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Japanese sweets (Page 2)

One of Japan’s rarest sweets is a sell-out hit that looks and tastes like frost

• Oona McGee
  Dec 16, 2024
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You have to be very lucky to try this can of ice needles.

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• Japan
• (candy • COK • confectionery • cool • Japanese confectionery • Japanese sweets • old Japanese stores • phantom sweets • review • Sendai • Shimobashira • shopping • SNJO • sweets • taste test • unique • unusual)

Looking for a Japanese convenience store souvenir? Seicomart has a legendary hit product for fans

• Oona McGee
  Dec 4, 2024

Wear your love for this famous chain loud and proud.

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• Japan
• (clothing • COK • combini • convenience store finds • convenience stores • fashion • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese sweets • konbini • Seicomart • SNJO • souvenirs)

Japanese convenience store chain adds Neo Wagashi sweets to its lineup

• Oona McGee
  Nov 23, 2024

Family Mart turns tradition on its head with a new take on two well-known Japanese sweets.

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• Japan
• (COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • daifuku • dorayaki • Family mart • food • Japanese sweets • konbini • matcha • SNJO • sweets • taste test • wagashi)

Flying dango: Unique tourist site where Japanese sweets are flown to you over a gorge

• Oona McGee
  Nov 16, 2024

A touching memory that’ll last a lifetime. 

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• Japan
• (beautiful • COK • Cuckoo Dango • dango • Flying Dango • Hana Yori Dango • Iwate • Japanese sweets • Mountains • nature • off the beaten path • outdoors • SNJO • sweets • tourist sites • travel • unique • unusual • weird)

How to make Kyoto’s most famous dessert, nama yatsuhashi, with your microwave

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 14, 2024

A surprisingly simple way to give your taste buds a trip to Kyoto whenever you want to.

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• Japan
• (cooking • easy recipe • Japanese sweets • Kyoto • microwave • mochi • nama yatsuhashi • recipe • SNJO • sweets • yatsuhashi)

The best sweet souvenirs at Tokyo Okashi Land inside Tokyo Station

• Oona McGee
  Aug 15, 2024

Get a taste for five of Japan’s most popular snacks, all for less than US$17.

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• Japan
• (COK • Happy Turn • japanese snacks • Japanese sweets • recommendations • review • shops • snacks • SNJO • souvenirs • sweets • Tokyo • Tokyo Okashi Land • Tokyo Station • travel)

Daiso DIY dessert! 100 yen store’s super-easy mochi sweets kit is our new hero

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 11, 2024

When it’s this easy and this affordable, there’s really never a reason to not be eating warabi mochi.

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• Japan
• (100 yen shops • 100-yen stores • COK • cooking • Daiso • food • Japanese sweets • mochi • SNJO • sweets • warabi mochi)

Japanese cake becomes a hit with foreign tourists, but is it worth the hype?

• Oona McGee
  Feb 26, 2024

We find out if a cake that looks like an omusubi rice ball is worth your yen.

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• Japan
• (cakes • COK • cute • food • food review • Japanese food • Japanese sweets • omusubi • Omusubi Cake • onigiri • rice balls • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

More Pokémon wagashi confectionaries are coming from 159-year-old Japanese sweets maker

• Dale Roll
  Jan 19, 2024

These traditional sweets with a modern twist are essential for your next tea party!

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• (Japanese sweets • kyo-gashi • Pikachu • Pokemon • Shichijo Kanshudo • sweets • traditional Japanese sweets • winter)

Japanese cookie maker temporary stops all-you-can-stuff bag deal due to lack of cookies

• Shannon
  Dec 12, 2023

Some deals are too good to be true, we suppose.

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• Japan
• (all-you-can-eat • Aunt Stella • canceled • COK • cookies • great deal • Japanese cookies • Japanese sweets)

Our search for Kyoto Station’s cheapest souvenir reveals a surprisingly sweet find

• Oona McGee
  Nov 25, 2023

You don’t have to spend a lot to get a great souvenir in Kyoto.

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• Japan
• (cakes • cheap eats • cheapo news • COK • food • Japanese sweets • Kyoto • Kyoto Station • SNJO • sweets • traditional Japanese sweets • Udonko)

If you cook Kyoto’s famous chewy “raw” confectionary, will it become a rice cracker?【SoraKitchen】

• Dale Roll
  Nov 16, 2023

Can we recreate the baked version of yatsuhashi with different cooking methods?

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• (COK • cooking • food • Japanese sweets • K. Masami • Kyoto • mochi • nama yatsuhashi • SNJO • SoraKitchen • souvenirs • sweets • yatsuhashi)

Panju: A Rare Japanese sweet you can buy from a food cart for less than 30 cents

• Oona McGee
  Nov 11, 2023

A hidden gem that’s popular with locals. 

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• Japan
• (Ashikaga City • COK • cool • culture • food • Japanese food • Japanese shrines • Japanese sweets • Panju • shrines • SNJO • souvenirs • Takamichi Furusawa • Tochigi)

Puyo Puyo Manju return after 21 years…and our Puyo Puyo fan reporter achieves a childhood dream

• Dale Roll
  Sep 15, 2023

Two dreams, in fact. It was a good day for Haruka!

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• Japan
• (1990s • haruka takagi • Hiroshima • Japanese sweets • manju • Puyo Puyo • red bean paste • snacks • sweets • video games)

It turns out making this traditional Niigata dessert is easy, so we tried it!【SoraKitchen】

• Dale Roll
  Aug 20, 2023

There’s nothing like a fresh-made Sasa Dango!

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• Japan
• (dango • home cooking • Japanese sweets • mugwort • Niigata • red bean paste • Sasa Dango • SoraKitchen • sweets • Udonko)

Japanese convenience store food takes a walk on the weird side with…cup pork?

• Oona McGee
  Aug 18, 2023

New range of Japanese dishes, ready in less time than it takes to make instant ramen!

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • COK • combini • convenience store • Family mart • food • instant food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • Japanese sweets • konbini • Lawson • Masanuki Sunakoma • pork • SNJO • taste test)

24 Sweets Shop: New unstaffed store specialising in trendy Japanese sweets opens in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Aug 11, 2023

With hard-to-get ice creams and treats now available 24 hours a day, convenience stores better watch their backs.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • food • ice cream • Japanese sweets • new • rose ice cream • SNJO • sweets • taste test • Tokyo • unmanned shops • unmanned store • unstaffed store)

Japanese convenience store creates a frappe from a popular candy

• Oona McGee
  Aug 7, 2023

Family Mart frappes are becoming more iconic by the day.

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• Japan
• (candy • combini • convenience store • drinks • Family mart • frappes • Japanese candy • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese sweets • konbini • Ramune • taste test • yoghurt • Yoglet • yogurt)

What is a Butter Manju? We try one from this mega popular Tokyo dessert shop

• Dale Roll
  Jul 29, 2023

Turns out there’s a reason why this shop always has lines of customers!

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• Japan
• (butter • COK • dessert • food • Hitomoto Ishidaya • Itabashi Ward • Japanese sweets • Mr. Sato • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Weird Japanese vending machine find gives us unique sweet potato sweets

• Oona McGee
  Jul 25, 2023

The quality of these chilled sweet potato treats surprised our seasoned reporter.

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• Japan
• (beniharuka • COK • cool • desserts • haruka takagi • Japanese sweets • Japanese vending machines • Mie • SNJO • sweet potato • sweet potatoes • sweets • taste test • vending machines • weird • yakiimo)

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