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Japan’s new KFC-flavor potato chips don’t taste like KFC, but they do taste like chicken【Taste test】
Flavor reminds our KFC fundamentalist taste tester of a different chicken restaurant icon than Colonel Sanders.
An ancient palace still wields its magic in a residential backstreet hidden from tourists.
We’re probably the only ones who are crazy enough to try this Kaiji spinoff meal at home–though we don’t recommend it for anyone else.
We grab a bowl of Ichiraku ramen and down a chakra drink at Naruto’s favorite noodle house.
This section of the gate is usually off-limits to tourists, but you can now view its hidden gems.
Kako to Kai enthralls our reporter who just might have been a sea otter in his former life.
Beautiful architecture and so, so much delicious food with just a quick detour from the standard tourist itinerary.
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