The best things in life are priceless, but the most useful things tend to only cost about 100 yen (US$0.90).
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Tour our Japanese-language reporter’s apartment, a wonderland of 100-yen trinkets
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Katy Kelly
Sep 13, 2020 - Tweet
We’re pleasantly surprised to discover that a 100 yen gadget allows us to make acceptably decent sushi.
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