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Mr. Sato takes a walk on Tokyo’s American-style street to get some American/Japanese ice cream

A taste of the U.S. via Okinawa. Our intrepid reporter Mr. Sato was recently in Fussa, a part of Tokyo west of the downtown area, where he discovered Tampopo, a retro pachinko parl...

Mr. Sato shares his own secret Ministop hack to help save the ailing convenience store

Hopefully, this is just a mini stop on Ministop’s road to success. The convenience store ecosystem in Japan is dominated by three apex predators: Family Mart, 7-Eleven, and Lawson....

Fading Tokyo – Horikiri Station, the Arakawa River, and Kinpachi-sensei[Walking course]

Mr. Sato heads to the neighborhood of a famous TV drama and finds a nostalgic taste of a youth he never had. Welcome back to Fading Tokyo, in which our ace reporter Mr. Sato sets o...

Sato was a driving force in helping carve out surfing as a state sport

Kylie Sato comes from a family of hands-on builders.

Mr. Sato discovers his inner beaver with a 16-inch chocolate “twig” at Tokyo Station

Why settle for a tiny snack when you can gnaw on one that doubles as a legendary sword? Confectionery company Morinaga’s chocolate snack Koeda (“Twig”) has had tons of fans over th...

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MoFo's Ken Siegel: The American Outsider Who Became an Insider in Japan's Corporate Elite

From Fujitsu to SoftBank, Ken Siegel turned a bold expatriate move into a legal career at the intersection of Japanese business, global finance, and enduring personal relationships...

Does the Fukuryumon Chinese restaurant in Koenji offer the best lunch deal in Tokyo?

The main dishes are already cheap to begin with–but the unlimited free side dishes could even be a meal by themselves! Our Japanese-language reporter/resident musician Seiji Nakaza...

Sato Nishiki (佐藤錦)

If you’ve ever wandered through a Japanese department store in June, you’ve probably seen them. Small, glossy, ruby red cherries. Sitting in a perfectly arranged box, each one nest...

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You’ll never win cash or prizes or cash at this Tokyo pachinko parlor, and that’s why it’s so cool

Tampopo is part pachinko parlor, part video game arcade, and part museum. Being a man of culture, when our ace reporter Mr. Sato is out and about in the suburbs and sees on the map...

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Japanese vending machine find introduces us to a new drink you can’t get anywhere else

An iconic Japanese candy, now in drinkable form.  Japan is filled with vending machines, and one of the people helping to prop up the industry is our very own reporter Mr Sato. He...

Food Review: Satori At Amoy Street | Affordable Japanese Yakitori Restaurant By Sapoto Team

The Place A new addition to Amoy Street this month, Satori is a Japanese yakitori restaurant beside Sodeng, which dishes yakitori sticks from only S$3.80. Satori is helmed by Chef...

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