No-charge karaoke rooms now available across Japan to keep country singing during the pandemic

https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Casey BaseelKaraokekan shifts to a new strategy. A lot of businesses are taking a beating these days, but the blows are especially heavy for karaoke box operators. “Gather a group of friends and sit together in a closed room while breathing all over a microphone that you pass back and forth” is a business model that […]

World’s smallest official Rubik’s Cube developed by Japanese companies

https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Master BlasterWhat it lacks in size it more than makes up for in price. Who doesn’t have fond childhood memories of picking up a Rubik’s Cube, solving one side, and then giving up for a year or so before bothering to attempt it again? However, there are also those special few who stuck with the three-dimensional […]

Happy Halloween! Now eat your eyeball mochi

https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Casey BaseelIt’s the gooey filling that really makes them delicious. Japan likes its food to not only taste great but look good too, and that philosophy makes a lot of sense when you’re talking about sweets. Desserts are inherently indulgent, and since the only reason we eat them is for enjoyment, we really should enjoy every […]

Steamed bun pancakes are this year’s must-try sweet

https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Oona McGeeOnly available in Japan for a limited time. If there’s two things we love here at SoraNews24, it’s pancakes and nikuman steamed buns. In the past, we would’ve classed these tasty treats as two separate things, but now we can have our pancake and eat our nikuman too, thanks to a new divine sweet called […]

We eat the best crayfish of our life at a Tokyo specialty restaurant【Taste test】

https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Dale RollThis Takadanobaba restaurant blew us away with its delicious Chinese-inspired dishes! Crayfish aren’t really popular to eat in Japan, despite being native to the country. Still, that doesn’t mean you can’t find a good place to eat them. In fact, there is a restaurant in Tokyo exclusively dedicated serving crayfish…and since it was the best […]

Asakusa luxury – the best matsutake soba we’ve ever had at a price that can’t be beat

https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Katie PaskEnjoy the taste of autumn without breaking the bank! Japan is a country that fully embraces the changing of the seasons, and this is most apparent when you look at menus in restaurants. The arrival of spring brings with it the arrival of cherry blossom and matcha-flavoured products. Summertime means festival food is everywhere you […]

Japanese wife begins writing daily list of reasons to not murder her husband

https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Casey BaseelIt’s a really sweet idea…probably. In any household, there’s always a slew of tasks and chores that need to be done, and they only get more numerous when you’ve got a small child in the house, like Japanese Twitter user @P_chan_papa and his wife do. So it sounds heartwarming when @P_chan_papa mentions that recently his […]