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Elliot Hale
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- Japan
- (A&W • Blue Seal • COK • food • food and drink • hamburger • local cuisine • local food • Okinawa • okinawan cuisine • Okinawan food • regional food • regional foods • root beer • sata andagi • Saya Togashi • sea grapes • SNJO • soki soba • steak)
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Dale Roll
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- Japan
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- Japan
- (COK • cool • food • Japanese food • local cuisine • Noodles • okame soba • recipes • SNJO • soba)
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Oona McGee
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- Japan
- (COK • food • food review • Japanese food • local cuisine • Mai • Okinawa • pork • SNJO • soul food • taste test • tonkatsu)
- Japan
- (cool • cuisine • food • Japanese cuisine • local cuisine • Ninja • Osaka • Osaka Castle • street food • takoyaki • travel)
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