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West Japan pork cutlet chain has arrived in Tokyo, and it’s brought something unusual for the summer.
If you don’t get here half an hour before opening, chances are they’ll already be sold out.
Summer Fall’s Yuzu Bubbles blends California sun with Japanese tradition for an unusual beverage.
The star of the Yamaguchi sake scene shows up in Shinjuku baked goods, and we’re ready for a trio of taste tests.
Cold noodles and curry noodles are proven successes, but cold curry noodles is a new roll of the culinary dice.
We try all five flavors of the “Hyakunigiri” Kyoto steak restaurant collaborative product to see if they’ll really rice up our lives.
Traditional mochi treatment puts a spin on the Pon de Ring, but is it an unrecoverable tailspin?
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