{"id":428707,"date":"2026-09-07T12:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T12:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/428707\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T12:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T12:16:08","slug":"as-seen-on-sa-live-134","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/428707\/","title":{"rendered":"As seen on SA Live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">SAN ANTONIO \u2013 Today @ 10:30 a.m., This weekend is the San Japan Convention and that got us feeling those Japanese vibes so we decided to take you on a trip around SA to a variety of spots where Japanese culture is blossoming.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">First stop, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/minnano_sa\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/minnano_sa\/?hl=en\">Minnano Japanese Grocery<\/a> where they have snacks, drinks, treats &amp; everything you need to make your own favorite Japanese dishes. We discover 3 must-try snacks including, a drinkable jello &amp; a kitkat flavor we\u2019ve never seen before.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">If you love brews, blooms &amp; cats&#8230; you\u2019ll love <a href=\"https:\/\/nekocoffeeplants.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/nekocoffeeplants.com\/\">Neko Coffee &amp; Plants<\/a>. This coffee shop brings the zen vibes &amp; imports a variety of their coffee beans &amp; matcha from Japan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rrotakucafe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/rrotakucafe.com\/\">Otaku Cafe<\/a> is San Antonio\u2019s largest anime store and arcade. They\u2019re home to many communities in the anime\/gaming\/trading card scene here in town including the San Antonio Fighting Game Community who were recognized by Evo 2026 as the Best Local Fighting Game scene nationwide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/animetokyosa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/animetokyosa.com\/\">Anime Tokyo<\/a> has been in town for more than a decade. They\u2019ve become the go-to place for Anime figures, Japanese snacks, drinks, hobby items like model kits from Gundam, and Pokemon. They also have the largest selection of gashapon in town.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hanamarutx.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/hanamarutx.com\/\">Hanamaru<\/a> is one of the only places where you can find Taiyaki. It\u2019s a fished-shaped waffle which they serve hot with sweet\/savory fillings or cold with soft serve ice cream. They also have delicious over-the-top drinks &amp; a curry that will leave you wanting more.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2013 Today @ 10:30 a.m., This weekend is the San Japan Convention and that got us&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[224,82,84,83],"class_list":["post-428707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-sa-live","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}