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Japan’s Shiba Inu 3-D art glasses get an adorable, necessary upgrade in new version【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 7, 2019 - Tweet
Playful pooches now have their signature fashion accessory.
Tokyo restaurant serves tapioca bubble tea ramen – Is it crazy good, or just crazy?【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 7, 2019
Japan’s boba obsession heads into the world of ramen, but is it worth eating? We find out.
- Japan
- (boba • COK • drinks • food • Menya Musashi • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNOJ • sweets • tapioca bubble • tapioca bubble tea • tapioca pearl • taste test • weird)
Official Pokémon bubble teas coming to Japan!
- Oona McGee
Jul 2, 2019
Boba balls replace Poké Balls in this new drink range featuring some of our favourite Pocket Monsters.
- Japan
- (anime • boba • bubble tea • cute • design • drinks • milk tea • nintendo • Pikachu • Pokemon • Sweet Dynasty • tapioca • tapioca tea • video games)
Enjoy a refreshing bottle of just-kidding “soy sauce” from Japanese vending machines this summer
- Krista Rogers
Jul 1, 2019
Wait, what?
- Japan
- (Cheerio • COK • drinks • funny • Orange juice • SNOJ • soy sauce • vending machine • vending machines • weird)
Yoshinoya in Japan has an amazingly cheap all-you-can-drink plan for you booze-and-beef cravings
- Casey Baseel
Jun 29, 2019
It’s been said that beef is best, but beef with unlimited alcohol is even better.
- Japan
- (Ahiru Neko • alcohol • all you can drink • beef bowls • COK • deals • drinks • fast food • food • gyudon • restaurants • SNOJ • Yoshinoya)
This gorgeous sake cup fills your drink with holographic cherry blossoms as you sip【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 20, 2019
Soothing sounds and other seasonal symbols of Japan are also part of the techno-cultural innovation.
- Japan
- (alcohol • beautiul • cherry blossoms • cool • cups • drinks • holograms • interior • sake • sakura • technology • video)
We try the new lemon yoghurt amazake cheese fermentation Frappuccino from Starbucks Japan
- Oona McGee
Jun 19, 2019
Fill your belly with the power of lactobacillus and the health benefits from a traditional Japanese fermented rice drink.
- Japan
- (drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • lemon • SNOJ • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • summer • taste test • yoghurt • yogurt)
We try Tapioca Beer, the drink that everyone’s raving about in Japan right now
- Oona McGee
Jun 14, 2019
Boba beer? Yes, please.
- Japan
- (beer • boba • bubble tea • craft beer • drinking • drinks • iBEER LE SUN PALM • tapioca • Tokyo)
Fanta Socata!? Now available exclusively from Japanese vending machines
- Oona McGee
Jun 13, 2019
New Japanese Fanta features a unique flavour from abroad.
- Japan
- (Coca-Cola Japan • drinks • elderflower • Fanta • lemon • limited edition • Romania • socata • soft drinks • summer • vending machine drinks • vending machines)
Starbucks Japan creates a green tea slushie with sencha, apple, perilla and sansho pepper
- Oona McGee
Jun 13, 2019
Is frozen green tea with pepper as delicious as it sounds?
- Japan
- (drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • green tea • Japan Wonder Project • sencha • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Teavana)
Starbucks adds new fermented Frappuccino to their menu in Japan
- Oona McGee
Jun 12, 2019
Starbucks’ first Frappuccino to combine Western and Japanese fermented ingredients.
- Japan
- (drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • lemon • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • summer • yoghurt • yogurt)
So what does Japan’s new Lawson Tomato Latte drink taste like? We tried it out!
- Shannon McNaught
Jun 9, 2019
Does tomato plus milk equals deliciousness?
- Japan
- (COK • conveniencestores • drinks • Lawson • SNOJ • taste test • tomato juice • Tomato Latte • tomatoes • weird)
Coca-Cola Japan brings out clear lime Coke with former gravure idol as their poster girl
- SoraNews24
Jun 5, 2019
Coca-Cola takes the clear drinks trend to a whole new level, and gives us a special Reiwa parody commercial as well.
- Japan
- (clear Coke • clear drinks • Coca-Cola • Coca-Cola Japan • Coke • Cola • commercials • drinks • marketing • Reiwa • soda • summer)
Starbucks’ retro Japanese kissaten menu debuts deliciously mature coffee gelatin cake【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
May 21, 2019
Plus the perfect old-school coffee to drink with it.
Starbucks’ Tokyo-only Minty Chocolate Tea Frappuccino deliciously disappoints our taste tester
- Casey Baseel
May 18, 2019
The new dessert beverage fills Mr. Sato’s heart with sadness, and makes the rest of us want to drink it even more.
- Japan
- (chocolate • COK • drinks • Frappuccinos • mint chocolate • Mr. Sato • SNOJ • Starbucks • sweets • taste test)
Starbucks brings out Minty Chocolate Tea Frappuccino…at just one location in Japan
- Oona McGee
May 15, 2019
We try one of the most rare and sought after drinks in the country.
- Japan
- (drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • mint • mint chocolate • Roppongi • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Tokyo)
Starbucks Japan releases new limited-edition cups, tumblers and travel mugs for summer 2019
- Oona McGee
May 14, 2019
Another season, another lineup of must-have Japan-exclusive items.
- Japan
- (drinks • drinkware • mugs • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • summer • travel mugs)
Starbucks Japan Royal Milk Tea Frappuccino: The perfect drink for milk tea lovers
- Oona McGee
May 9, 2019
A timely taste of royalty as we head into the new era.
- Japan
- (COK • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • milk tea • review • SNOJ • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test • tea)
The most vandalised vending machines in Japan? We check out a grungy duo at America Village
- Oona McGee
May 7, 2019
This pair turns heads on the street, but do they even work?
- Japan
- (America Mura • COK • drinks • graffiti • Mr. Sato • Osaka • Shinsaibashi • SNOJ • vending machines)
Japan shocked as American musician finds that bubble tea tapioca balls can be used to play music
- Master Blaster
Apr 26, 2019
Don’t play with your food. Play your food.
- Japan
- (bubble tea • drinks • music • Shawn Wasabi • tapioca)
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