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Wagyu ramen for foreign tourists appears in Kabukicho, with a very high price tag

• Oona McGee
  2 hours ago
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What makes this bowl of noodles cost around twice as much as a regular ramen, and is it worth it?

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• Japan
• (beef • food • Japanese food • Kabukicho • Mita Seimenjo • Noodles • ramen • ramen restaurant • ramen restaurants • restaurants • Tokyo • tourists • Wagyu)

7-Eleven Japan adds new doughnut-like tonkotsu ramen fried chicken to its hot food section

• Oona McGee
  yesterday

Plus, an exclusive bag of snacks to sprinkle on ramen, inspired by the iconic instant noodles.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • Butamen • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • cool • food • fried chicken • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Japanese convenience stores • Noodles • ramen • tonkotsu • tonkotsu ramen)

Are Japan’s room-temperature curry packets the boxed lunch heroes we’ve been looking for? [Taste test]

• Casey Baseel
  2 days ago

Packets of curry you can store and eat at room temperature could be the answer to our prayers for portable, smell-safe curry.

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• Japan
• (bento • boxed lunches • clever • COK • cool • curry • curry rice • food • SNJO • taste test)

Tokyo is getting a branch of famous Los Angeles hot dog chain Pink’s with Japan-exclusive items

• Casey Baseel
  2 days ago

87-year-old hot dog chain is going to learn some new tricks.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • hot dogs • Pink’s Hot Dogs • Pink’s Hot Dogs Japan • restaurants)

This Japanese chopping board sanitising bag might be the handy kitchen gadget we never knew we needed

• Oona McGee
  3 days ago

We find out if a bag made specifically for soaking chopping boards is actually useful.

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• Japan
• (100 yen shop • 100 yen store • COK • cooking • cooking gadgets • Daiso • eggs • food • gadgets • Go Hatori • Japanese food • SNJO)

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

• Oona McGee
  5 days ago

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

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• Japan
• (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)

Japanese convenience store Lawson now has stir-fried noodle-cooking robot chefs

• Casey Baseel
  5 days ago

Lawson expands the territory of its robo chefs as they expand their menus.

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• (convenience stores • cooking • food • Japanese convenience stores • Lawson • Noodles • robots • technology • yakisoba)

Yoshinoya gets into fancy fish, but is the cheap beef king reaching too far? [Taste test]

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 5, 2026

Japan’s biggest beef bowl chain is now serving up simmered kinmedai.

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• Japan
• (beef bowls • fast food • fish • food • gyudon • kinmedai • restaurants • sea bream • SNJO • taste test • Yoshinoya)

Coco’s Japan is very confident in their chilled ramen, but should they be? [Taste test]

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 4, 2026

Premium-priced hiyashi chuka comes to the American coffee shop’s Japanese branches.

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• (Coco's • Coco’s Japan • COK • cold ramen • food • hiyashi chuka • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • taste test)

Pokémon comes to McDonald’s Japan for new Happy Meals toys, brings every generation’s starters

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 4, 2026

You can’t celebrate 30 years of Pokémon without 30 years of starters, plus a few more Pocket Monster all-stars.

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• Japan
• (anime • cute • fast food • food • hamburgers • Happy Meal toys • Happy Meals • Happy Set • manga • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Pikachu • Pokemon • video games)

Japan’s favorite popsicles add multilingual packaging to better connect with foreign tourists

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 3, 2026

Garigari-kun wants to make friends with/be eaten by people from all over the world.

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• Japan
• (Akagi Nyugyo • food • Garigari-kun • internationalism • Japam travel • popsicles • shaved ice • sweets • tourism • travel)

7-Eleven Japan rethinks convenience store sandwiches with a wild new choc-mint variety

• Oona McGee
  Aug 3, 2026

Convenience store chain tests our limits by turning the divisive flavour into a cream sandwich.

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• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • choc mint • choco mint • chocolate • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience store sandwich • convenience store sandwiches • convenience stores • cool • food • fruit sandwiches • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese fruit sandwiches • Japanese sandwich • Japanese sandwiches • mint • mint choco • mint chocolate • sandwiches • sweets • weird)

Japanese popsicle experiment says eating one before going outside in summer helps keep you cool

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 3, 2026

Maker of Garigari-kun explores whether one of Japan’s favorite frozen treats can work as a pre-cooling agent.

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• Japan
• (Akagi Nyugyo • experiment • food • Garigari-kun • heat • popsicles • shaved ice • sweets)

7-Eleven Japan adds new chocolate fruit gummies to its sweets range, but are they worth the hype?

• Oona McGee
  Aug 3, 2026

Convenience store chain has become the place to go for gummies, and fans are going wild for them.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • chocolate • convenience store • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience store sweets • convenience stores • food • gummies • gummy candies • gummy candy • Japanese convenience stores • SNJO • sweets)

Godiva Japan gets into the shaved ice scene with two luxurious frozen desserts this summer

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 1, 2026

Godiva brings its chocolate expertise to a traditional summertime favorite in Japan.

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• Japan
• (chocolate • COK • food • Godiva • Godiva Japan • shaved ice • sweets)

Tokyo’s newest viral dessert is like a Japanese parfait inside a bread bun [Taste test]

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 1, 2026

A cool idea from Coolish, and further proof that sweet bean paste makes everything better.

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• Japan
• (an bread • anko.an • anpan • bakeries • bread • Coolish • food • ice cream • Lotte • SNJO • sweet beans.sweet red beans.sweet bean paste • sweets • taste test)

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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• Japan
• (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)

7-Eleven Japan now offering baked-in-store pizza by the slice with two very different topping sets

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 31, 2026

7-Eleven will finally let you buy baked-in-store pizza without making you buy a whole pizza.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • convenience stores • food • Japanese convenience stores • pizza • Seven Cafe Bakery)

Foreign tourists in Japan eat far more rice than previously thought, according to new data

• Oona McGee
  Jul 30, 2026

The average overseas visitor now consumes more rice in a day than a Japanese local.

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• Japan
• (food • foreign tourism • foreign tourists • foreigners • inbound tourism • internationalism • Japan tourism • Japanese food • MAFF • Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries • news • rice • society • survey • tourism)

Japan’s expensive “phantom” melon is so exquisite it sells out in just 12 hours

• Oona McGee
  Jul 28, 2026

Grown with special electrolysed hydrogen water, this ultra-sweet fruit reaches more than 17 degrees Brix.

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• Japan
• (expensive food • expensive fruit • food • fruit • fruits • gifts • japanese fruit • Japanese melon • Kusatsu • melon • melons • Shiga • SNJO • summer)

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