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7-Eleven Japan releases new Tsukimi Moon-Viewing range for autumn, with a must-try daifuku and teriyaki burger

• Oona McGee
  Sep 5, 2026
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Japanese convenience store chain brings the moon and rabbits to a new range of food for a limited time. 

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• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • burgers • cakes • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • crepes • food • Japanese convenience stores • moon viewing • otsukimi • sweets • tsukimi • tsukimi burger • tsukimi burgers • zenzai)

Extra-cute Sea Animal crepes come to Japan’s cafe chain born from a sweet fashion brand

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 1, 2026

Gelato Pique’s spinoff cafes pique our interest with adorable ice cream and mochi treats.

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• (animals • cafes • crepes • cute • fashion • food • gelato • Gelato Pique • Gelato Pique cafe • ice cream • restaurants • SNJO • sweets)

How to get your money’s worth at an all-you-can-eat crepe challenge in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Dec 14, 2025

Local hack will have you eating more crepes than you ever thought possible.

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• (all-you-can-eat • all-you-can-eat crepes • COK • crepe • crepes • food • food hacks • hack • SNJO • sweets • Yokohama)

Denny’s Japan launches a giant customizable crepe for students

• Elliot Hale
  Nov 22, 2025

Sweet or savory? With a whole 25 toppings to choose from, after school is getting a lot more delicious.

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• (COK • crepes • Deni-bu • Denny's • Denny's Japan • family restaurants • food • restaurants • SNJO • student deal • students • sweets)

7-Eleven Japan releases new must-try sweets that are a hit with customers

• Oona McGee
  Jun 1, 2025

Convenience store chain has frozen surprises waiting for you this summer.

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• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • COK • convenience store • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • crepes • food • ice cream • imagawayaki • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • konbini • pancakes • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Did you know? Japan’s Freshness Burger chain sells crepes and gelato at very limited locations

• Krista Rogers
  May 15, 2025

We stumble upon a sweet surprise while shopping and naturally have to try out the new finds for ourselves.

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• (burgers • COK • crepes • food • freshness burger • gelato • hamburgers • ice cream • Ikuna Kamezawa • LaLaport • SNJO • sweets • Tachikawa)

Is Tokyo’s obviously for-foreign-tourists wagyu sukiyaki crepe delicious enough for a local?

• SoraNews24
  May 5, 2025

We could be falling into a tourist trap in Asakusa, or we could be falling in meaty love.

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• (Asakusa • beef • COK • crazy • crepes • food • inbound food • meat • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • tourism • Wagyu • weird)

New matcha crepes in Nara serve up good luck with traditional Japanese patterns

• Oona McGee
  Jan 31, 2025

A unique way to taste Nara’s local ingredients, including its ancient green tea.

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• (asanoha • crepes • daifuku • food • green tea • Japanese patterns • matcha • Nara • seigaiha • sweets • tea • Yamato tea • Yamato-cha)

Beautiful Japanese garden green tea crepes waiting in Tokyo’s historical Asakusa neighborhood

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 13, 2024

Treats for the eyes and taste buds, just a few blocks from Sensoji Temple.

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• (Asakusa • crepes • food • green tea • hojicha • matcha • sweets • tea)

Japan Super Budget Dining – What’s the best way to spend 1,000 yen at Baskin-Robbins Japan?

• Oona McGee
  Aug 14, 2024

Special finds are hiding on the menu at the “31” ice cream chain.

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• (1000 yen • 31 • 31 Ice • Baskin Robbins • Baskin-Robbins Japan • COK • crepes • food • ice cream • Japan super budget dining • restaurants • SNJO • Super Budget Dining • sweets)

Tokyo’s adorable Shiba Inu crepe might be the most Harajuku you can wrap in a dessert

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 10, 2024

Takeshita Street continues to be at the forefront of Japan’s kawaii and crepe culture.

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• (crepes • cute • dogs • food • Harajuku • Shiba dog • Shiba Inu • sweets • Takeshita Dori • Takeshita Street • Takeshitadori)

Rare vending machine at Japan’s oldest shrine sells…divine crepes!

• Oona McGee
  Feb 13, 2024

Holy ground for parishioners and vending machine lovers at this off-the-beaten path destination. 

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• (cool • crepes • Japanese vending machines • Nara • Omiwa Shrine • SNJO • sweet potatoes • vending machines • weird)

Amazing fruit bouquet crepes of Japanese sweets shop Eternity — a dessert you’ll always remember

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 17, 2023

Your stomach and eyes will thank you for making a stop at this seaside town’s side-street dessert spot.

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• (COK • crepes • foods • fruit • Onomichi • SNJO • strawberries • sweets • tourism • travel)

Godiva Dessert joins the cute crepe game in Harajuku

• Oona McGee
  Jul 31, 2023

There’s a new sweets store in town, with a luxury chocolate crepe you can’t get anywhere else. 

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• (cafes • chocolate • COK • crepes • desserts • food • Godiva • Godiva Cafe • Godiva Dessert • Harajuku • Mr. Sato • restaurants • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Cold Stone Creamery returns to the Tokyo city center, and with Tokyo-only menu items!

• Dale Roll
  Jul 17, 2023

And of course, we went to check it out.

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• (Cold Stone • Cold Stone Creamery • crepes • food • Harajuku • ice cream • Japanese sweets • matcha • sweet potato • sweets)

Sweet! Godiva Cafes in Tokyo now have delicious, surprisingly affordable breakfast sets

• SoraNews24
  Jul 3, 2023

It’s OK to eat chocolate for breakfast as long as you have some fruit with it too, right?

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• (breakfast • cafes • chocolate • coffee • COK • crepes • food • Godiva • Godiva Cafe • restaurants • SNJO • sweets)

East Japan’s best food truck? Eating crepes from the winner of the Kanto Kitchen Car Championship

• SoraNews24
  Feb 23, 2023

Taste-testing the white crepes of the Tokyo area’s Shironohachi.

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• (COK • crepes • food • food trucks • restaurants • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Gelato Pique now serving Halloween crepes this October, may be (almost) too cute to eat

• Dale Roll
  Oct 10, 2022

More spooky food to celebrate with!

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• (COK • cool • crepes • cute • gelato • Gelato Pique • Gelato Pique cafe • halloween • Jack-o-lantern • sweets)

Japan’s Gelato Pique isn’t a gelato company, so is their gelato any good?

• Shannon
  Sep 8, 2022

Mr. Sato’s mistaken assumptions lead to a delicious discovery.

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• (cafes • COK • crepes • food • Gelato Pique • ice cream • Mr. Sato • restaurants • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Sushi Crepes: Will Harajuku’s newest weird food craze catch on in Tokyo?

• Oona McGee
  Dec 13, 2021

Conveyor belt restaurant chain restyles itself to fit the Harajuku aesthetic. 

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• (crepes • food • Harajuku • Japanese food • Kurazushi • Mr. Sato • SNJO • sushi • sweets • taste test)

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