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Mr. Sato shares his own secret Ministop hack to help save the ailing convenience store
- Master Blaster
Apr 21, 2026 - Tweet
Hopefully, this is just a mini stop on Ministop’s road to success.
- Japan
- (convenience stores • Hokkaido milk • Hokkaido potatoes • ice cream • junk food • Minisof • Ministop • snacks)
Pringles Chocolate, but with a Japanese twist, is the snack hack you should be trying right now
- Oona McGee
Apr 11, 2026
Jagarico one-ups a viral global trend for fans of Japanese flavour.
- Japan
- (cooking • cooking hack • cooking hacks • food hacks • hack • hacks • Jagarico • Jagariko • junk food • Pringles Chocolate • recipes • snacks • SNJO)
Krispy Kreme releases a special tsukimi moon-viewing doughnut in Japan
- Oona McGee
Aug 31, 2025
A sweet twist on a Japanese tradition.
- Japan
- (donut shops • donuts • doughnuts • junk food • Krispy Kreme • moon viewing • sweets • tsukimi)
Krispy Kreme Japan giving away free donuts for National Donut Day
- Master Blaster
Jun 5, 2025
No dollars to donuts.
- Japan
- (donut shops • donuts • free food • holidays • junk food • Krispy Kreme • National Donut Day)
We never want to go back after dry frying the popular Japanese potato snack JagaRico【Taste test】
- Elliot Hale
Mar 2, 2025
What happens when you dry fry a snack that’s already fried?
- Japan
- (Calbee • COK • food and drink • food hack • Ikuna Kamezawa • Jagarico • Jagariko • japanese snacks • junk food • P.K. Sanjun • SNJO • taste test • tasty)
Packets of powder become freshly picked strawberries in latest adult Nerunerunerune
- Master Blaster
Oct 10, 2023
This ain’t your kids’ strawberry candy.
- Japan
- (Adult Nerunerunerune • candy • educational candy • junk food • Kracie • Nerunerunerune • strawberry)
Lawson selling a pastry based on a pastry based on a uniquely Osakan pastry
- Master Blaster
Dec 22, 2022
Good bakers copy, great bakers steal.
- Japan
- (baked goods • convenience stores • food • junk food • Kansai • Kobeya • Lawson • melonpan • Osaka • regional tastes • Sanmi • Yonmi)
Make your junk food more wholesome with homemade no-fry Jagarico croquettes【SoraKitchen】
- Master Blaster
Oct 20, 2021
Just like mom used to reconstitute.
Wagyu Burger opens in Tokyo, serving up highest-grade beef at reasonable prices
- Oona McGee
Apr 16, 2021
A5 Wagyu is just the start of what makes this is a burger to remember.
- Japan
- (beef • fast food • food • Japanese beef • Japanese restaurants • junk food • meat • Nihonbashi • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo • Wagyu)
Who eats the most cheese beef bowls? Not young, dorky men, survey says
- Dale Roll
Sep 17, 2020
Take that, stereotypes!
- Japan
- (beef bowls • cheese • fast food • Japanese food • junk food • stereotypes • survey • Yoshinoya)
Wasabeef Wars: mascot change sparks online controversy among potato chip lovers
- Ingrid Tsai
Aug 21, 2020
How does the saying go again? Something something… if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it?
- Japan
- (food • Japanese Twitter • junk food • mascot character • potato chips • snacks • Wasabeef • Yamayoshi)
We try the giant Meat Mountain pizza sandwich from Aoki’s Japan
- Oona McGee
Nov 12, 2019
We get the meat sweats while conquering a four-pound mountain packed with 18 different types of meat.
Japan now has a giant pizza sandwich called Meat Mountain, packed with 18 different types of meat
- Oona McGee
Sep 14, 2019
A mountain we can definitely conquer.
KFC Japan’s version of Double Down to return soon, sends junk food fans to decadent paradise
- Koh Ruide
Oct 30, 2018
Why let carbs get in your way when you can have meat, meat, and more meat?
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • Double Down • fried chicken • junk food • Kentucky Fried Chicken • KFC)
Coming soon to Japan: Chilled sweet bean ice candy flavored potato chips…with salt!
- Master Blaster
Jun 12, 2018
Two titans of junk food join forces for the ultimate summer snack.
We try Japan’s new “wet potato chips” — A moist revolution or soggy defeat?
- Master Blaster
Nov 25, 2016
Snack food company Calbee is playing with fire by expecting people to swallow their new concept potato chips: “Wet Potato, Moist Mild Soy Sauce Flavor.”
- Japan
- (Calbee • Calbee Plus • junk food • potato chips • snacks • weird • wet potato chips)
Taste the beginning of the end for Japanese Ritz: Wasabi & Cheddar / Tarako & Cream Cheese
- Master Blaster
May 18, 2016
Only a few months remain until the Ritz franchise in Japan changes hands and production is shifted overseas. Perhaps this is why we’re being treated to some distinctly Japanese flavors.
- Food & Drink, Japan
- (junk food • Oreo • Ritz crackers • tarako • taste test • wasabi • Yamazaki)
We try the new, limited edition squid viscera potato chips from Japan【Taste Test】
- Jamie Koide
May 10, 2016
Do you have the guts to try these fermented squid gut-flavored potato chips?
- Food & Drink, Japan
- (Japanese potato chips • junk food • squid • weird • Yamayoshi)
Like Japan’s plum blossoms, pickled plum and cheese tortilla chips are tragically fleeting
- Master Blaster
Feb 5, 2015
Japanese cuisine is often known for its subtle tastes which some might criticize as being downright “bland.” But there are some exceptions, one of which is umeboshi. This is a dried and pickled ume fruit which is a cross between a plum and an apricot. Umeboshi are very popular in Japan and have a sour and salty taste that will slap you in the face harder than a scorned lover.
By now you’re probably be thinking, “That vinegary plum sounds great! But what it really needs is some cheese mixed in.” Well, you’re in luck! Frito Lay Japan is way ahead of you and just released Ume & Cheese flavored tortilla chips. We sat down with a bag to see how this combination plays out in chip form.
- Japan
- (junk food • tortilla chips • ume)
A farewell to fries: Twitter users document their last meal of L-size Mcdonald’s potato snacks
- Evie Nyan
Dec 18, 2014
As we recently reported, McDonald’s has made the crushing decision to end the sale of its medium and large size fries. The controversial decision was made due to fears of a potato shortage, meaning that the days of gleefully ordering obnoxiously large amounts of fries with reckless abandon are now well and truly over. The potato cull prompted several Twitter users to head to McDonald’s for one last order of M and L size greasy, salty fries, in order to document their “last meal” for posterity.
- Japan
- (fast food • french fries • fries • junk food • McDonald's)
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Delta Airlines adds first nonstop flight between Japan’s Narita Airport and U.S. in seven years
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Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
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New Shinkansen luggage drop-off system begins in Japan, making train travel even easier
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Air-conditioned dress shirts arrive in Japan to save working professionals from sweltering heat
Japanese Shinkansen becomes an overnight hotel for three nights this summer
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