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What makes the Tuna Mayonnaise Spam Musubi so popular with Japanese convenience store customers?
It looks like a breakfast at a fancy ryokan inn, but all this food came from a humble 7-Eleven and cost about 10 bucks.
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Japanese teen calls cops on man she thinks is holding a knife, turns out he just has old tech
1,600 empty seats at major Japanese gymnastics competition reserved by single unpaying person
Japan respectfully says goodbye to a single bamboo shoot in Kyoto
Spy x Family T-shirts from Uniqlo let you make your love of the anime an open secret【Photos】
Princesses, fruits, and blacksmiths: Study reveals the 30 most unusual family names in Japan
We visit Moominvalley Park for a press event, find it super melancholy, exactly as it should be
Need a place to stay in Japan? These share houses have discounts for newly arrived foreigners
Man who gambled entire Japanese town’s COVID relief money arrested
We accidentally buy some silkworm candy at Hokkaido’s Vending Machine Land
Strawberry mochi dumpling vending machine made our Japanese station dungeon crawl worth it
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Japan to begin accepting tourists from the U.S., three other countries this month
Pizza Hut’s new Oreo pizza is like nothing we’ve ever eaten before
Meet the Japanese Colonel Sanders, who’s handsome…and passionate about fried chicken
Let’s find out if mixing milk and a lemon-lime soda makes cream soda
Ghibli found out about the unofficial Ghibli cafe in Nagoya…then something very sweet happened- 1,600 empty seats at major Japanese gymnastics competition reserved by single unpaying person
Man who accidentally received entire town’s COVID-19 relief money vanishes
Why does Japan’s most famous ocean legend end at this temple in the middle of the mountains?
A permanent One Piece-themed fitness gym is opening in Japan, now recruiting pirate trainers
Man who got entire town’s COVID relief money believed to have lost it all at online casinos
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Doraemon found buried at sea as scene from 1993 anime becomes real life【Photos】- Japan to begin accepting tourists from the U.S., three other countries this month
Hotel guest who boiled crabs in room’s kettle angry to have to pay for damages
Japanese woman receives Kobe beef croquettes after waiting nine years, and she was lucky.
Sumo wrestler vs. 16-month-old toddler: The cutest match you’ll ever see【Video】
American visits Japan, wonders why McDonald’s only sells beef bowls, not burgers
The new Bake Off Japan on Amazon Prime is everything we ever wanted (aka more Bake Off!)【Review】- Let’s find out if mixing milk and a lemon-lime soda makes cream soda
We test out the portable shower backpack Amazon recommended to us (which also only has two stars)
New “wet” potato chips revolutionise the snack industry in Japan
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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
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
Top 10 anime women with biggest, most impactful breasts, voted by thousands of Japanese netizens
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”
Mario isn’t number one? Nintendo plumber doesn’t win Super Mario series character popularity poll
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We visit Moominvalley Park for a press event, find it super melancholy, exactly as it should be
Need a place to stay in Japan? These share houses have discounts for newly arrived foreigners
Man who gambled entire Japanese town’s COVID relief money arrested
We accidentally buy some silkworm candy at Hokkaido’s Vending Machine Land
Strawberry mochi dumpling vending machine made our Japanese station dungeon crawl worth it
One Piece characters’ nationalities revealed, but fans have mixed opinions
Scientific study from Japan proves ninja hand gestures sharpen the mind and reduce stress
The new Shin Ultraman movie is out, and here’s what both an Ultraman fan and nonfan think of it
This amazingly detailed theme park map is what Tokyo Ghibli Land would look like
Japanese universities determine cats know the names of other cats
10 weird and funny things Japanese people do
A trip to the deadline cafe in Tokyo, where staff won’t let you leave until you’re done writing
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