Our reporter Seiji ventures back to Ueno’s bug vending machine to learn if crickets and grasshoppers taste the same.
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Seiji learns that beautiful women can be a lot like centipedes: more scared of him than he is of them.
Our Japanese-language reporter follows a hot tip to a mouth-searing offer he can’t refuse.
After riding on the Tube in London, our Japanese reporter is thankful for crowded Tokyo trains.
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