taste test (Page 6)
Yeah, Tokugawa Ieyasu was a great shogun and all, but we’re here to see (and eat) Tokugawa Piyoyasu.
We’re not sure how you could pack much more chocolate or floral flavor into a single cup than Starbucks Japan has here.
Select branches of Japan’s favorite curry chain are serving up a taste of Niigata in Tokyo and Kanagawa.
Japan’s favorite casual donut chain collaborates with one of the country’s best patissiers for a four-donut chocolate gateau lineup, and we try them all.
Tokyo cafe introduced the dessert to Japan almost 90 years ago, and the rest is sweets history.
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Soup curry and onigiri for breakfast at a super tasty semi-secret spot in Tokyo’s Shinjuku
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Pizza Hut Japan’s new Wiener Coffee Pizza tastes as crazy as it sounds
Artificial sea of clouds made by luxury hotel in Tokyo during summer
Japanese city getting Spirited Away buses to celebrate Studio Ghibli anime producer museum event
Ghibli Museum releases beautiful new line of anime art T-shirts, available for online orders【Pics】
New Japanese KitKat captures the flavour of Baskin Robbins’ choc mint ice cream
Best breakfast ramen in southern Japan? Taste-testing Fukuoka’s super-convenient Morning Ramen
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Fans in Japan don’t sound happy with Netflix’s One Piece live-action changes to the Going Merry
Onitsuka Tiger now sells Shinkansen sneakers that cost more than a trip on the bullet train
Gigantic super-affordable Sailor Moon lifestyle line comes to Japan’s favorite 300 yen shop【Pics】
AI-generated swimsuit/lingerie model makes debut in Japan’s Weekly Playboy magazine【Photos】
SoraNews24 formally apologizes for recent misunderstanding with crows in nearby park
We try five menu recommendations from a clerk at CoCo Ichibanya and almost fall in love
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Studio Ghibli now sells plush toys seen on Howl’s bed from Howl’s Moving Castle- Ghibli Museum releases beautiful new line of anime art T-shirts, available for online orders【Pics】
- Pokémon dress shirt brand is shutting down – Last chance to order is less than a month away
- Gigantic super-affordable Sailor Moon lifestyle line comes to Japan’s favorite 300 yen shop【Pics】
- Huge price hike for Japan Rail Pass triggers huge drop in foreign travelers who’ll buy it【Survey】
Uniqlo teams up with shojo manga/anime masters Clamp for new World of Clamp T-shirt line【Pics】
Japanese outdoor brand Foxfire teams up with Totoro for cool clothing and accessory line
New Ghibli T-shirts give you anime style with short sleeves from Spirited Away, Totoro, and more
World’s largest Kura Sushi revolving sushi restaurant opens, but not in Japan【Video】- Fans in Japan don’t sound happy with Netflix’s One Piece live-action changes to the Going Merry
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Manga artist wants Japanese teachers to feel, for two seconds, how dumb their girls’ dress code is
Sony’s wearable air conditioners selling like cold cakes in heat-stricken Japan
Travelling to Japan soon? Beware the “Three Small Hells” awaiting tourists upon arrival
Japan ends travel ban on individual tourists, waives visa requirements for certain countries
One Piece’s Luffy spent years of manga’s publication without saying a word to one of his nakama
Pokémon Center apologizes for writing model Nicole Fujita’s name as Nicole Fujita
Image-generating AI’s picture of “Final Fantasy VII Cloud” is so wrong, yet so right
Princesses, fruits, and blacksmiths: Study reveals the 30 most unusual family names in Japan
New Studio Ghibli humidifiers breathe anime magic into your home
Message to foreigners at Japanese convenience store sparks controversy online
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Japanese city getting Spirited Away buses to celebrate Studio Ghibli anime producer museum event
Ghibli Museum releases beautiful new line of anime art T-shirts, available for online orders【Pics】
New Japanese KitKat captures the flavour of Baskin Robbins’ choc mint ice cream
Best breakfast ramen in southern Japan? Taste-testing Fukuoka’s super-convenient Morning Ramen
We know the human names of Dragon Ball’s Androids 17 & 18!
Did Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto just call casual gamers “pathetic”? Well, yes and no
Tokyo Station’s perfect breakfast spot might just be this izakaya Japanese-style pub
Five times our Japanese-language reporters added 85 bucks of “extras” to food orders in 2016
Seiko adds limited edition starter Pokémon to their luxury watch collection
The 10 best Japanese hot spring resorts locals want to go back to again and again
Yokohama restaurant serves fried axolotl, along with giant isopod, camel, and crocodile
10 vegetarian foods you can order at almost any Japanese restaurant
12 gender-bent Disney and Ghibli characters that are utter perfection
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