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Not just matcha, but Meccha Matcha! 7-Eleven Japan marks first tea harvest with new sweets lineup

• Casey Baseel
  May 7, 2025
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Nearly a dozen new green tea treats are coming to 7-Eleven Japan to mark shincha season.

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• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • COK • convenience stores • drinks • food • green tea • matcha • matcha sweets • shincha • sweets • tea)

Unusual vending machine in Akihabara sells drinks you won’t find anywhere else in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  May 6, 2025

Sometimes the most unique vending machines are hiding in plain sight.

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• (Akihabara • coffee • COK • drinks • Ehime • Japanese vending machines • juice • new • Pom Juice • SNJO • taste test • vending machine • vending machines)

How special is Starbucks Japan’s new “Special Ver.” Frappuccino?

• Oona McGee
  May 1, 2025

Join us as we find out if this is a decadent improvement or a sneaky cash grab.

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• (COK • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • fruit • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese strawberry • K. Masami • limited edition • limited edition flavors • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • strawberry • summer • taste test)

How to have a 1,000-yen senbero at 7-Eleven Japan

• Oona McGee
  Apr 29, 2025

Can you still get tipsy on a budget using just convenience store goods?

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • COK • convenience store • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • drinks • Japanese convenience stores • senbero • SNJO • taste test)

Can Starbucks Japan’s new Chillax Sodas really help you relax and chill?

• Oona McGee
  Apr 28, 2025

Customers in Japan get a new type of limited-edition drink this summer.

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• (Chillax Soda • COK • drinks • K. Masami • limited edition • limited edition flavors • review • SNJO • soda • sodas • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • summer • taste test)

Resident Evil herbs to be sold as herbal teas at Capcom Stores in Japan

• Master Blaster
  Apr 26, 2025

Make sure you have enough inventory slots to get all four.

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• Japan
• (biohazard • Capcom • Capcom Store • drinks • herbs • Resident Evil • tea • Umbrella Corporation • video games)

Japan Super Budget Dining – What’s the best way to spend 1,000 yen at beef bowl chain Matsuya?

• Oona McGee
  Apr 25, 2025

Eleven local recommendations for eating on the cheap at this famous restaurant chain.

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• Japan
• (beef bowl • beef bowl restaurant • beef bowls • cheap eats • COK • drinks • food • Japan super budget dining • Japanese food • Matsuya • restaurants • SNJO • sweets)

Are all Starbucks coffee sizes the same? Testing the viral video claim in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Apr 25, 2025

Surely a Tall-sized coffee can’t fill a Venti to the brim…can it?

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• (coffee • COK • cups • drinks • goods • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • viral video)

Coca-Cola Japan changes recipe for best-seller matcha latte, but is it worth a sip?【Taste test】

• SoraNews24
  Apr 24, 2025

Will the new Ayataka Matcha Latte prove more successful than New Coke?

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• (Akayata Matcha Latte • Ayataka • Coca-Cola • Coca-Cola Japan • COK • drinks • green tea • matcha • matcha latte • SNJO • sweets • taste test • tea)

Enjoy the elegance of Edo at Shogun, Tokyo’s new experiential cafe

• Elliot Hale
  Apr 24, 2025

Cultural crafts, performing arts and regional flavors combine in a tribute to one of the most important periods in Japanese history.

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• (cafe • calligraphy • COK • culture • drinks • experience • food and drink • iaido • katazome • kimono • Noh • shogun • tea ceremony • Tokyo • tribute foods • wagashi)

Starbucks Japan launches new Chillax Soda drinks for summer

• Oona McGee
  Apr 22, 2025

Starbucks and chill.

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• (Chillax Soda • drinks • fruit • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • marketing • news • soda • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • yuzu)

Godiva Japan’s new Stone-ground Uji Matcha Chocolixir is a powered-up version of many things we love

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 17, 2025

“Matcha chocolate” is already enough to get us excited, but this drink’s ingredients even more special.

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• Japan
• (chocolate • Chocolixir • COK • drinks • Godiva • Godiva Japan • green tea • matcha • sweets • Uji Matcha)

Why is this cafe in Asakusa so popular with foreign tourists?

• Oona McGee
  Apr 14, 2025

Japanese kissaten becomes a hit with international visitors.

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• (Asakusa • breakfast • breakfast set • cafes • cool • drinks • early morning breakfast • food • Japanese breakfast • kissaten • restaurants • Tokyo • tourists)

Child-friendly Starbucks store opens in Osaka offering child-exclusive drinks

• Elliot Hale
  Apr 12, 2025

Kids in tow but still need your coffee fix? Starbucks’ newest branch is the perfect location for families.

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• Japan
• (Aeon Mall Dainichi • cafes • children • COK • cool • drinks • drinks for children • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • fun for kids • Japanese Frappuccino • kid-friendly • kids • Kids Frappuccino • Moriguchi • Osaka • shopping mall • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)

Famous Japanese whisky Hakushu canned cocktails coming back with new recipe

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 12, 2025

Suntory’s Premium Highball Kahushu is returning to stores soon.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • canned cocktails • cocktails • drinks • Hakushu • Japanese whiskey • Japanese whisky • Premium Highball Hakushu • Suntory • Whiskey • whisky)

Does Starbucks Japan’s new Frappuccino really help you forget about everyday life?

• Oona McGee
  Apr 11, 2025

We test the powers of the forget-the-world Frappuccino.

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• Japan
• (COK • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • Japanese strawberry • limited edition • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • strawberry • sweets • taste test)

Starbucks customers in Japan create a weird food hack that’s gone viral online

• Oona McGee
  Apr 10, 2025

New food trend might seem crazy, but it actually works.

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• Japan
• (cool • drinks • Earl grey • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • marketing • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • teas • Teavana)

Starbucks Japan releases new range of pink drinkware and gift cards for Mother’s Day

• Oona McGee
  Apr 9, 2025

An alternative sakura drinkware collection.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • coffee • COK • cups • drinks • drinkware • gifts • goods • Mother's Day • mugs • sakura • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks drinkware • Starbucks Japan • tumblers)

Starbucks releases a new Frappuccino in Japan to help us “forget about everyday life”

• Oona McGee
  Apr 8, 2025

A new drink and sweets to ease our sorrows.

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• Japan
• (cool • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • marketing • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition)

Starbucks vs 7-Eleven: Which chain serves up the best acai drink in Japan?

• Oona McGee
  Apr 7, 2025

On-trend flavour put to the test in this Smoothie-Frappuccino showdown.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • acai • COK • combini • convenience stores • drinks • food • Frappuccino • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese Frappuccino • konbini • My Fruits³ Frappuccino • smoothie • smoothies • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test)

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