Over the past several years ramen, perhaps Japan’s favorite comfort food, has seen an increase in delicious vegan and vegetarian ramen options, including the world’s…

2020 has obviously been an extremely difficult year due to the novel coronavirus pandemic both for private citizens and companies alike. The restaurant industry has…

Japanese manufacturing company New World Co., Ltd. and Fukuoka-based instant noodle pioneers Marutai Co., Ltd., now celebrating their 60th anniversary, have teamed up for a…

To keep up with the constant wave of new types of instant noodles released, such as Sour Cream and Onion Pringles flavored yakisoba and even…

Karaage-kun, a brand of Japanese karaage fried chicken sold at Lawson, might be the reigning champ of the Japanese convenience store hot food section. Over…

For anyone not in the know, Japan has some fantastic food. From unfamiliar delicacies at izakaya restaurants to home cooked rice bowls, you certainly won’t…

Have you eaten ramen recently? If so, chances are you’ll have noticed (and salivated over) the astonishing variety of flavors now available. Like this Pirana…

August 2020 has been a very hot month with heatwave of over 35 Celsius on many days in a row. On days like this, it…

It can sometimes be hard to resist the siren call of the junkiest flavors of instant noodles, such as Pringles Sour Onion and Cream Ramen,…

While many ramen shops in Japan remain open and you can even stay in your very own ramen shop-themed hotel room, heading out to your…

Japanese snack food aficionados are likely familiar with “Baby Star Ramen”, a dried and crunchy mini-ramen noodle snack. What you may not know, however, is…

Japan is the undisputed home of eccentric snack variations. But sometimes, like in the case of these ramen-flavoured Pringles, the strange snack combinations just make…

Without even touching on love hotels (and the many themed-rooms found within them), Japan certainly offers a lot of lodging experiences with very specific themes….

Given the need to prioritize health and safety in recent times, many (hopefully) people are wearing masks. Those that have used masks for a while…

I remember the good ol’ days when I was an adolescent boy. Playing videos until five o’clock in the morning, eating hamburgers nearly every day,…