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Japanese schoolgirls from the ‘70s are the reason we have teriyaki burgers today

We taste test the teriyaki burger from the chain that first created them.

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How much will three packs of Pokémon cards bought overseas fetch in Japan?

We were left speechless at the cards’ final resale value.

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Don’t forget that the best convenience store in northern Japan has branches farther south too

Seicomart gives a taste of Hokkaido to those of us who can’t make the trip up north.

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How to convert a cheap car into a Japanese taxi…with tape and a wild imagination

Like a really bad, cheapo episode of Pimp My Ride.

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Resol Poshtel: Cheap capsule hotel in Tokyo is a hit with overseas visitors, and we find out why

Poshtel really lives up to its name in more ways than one.

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This Japanese convenience store in Tokyo has a Subway inside it

You don’t find Family Marts like this every day. 

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Grids Tokyo: Cheap hotel + hostel near Ueno Station is a convenient, stylish place to stay

A sweet deal for around US$25 a night.

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Tokyo convenience store has full bar inside with Japanese whiskey, will smoke your combini snacks

Shibuya Family Mart teams up with Kyoto bar.

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Starbucks Japan’s new Butter Frappuccino is more like a sweet pastry than a drink

Time to get a taste of autumn, with an unusual blend of ingredients. 

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Akashiyaki: A regional dumpling with a fascinating backstory

Osaka might be famous for takoyaki, but Akashi is the place where octopus balls first started.

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Yoshinoya tries its hand at French food with new beef miroton, but is it any good?

Yoshinoya knows beef, but do they know what they’re doing with this French home-cooking staple?

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“Sipping meat,” the semi-secret Osaka food that sounds like a joke, is seriously tasty

Leave it to Osaka to turn a comedian’s hungover quirkiness into a delicious meal.

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Our Osaka native taste-tests the extra-expensive, extra-large Bikkuri Takoyaki octopus balls

Seiji goes big as he goes home.

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All-you-can-eat sashimi from Tokyo’s fish market, convenient location make this budget hotel great

And the free ochazuke makes it even better.

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Look out, Starbucks — McDonald’s Japan has now entered the dessert drink game

Can a fast food chain beat a coffeehouse chain at its own game?

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We beat two crane games at a Japanese arcade and take home two lucky bags

Check out our UFO Catcher haul!

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Take it from a local: This resort island off the coast of Nagasaki is totally worth a side trip

It’s the perfect weekend getaway for Nagasaki locals…and the perfect place to add to a visitor’s itinerary!

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Japanese vending machine is the only one of its kind in Japan, dubbed the “phantom machine”

A neat example of marketing to help a rural community. 

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We try Keiji, an incredibly rare and expensive one-in-ten-thousand salmon sushi 【Taste test】

With only one of these caught for every 10,000 salmon, this rare fish comes with a super high price tag. 

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Seattle burger chain Lil Woody’s has arrived in Tokyo! But is it any good?【Taste Test】

Mr. Sato utilizes his sophisticated palate to determine whether Lil Woody’s is worth the hype. 

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