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Abroad in Japan · Friday, September 4, 2026

Harajuku's Rainbow Cheese is 'Bastardization of Cheese,' Claims Broad

Chris Broad singled out Harajuku as an overrated place, specifically criticizing the "rainbow cheese" he encountered there as a "bastardization of all that is good and all that is cheese." He found the experience disgusting and representative of why the area might be considered overrated.

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Yeah, Harajuku.
Chris Broad
Doesn't help the last time I went to Harajuku, we ate some rainbow cheese, which felt like the absolute bastardization of all that is good. And all that is cheese. Uh, that's disgusting.
Chris Broad
Heard on Abroad in Japan — “25 Things Nobody Tells You About Japan, published Friday, September 4, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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