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Starbucks Japan unveils Mitsuimo Milk, a new drink that celebrates the taste of autumn

• Oona McGee
  Sep 18, 2026
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Limited-edition beverage introduces us to the magic that happens when you roast a Japanese sweet potato.

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• (autumn • beni haruka • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • milk • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • sweet potato • sweet potatoes)

Hot pot in cans coming to Japanese vending machines this fall

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 14, 2026

Or should we call them hot can?

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• (drinks • Dydo • food • hot pot • hot vending machines • Japanese vending machines • Mizkan • nabe • soup • vending machines • zosui)

Starbucks Japan unveils first-ever vending machine, with an exclusive coffee drink

• Oona McGee
  Sep 12, 2026

A new way to get a taste of Starbucks.

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We tried Japan’s Wobbly Beer Glass that forces you to drink water, and it humbled us

• Oona McGee
  Sep 10, 2026

This classy drinking session didn’t go quite as planned.

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• (alcohol • beer • clever • COK • crazy • drinks • drinkware • glass • SNJO • video • weird • Wobbly Glass • Yo-Ho Brewing • Yona Yona Ale)

Starbucks Japan unveils new Chilled Cup drinks for autumn

• Oona McGee
  Sep 8, 2026

Roasted green tea is one of two exclusive flavours coming our way for a limited time.

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• (autumn • chilled cup • chocolate • drinks • hojicha • latte • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)

Starbucks Japan proves Pumpkin Spice is NOT dead, with a new take for autumn

• Oona McGee
  Sep 8, 2026

Exclusive lineup breathes new life into the Pumpkin Spice Latte, and serves up other designer beverages too. 

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• (autumn • cocktails • coffee • drinks • gelato • limited edition • Pumpkin Spice • Pumpkin Spice Latte • Reserve Roastery Tokyo • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks Reserve Roastery • Starbucks Reserve Roastery Tokyo • tea • Teavana)

Tokyo’s red-light district cafe lets you dine inside a real 1960s cabaret

• Elliot Hale
  Sep 8, 2026

Used as a Netflix crime drama set, this safe, solo-female-friendly venue offers up black omurice and colorful retro sodas.

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• (cabaret • cabaret club • cafes • COK • cool • drinks • food • Hinomaru Cabaret • Kabukicho • Natsuki Gojo • Niinana Kissa • omurice • restaurants • retro • Showa retro • SNJO)

Starbucks Japan adds new Sweet Potato Frappuccino and Latte to the menu, but do they deliver the taste of autumn?

• Oona McGee
  Sep 4, 2026

New drinks coincide with the opening of the chain’s new “Customisation Bar”, giving us a hack for making them even better.  

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• (beni haruka • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • latte • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • sweet potato • sweet potatoes)

This Japanese 7-Eleven has the most expensive drinks, and item, we’ve even seen at the chain

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 29, 2026

But the startlingly pricy item isn’t something that you can eat or drink.

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Starbucks Japan adds a gooey sweet potato Frappuccino to its menu this autumn

• Oona McGee
  Aug 27, 2026

New drinks showcase the delicious taste and texture of cold potatoes.

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Starbucks Japan adds new Customisation Bar to stores, with free ways to hack your food and drink orders

• Oona McGee
  Aug 26, 2026

New bar helps to create up to 5.27 million possible combinations.

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Pikachu and other Pokémon evolve into hydration types with Thermos drinkware collaboration [Pics]

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 25, 2026

A very cute, super effective way to keep your drinks as cold/hot as you want them.

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• (anime • cute • drink bottles • drinks • drinkware • manga • Pikachu • Pokemon • thermos • video games)

Starbucks Japan releases two new seasonal drinks that blur the line between summer and autumn

• Oona McGee
  Aug 19, 2026

We find out if Starbucks does justice to a fruit with a very Japanese flavour. 

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Starbucks Japan unveils new Kyoho grape drinks for a taste that’s quintessentially Japanese

• Oona McGee
  Aug 11, 2026

Famous Japanese fruit appears in summer to remind us that autumn isn’t too far away.

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• (Chillax Soda • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • fruit • grapes • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese grapes • Kyoho • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • summer • tea)

Japan’s new beer glass is designed to force you to drink…water [Video]

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 9, 2026

Yona Yona has a furatsuku idea to promote responsible drinking.

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• (alcohol • beer • clever • crazy • drinks • drinkware • video • weird • Yona Yona Ale)

7-Eleven Japan rethinks convenience store drinks with new Grilled Corn Chilled Soup Smoothie

• Oona McGee
  Aug 7, 2026

Exclusive to only two wards in Tokyo, this is a must-try drink that’s very hard to get.

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• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • COK • combini • convenience store drinks • convenience store finds • convenience stores • corn • corn soup • drinks • food • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • smoothie • smoothies • SNJO • soup)

Starbucks Japan to open Shinkansen platform stores at Kyoto and Nagoya stations

• Oona McGee
  Aug 6, 2026

New stores add a fresh taste and aroma to high-speed travel on Japan’s busiest bullet train route.

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• (bullet trains • cafes • coffee • cool • drinks • Japanese trains • Kyoto • Kyoto Station • Nagoya • Nagoya Station • news • Shin-Yokohama • shinkansen • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Tokaido Shinkansen • trains • travel • Yokohama)

We tried Starbucks Japan’s new coffee for people who don’t drink coffee

• Oona McGee
  Aug 3, 2026

Does the new “Clear Coffee” have what it takes to bring a non-coffee drinker into the fold?

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• (Clear Coffee • coffee • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • summer)

Japanese vending machine sells freshly squeezed lemon juice with a futuristic light show

• Oona McGee
  Aug 2, 2026

We test the sourness of the juice but get distracted by a surprise performance.

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• (cool • drinks • hidden gems • Japanese vending machines • juice • lemon juice • lemons • Osaka • SNJO • vending machines • weird • weird vennding machine)

7-Eleven Japan adds new cold soup smoothies to its convenience store drinks range

• Oona McGee
  Jul 31, 2026

Cold soup smoothies are good for the gut and good for the ‘Gram.

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• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • COK • combini • convenience store drinks • convenience store finds • convenience stores • corn • drinks • food • gazpacho • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • smoothie • smoothies)

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