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Japan

Puzzle Monday: When Tetris Meets the Four-Color Theorem

AO Puzzles May 22, 2023

Puzzle Monday: A Different Way to Paint by Number

AO Puzzles April 24, 2023

Puzzle Monday: Pointing the Way

AO Puzzles March 27, 2023

Issen Yoshoku

This kitsch-forward diner is dedicated to an almost-forgotten “one-cent” prototype of okonomiyaki.

Silk Road Tarim Uyghur Restaurant

Sample specialties from Xinjiang at this Shinjuku neighborhood gem.

Puzzle Monday: Going Home

AO Puzzles January 30, 2023

Puzzle Monday: It's All Downhill

AO Puzzles December 19, 2022

Puzzle Monday: Breaking the Grid

AO Puzzles November 21, 2022

Puzzle Monday: Unofficial Japanese Food Holidays Crossword

AO Puzzles November 14, 2022

Shiotama

Steampunk, humanoid sculptures crawl on all fours in a Tokyo plaza.

Puzzle Monday: The Art of Illumination

AO Puzzles October 24, 2022

Puzzle Monday: Building Bridges

AO Puzzles September 26, 2022

Aburaya Kumahachi Sculpture

This statue of the "shiny uncle of Beppu" was erected in 2007.

Puzzle Monday: Charting a Path Between Day and Night

AO Puzzles August 15, 2022

Puzzle Monday: A Pearl Necklace Both Elegant and a Little Evil

AO Puzzles July 18, 2022

Puzzle Monday: What’s in a (Japanese) Name?

Alex Bellos July 4, 2022

Puzzle Monday: A 'Pencil Puzzle' Made of Pencils

AO Puzzles June 20, 2022

Puzzle Monday: Logic, Symmetry, and Astronomy

AO Puzzles May 23, 2022