We are Gregg and Eriko! We live in Japan. We’re here to teach you all about Japanese life and the fun stuff there is to see here.
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We explore Daily Yamazaki, one of the less-heralded Japanese convenience stores.
A line of fancy hazelnut chocolate wafer snacks, Loacker is the cream of the supermarket crop.
We tried three kinds of Famichiki, the famous Family Mart fried chicken!
We tried the newest offerings from McDonald’s, including a savory pie, soy sauce burger, and Milky shake.
Bottled milk tea is a refreshing mid-day treat. We tried two of the best kinds in an epic showdown.
The Trick Art Museum in Kobe is full of optical illusions where you can be part of the art!
We tried Maple Kit Kats and reviewed them for science.
We tried three kinds of sushi hand rolls from Lawson, plus a new kind of Black Thunder!
This week is Golden Week, the biggest week of holidays in Japan. Eriko will explain everything!
Japan has some unique chip flavors. Let’s taste test two of them.
Meet the 1,200 tame deer of Nara’s famous deer park.
Meet Karaage-kun, juicy chicken bites from Lawson Station.
A new cereal combining two things that do not go together, Kellogg’s Popcorn Granola, caramel flavor.
We try a Mont Blanc pancake sandwich, a matcha flavored mochi chocolate, and the new hazelnut Black Thunder, along with a cafe latte.
Learn all about sakura, Japanese cherry blossoms that bloom in the spring.
Potato chips dipped in chocolate may not be a common snack everywhere, but they should be.
Japanese TV has some great commercials, none better than the one for the video game ChuChu Rocket!
A nice hot cafe latte from Famima, for when you don’t want to do that thing you have to do.
I fractured a rib last week. Let’s explore how seeing a doctor works in Japan!
Gregg is injured, so Eriko is writing this week’s post! She tried mille-feuille and a strange chocolate drink from 7-11!