayama
Japanese hotel offering sports car touge tours, no Japanese-language ability required
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We both do and do not recommend hiking to Tokyo’s beautiful mountain beer garden in midsummer
We deeply regret going into this tunnel on our walk in the mountains of Japan
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Rental grandma service growing in Japan, can help cook or break up with boyfriends
Uniqlo is fed up with shoplifters, so it’s adding a new element to how it’ll deal with thieves
Japan to make foreign driver’s license conversions more difficult, exclude tourists from eligibility
Domino’s releases new “Crispizzaburger” in Japan
Japanese airlines offer discounted fares to international tourists
Japan Airlines is giving away free domestic flights to international tourists
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- We deeply regret going into this tunnel on our walk in the mountains of Japan
Major Japanese hotel chain says reservations via overseas booking sites may not be valid
Sailor Moon Museum will finally make its outside-Japan debut- 60th Anniversary Sanrio Exhibition opens this month to celebrate the Japanese culture of cute
- Summer in Japan doesn’t sound like summer in Japan right now
Japanese airlines, including JAL and ANA, enacting new mobile battery carry-on rules this month
New unlimited-ride JR Japan rail pass is perfect for a laid-back trip in east and northeast Japan- Rental grandma service growing in Japan, can help cook or break up with boyfriends
- Uniqlo is fed up with shoplifters, so it’s adding a new element to how it’ll deal with thieves
There’s a new museum in Japan, but almost all of its location is a secret
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Survey asks foreign tourists what bothered them in Japan, more than half gave same answer
Foreign tourists on Shinkansen bullet train break suitcase etiquette, angering local passengers
Possessing Harry Potter’s Sword of Godric Gryffindor is now illegal in Japan
Japan’s deadliest food claims more victims, but why do people keep eating it for New Year’s?
Japanese convenience store Family Mart announces abolishment of eat-in spaces- We deeply regret going into this tunnel on our walk in the mountains of Japan
Studio Ghibli releases Kodama forest spirits from Princess Mononoke to light up your home
Studio Ghibli releases free-download board game — Here’s how to play it without reading Japanese- Major Japanese hotel chain says reservations via overseas booking sites may not be valid
Nintendo history you can feel – Super NES, N64, and GameCube controllers become capsule toys
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HacoKara Karaoke Box: The best way to de-stress at the cinema in Japan
Uniqlo is fed up with shoplifters, so it’s adding a new element to how it’ll deal with thieves
Passing the JLPT N1 — Here’s how I did it, so you can too!
60th Anniversary Sanrio Exhibition opens this month to celebrate the Japanese culture of cute
The best-selling rice ball at Family Mart is…SPAM onigiri?
We try roasted horseshoe crab in Thailand, regret our choice yet strangely long for more
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