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McDonald’s Japan adds curry French fry flavor, regional-taste burgers to its menu with Gotochi Mac

• Casey Baseel
  May 21, 2026
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Salutes to local specialties of Hokkaido, Nagoya, and more now available across Japan.

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• Japan
• (black curry • burgers • curry • fast food • food • french fries • Fukuoka • hamburgers • Hokkaido • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • mentaiko • Nagoya • Shaka Shaka French fries • Shaka Shaka Potato • tebasaki)

Rumors say this is Japan’s very best McDonald’s branch, but what makes it special?[Taste test]

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 28, 2026

We head half-way across Japan and try what foodies say is the most delicious McDonald’s branch in the whole county.

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• Japan
• (burgers • Chicken McNuggets • chicken nuggets • COK • fast food • food • french fries • hamburgers • Japanese McDonald’s • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • SNJO • taste test)

Couch potatoes across Japan rejoice with Lawson’s new French fries delivery service

• Krista Rogers
  Sep 9, 2025

Lawson serves up an a-peel-ing new excuse for spud lovers to celebrate.

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• Japan
• (Daiki Nishimoto • delicious • delivery • french fries • fries • konbini • Lawson • new menu • potato)

Shizuoka’s local Cherry Beans Potato French fries are just plain devilishly good

• Krista Rogers
  Oct 2, 2024

We can neither confirm nor deny that the devil made us eat them, but regardless, we would binge them again in a heartbeat.

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• Japan
• (Cherry Beans Potato • COK • dining • food • french fries • Restaurant • Shizuoka Prefecture • SNJO • takeout)

French Fries Bread in Tokyo’s Shibuya becomes a hit on social media

• Oona McGee
  Apr 22, 2024

Taking carb-on-carb meals to new extremes.

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• Japan
• (bread • cool • cool food • food • french fries • new restaurant • restaurants • review • Shibuya • SNJO • social media • taste test • Tokyo • weird food)

The Fake Burger is now on the menu at Burger King Japan, but is it worth the hype?

• Oona McGee
  Apr 7, 2024

Limited-edition French fry burger takes meatless options to new levels.  

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• Japan
• (Burger King • burgers • COK • fast food • food • french fries • fries • SNJO • taste test • The Fake Burger)

The Fake Burger really returns to Burger King Japan!

• Oona McGee
  Apr 2, 2024

Limited-time French fry burger returns after four years, with even more flavour than before.

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• Japan
• (april fools • April Fools' Day • Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • chips • COK • fast food • food • french fries • marketing • SNJO • The Fake Burger)

McDonald’s Japan reminds everyone that French fries are vegetables to celebrate Vegetable Day

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 1, 2023

Well, they’re not wrong.

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• Japan
• (fast food • food • french fries • funny • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • nutrition • potatoes • Vegetable Day • vegetables)

How do McDonald’s fries taste in the frite nation of Belgium? We find out【Taste test】

• Dale Roll
  Jul 8, 2023

And while we’re there we figured we might as well try some burgers, too. 

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• Europe
• (Belgium • cheeseburgers • Europe • french fries • fries • Ikuna Kamezawa • McDonald's • taste teste)

Who has the most cost-effective fast food French fries in Japan? We investigate nine big chains

• Krista Rogers
  Apr 4, 2023

Can we please make performing experiments with potatoes an Olympic sport? I’d watch that all day.

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• Japan
• (Ahiruneko • calculation • COK • cost performance • fast food • food • french fries • fries • potatoes • SNJO)

What happens when you combine fries from 8 different fast food chains in Japan?【Taste test】

• Oona McGee
  Apr 2, 2023

Playing God with French fries can have some unexpected consequences.

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• Japan
• (Burger King • COK • Dom Dom Hamburger • fast food • First Kitchen • food • french fries • freshness burger • fries • KFC • Lotteria • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Mos Burger • SNJO • taste test)

McDonald’s adds a Japanese daifuku pie to its menu for a limited time

• Oona McGee
  Mar 17, 2023

It’s sweets over flowers this sakura season.

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• Japan
• (Ado • asmi • cool • deep fryer • fast food • food • french fries • funny • McDonald's • music • TikTok • weird)

McDonald’s remixes Ado and Asmi hits along with the sound of their deep-fryer

• Master Blaster
  Jan 20, 2023

A mouthwatering mix.

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• Japan
• (Ado • asmi • cool • deep fryer • fast food • food • french fries • funny • McDonald's • music • TikTok • weird)

Mos Burger’s new “Tobikiri Avocado Croquette Burger” teaches us how great potatoes are

• Dale Roll
  Nov 19, 2022

Lots of vegetables are all well and good, but when it comes to a burger, it’s gotta come with potatoes!

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• Japan
• (avocado • burgers • croquette • edamame • fast food • french fries • hamburgers • K. Masami • Mos Burger)

The hidden meaning of the U.S. Air Force’s “shake and fries” patch in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 10, 2022

Special technique to help newcomers acclimate to life in Japan gives Japanese Twitter users a smile too.

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• Japan, USA
• (Air Force • clever • french fries • funny • Japanese language • kanji • linguistics • military • Yokota)

Unboxing the McDonald’s French Fry Snack Maker【Review】

• Oona McGee
  Aug 23, 2022

Will this retro toy turn out to be a cool gadget or worthless garbage?

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• Japan
• (bread • COK • cool • fast food • food • french fries • fries • funny • gadgets • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • retro • retro toys • review • SNJO • taste test • toys)

Mr. Sato stops by 7-Eleven’s often overlooked fast food chain Poppo

• Master Blaster
  Aug 20, 2022

From fries in bowls to ice cream dipped in shaved ice, they do things differently here.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • fast food • french fries • kakigori • kakigori-don • Mr. Sato • Poppo • Seven & i)

Can French fry and instant yakisoba-flavored sodas surpass kimchi as Japan’s best strange ramune?

• Master Blaster
  May 19, 2022

Just because you can make something taste different doesn’t mean that you should.

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• Japan
• (COK • drinks • french fries • instant noodles • instant yakisoba • kimchi • Noodles • Osaka • Ramune • SNO • soda • taste test • UFO • yakisoba)

French fry rationing continues in Japan as Mos Burger suspends sales (with two exceptions)

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 12, 2022

Chain leaves two French fry avenues open, one sweet, and one oniony.

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• Japan
• (fast food • food • french fries • French fry rationing • French fry shortage • Mos Burger • potato shortage)

McDonald’s announces end of French fry rationing in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 4, 2022

Sound of cheers to mix with sound of deep fryers.

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• Japan
• (COK • fast food • food • french fries • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • potato shortage • potatoes)

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