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Drink, cook, eat — New “Ika Glass” is a cup made entirely of squid【Pics】
- Scott Wilson
Mar 9, 2016 - Tweet
For those who aren’t entirely satisfied unless they’re able to eat their drinking vessel too.
- Food & Drink, Japan
- (bizarre • cup • food • ika glass • novelty items • only in Japan • squid • wtf)
Real-life Kiki’s Bakery is worth a visit whether you’ve seen the anime it’s based on or not
- Casey Baseel
Mar 9, 2016
We fly down to Yufuin Floral Village to try the Ghibli-inspired bakery’s goods for ourselves.
- Food & Drink, Japan
- (anime • bread • food • Hayao Miyazaki • Kiki's Delivery Service • Kyushu • restaurants • Studio Ghibli)
Sweating, snuggling models and voice actresses steam up series of spicy ramen ads 【Videos】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 9, 2016
Dialogue, including “Master, would it be all right if I put you into my mouth?”, is just as sultry as the visuals.
- Food & Drink, Japan
- (ad • beautiful women • food • Instant Ramen • ramen • spicy food • video • voice actors)
Why settle for a sushi bowl, when this restaurant will give you a sushi mountain?
- Casey Baseel
Mar 9, 2016
When thinking of sushi, most people also think of the sea, but the signature item at this restaurant is a mountain-like bowl of delicious tuna.
- Food & Drink, Japan
- (big food • food • negitoro • restaurants • sushi • tuna • Yokohama)
We try the delicious new Japan-only sakura Pepsi【Taste test】
- Oona McGee
Mar 8, 2016
It turns out that Cherry blossom Pepsi tastes as lovely as it looks.
- Food & Drink, Japan
- (cherry blossoms • Cola • drinks • Japan news • pepsi • sakura • Sakura Pepsi • soft drinks • taste test)
Use these cute hamster figures to make even boring old water absolutely adorable!
- Preston Phro
Mar 8, 2016
Trying to spruce up some boring drinks? These hamster figures are just what you’re looking for!
We make salt from our reporter’s sweat, then taste the world’s first Mr. Sato Salt rice balls
- Casey Baseel
Mar 8, 2016
In Japan, rice balls can be flavored with almost anything, so we decided to make some from the most exclusive seasoning of all: salt made from Mr. Sato’s sweat!
- Food & Drink, Japan
- (crazy • funny • gross • Mr. Sato • musubi • onigiri • rice balls • salt • sweat • video)
Matcha green tea meets strawberries in Japan-exclusive drinks from The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf
- Casey Baseel
Mar 8, 2016
Can’t let the sakura have all the springtime fun, right?
- Food & Drink, Japan
- (cafes • green tea • matcha • restaurants • strawberries • sweets • tea • The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf)
Traditional sakura mochi meets Western cake with gorgeous and tantalizing results!
- Kay
Mar 7, 2016
A unique treat that combines traditional sakura mochi with western cake is set to seriously tempt your taste buds this spring!
- Food & Drink, Japan
- (cake • cherry blossoms • mochi • sakura • sakura mochi • sweets)
First Carl’s Jr. opens in Tokyo’s Akihabara district, massive line-up ensues
- Master Blaster
Mar 5, 2016
Does Carl’s Jr. have what it takes to survive the grand-opening frenzy that every American fast food chain enjoys in Japan? We wait in line four hours to find out.
- Food & Drink, Japan, USA
- (Akihabara • burgers • Carl's Jr. • fast food • grand opening)
Give yourself acid flashbacks with this bewildering new commercial for a Japanese soft drink
- Preston Phro
Mar 5, 2016
Some things you just can’t unsee.
- Food & Drink, Internet, Japan
- (Calpis • commercial • Japanese TV • samurai • video • wtf)
Pokémon characters appear on limited edition goods from KFC Japan
- Oona McGee
Mar 4, 2016
Figurines, game kits, placemats and a specially marked fried chicken bucket are coming to KFC stores this spring.
- Food & Drink, Games & Tech, Japan
- (cool • cute • fast food • Kentucky Fried Chicken • KFC • nintendo • Pikachu • Pokemon)
Japan now has ramen sandwiches
- Casey Baseel
Mar 3, 2016
Be still, our beating, ramen-loving hearts.
- Food & Drink, Japan
- (food • Lunch Pack • ramen • sandwiches • Yokohama)
We try McDonald’s new Teriyaki Camembert Egg burger—does it taste like feet?
- Evie Nyan
Mar 2, 2016
McDonald’s new “Camembert Teritama” burger has hit Japan, so our writers offered up their cast-iron stomachs for a taste test!
- Food & Drink, Japan
- (Burger • camembert • cheese • McDonald's Japan • taste test • teritama • teriyaki)
Does Japan’s sliced chocolate taste as good as we’ve all been dreaming it would? 【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 2, 2016
The wait is finally over, as sliced chocolate goes on sale nationwide, and arrives in the RocketNews24 offices.
- Food & Drink, Japan
- (awesome • chocolate • cool • food • sliced chocolate • sweets • taste test)
Kewpie Mayo Cafe celebrates Mayonnaise Day with a month of mayo-hem, special menu
- Evie Nyan
Mar 2, 2016
We visited the Kewpie Mayo Cafe on Mayonnaise Day, March 1, to sample some smooth and sophisticated mayo-drenched cuisine!
- Food & Drink, Japan
- (cafe • kewpie • mayo • mayonnaise • mayonnaise day • Restaurant)
Japanese cake maker creates cherry blossom tiramisu
- Casey Baseel
Mar 1, 2016
Bravo, Japan! Bravo!
- Food & Drink, Japan
- (cakes • cherry blossoms • coffee • food • sakura • sweets • tiramisu)
Here’s what US$90 worth of katsu curry looks like at CoCo Ichibanya: A mountain of cutlets!
- Casey Baseel
Mar 1, 2016
Thought we were going on a diet after that giant pickle burger? Think again!
- Food & Drink, Japan
- (awesome • coco ichibanya • crazy • curry • cutlets • food • katsu • katsu curry • P.K. Sanjun)
Does Häagen-Dazs’ Matcha Green Tea Crumble deliver on its high-class name’s promise? 【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 1, 2016
America’s premium ice cream maker takes on one of Japan’s most traditional tastes.
- Food & Drink, Japan
- (Häagen-Dazs • ice cream • matcha • sweets • taste test)
Eat these new desserts and celebrate the weirdest Easter ever with the lazy egg Gudetama
- Preston Phro
Feb 29, 2016
Gudetama looks to replace the Easter Bunny by doing basically…nothing.
- Cute, Food & Drink, Japan
- (food • Fujiya • Fujiya Peko • Gudetama • Sanrio • wtf)
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Pokémon card game’s expansion features art from Fist of the North Star creator
Amazing Japanese yogurt spoon scoops up every last drop of dairy effortlessly
Japanese hoodie for cat-loving gamers will keep you and your feline friend warm and fuzzy [Pics]
Kenshi Yonezu’s Lemon hits 1 billion views on YouTube and he’s still not quite sure why
Two Tokyo neighborhoods to gather on bridge and shift their recognized border through tug-of-war
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Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]- Starbucks Japan unveils new winter drinkware collection with limited-edition Stanley cups
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Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
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