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7-Eleven Japan adding fresh-brewed tea machines to 2,000 stores, but is their tea any good?

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 4, 2025
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Mr. Sato sets out to taste the future of 7-Eleven drinks at one of its Tokyo branches where the machinery is ready to use right now.

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• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • black tea • COK • convenience stores • drinks • SNJO • taste test • tea)

Fake Japanese whisky countermeasures now include official Japanese whisky emblem

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 31, 2025

With so many “Japanese whiskies” available overseas being less than genuine, logo seeks to keep buyers’ expectations in line with what’s actually in the bottle.

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• (alcohol • drinks • Japanese whiskey • Japanese whisky • Whiskey • whisky)

7-Eleven Japan’s new acai smoothie becomes a hit with customers

• Oona McGee
  Mar 30, 2025

Run, don’t walk, to try this special limited-edition drink.

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

Starbucks Japan adds a new milk tea Frappucino to its lineup for a limited time

• Oona McGee
  Mar 28, 2025

New collection champions a special Japanese tea blend at exclusive stores.

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

Japanese convenience stores get old-school elegance with their own tokonoma alcoves【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 27, 2025

Sakura Mikura branches have an interior feature more commonly found in traditional ryokan inns.

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• (beautiful • convenience stores • cool • drinks • food • ryokan • Sakura Mikura • SNJO • tokonoma)

Starbucks Japan’s Snoopy Frappuccino is here!【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 24, 2025

Snoopy’s special Frappuccino has a very long name and a lot of flavors, but surprisingly “peanut” isn’t one of them.

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• (COK • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • Joe Kind • Peanuts • SNJO • Snoopy • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets • taste test)

You can take on sumo wrestlers and drink all the whiskey you want at Tokyo’s new sumo restaurant

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 24, 2025

Asakusa’s Sumo Club is open for business and has an authentic sumo ring inside.

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• (alcohol • all you can drink • Asakusa • cool • crazy • drinks • food • Japanese whiskey • Japanese whisky • restaurants • Sumo • sumo wrestlers • Whiskey • whisky)

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

• Elliot Hale
  Mar 23, 2025

Eleven enticing orders for budget-conscious diners at one of Japan’s top coffee shop chains.

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• (cafes • cheap eats • coffee • COK • Doutor • drinks • food • Japan super budget dining • SNJO • sweets)

World’s first hydrogen powered vending machine unveiled by Coca-Cola at Osaka-Kansai Expo

• Master Blaster
  Mar 21, 2025

Coca-Cola unplugged.

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• (2025 Osaka World Expo • Coca-Cola • drinks • Fuji Electric • hydrogen cartridges • hydrogen fuel cell • technology • techology • vending machines)

American reporter blown away by cheap food prices at Tokyo baseball stadium, locals less impressed

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 21, 2025

With foreign media in town for the Major League Baseball season opener, Tokyo Dome’s concession stands shine bright.

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• (baseball • drinks • food • Major League Baseball • society • sports • Tokyo Dome • video)

Starbucks Japan sells a new water bottle with bonus extras to spark joy

• Oona McGee
  Mar 20, 2025

The Joy Pack Water Bottle brings colour and fun to your hydration session.

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• (Bearista • bottles • cafes • coffee • COK • cute • drinks • drinkware • limited edition • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks drinkware • Starbucks Japan • stickers • water • water bottles)

Naruto Shippuden x Maeda Coffee collaboration cafe event is coming to Kyoto this week

• Krista Rogers
  Mar 19, 2025

“Believe it!” or not, it’s the perfect season to enjoy coffee in the company of some old shinobi friends (and foes).

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• (anime • cafes • coffee • drinks • food • Kyoto • Maeda Coffee • manga • Naruto • Naruto Shippuden • special menu • sweets)

New high-alcohol version of Japan’s low-alcohol canned cocktails on the way

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 19, 2025

Suntory more than triples the alcohol content of its Horoyoi for newest member of product line.

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• (alcohol • canned cocktails • cocktails • COK • drinks • Horoyoi • Suntory • weird)

Starbucks x Peanuts collaboration brings Joe Kind Snoopy to Japan with exclusive drinks and goods

• Oona McGee
  Mar 18, 2025

Special Snoopy serves up kindness in this huge new release.

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• (cool • drinks • drinkware • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • Joe Kind • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • marketing • Peanuts • Snoopy • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition)

Lindt Japan adds a Sakura and Pistachio Chocolat Drink to its menu for cherry blossom season

• Oona McGee
  Mar 18, 2025

Designed to taste like “the gorgeous scent of sakura carried on a spring breeze”.

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• (cherry blossom • cherry blossoms • chocolate • dessert drinks • drinks • hanami • Lindt • pistachio • sakura • sakura sweets)

Does Starbucks Japan’s first-ever flavour-changing Frappuccino live up to the hype?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 14, 2025

The Haruzora “Spring Sky” Frappuccino changes colour and flavour but we find out if it changes our taste buds.

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• (cafes • coffee • COK • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • milk coffee • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test)

Starbucks Japan adds cult drink to its permanent coffee menu due to popular demand

• Oona McGee
  Mar 11, 2025

Sweet Milk Coffee becomes a hit, with a special customisation that’s got everyone talking.

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• (cafes • coffee • COK • drinks • milk coffee • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test)

Classy and cute Totoro china teacups will have you feeling as cozy as the Ghibli anime【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 9, 2025

Totoro and soot sprites will keep you company as you sip your tea or coffee.

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• Japan
• (anime • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • drinks • drinkware • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • Noritake • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Minnaka: New unstaffed convenience store opens in Tokyo with cheap bentos and Costco food

• Oona McGee
  Mar 9, 2025

Japanese entrepreneur reimagines the convenience store with unique features for customers.

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• Japan
• (bento • COK • combini • convenience store • convenience store food • convenience stores • cool • Costco • curry • drinks • food • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • Minnaka • SNJO)

Starbucks releases a colour-changing Frappuccino in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Mar 7, 2025

New secret ball makes the magic happen in this limited-edition beverage.

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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)

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