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Eating venomous snake in Japan

Habu is both feared and revered, but does it taste like chicken?

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New squirrel-cheek boob-adjacent video game is all about the nuts, includes “sensitive mode”

Magical Nut Ikuno isn’t quite what it looks like, but still very much what it seems like.

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Squeezable tanuki testicle capsule toys, with choking warning for kids, appear in Japan, but why?

The latest chapter in Japan’s long tradition of long-balled depictions of racoon dogs.

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Taste-testing Japan’s “I love Obama” cakes【Taste test】

There’s an obvious gag gift element to these manju from Fukui, but is the pun delicious?

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Japanese convenience store with customer showers proves they really do have everything【Photos】

This Seicomart has everything you need to get conveniently clean.

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Is Tokyo’s obviously for-foreign-tourists wagyu sukiyaki crepe delicious enough for a local?

We could be falling into a tourist trap in Asakusa, or we could be falling in meaty love.

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Is the shrimp, strawberry, and cheese sushi at Kura Sushi right now mad genius, or simply mad?

We can’t resist the temptation of a novel combination of toppings…but was it any good?

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Manga predicting a major disaster this July affecting summer tourism numbers

Flights to/from Hong Kong affected by predictions on both ends of the routes.

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Fried chicken, fruits, and ice cream unite in the crazily delicious parfaits of Karafuneya Cafe

A parfait fit for everyone can be found at this parfait paradise located inside of Osaka Station.

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Kyoto Station partially evacuated as bomb squad finds sweet but unwanted surprise

Suspicious package report follows two cases of handguns being brought in to nearby international airport.

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“Flat Takoyaki” at Nanpuu reimagines Japanese street food

Fried octopus balls get a totally new look at this Japanese restaurant chain.

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Pokémon fans startled to see Eevee looking super muscular in new merch photo

Has this Pokémon been using some super-effective protein powder?

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New cafe in Japan won’t let you leave until you solve a mystery

Hatena Coffee lives up to its name.

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Why did the crazy-expensive version of Japan’s super-cheap corn snack sell out? We ask the artist

For the price of the 100,000-yen modern art Umaibo you could get over 6,600 of the regular puffed corn snacks, and whether its buyers will display or eat their new snacks remains to be seen.

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Our Japanese writers share times they were the fool in honor of April Fools Day

It may be factual, may be cruel. Everybody plays the fool.

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Mr. Sato’s mad Majima cosplay and other outfits from Mafia Day at SoraNews24HQ【Photos】

Things go predictably off the rails as our boss tells us to dress up for Mafia Day.

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Want to eat ramen and sushi together? New restaurant in Tokyo makes culinary dreams come true

A two-in-one restaurant that’s yet to be discovered by foreign tourists.

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Kanagawa man arrested for pouring instant noodles into train ticket machine

We can only hope he didn’t also put money down his throat.

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New form of luxurious poverty arrives at Japanese convenience stores with Tenkasu Gohan

Lawson tempts us with rice topped not with tempura shrimp, but tempura nothing.

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New Takoyaki Burger from Wendy’s Japan makes us rethink Osaka’s specialty food

Find out if octopus balls taste better in burger form.

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