Learn how our writer fared after eating emergency rations, as well as her suggestions for anyone who’s making their own disaster food prep pack.
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Ice cream in fried tofu? Taste-testing ice cream inari, a substitute for ice cream cones【Taste test】
We indulge in some of the freshest fish from Japan’s northeastern coast in a gloriously colorful seafood buffet.
Two of the country’s best coffeehouse chains go head to head in this battle of seasonal flavours.
We indulge in all five new offerings to determine how the new ones compare with those of autumns past.
A pizza so popular it sold out in days last year…but will this year’s version be a sell-out hit?
UFO stories abound in this area, and there’s plenty to make you think in this under-the-radar town.
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