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Mister Donut wows matcha lovers in Japan with new Dora Matcha doughnuts

• Oona McGee
  Mar 21, 2026
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Like a sweet fusion between doughnuts and dorayaki pancakes, this is an Uji matcha experience you need to try while in Japan.

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• (donuts • doughnuts • food • Gion Tsujiri • Kyoto • matcha • Misdo • Mister Donut • new • sweets • Uji Matcha)

Pizza Hut Japan’s one-handed matcha dessert pizza is a hot mess (we mean that as a compliment)

• SoraNews24
  Sep 12, 2025

Pizza Hut Japan and a 165-year-old Kyoto tea company have us feeling sticky but happy.

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• (food • Gion Tsujiri • green tea • Handy Melts • matcha • pizza • Pizza Hut • Pizza Hut Japan • Pizza Hut Melts • SNJO • sweets • taste test • Uji Matcha)

Pizza Hut Japan unveils new matcha pizza, crafted with a Kyoto tea shop founded in Uji in 1860

• Oona McGee
  Sep 2, 2025

The chain’s first-ever Japanese-style sweet pizza has some very surprising ingredients. 

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• Japan
• (chocolate • COK • food • Gion Tsujiri • green ta • Kyoto • limited edition • marketing • matcha • new • pizza • Pizza Hut • Pizza Hut Japan • Pizza Hut Melts • sweets • Uji Matcha)

Mister Donut and Gion Tsujiri bring hojicha heaven to Japan with these latest additions

• Elliot Hale
  May 2, 2025

Plus a surprise donut for matcha-maniacs, but only if you remember to order it online.

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• (COK • donuts • doughnuts • food • Gion Tsujiri • green tea • hojicha • matcha • Misdo Meets • Misdo Meets Gion Tsujiri • Mister Donut • roasted green tea • SNJO • sweets • taste test • tea)

Mister Donut releases new Uji Matcha doughnut with Gion Tsujiri

• Oona McGee
  Apr 14, 2025

Plus, a hojicha doughnut that comes with a special syrup so you can customise the flavour.

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• (COK • donuts • doughnuts • food • Gion Tsujiri • green tea • limited edition • matcha • Misdo Meets Gion Tsujiri • Mister Donut • new • sweets)

Japan’s new Mister Donut matcha donuts have so much green tea flavor one has to use the hole

• SoraNews24
  Mar 30, 2025

Misdo Meets Gion Tsujiri for five new matcha donuts created in conjunction with Kyoto tea company that’s been in business for over 150 years.

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• (COK • donuts • food • Gion Tsujiri • green tea • matcha • Misdo Meets • Misdo Meets Gion Tsujiri • Mister Donut • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Mister Donut makes matcha lovers swoon with new Gion Tsujiri collection

• Oona McGee
  Mar 21, 2025

Uji matcha elevates doughnuts in this very Japanese green tea collection.

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• (COK • donuts • doughnuts • food • Gion Tsujiri • green tea • limited edition • matcha • Misdo Meets Gion Tsujiri • Mister Donut • new • sweets)

This non-sweet matcha treat is one of our new favorite Kyoto snack souvenirs【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 8, 2024

Umami no Mi Gyokuro is waiting right outside the Shinkansen gate at Kyoto Station.

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• (COK • food • Gion Tsujiri • green tea • gyokuro • kombu • Kyoto • Kyoto Station • matcha • snacks • SNJO • taste test • tea • Tsujiri)

Mister Donut’s new Kyoto roasted green tea donut is a mess…in the best possible way

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 29, 2024

So we meet again, Mister Donut Meets Tsujirii.

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• (COK • donuts • food • Gion Tsujiri • green tea • hojicha • Misdo Meets • Mister Donut • SNJO • sweets • taste test • tea • Tsujiri)

Mister Donut ready to make hojicha dreams come true in latest collab with Kyoto tea merchant

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 19, 2024

Mister Donut meets Tsujirii once again to create mouthwatering treats made with Kyoto-grown roasted green tea.

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• (COK • donuts • food • Gion Tsujiri • green tea • hojicha • Misdo Meets • Mister Donut • sweets • tea • Tsujiri)

Mister Donut’s strongest-ever matcha doughnuts are so intense they’ll bind with your DNA

• Oona McGee
  Mar 29, 2024

A whole new sensation for green tea lovers.

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• (COK • donuts • doughnuts • food • Gion Tsujiri • green tea • matcha • Misdo Meets Gion Tsujiri • Mister Donut • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

We try the four new offerings in the Mister Donut x Gion Tsujiri collaboration series【Taste test】

• Krista Rogers
  May 3, 2023

With two donuts featuring matcha and two featuring hojicha flavor, tea lovers can take their pick of a more traditional take on the humble donut. 

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• (COK • donuts • Gion Tsujiri • hojicha • matcha • Misdo Meets • Misdo Meets Gion Tsujiri • Mister Donut • SNJO • sweets • taste test • Tasuku Egawa • tea • warabimochi)

We try the second round of Mister Donut’s collab with Japanese confectionary maker Gion Tsujiri

• Dale Roll
  May 2, 2022

Five new types of donuts with matcha and hojicha flavors? Count us in!

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• (breakfast • dessert • donuts • Gion Tsujiri • hojicha • Japanese sweets • matcha • Mister Donut • taste test)

McDonald’s teams up with local confectioners for new lineup of very Japanese desserts

• Oona McGee
  Apr 25, 2022

Schoolgirls step in to represent Tokyo, Kyoto, and a surprise outsider for this surprising collection. 

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• Japan
• (COK • commercials • desserts • food • Gion Tsujiri • ice cream • Japanese commercials • kikyo shingen mochi • limited edition • marketing • matcha • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • McShake • new • pies • shingen mochi • sweets • Tokyo Banana • video)

We try Mister Donut’s new collab with Kyoto matcha sweets specialist Gion Tsujiri 【Taste Test】

• Dale Roll
  Apr 1, 2022

Are the new matcha and hojicha donuts as good as they sound?

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• Japan
• (donuts • Gion Tsujiri • green tea • hojicha • matcha • Mister Donut • roasted green tea • sweets • taste test)

Mister Donut teams up with Gion Tsujiri again, this time with Uji Matcha and Uji Hojicha flavors

• Dale Roll
  Mar 26, 2022

The famous Kyoto confectionary shop and popular donut chain bring us houjicha-flavored collabs for the first time ever. 

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• Japan
• (donuts • Gion Tsujiri • green tea • hojicha • matcha • Mister Donut • roasted green tea • sweets • tea • Uji Matcha)

Mister Donut Glossy Green Tea shows true beauty is on the inside, even for desserts【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 13, 2021

Team-up with Kyoto tea merchant is lovely to look at, but looks even better when you see what’s inside.

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• (COK • donuts • Gion Tsujiri • green tea • matcha • Mister Donut • SNJO • sweets • Tsujiri)

“Glossy green tea donuts” sound weird, look amazing in Mr. Donut team-up with Kyoto matcha master

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 9, 2021

Mr. Donut mixes an array of traditional Japanese flavors into a new lineup of irresistible sweets.

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• Japan
• (anko • azuki • COK • donuts • food • Gion Tsujiri • green tea • kinako • kuromitsu • matcha • Mr. Donut • sweets • Tsujiri)

Are Mister Donut’s new sakura and matcha doughnuts all they’ve been hyped up to be?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 15, 2021

A 161-year-old green tea company from Kyoto takes the helm for new “Blooming Matcha” collection.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • COK • collaboration • donuts • doughnuts • food • Gion Tsujiri • green tea • matcha • Mister Donut • sakura • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Sakura and matcha star in new Mister Donut collection

• Oona McGee
  Mar 11, 2021

Created with the help of a 160-year-old green tea company from Kyoto.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • collaboration • donuts • doughnuts • food • Gion Tsujiri • green tea • matcha • Mister Donut • sakura • sweets)

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