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Krispy Kreme Japan is baking up two new donuts that you can only get at one spot in the country
- Casey Baseel
3 days ago - Tweet
Two classy fall flavors are on their way, but might require some travel to taste.
- Japan
- (an • an butter • anko • chestnuts • COK • donuts • food • Krispy Kreme • Krispy Kreme Premium Nagoya • Nagoya • sweet beans • sweet red beans • sweets)
Japanese sweets shop sells an ohagi so exquisite it sells out by noon
- Oona McGee
Jun 18, 2026
There’s one unique feature that makes this Tokyo sweet so sought after.
- Japan
- (anko • Hatanodai • Japanese food • Japanese sweets • mochi • ohagi • old store • Shinagawa • SNJO • Tokyo • traditional Japanese sweets • unique)
Krispy Kreme Japan is bringing two special donuts to the most-forgotten big city in the country
- Casey Baseel
May 22, 2026
Local sweets-fan favorite serves as inspiration for one of two donuts not available anywhere else in the world.
- Japan
- (an • an butter • anko • COK • donuts • food • Krispy Kreme • Krispy Kreme Premium Nagoya • Nagoya • sweet beans • sweet red beans • sweets)
Poké Ball cakes here for limited but long time to celebrate Pokémon franchise’s 30th anniversary
- Casey Baseel
Jan 17, 2026
Instead of being filled with Pokémon, these Poké Balls are filled with anko!
- Japan
- (anime • anko • Ariake Harbor • Ariake Harbour • cool • cute • food • manga • Pokemon • sweets • video games • wagashi)
Flower Ice Cream becomes Japan’s newest breathtaking dessert
- Casey Baseel
Aug 7, 2025
Inventive anko experts hand-craft edible sweets bouquets, offer Flower Shaved Ice too.
- Japan
- (anko • azuki • beautiful • cool • flowers • food • Japanese sweets • ohagi • sweet red beans • sweets)
Is 7-Eleven’s new anko butter burrito un-bean-lievably bad, or burrito bliss?
- Krista Rogers
Jun 18, 2025
We spill the beans on 7-Eleven Japan’s latest fusion food.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • anko • burrito • butter • COK • convenience store • food • fusion • konbini • red bean • SNJO)
The ultimate SoraNews24 anpan showdown: Which sweet bread will reign supreme?
- Krista Rogers
Apr 11, 2025
Our team gathers their favorite anpan and tasks Go Hatori with being the Anpan Judge to determine the best of them all.
- Japan
- (anko • anpan • best • bread • COK • contest • Go Hatori • judge • SNJO • sweets • taste test)
Dean & DeLuca Japan is releasing its first-ever sakura dessert drink
- Casey Baseel
Dec 24, 2024
Luxury grocer is still going strong in Japan as it gets set to serve sakura shiruko and yuzu ginger apple drinks this winter.
- Japan
- (anko • cherry blossoms • COK • Dean & DeLuca • drinks • food • green tea • matcha • oshiruko • sakura • shiruko • sweet beans • sweets)
Is Tokyo’s ultra-expensive Satsuki sweet bean bread worth it?【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 9, 2024
Premium version of common-people treat is almost 10 times the price of regular anpan.
- Japan
- (anko • anpan • bakeries • bread • COK • cream bread • food • Hotel New Otani • SNJO • sweet bean bread • sweet beans • sweets • taste test • Yamazaki bread)
New marvelously mysterious mochi ice creams celebrate 40 years of Häagen-Dazs Japan
- Casey Baseel
Oct 8, 2024
Taste-testing the mixes of ice cream, mochi, and one other all-star Japanese dessert ingredient.
- Japan
- (anko • COK • food • Häagen-Dazs • Häagen-Dazs Japan • ice cream • mochi • SNJO • sweet beans • sweet red beans • sweets • taste test)
Japanese squirrel sweets are an adorable autumn-only nerikiri treat【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 23, 2024
Traditional sweets shop with over 70 years of history handcrafts Risu.
Ghibli Park now selling “Grilled Frogs” from food cart in Valley of Witches
- Casey Baseel
Apr 26, 2024
But don’t worry, these Kaeruyaki are a sweet treat that’s less intimidating than they sound.
- Japan
- (Amusement Parks • anime • anko • food • Ghibli Park • Studio Ghibli • sweet red beans • taiyaki • theme parks)
Japan ready to revolutionize toast again with sweet red bean butter sheets
- Casey Baseel
Mar 4, 2024
Starting your day with Bourbon remains a great idea.
- Japan
- (anko • bourbon • Bourbon sheets • food • sweet red bean jam • sweet red bean paste • sweet red beans • sweets • toast)
This Japanese sweets shop specializes in beautiful flower-shaped ohagi rice cakes
- Shannon
Feb 18, 2024
Store offers a contemporary twist on a traditional snack.
- Japan
- (anko • Chiba • flower • Hokkaido • Kobe • Oh!huggy!! • ohagi • Okinawa • Tokyo • traditional Japanese sweets • unique)
Japan’s hardest rice crackers, snacks of the shinobi, go soft, so do they have a reason to exist?
- Casey Baseel
Feb 4, 2024
Taste-testing the “soft cooked hardness” of Iga.
- Japan
- (anko • COK • cool • crazy • food • Iga • manju • Ninja • rice crackers • senbei • SNJO • sweet red beans • taste test)
Instant Japanese dessert soup with an Akita twist instantly changes our image of great shiruko
- Shannon
Jan 23, 2024
It turns out plain old mochi isn’t the only pairing for shiruko.
- Japan
- (Akita • Akita Prefecture • anko • azuki • COK • food • instant soup • kiritanpo • oshiruko • red beans • shiruko • SNJO • sweet red beans • sweets • taste test • Tsubasa • unique)
Spy x Family anime scene-stealer Anya turns into seven different adorable mochi sweets【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 29, 2023
The many faces of the pint-sized mind-reader reproduced in mochi and anko.
- Japan
- (anime • anko • Anya • Anya Forger • Bandai • Bandai Candy • cute • food • manga • mochi • Spy x Family • sweets)
The hybrid mochi brioche sweet was born of a mom’s love, a friend’s kindness, and a very long trip
- Casey Baseel
Oct 19, 2023
A taste of home for a Japanese expat turns into a delicious regional treat in one part of Japan.
- Japan
- (anko • bakeries • bread • COK • daifuku • food • Fukui • mochi • moving • SNJO • sweet beans • sweet red beans • sweets • taste test • touching)
Tsukimi burger season heats up as McDonald’s Japan unveils new moon-viewing burger lineup【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 31, 2023
Burgers and sweets to enjoy as you look up at the night sky this autumn.
- Japan
- (anko • burgers • fast food • food • grape • hamburgers • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • McDonald's pie • moon viewing • shakes • Shine Muscat • sweet red beans • sweets • tsukimi • tsukimi burgers)
Hats off to this rice ball specialty restaurant for their ridiculously delicious, unusual taiyaki
- Dale Roll
Aug 18, 2023
You’ll be tempted to try it because it’s a hard-to-get flavor, but tasting this delectable treat comes with a price.
- Japan
- (anko • mentaiko • Omusubi Gonbei • red bean paste • rice balls • snacks • sweets • taiyaki • taste test • Yuichiro Wasai)
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