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Giant wagashi cushions will turn your home sweet home into home sweet Japanese sweets home

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 10, 2026
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Nitori lets you cuddle up with taiyaki, dorayaki, and more.

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• (cool • crazy • cushions • cute • dorayaki • food • interior • Japanese food • Japanese sweets • Nitori • sweets • taiyaki • wagashi • weird)

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

JAL first class cakes can be bought for a bargain, but are they as bougie as they seem?

• Oona McGee
  Sep 19, 2026

In Japan, a cake that’s “imperfect” can sometimes be perfect.

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• (airline food • cake • cakes • first class • JAL • Japan Airlines • Japanese cakes • Japanese sweets • SNJO • sweets)

Japan’s “edible fireworks” wagashi sweets return, but only for a limited time [Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 20, 2026

In business for over 70 years, this traditional confectioner figured out how to turn the suspension of a Japanese tradition into a new one of their own.

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• (beautiful • cool • fireworks • food • Japanese food • Japanese sweets • Okamedo • sweets • wagashi)

Japanese sweets shop sells an ohagi so exquisite it sells out by noon

• Oona McGee
  Jun 18, 2026

There’s one unique feature that makes this Tokyo sweet so sought after. 

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• (anko • Hatanodai • Japanese food • Japanese sweets • mochi • ohagi • old store • Shinagawa • SNJO • Tokyo • traditional Japanese sweets • unique)

Japanese Sakuranbo Mochi goes viral online with millions of views, but is it worth the hype?

• Oona McGee
  Jun 16, 2026

Seasonal fruit gets a Japanese makeover, but only for a very limited time.

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• Japan
• (Chateraise • cherries • cherry • fruit • gyuhi • Japanese sweets • mochi • sakuranbo • social media • summer • sweets • viral)

Shinto shrine’s night sky firefly sweets are Japan’s newest breathtaking, mouthwatering desserts.

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 10, 2026

Firefly-viewing season provides the inspiration for breathtaking Japanese confectionaries.

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• (beautiful • cafes • fireflies • food • Japanese food • Japanese sweets • Omiya • Saitama • shrines • sweets • Yokan)

161-year-old Kyoto confectionary maker releases new edible Pokémon lineup

• Elliot Hale
  May 15, 2026

Transforming iconic characters into delicious works of art.
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• (anime • Eevee • food • Japanese sweets • kyo-gashi • Kyoto • manga • nerikiri • Pikachu • Pokemon • Shichijo Knashundo • sweets • video games • wagashi)

Lipton releases… Pudding Milk Tea in Japan?!?

• Oona McGee
  May 2, 2026

Lipton caters to the Japanese market with an exclusive new dessert beverage.

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• (desserts • drinks • food • Japanese desserts • Japanese sweets • latte • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • Lipton • milk tea • Morinaga • new • pudding • purin • sweets • tea • tea latte • weird)

Dorayaki from 89-year-old Japanese confectionery shop is one of the best sweets hidden in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Apr 29, 2026

Filled with a special “phantom butter” from Calpis, you won’t find a treat like this anywhere else in Japan. 

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• (dorayaki • hidden gems • Japanese sweets • monaka • old shops • Otsuka • SNJO • sweets • Tokyo • tradition • traditional • traditoinal sweets • wagashi)

Viral Japanese cheesecake from Osaka has a lesser known rival called Aunt Wanda

• Oona McGee
  Mar 2, 2026

Move aside, Uncle Rikuro – Aunt Wanda is here to steal your fluffy souffle crown, without the raisins.

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• (Aunt Wanda • cakes • Cheesecake • cheesecakes • COK • dessert • Japanese cheesecake • Japanese sweets • Kansai • Okinawa • Osaka • SNJO • sweet • sweets • Uncle Rikuro • Viral Japanese cheesecake)

Dagashiya Ahiru Shop is a hidden gem for Japanese snacks lovers

• Oona McGee
  Dec 10, 2025

Mysterious warehouse is a secret destination that’s yet to be discovered by overseas tourists. 

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• (Chiba • children • COK • dagashi • dagashiya • hidden gem • Japanese sweets • nostalgia • shops • snacks • SNJO • sweets)

Many foreign tourists not picking up, paying for their orders at 100-year-old Tokyo sweets shop

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 18, 2025

Century-old dorayaki specialist in Ginza is asking for a little more considerateness from its recently expanded foreigner fan base.

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• (COK • dorayaki • food • foreign tourists • Ginza • Japanese sweets • sweets • tourism • travel)

What’s the best way to spend 1,000 yen at Denny’s in Japan?

• Oona McGee
  Oct 19, 2025

Find out what you should order from the menu at this super popular family restaurant chain.

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• Japan
• (cheap eats • cheap finds • COK • cool • Denny's • Denny's Japan • drinks • family restaurants • food • Japanese food • japanese snacks • Japanese sweets • restaurants • snacks • SNJO • sweets)

Flower Ice Cream becomes Japan’s newest breathtaking dessert

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 7, 2025

Inventive anko experts hand-craft edible sweets bouquets, offer Flower Shaved Ice too.

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• Japan
• (anko • azuki • beautiful • cool • flowers • food • Japanese sweets • ohagi • sweet red beans • sweets)

What’s the best way to spend 1,000 yen at Don Quijote in Japan?

• Oona McGee
  Aug 2, 2025

Donki is a must-visit for tourists buying souvenirs, but locals have a different eye for what to find in store.

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• (cheap finds • COK • cool • Don Quijote • Donki • drinks • food • Japanese food • japanese snacks • Japanese sweets • must-buys • must-haves • shopping • snacks • SNJO • souvenirs • sweets)

Studio Ghibli serves up My Neighbour Totoro with a side of traditional Japanese wagashi sweets

• Oona McGee
  May 7, 2025

Proof that Totoro loves sweets and matcha as much as we do.

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• (anime • cute • daifuku • dango • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • ichigo daifuku • Japanese sweets • mochi • My Neighbor Totoro • sakura mochi • strawberry daifuku • Studio Ghibli • sweets • taiyaki • Totoro • traditional Japanese sweets • wagashi)

Baskin-Robbins teams up with Japan’s oldest department store for brand-new traditional ice cream flavor

• Casey Baseel
  May 1, 2025

Centuries-old sweets shop lends ingredient to flavor debuting in Tokyo head of nationwide rollout.

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• (Baskin Robbins • Baskin-Robbins Japan • department stores • food • ice cream • Japanese sweets • Mitsukoshi • sweets • Thirty-One • wagashi)

Ruru Cafe Shibuya wows customers by serving coffee and sweets on unique water tables

• Oona McGee
  Feb 7, 2025

A new Tokyo hotspot, where your meal looks like it’s floating on water.

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• (cafes • COK • cool • cool japan • design • drinks • dry landscape • Japanese rock garden • Japanese sweets • Kare Sansui • latte • Nure Sansui • review • Ruru • Ruru Shibuya • Shibuya • Shibuya Sakura Stage • SNJO • sweets • Tokyo • tourist sites • travel • Zen • zen garden)

Krispy Kreme releases a very Japanese rice doughnut for Matcha Day

• Oona McGee
  Jan 13, 2025

You won’t find a doughnut like this anywhere else.

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• Japan
• (COK • donuts • food • green tea • Japanese sweets • Krispy Kreme • Krispy Kreme Japan • matcha • rice • rice flour • sweets)

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