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McDonald’s Japan officially changes its mascot’s name…to Ronald McDonald

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 3, 2026
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Yep, that’s actually a change for McDonald’s Japan.

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• Japan
• (Donald McDonald • fast food • food • funny • hamburgers • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Ronald McDonald • weird)

7-Eleven Japan goes viral for new Salted Caramel Nut Latte hack

• Oona McGee
  Oct 1, 2026

Convenience store chain shares a secret way to turn its coffees into decadent dessert drinks.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • coffee • convenience store • convenience store coffee • convenience store drinks • convenience store finds • convenience store hack • convenience stores • food • Japanese convenience stores • latte • salted caramel • sando • SNJO)

Japan’s first-ever conveyor-belt Sushi Bus announces Tokyo tour start date, reservations now open

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 1, 2026

Hopefully the food prep won’t be as lazy as the AI video preview.

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• Japan
• (bus tour • Conveyor belt sushi • cool • crazy • food • Japan travel • Japanese food • restaurants • sightseeing • sightseeing bus • sushi • Sushi Bus • Tokyo • tourism • travel)

Starbucks Japan unveils new Pumpkin Soupuccino for autumn

• Oona McGee
  Oct 1, 2026

Blurring the line between soup and cappuccino for Japan’s colder days. 

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• Japan
• (autumn • drinks • food • limited edition • pumpkin • pumpkin soup • seasonal • seasonal menu • seasonal specials • soup • Soupuccino • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition)

Sample lots of little Japanese dishes at this hidden all-you-can-eat lunch buffet in Shinjuku

• Krista Rogers
  Oct 1, 2026

Want to try all kinds of Japanese dishes but don’t know where to start? This gem with “hidden” in its name has got you covered. 

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• Japan
• (all-you-can-eat • buffet • COK • food • Japanese food • Kakurebo • lunch • restaurants • shinjuku • SNJO • tabehodai • Tokyo)

To stir, or not to stir – A Japanese rice cooker debate

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 30, 2026

Rice cooker manufacturer weighs in on the question of whether you should stir your cooked rice before you scoop it out of the pot.

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• Japan
• (COK • cooking • food • Japanese food • rice • rice cookers)

Pickling Shine Muscats was not on our bingo card, but were we grapeful we tried?【SoraKitchen】

• Krista Rogers
  Sep 29, 2026

We followed a tip we heard through the grapevine that Japan’s sweet grape variety is even sweeter when pickled in a bed of fermented rice bran.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • food • fruits • grapes • nukadoko • pickles • pickling • recipe • rice bran • Shine Muscat • SNJO • SoraKitchen • weird)

McDonald’s Japan makes beautifully bittersweet burger anime music video with Idolmaster [Video]

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 26, 2026

Chihaya Kisaragi and Imadaketsukimitabemi go moon-viewing together.

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• Japan
• (anime & manga • burgers • fast food • food • hamburgers • idol singers • Idolmaster • Idols • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • moon viewing • moon-viewing burgers • music • The Idolmaster • tsukimi • tsukimi burgers • video • video games)

7-Eleven Japan revamps its convenience store pizza, but did it ruin a good thing?

• Oona McGee
  Sep 25, 2026

We find out if 7-Eleven delivers on its promise to enhance the size and texture of its pizzas.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • combini • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • Japanese pizzas • konbini • pizza • pizzas • SNJO)

Do Japan’s new single-minded convenience store bento show depressing poverty or satisfying focus?

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 25, 2026

The line between simplicity and inadequacy can be a fine one. Which side do Lawson’s new Ittentoppasugi fall on?

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• Japan
• (bento • boxed lunches • cheap eats • cheap food • convenience stores • crazy • food • Japanese convenience stores • Lawson • sausage • SNJO • taste test • weird)

Osaka’s amazing budget-luxury hotel has free takoyaki, craft beer, and comedy shows

• Elliot Hale
  Sep 25, 2026

To truly experience the city, OMO7 Osaka is a dream stay for any traveler.

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• Japan
• (accommodation • COK • culture • food • Hoshino Resorts • hotels • Janjan Yokocho • luxury hotel • Natsuno Futon • OMO • OMO7 Osaka • Osaka • regional food • Shinsekai • SNJO • tourism • travel)

Japanese airport offering 19,250-yen sandwiches as last Japan meal for international travelers

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 24, 2026

If you want one last taste of Japanese luxury, Kansai International Airport has a restaurant that says it can give it to you in just five minutes.

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• Japan
• (airports • beef • fast food • food • Japan travel • Kansai International Airport • Kobe beef • sandwiches • steak • travel)

Three amazing Japanese convenience store sweet potato desserts to eat right now (and 11 for later)

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 22, 2026

A roadmap for starting your journey of eating your way through Family Mart’s sweet potato sweets lineup.

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• Japan
• (beni haruka • COK • convenience stores • Family mart • food • Japanese convenience stores • SNJO • sweet potatoes • sweets • taste test)

Studio Ghibli unveils new anime stationery collection, with a Spirited Away River God memo stand

• Oona McGee
  Sep 22, 2026

The mysterious god even has a moving mouth, to eat the tasty anime meals on the note pads.

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• Japan
• (anime • anime food • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • food • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • Howl's Moving Castle • Japanese stationery • Kiki's Delivery Service • memo pads • memos • merchandise • note pads • Ponyo • Ponyo ramen • River God • spirited away • stationery • Studio Ghibli)

Tokyo cafe challenges customers to play with their food? Challenge accepted!

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 21, 2026

Riding the waves and eating the sweets in Asagaya.

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• Japan
• (cafes • COK • cool • food • gelato • Japanese food • Japanese sweets • restaurants • SNJO • sweets • taiyaki)

Only two Yoshinoya branches in all of Japan are on a train platform, and this is one of them

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 21, 2026

Gyudon on the go in Kyobashi Station.

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• Japan
• (beef bowls • COK • food • gyudon • Kyobashi Station • platform restaurants • SNJO • stations • trains • Yoshinoya)

Japanese sweet potato ice cream season! Häagen-Dazs and Muji take different paths to our hearts

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 21, 2026

Two completely different ways to make a delicious Japanese autumn dessert.

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• Japan
• (beni haruka • beniharuka • COK • food • Häagen-Dazs • Häagen-Dazs Japan • ice cream • muji • Mujirushi • Mujirushi Ryohin • SNJO • sweet potatoes • sweets • taste test)

Japanese convenience store is very focused with its new bento…maybe TOO focused

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 20, 2026

Lawson’s crazy corn bento arrives as part of new series of “sugi” foods.

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• Japan
• (bento • boxed lunches • convenience stores • corn • crazy • food • Japanese convenience stores • Lawson • sausage • weird)

Tokyo’s Square Burger claims it’s a viral hit with foreign tourists who’ve given it near-perfect Google reviews

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 19, 2026

Burger stand near Tokyo’s most famous temple has local partners with more than 100 years of history helping the Square Burger stick out from the crowd.

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• Japan
• (Asakusa • burgers • COK • food • hamburgers • Japan travel • Sensoji • travel.tourism • Wagyu)

Snow Salt Soft Cream Cafe & Bar for grown-ups opens in Tokyo’s Ueno area with a bookish surprise

• Krista Rogers
  Sep 16, 2026

Adults can indulge in a coffee or alcoholic beverage paired with soft serve ice cream at this new oasis of calm in the city.
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• Japan
• (affogato • bars • cafes • COK • food • ice cream • SNJO • Snow Salt • soft serve • sweets • Tokyo • Ueno)

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