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Burger King dares people to trick or treat them in Japan this Halloween

• Oona McGee
  Oct 31, 2025
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Those who take up the challenge will get a free ice cream in return.

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• (Burger King • Burger King Japan • desserts • fast food • halloween • ice cream • marketing • Shibuya • Shibuya Halloween • soft serve • Tokyo • trick or treat)

Hotel in Osaka offering shaved ice based on historical Japanese warlords

• Master Blaster
  Jun 30, 2025

Nobunaga’s edible ambition.

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• Japan
• (desserts • DoubleTree by Hilton Osaka Castle • history • kakigori • Oda Nobunaga • Osaka • Osaka Castle • Sengoku period • shaved ice • Tokugawa Ieyasu • Toyotomi Hideyoshi • Warring States Period)

Tomato tarts from Japanese dessert shop will make you rethink what a tomato is

• Master Blaster
  Jun 17, 2025

Psycho filler, Qu’il Fait Bon.

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• (desserts • edamame • food • OSMIC • Qu'il Fait Bon • soybeans • tarts • tomato)

Japan’s largest indie ice cream convention returns to Tokyo this Golden Week

• Master Blaster
  Apr 24, 2025

Taste a whole country of ice cream all under one roof.

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• Japan
• (Aipaku • conventions • desserts • events • food • Golden Week • ice cream • shinjuku • Tokyo)

Potato ice cream from Family Mart takes ice cream to a whole other level【Taste Test】

• Master Blaster
  Mar 15, 2025

If potatoes aren’t the future of ice cream, they should be.

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• Japan
• (convenience stores • desserts • Family mart • ice cream • monaka • Potato Monaka • potatoes • snacks)

Japanese manga serves up a McDonald’s hack for making epic pancakes

• SoraNews24
  Feb 16, 2025

Making hotcakes even more delicious.

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• Japan
• (art • COK • desserts • food • food hack • food hacks • hack • hotcakes • manga • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • pancakes • recipes • SNJO • sweets)

Taking revenge on Starbucks in Japan with 10,000 yen at the Reserve Roastery Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Dec 1, 2024

Risky revenge visit leaves us with some newfound revelations.

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• (COK • desserts • drinks • fukubukuro • limited edition • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2025 • Reserve Roastery Tokyo • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • Starbucks Reserve Roastery Tokyo • sweets • taste test)

Churros at Japanese family restaurant chain are designed to enslave you

• Oona McGee
  Nov 24, 2024

Dip churros are now on the menu, and they’ve got everyone hooked.

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• Japan
• (churros • COK • desserts • family restaurants • Gusto • Mariko Ohanabatake • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Kyoto cookies let you create your own edible 3-D forest world

• Oona McGee
  Nov 24, 2024

Little Forest Cookie Can is like eating a page out of a storybook.

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• Japan
• (animals • autumn • bears • COK • comori • cookies • desserts • forest • Kyoto • sweets)

How merry is Starbucks Japan’s new Merry Cream holiday Frappuccino?

• Oona McGee
  Nov 22, 2024

We find out if the festive cream is worth all the calories.

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• (Christmas • Christmas 2024 • COK • desserts • drinks • Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccino • K. Masami • limited edition • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • sweets • taste test)

Starbucks adds gingerbread cookies to its holiday lineup in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Nov 19, 2024

An adorable drinking partner that pairs well with a gingerbread latte.

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• Japan
• (Christmas • Christmas 2024 • COK • cookies • desserts • drinks • Frappuccino • gingerbread • Japanese Frappuccino • limited edition • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • sweets • taste test)

McDonald’s Japan now sells pies in…Dalmatian dog boxes

• Oona McGee
  Nov 5, 2024

Cookies and cream sankaku pie is served up in some scary cute packaging.

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• (animals • art • cute • Dalmatians • design • desserts • dogs • fast food • food • Kawaii • limited edition • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • pets • pies • Sankaku Choco Pies • Shiba Inu • sweets)

Does Starbucks Japan’s new holiday Frappuccino really taste like a cup of fallen snow?

• Oona McGee
  Nov 4, 2024

We find out if these seasonal beverages taste as snowy as they look.

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• Japan
• (autumn • COK • desserts • drinks • Frappuccino • halloween • Halloween 2024 • Japanese Frappuccino • K. Masami • limited edition • popping candy • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • sweets • taste test)

Starbucks releases a tiny Matcha Frappuccino as part of new miniatures collection in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Oct 24, 2024

Small in scale but big on cuteness.

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• Japan
• (cool • cute • desserts • drinks • Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccino • limited edition • matcha • matcha frappuccino • miniatures • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets)

What 1,000 yen can get you at McDonald’s in Japan right now

• Oona McGee
  Oct 23, 2024

Puppy pies are waiting to take you on a taste adventure.

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• (animals • art • COK • cute • design • desserts • dogs • fast food • food • haruka takagi • Kawaii • limited edition • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • pets • pies • Sankaku Choco Pies • Shiba Inu • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Starbucks Japan’s new Crackly Trick Halloween topping transforms any Frappuccino

• Oona McGee
  Oct 21, 2024

Now any beverage can dress up in costume for Halloween. 

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• Japan
• (autumn • COK • desserts • drinks • Frappuccino • halloween • Halloween 2024 • Japanese Frappuccino • K. Masami • limited edition • popping candy • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • sweets • taste test)

New McDonald’s Shiba Inu pie packaging wows customers in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Oct 16, 2024

Puppy pies add a dash of cuteness to the menu this autumn.

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• Japan
• (animals • art • cute • design • desserts • dogs • fast food • food • Kawaii • limited edition • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • pets • pies • Sankaku Choco Pies • Shiba Inu • sweets)

Starbucks Japan releases a Chocolate Mousse Latte and seasonal desserts to celebrate autumn

• Oona McGee
  Oct 4, 2024

We find out if these autumn treats are worth the calories.

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• Japan
• (apple pie • autumn • coffee • COK • desserts • drinks • K. Masami • latte • limited edition • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • sweets • taste test)

Starbucks serves up a new afternoon tea set in Japan with a super high price tag

• Oona McGee
  Sep 21, 2024

New Pasticcini Flight still likely to sell out regardless.

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• Japan
• (afternoon tea • cakes • COK • desserts • drinks • Frappuccinos • Italian food • limited edition • pasticcini • Princi • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets • Teavana)

McDonald’s Japan’s new Tsukimi Moon-Viewing Pie receives mixed reviews online

• Oona McGee
  Sep 9, 2024

New dessert divides the nation. 

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• Japan
• (autumn • desserts • fast food • festivals • limited edition • limited menu • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • mochi • moon viewing • pie • pies • review • seasonal menu • SNJO • taste test • tradition • tsukimi • tsukimi pie)

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