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Matcha-flavored Garrett Popcorn, here we come!【Taste Test】

Kay
Mar 24, 2016
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That’s right, Garretts Popcorn’s current seasonal flavor is “Matcha Caramel Crisp“, and we saw absolutely no reason whatsoever not to try it!

Food & Drink, Japan
(Garrett popcorn • green tea • matcha • snacks)

Kyoto tea store collaborates with local winemaker to create deliciously green matcha white wine

Oona McGee
Mar 24, 2016

The green white wine is part of a range of matcha-based alcoholic beverages which include chocolate liqueur, Japanese sake and umeshu plum wine.

Food & Drink, Japan
(cocktails • green tea • Kyoto • liquer • liqueur • matcha • sake • umeshu • wine)

McDonald’s Japan releases brand new Matcha McFlurry for a limited time

Oona McGee
Mar 23, 2016

The new McFlurry comes filled with traditional Japanese flavours.

Food & Drink, Japan
(adzuki • green tea • ice cream • matcha • McDonald's • McFlurry • sweets)

Dutch bunny fun as Miffy theme cafe in Tokyo is now open!

Evie Nyan
Mar 23, 2016

Beloved Dutch character Miffy’s themed cafe in Tokyo is now open, and satisfied fans have been sharing pictures of the food that looks every bit as adorably delicious as we’d hoped it would!

Cute, Food & Drink, Japan
(cafes • cute • Miffy • restaurants)

Ramen stickers let you show what your favorite Japanese food is and make new friends all at once

Casey Baseel
Mar 22, 2016

Tired of solo ramen runs? Designer’s cool stickers will help you meet like-minded foodies.

Food & Drink, Internet, USA
(art • Fanny Chu • food • ramen • stickers)

Lola’s Cupcakes and Magnolia Bakery bring out sakura cupcakes in Japan for a limited time

Oona McGee
Mar 22, 2016

Famous bakeries from London and New York create limited edition cherry blossom cupcakes just for Japan.

Food & Drink, Japan
(cherry blossom • cupcakes • Harajuku • LOLA'S cupcakes • Magnolia Bakery • Omotesando • sakura • sweets • taste test)

Tokyo cafe’s sakura ice cream has actual flowers mixed in for the ultimate cherry blossom dessert

Casey Baseel
Mar 22, 2016

Whether you’re a diehard anime fan or couldn’t care less about otaku culture, you owe it to yourself to try this new treat in Akihabara.

Food & Drink, Japan
(Akihabara • cafes • cherry blossoms • ice cream • restaurants • sakura • sweets • taste test • Tokyo)

Nestlé Japan releases new green tea Kit Kats as part of their “I LOVE TEA” series

Oona McGee
Mar 22, 2016

Matcha Kit Kat lovers can now enjoy more green tea chocolate options.

Food & Drink, Japan
(chocolate • green tea • Japanese Kit Kats • Kit Kat • matcha • Nestle Japan • sweets)

Pablo’s Matcha Cheese Tart is green, beautiful and absolutely scrumptious【Taste Test】

Kay
Mar 22, 2016

Green tea flavored cheese tart? Yup, that definitely sounds too good to pass up!

Food & Drink, Japan
(cheese tart • green tea • matcha • Pablo • sweet)

Japanese bakery’s giant strawberry cake looks the part, but does it taste it? 【Taste test】

Casey Baseel
Mar 22, 2016

We taste test the latest offering from Ibaraki Prefecture’s Farmkuchen Fukasaku.

Food & Drink, Japan
(cakes • food • strawberries • sweets • taste test)

Dicing onions has never been so cute: Lolita kitchen knives to fill all your chopping needs

Preston Phro
Mar 21, 2016

Whether you’re into pink frills or black one-piece dresses, there’s a knife here for you!

Cute, Food & Drink, Games & Tech, Internet, Japan
(cooking • goth loli • Goth Lolita • kitchen knife • knives • lolita)

Life hack for living in Japan: How to painlessly remove the wrapper from a pack of natto

Krista Rogers
Mar 20, 2016

This simple little trick could be a life-changer if you’re a fan of natto.

Food & Drink, Japan
(eating • life hack • natto • trick • twitter)

Calbee teams with gourmet French chain for uni and dried roe potato chip flavor

Mike
Mar 19, 2016

Calbee and the casual-gourmet French chain Ore no French will release an “Uni and Dried Roe Kyokujo Cream Sauce” potato chip flavor on March 21.

Food & Drink, Japan
(Calbee • food • gourmet • Japanese potato chips • potato chips)

The new Namacha reminds us that not all bottled green teas are created equal 【Taste test】

Casey Baseel
Mar 19, 2016

Kirin’s fresh take on bottled green tea turns our expectations, and frowns, upside down.

Food & Drink, Japan
(drinks • green tea • Meg • taste test • tea)

La vie en ramen: our Japanese reporter slurps salty noodle soup in Paris

Evie Nyan
Mar 19, 2016

Our Japanese reporter eats Japanese ramen in a noodle bar in Paris – but how does it compare to his own country’s salty fare?

Europe, Food & Drink, Japan
(france • Japanese cuisine • Noodles • paris • ramen)

Kentucky matcha?!? KFC Japan now has frozen green tea dessert beverages

Casey Baseel
Mar 19, 2016

New menu item shows we’re not in the Bluegrass State anymore.

Food & Drink, Japan
(drinks • food • green tea • Kentucky Fried Chicken • KFC • matcha • sweets)

Your favorite sparkling orange juice is becoming a sweet snack you can eat any time

KK Miller
Mar 18, 2016

Orangina fans in Japan are soon going to have a chewy reason to celebrate.

Food & Drink, Japan
(candy • gummy • Lotte • orange • Orangina)

Lactose-free fun for spring as Starbucks’ apricot honey soy cream lattes and Frappuccinos arrive

Evie Nyan
Mar 18, 2016

We try out Starbucks Japan’s two lactose-free drinks for spring, with their new revised soy milk formula!

Food & Drink, Japan
(apricot • drinks • Frappuccino • honey • latte • soy • Starbucks)

Is Japan’s highest-ranking unagi restaurant worth the six-month wait for a table? We find out

Casey Baseel
Mar 18, 2016

Already checked all the sushi and ramen boxes on your Japanese food pilgrimage list? Then come along with us to the country’s favorite unagi specialist, located in downtown Tokyo.