Mr. Sato (Page 8)
Crazy long sweets are about to take over your Instagram and TikTok feeds, but are they worth eating?
It wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows in the beginning, but it sure turned out that way in the end!
We visit the new Tomodachi ga Yatteru Cafe in Harajuku, where staff are paid to pose as your friends.
Watch our team of zany reporters run around in loincloths as they attempt to beat Beat Takeshi.
Cooked in a traditional earthenware pot, there’s something about this Maboroshi no Koshihikari rice that almost spirited him away.
A visit to Green Lawson, the futuristic Japanese convenience store where you get served by an avatar
What was supposed to be a simple taste test makes Mr. Sato take another look at his gourmet writer credentials.
Burger King’s latest offering leaves Mr. Sato stunned not once, not twice but three times!
We learn the origin of this unique pastry sold in one of Tokyo’s bustling commercial districts.
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